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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 109, NWS Jackson, MS

February 21, 2008Catahoula Parish, Concordia Parish, Tensas Parish, Louisiana

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 21, 2008, 8:11 PM CST for Catahoula Parish, Concordia Parish, Tensas Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 49 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 21, 2008, 8:11 PM CST (02:11 UTC)
Expired
Feb 21, 2008, 9:00 PM CST
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Catahoula Parish, LA, Concordia Parish, LA, Tensas Parish, LA

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 21, 6:53 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Jackson, MS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Feb 21, 3:15 PM CST, 4 hours 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 21, 3:15 PM CST, 4 hours 56 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 21, 2:33 PM CST, 5 hours 38 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
233 PM CST THU FEB 21 2008

ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074-
222045-
ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND-
MADISON-FRANKLIN-CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA-BOLIVAR-SUNFLOWER-
LEFLORE-GRENADA-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-WEBSTER-CLAY-LOWNDES-CHOCTAW-
OKTIBBEHA-WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS-HOLMES-ATTALA-WINSTON-NOXUBEE-
ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY-YAZOO-LEAKE-NESHOBA-KEMPER-WARREN-HINDS-RANKIN-
SCOTT-NEWTON-LAUDERDALE-CLAIBORNE-COPIAH-SIMPSON-SMITH-JASPER-
CLARKE-JEFFERSON-ADAMS-LINCOLN-LAWRENCE-JEFFERSON DAVIS-COVINGTON-
JONES-MARION-LAMAR-FORREST-
233 PM CST THU FEB 21 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND FRIDAY

THERE IS A RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAINFALL FOR THE
ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND LASTING INTO EARLY FRIDAY
MORNING. THE GREATEST RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE LATE THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE
INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR.

AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPROACHES...IT WILL HELP DEVELOP
A SURFACE LOW ACROSS EASTERN TEXAS. AS THIS LOW BEGINS TO MOVE
NORTHEAST THROUGH NORTHERN LOUISIANA IT WILL CAUSE A WARM FRONT
TO SLOWLY MOVE NORTH THROUGH THE DAY...APPROACHING THE I 20 CORRIDOR
SOMETIME LATE THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTH OF THIS FRONT...AFTERNOON HEATING
WILL INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING
DAMAGING WINDS...POSSIBLE TORNADOES...AND LARGE HAIL. THIS AFTERNOON
THE MAIN AREA WILL BE NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI.
THIS RISK WILL EXPAND EAST AND NORTH TOWARDS I 20 LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND MORE SO THIS EVENING. FARTHER NORTH...LARGE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE
UP TO THE HIGHWAY 82 CORRIDOR...BUT COOLER AIR NEAR THE GROUND WILL
GREATLY LIMIT THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS.

AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES BACK THROUGH THE AREA SEVERE STORMS WILL
BEGIN TO COME TO AN END FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST BEGINNING AROUND
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND LEAVING THE SOUTHEAST BY FRIDAY MORNING.

IN ADDITION TO THE SEVERE POTENTIAL...HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING COULD
ALSO BE A CONCERN. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO AND A HALF INCHES HAS
FALLEN ACROSS THE REGION. AN ADDITIONAL TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN
CAN BE EXPECTED...WHICH WILL GIVE A SUM TOTAL OF THREE TO FIVE INCHES
WITH ISOLATED SIX INCH AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. PROLONGED PERIODS OF HEAVY
RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. SOME
OF THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL BE AROUND THE STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY.
SUCH HEAVY RAIN COULD LEAD TO MINOR FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER
OPERATIONS IS MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT.

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS
WEATHER OUTLOOK.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 21, 5:34 PM CST, 2 hours 37 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 21, 6:16 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANHinds, Warren89 min
Feb 21, 6:46 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake, Rankin, Scott44 min
Feb 21, 7:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin, Jefferson, Lincoln44 min
Feb 21, 7:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Lawrence, Lincoln46 min
Feb 21, 8:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson32 min
Feb 21, 8:33 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningJANNeshoba5 days
Feb 21, 8:33 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningJANLeake37 hr
Feb 21, 8:33 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningJANLeake37 hr
Feb 21, 8:33 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningJANLeake4 days
Feb 21, 8:36 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningJANAttala, Holmes37 hr
Feb 21, 8:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAdams, Franklin, Jefferson40 min
Feb 21, 9:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson41 min
Feb 21, 9:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln47 min
Feb 21, 10:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Jasper, Simpson, Smith43 min
Feb 21, 10:12 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANCopiah, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln2 hr
Feb 21, 10:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson, Smith36 min
Feb 21, 10:30 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANClaiborne, Jefferson2 hr
Feb 21, 10:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke, Jasper, Lauderdale48 min
Feb 21, 10:46 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANClaiborne3 hr
Feb 21, 10:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper, Smith35 min
Feb 21, 11:07 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Rankin38 min
Feb 21, 11:22 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper23 min
Feb 21, 11:34 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANClarke, Jasper, Lauderdale, Newton, Smith6 hr
Feb 21, 11:42 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANClaiborne, Copiah, Hinds, Rankin, Simpson6 hr
Feb 21, 11:48 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Hinds27 min
Feb 22, 12:14 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Hinds, Rankin, Simpson46 min
Feb 22, 12:29 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANAdams, Claiborne, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln2 hr
Feb 22, 12:36 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANLauderdale, Newton, Scott4 hr
Feb 22, 1:02 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin, Scott, Smith43 min
Feb 22, 1:30 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper, Kemper, Lauderdale, Newton, Scott60 min
Feb 22, 2:28 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANFranklin, Lawrence, Lincoln3 hr
Feb 22, 9:44 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningJANClarke72 hr
Feb 22, 9:58 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningJANLawrence5 days
Feb 22, 9:58 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningJANSimpson34 hr
Feb 22, 9:58 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningJANCopiah, Simpson3 days
Feb 21, 10:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAshley34 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.