Severe Thunderstorm Warning 294, NWS Jackson, MS

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
527 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008

...ALL FORMS OF SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT...

.UPDATE...FORECAST UPDATED TO INCLUDE TORNADO WATCH 253 AND TORNADO
WATCH 254...BOTH UNTIL MIDNIGHT.

&&

.SHORT TERM...344 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008 INTERESTING EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT SETTING UP FOR THE ARKLAMISS. STILL EXPECT WIDESPREAD
SEVERE WEATHER WITH ALL MODES POSSIBLE. SCT TO NUMEROUS SHRA AND
TSRA HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS SWRN MS AND NERN LA ON THE EDGE OF THE
H85 THETA E TONGUE. WITH THE LACK OF STRONG UPPER LEVEL FORCING
THESE STORMS WILL PROBABLY CONTINUE TO PULSE UP AND DOWN. THIS
ACTIVITY WILL BEGIN TO WANE A FEW HOURS AFTER SUNSET. AT THE SAME
TIME THE FRONT SHOULD BEGIN TO FILL IN WITH CONVECTION AS UPPER
LEVEL SUPPORT MOVES TOWARDS THE CWA. FROM ABOUT 22Z TO 05Z THERE
WILL BE AN AXIS OF HIGHER INSTABILITY AND OTHER
PARAMETERS(EHI/VGP/0-1 HELICITY) ACROSS THE DELTA THAT SUGGEST AN
ENHANCED RISK FOR TORNADOES.

THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT...SEVERE WEATHER AND HEAVY RAIN WILL BE THE
CONCERN. BY 02Z THE COLD FRONT BE APPROACHING THE NW CWA WHILE AT
THE SAME TIME THE NEXT MUCH STRONGER MID LEVEL IMPULSE WILL BE
MOVING TOWARDS THE LOWER MS VALLEY. THIS WILL GET TSRA TO BECOME
MORE NUMEROUS ALONG AND POSSIBLY AHEAD OF THE FRONT. THESE STORMS
SHOULD BECOME SEVERE QUICKLY. THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY
SOUTHEAST WITH CONVECTION LIKELY FILLING IN ALONG IT WITH TIME. MID
LEVEL WINDS START TO BECOME MORE AND MORE PARALLEL TO THE FRONT AND
THIS WILL REALLY GET THE FRONT TO HANG UP ACROSS OUR WRN AND CENTRAL
ZONES.  THIS IS GOING TO BRING A RISK FOR HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH
FLOODING ACROSS THESE AREAS AND WITH THAT WE WILL ISSUE A FLASH
FLOOD WATCH. THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO SINK SWRD AND SHOULD FINALLY
PUSH THROUGH THE ENTIRE AREA BY MIDDAY TOMORROW.

AS FOR THE SEVERE RISK. THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR TORNADOES(SOME
POSSIBLY STRONG) WILL BE ACROSS THE DELTA WHERE THE COMBINATION OF
INSTABILITY... SHEAR...AND FORCING WILL BE THE GREATEST. THAT SAID
ALL MODES OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE CWA
ENDING FROM NW TO SE. FOR THE METRO THE WORSE SHOULD APPROACH THE
AREA DURING THE LATE EVENING HOURS AND A FEW HOURS AFTER 06Z. IF
CONVECTION DOES CONGEAL INTO A LINE THEN THE RISK FOR TORNADOES WILL
GO DOWN WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL BEING THE PRIMARY
CONCERN. AS SHRA AND TSRA PUSH SE THE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL
LESSEN WITH SE AROUND HATTIESBURG HAVING THE LOWEST PROBABILITY.

CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE INTO TOMORROW MORNING WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE
OF SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS THE SE EARLY. OTHER THAN THAT MOST OF THE
CONVECTION SHOULD BE OUT OF THE AREA BY MIDDAY. THERE MAY BE A FEW
LINGERING SHRA INTO THE AFTERNOON HRS ACROSS THE EXTREME SE. /CAB/

.LONG TERM...SATURDAY NIGHT...WITH THE COLD FRONT MOVING SOUTH AND
OUT OF THE FORECAST AREA...LOOK FOR SOME SLIGHTLY COOLER AND DRIER
AIR TO BEGIN FILTERING IN FROM THE NORTH AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS
SOUTHEAST INTO THE REGION.  CLOUDS WILL ALSO BE ON THE DECREASE
THROUGH THIS TIME FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST...WITH MOST OF THE
CLOUD COVER EXPECTED TO BE OUT OF THE CWA BY SUNRISE SUNDAY
MORNING.  SOME SMALL POPS WILL REMAIN DOWN IN THE SOUTHEAST AS A
RESULT OF SOME LIGHT POST-FRONTAL SHOWERS/DRIZZLE...BUT THE
REMAINDER OF THE AREA WILL BE RAIN FREE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
/19/

SUNDAY THROUGH NEXT FRIDAY...HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS
FIRMLY OVER THE REGION THROUGH TUESDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN PLENTY
OF SUNSHINE AND TEMPERATURES AROUND NORMAL DURING THE DAY AND
OVERNIGHT LOWS SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL. AS HIGH PRESSURE BEGINS TO
SHIFT OFF TO THE EAST LATE TUESDAY...MOISTURE BEGINS TO FEED BACK
INTO THE REGION. THE UPPER RIDGE FLATTENS ALLOWING A SERIES OF
DISTURBANCES TO CROSS THE AREA. ANOTHER SYSTEM IS PROGGED TO MOVE
OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND TOWARD THE REGION THURSDAY INTO
FRIDAY...CONTINUING THE RAIN CHANCES FOR THE CWA. /28/

&&

.AVIATION...MAIN CONCERN IS CONVECTION. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO WEAKEN A
LITTLE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. OUTSIDE OF CONVECTION CEILINGS
AND VISBIES SHOULD BE IN VFR STATUS. AS CONVECTION MOVES OVERHEAD
ESPECIALLY OVER THE NW CEILINGS AND VISBIES COULD PLUMMET. THERE
WILL ALSO BE THE RISK OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND EVEN A FEW
TORNADOES. FURTHER SE THE SEVERE RISK WILL DECREASE BUT WILL STILL
BE POSSIBLE. CEILINGS AND VISBIES COULD BE IN IFR STATUS FOR QUITE
SOME TIME ALONG THE I-20 CORRIDOR AS THE FRONT LOOKS TO HANG UP. THE
OTHER ISSUE WILL BE A WIND SHIFT ACROSS THE NORTH WITH WINDS VEERING
AROUND TO THE NW AFTER THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT. /CAB/

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
JACKSON       64  79  52  77 /  94  42   0   0
MERIDIAN      64  78  50  78 /  83  57   3   0
VICKSBURG     62  78  53  79 /  89  34   0   0
HATTIESBURG   66  79  55  82 /  62  73  14   0
NATCHEZ       66  77  55  77 /  96  34   0   0
GREENVILLE    56  73  50  75 /  88  17   0   0
GREENWOOD     62  76  51  75 /  93  24   0   0

&&

.JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MS...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR MSZ026>033-
     036>039-042>066-072>074.

     WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR
MSZ018-019-025-034-     035-040-041.

     FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY
     MORNING FOR MSZ040>066-072>074.

LA...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR LAZ015-016-
     023>026.

     WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR LAZ007>009.

     FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY
     MORNING FOR LAZ009-016-023>026.

AR...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR ARZ074-075.

&&

SHORT TERM/AVIATION: CAB
LONG TERM: 19/28

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
400 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008

ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074-
031145-
ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND-
MADISON LA-FRANKLIN LA-CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA-BOLIVAR-
SUNFLOWER-LEFLORE-GRENADA-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-WEBSTER-CLAY-LOWNDES-
CHOCTAW-OKTIBBEHA-WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS-HOLMES-ATTALA-WINSTON-
NOXUBEE-ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY-YAZOO-MADISON MS-LEAKE-NESHOBA-KEMPER-
WARREN-HINDS-RANKIN-SCOTT-NEWTON-LAUDERDALE-CLAIBORNE-COPIAH-
SIMPSON-SMITH-JASPER-CLARKE-JEFFERSON-ADAMS-FRANKLIN MS-LINCOLN-
LAWRENCE-JEFFERSON DAVIS-COVINGTON-JONES-MARION-LAMAR-FORREST-
400 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

...SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT
INTO EARLY SATURDAY...

NUMEROUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT ACROSS
NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND SOUTHEAST
ARKANSAS...GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM
WINNSBORO...TO CANTON...TO EUPORA. TORNADOES...A FEW OF WHICH COULD
BE STRONG...HAIL TO THE SIZE OF BASEBALLS...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 70 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE MOST INTENSE STORMS.

SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REMAINDER
OF THE AREA TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF
GOLFBALLS...DAMAGING WINDS TO 70 MPH...AND A FEW TORNADOES WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS.

SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS PARTS OF
WESTERN MISSISSIPPI THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW SEVERE STORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THIS ACTIVITY THROUGH SUNSET AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE
AREA.

THE MORE SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AS A BAND OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY EXTENDING ACROSS EASTERN ARKANSAS
TOWARD THE ARKLATEX REGION SHIFTS EAST AND SOUTHEAST INTO NORTHWEST
SECTIONS OF THE AREA AFTER 6 PM. NUMEROUS TORNADOES HAVE BEEN
REPORTED WITH THIS ACTIVITY...AND CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE
QUITE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADIC DEVELOPMENT OVER NORTHWEST
MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA THROUGH
MIDNIGHT. ADDITIONALLY...VERY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS COULD
OCCUR WITH THE MOST INTENSE STORMS.

THE ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY SHIFT SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REST
OF MISSISSIPPI THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. WHILE CONDITIONS WILL
NOT BE QUITE AS FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER AS IN AREAS FARTHER
NORTHWEST...THEY WILL STILL BE CONDUCIVE FOR SEVERE STORMS. LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND A FEW TORNADOES WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE.

THE ACTIVITY WILL SHIFT SOUTHEAST OF THE REGION BY MID TO LATE
MORNING SATURDAY.

IN ADDITION TO THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL
WILL ALSO BE A CONCERN. ANY THUNDERSTORM WILL HAVE THE CAPACITY TO
PRODUCE ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IN ABOUT AN HOURS TIME TONIGHT. OF
THE GREATEST CONCERN WILL BE THAT AS THE COMPLEX OF STORMS SAGS
SOUTH TONIGHT IT MAY BECOME SLOW MOVING FOR SEVERAL HOURS ALONG AND
SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR...AND THIS COULD RESULT IN
LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR
THIS AREA TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

OTHERWISE...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 WILL BE NEEDED TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.
OTHERWISE...ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH NEXT FRIDAY.

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

08

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
742 PM CDT FRI MAY 02 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0736 PM     TORNADO          10 WNW GREENVILLE       33.55N 91.14W
05/02/2008                   BOLIVAR            MS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER REPORTS TORNADO ON THE GROUND NEAR THE
            WASHINGTON/BOLIVAR COUNTY LINE NORTH OF WINTERVILLE.

&&

JFAIRLY

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
744 PM CDT FRI MAY 02 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0742 PM     TORNADO          10 NW GREENVILLE AIRPOR 33.58N 91.11W
05/02/2008                   BOLIVAR            MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SPOTTERS REPORT LARGE TORNADO ON THE
            GROUND

&&

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
754 PM CDT FRI MAY 02 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0736 PM     TORNADO          LAMONT                  33.54N 91.08W
05/02/2008                   WASHINGTON         MS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            REPORTED TORNADO ON GROUND CROSSING HWY 1

&&

JFAIRLY

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
758 PM CDT FRI MAY 02 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0706 PM     TORNADO          MCMILLAN CORNER         33.39N 91.31W
05/02/2008                   CHICOT             AR   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TRAILER OVERTURNED IN CHICOT FARMS AND TREES AND
            POWERLINES DOWN ON HWY 65

&&

JFAIRLY

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
805 PM CDT FRI MAY 02 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0804 PM     TORNADO          3 NE BENOIT             33.68N 90.97W
05/02/2008                   BOLIVAR            MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TRAINED SPOTTERS TRACKING TORNADO ON THE GROUND

&&

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
808 PM CDT FRI MAY 02 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0804 PM     TORNADO          5 N MER ROUGE           32.85N 91.79W
05/02/2008                   MOREHOUSE          LA   AMATEUR RADIO

            TORNADO ON THE GROUND 5 MILES NORTH OF MER ROUGE.

&&

JFAIRLY