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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 307, NWS Jackson, MS

May 3, 20084 counties in Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 2008, 1:23 AM CDT for 4 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 52 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: May 3, 2008, 1:23 AM CDT (06:23 UTC)
Expired: May 3, 2008, 2:15 AM CDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Carroll County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Montgomery County, MS, Webster County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 2, 11:38 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 141 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2053 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 250 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 May 3, 12:10 AM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 3, 12:10 AM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1210 AM CDT SAT MAY 3 2008

.DISCUSSION...UPDATED FORECAST TO REPLACE INDIVIDUAL WATCHES WITH
ONE LARGER BOX. STORMS OVER THE DELTA HAVE EVOLVED INTO A MORE
LINEAR CONFIGURATION AND HAVE FINALLY BEGUN TO EDGE EWD. ALTHOUGH
GENERALLY LINEAR IN NATURE...SHEAR AND INCREASING DIVERGENCE ALOFT
WILL MAINTAIN THE POSSIBILITY OF SUPERCELL DEVELOPMENT AS THE BAND
DROPS TO THE SE OVERNIGHT.

&&

.AVIATION...
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT GLH/GWO THROUGH 2 AM. GUSTY
WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL WILL BE LIKELY AT BOTH SITES. SRN AREAS
WILL SEE MVFR/IFR CIGS WHILE THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION REMAINS
MVFR TO VFR DUE TO CLOUD COVER. GUSTY SLY WIND WILL CONTINUE WITH
OCCASIONAL GUSTS NEAR 25 KTS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE
FROM THE NW. THE FRONT WILL MOVE NEAR A GTR-JAN-TVR LINE AROUND 4 AM.

&&

.JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MS...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 9 AM CDT SATURDAY FOR MSZ040>066-072>074.

LA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 9 AM CDT SATURDAY FOR LAZ009-016-023>026.

AR...NONE.
&&

Hazardous weather outlook, May 2, 10:16 PM CDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1016 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008

ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074-
040315-
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-
1016 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND SATURDAY

...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.

THE LINE OF STORMS EXTENDS FROM NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI BACK INTO
CENTRAL LOUISIANA. NUMEROUS TORNADOES HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS
ACTIVITY...AND CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN QUITE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADIC
DEVELOPMENT OVER NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...AND
NORTHEAST LOUISIANA THROUGH AT LEAST MIDNIGHT. ADDITIONALLY...VERY
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS MAY OCCUR WITH THE MOST INTENSE STORMS.

THE ACTIVITY WILL SLOWLY SHIFT SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REST OF MISSISSIPPI
AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. WHILE CONDITIONS
WILL NOT BE AS FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER AS THE SYSTEM MOVES SOUTH
AND EAST...CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN CONDUCIVE FOR SEVERE STORM DEVELOPMENT.
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 RISK...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL
ALSO BE A CONCERN. AS THE BOUNDARY SINKS SOUTH TONIGHT...IT MAY SLOW
DOWN OR BRIEFLY STALL OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE AREA...GENERALLY
SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20. SLOW MOVING STORMS MAY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL...RESULTING IN LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH
IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM LAKE PROVIDENCE
LOUISIANA...TO CAMDEN TO DEKALB MISSISSIPPI TONIGHT.

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

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 THROUGH EARLY 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.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 2, 11:17 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1117 PM CDT FRI MAY 02 2008

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

1010 PM     FLASH FLOOD      DERMOTT                 33.53N 91.44W
05/02/2008                   CHICOT             AR   EMERGENCY MNGR

            BUSINESS DISTRICT UNDER 1-2FT OF WATER WITH FLOODING
            STARTING TO OCCUR IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS.

&&

CME

Local storm report, May 2, 11:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1144 PM CDT FRI MAY 02 2008

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

1125 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BEEKMAN                 32.92N 91.88W
05/02/2008                   MOREHOUSE          LA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            A COUPLE TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN.

&&

CME

Local storm report, May 3, 12:41 AM CDT, 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1241 AM CDT SAT MAY 03 2008

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

1235 AM     TORNADO          2 SE ISOLA              33.24N 90.57W
05/03/2008                   HUMPHREYS          MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED TORNADO ON GROUND ON HWY 49.

&&

JFAIRLY

Local storm report, May 3, 1:00 AM CDT, 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
100 AM CDT SAT MAY 03 2008

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

1248 AM     TSTM WND DMG     HOLCOMB                 33.76N 89.98W
05/03/2008                   GRENADA            MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            POWER LINES DOWN NEAR HOLCOMB.

&&

CME

Local storm report, May 3, 1:07 AM CDT, 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
107 AM CDT SAT MAY 03 2008

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

1252 AM     HAIL             8 N GREENWOOD           33.63N 90.19W
05/03/2008  E1.00 INCH       LEFLORE            MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

Local storm report, May 3, 1:21 AM CDT, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
121 AM CDT SAT MAY 03 2008

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

1230 AM     TSTM WND DMG     3 N MONEY               33.69N 90.21W
05/03/2008                   LEFLORE            MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            LARGE TREE ACROSS A RD AS WELL AS DEBRIS ACROSS A RD NEAR
            THE SIX MILE LAKE AREA...JUST N OF MONEY. POSSIBLE
            TORNADO.

&&

CME

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 2, 7:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Sunflower	57 min
May 2, 7:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Sunflower	53 min
May 2, 7:57 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Bolivar	3 hr
May 2, 8:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Bolivar	44 min
May 2, 8:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Washington	65 min
May 2, 8:35 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Washington	6 hr
May 2, 8:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Sunflower	55 min
May 2, 9:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Washington	60 min
May 2, 10:58 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Bolivar	3 hr
May 2, 11:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Washington	41 min
May 2, 11:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Humphreys, Issaquena, Sharkey, Sunflower, Washington	40 min
May 3, 12:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Grenada, Leflore, Sunflower	38 min
May 3, 12:09 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Humphreys, Leflore, Sunflower, Washington	36 min
May 3, 12:27 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Carroll, Grenada, Leflore	33 min
May 3, 12:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Humphreys, Issaquena, Sharkey, Washington	45 min
May 3, 12:44 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Carroll, Holmes, Humphreys, Leflore	46 min
May 3, 12:53 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Grenada	26 min
May 3, 1:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Sharkey	38 min
May 3, 1:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Carroll, Holmes, Humphreys, Sharkey, Yazoo	66 min
May 3, 1:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Sharkey, Warren, Yazoo	52 min
May 3, 1:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Warren	46 min
May 3, 2:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clay, Webster	39 min
May 3, 2:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams, Jefferson	39 min
May 3, 2:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Holmes, Montgomery	49 min
May 3, 2:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds, Madison, Warren, Yazoo	48 min
May 3, 2:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Madison, Yazoo	44 min
May 3, 2:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Copiah, Hinds, Jefferson, Warren	44 min
May 3, 2:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clay, Lowndes	42 min
May 3, 2:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds, Leake, Madison, Rankin, Scott	54 min
May 3, 3:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Hinds, Jefferson	46 min
May 3, 3:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams, Jefferson	52 min
May 3, 3:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lowndes, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Winston	57 min
May 3, 3:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds, Rankin, Scott	49 min
May 3, 3:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leake, Neshoba	48 min
May 3, 3:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Franklin, Hinds, Jefferson, Lincoln, Rankin and 1 more	38 min
May 3, 3:57 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Lincoln, Marion	48 min
May 3, 4:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams, Franklin	44 min
May 3, 4:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Newton, Scott	38 min
May 3, 4:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jasper, Smith	34 min
May 3, 4:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Rankin, Scott, Smith	31 min
May 3, 4:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Simpson	45 min
May 3, 4:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Lincoln, Simpson	43 min
May 3, 4:44 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis	46 min
May 3, 4:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Newton, Scott, Smith	33 min
May 3, 5:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jasper, Smith	39 min
May 3, 5:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Simpson, Smith	30 min
May 3, 5:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jones	52 min
May 3, 5:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jasper, Jones	39 min
May 3, 5:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Forrest, Lamar	49 min
May 3, 5:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke, Lauderdale	33 min
May 3, 6:02 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Forrest, Lamar	43 min
May 3, 6:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke	31 min
May 3, 6:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jones	18 min
May 2, 7:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Morehouse, West Carroll	44 min
May 2, 7:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Morehouse, West Carroll	56 min
May 2, 8:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Morehouse	45 min
May 2, 9:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Morehouse	67 min
May 2, 11:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Morehouse	32 min
May 3, 12:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	East Carroll, West Carroll	27 min
May 3, 12:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Franklin, Madison, Richland	59 min
May 3, 2:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Catahoula, Concordia, Franklin, Tensas	40 min
May 2, 8:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Ashley, Chicot	55 min
May 2, 9:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Ashley	86 min

Nearby

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.