Severe Thunderstorm Warning 771, NWS Jackson, MS

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
400 PM CDT FRI AUG 15 2008

.SHORT TERM...IT IS NOW LOOKING LIKE A DECENT CHANCE AT WIDESPREAD
RAINFALL FOR THE REGION BETWEEN TONIGHT AND TOMORROW AS A POTENT
AUGUST DISTURBANCE CROSSES THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. FOR MANY
DAYS PREVIOUS MODELS HAVE SUGGESTED THERE WOULD NOT BE ENOUGH
MOISTURE IN THE VICINITY TO PRODUCE GOOD OPPORTUNITIES FOR RAIN WHEN
THIS DISTURBANCE PASSED THROUGH. NOW IT APPEARS THAT MODERATE
MOISTURE LEVELS (1.75 TO 2 INCH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES) WILL BE
ENOUGH IN THE PRESENCE OF A WEST TO EAST ORIENTED BAROCLINIC ZONE TO
GENERATE A GOOD COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS
DURING THIS PERIOD. BEST CHANCES OF RAIN TONIGHT WILL BE ALONG AND
WEST OF THE NATCHEZ TRACE CORRIDOR WHERE MOISTURE CONVERGENCE AND
MOISTURE TRANSPORT VECTORS WILL BE BEST. THE HIGHEST POTENTIAL FOR
WETNESS SHOULD BE LOCATED ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE TWENTY
CORRIDOR TOMORROW WITH RAIN CHANCES TAPERING OFF FROM NORTH TO SOUTH
LATE IN THE DAY AS ENERGETIC FORCING ALOFT SHIFTS TO OUR EAST.

THIS WOULD BE A SET UP FOR LOTS OF SEVERE WEATHER FOR THE AREA THIS
TIME OF YEAR IF INSTABILITY WERE HIGHER...BUT EXPECTATIONS OF RATHER
TAME ATMOPHERIC LAPSE RATES THROUGH TOMORROW IN MOST AREAS SHOULD
KEEP THE THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD SEVERE STORMS LOW...ALTHOUGH ISOLATED
SEVERE STORMS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE. THE MAIN THREATS SHOULD BE
HIGH WINDS...ESPECIALLY IF ANY ORGANIZED CLUSTERS OF STORMS CAN
DEVELOP. ALSO OF POTENTIAL CONCERN IS THE RISK OF HEAVY RAINFALL.
THIS RISK APPEARS HIGHEST TONIGHT IN NORTHWEST ZONES WHERE THE
COMBINATION OF INSTABILITY...MOISTURE TRANSPORT AND ATMSOPHERIC LIFT
WILL BE MAXIMIZED. OTHERWISE THE THREAT OF EXCESSIVE RAIN (AMOUNTS
OVER 2 TO 3 INCHES) APPEARS TO BE VERY LOCALIZED AND NOT WORTHY OF A
FLASH FLOOD WATCH. SEE THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR MORE
DETAILS.

BY SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY THERE SHOULD BE A TEMPORARY LULL IN
RAINFALL AS DISTURBANCES SHIFT TO THE EAST OF THE REGION AND THE
MAIN MOISTURE AXIS IS SHOVED SOUTH TOWARD THE GULF COAST. /BB/

.LONG TERM...

LATE SUN THROUGH TUE...QUITE A BIT OF UNCERTAINTY HERE BUT THESE
DAYS DO APPEAR TO BE THE DECENT CHANCES FOR SOME ADDITIONAL RAIN.
MOISTURE WILL BE ON THE INCREASE WITH PWS INCREASING FROM JUST ABV
1.25 TO NEAR 2. THE CLOSED UPPER LOW ON THE LEE SIDE OF THE
ROCKIES SUN WILL SLOWLY WORK EAST INTO THE CNTRL PLAINS BY TUE AND
THIS FEATURE WILL TRY TO SEND A FEW IMPULSES OUR WAY. THIS SHOULD
HELP GET ISLTD TO SCT CONVECTION ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE CWA. LOOK
FOR THE BEST CHANCE FOR RAIN ON SUN TO BE ACROSS THE SW. THIS AREA
WILL BE THE FIRST TO SEE THE INCREASE IN MOISTURE AND WILL BE
CLOSEST TO THE FIRST OF MULTIPLE WAVES TO ROTATE AROUND THE LOW.
WITH THE UPPER LOW PUSHING EAST ON MON THE RAIN CHANCES SHOULD GET A
LITTLE BETTER AND EXPAND TO THE EAST SOME. MOISTURE SHOULD NOT BE
TOO MUCH OF A PROBLEM AND AS ANY ONE OF THESE NEXT DISTURBANCES
MOVES TWRDS THE REGION SHRA AND TSRA SHOULD DEVELOP DURING THE DAY.
TUE MAY BE QUITE SIMILAR TO MON WITH THE BEST CHANCE OF RAIN ACROSS
THE WRN HALF OF THE CWA(CLOSER TO THE INFLUENCE OF THE UPPER LOW).
IF THE UPPER LOW IS A LITTLE FURTHER SOUTH AND EAST THEN POPS WILL
LIKELY NEED TO BE RAISED ACROSS THE AREA FOR MON AND TUE. AS FOR
TEMPERATURES LOOK FOR THE AREA TO BE NEAR NORMAL. H925 TEMPS WILL BE
RIGHT AROUND 24-25C AND THIS SHOULD ALLOW EVERYONE TO APPROACH 90
WITH AREAS OUTSIDE OF THE RAIN GETTING INTO THE LOWER 90S AND THE
AREAS THAT SEE RAIN POSSIBLY STAYING IN THE UPPER 80S.

HEADING INTO THE REST OF THE WEEK...THE MDLS SEEM TO WANT TO QUICKLY
BUILD IN A RIDGE OVER THE SERN/ERN CONUS WITH THE RIDGE AXIS
EXTENDING THROUGH CNTRL MS INTO SRN LA(NE TO SW). THE RIDGE SHOWN BY
THE MDLS NOW IS QUITE STRONG AND WOULD LIKELY KEEP THE AREA MOSTLY
DRY. THIS DOES APPEAR TO BE SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT FROM PREVIOUS MDLS
RUNS AND FCST AND WITH THAT I WILL JUST STICK WITH THE DRIER AND
WARMER GUI VALUES. OTHER THAN THAT WE WILL KEEP AN EYE ON THE
TROPICS AND ON THAT DISTURBANCE MOVING TWRDS PUERTO RICO. /CAB/

&&

.AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT MOST TAF SITES INTO
TONIGHT.  ISOLATED CONVECTION IS ONGOING MAINLY THE DELTA REGION
THIS AFTERNOON...KGLH AND KGWO...AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE TO
THE WEST IS INTERACTING WITH A STALLED BOUNDARY OVER THE AREA.  THIS
TREND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH A GOOD BIT OF TONIGHT...WITH ACTIVITY
EXPECTING TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD SATURDAY MORNING...AND INTO
SATURDAY AFTERNOON AS A SERIES OF DISTURBANCES ARE POISED TO MOVE
ACROSS THE AREA.  MVFR/IFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES WILL BRIEFLY BE
POSSIBLE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AT SITES WHERE CONVECTION IS
OBSERVED.  THEN THROUGH THE NIGHT...MVFR...TO OCCASIONAL
IFR...CONDITIONS SHOULD PREVAIL AS DEEP MOISTURE INCREASES AND
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD THROUGH THE DAY
SATURDAY. /19/

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
JACKSON       72  85  67  89 /  68  74  20  10
MERIDIAN      70  84  66  88 /  59  75  24  13
VICKSBURG     70  86  68  90 /  80  65  18  11
HATTIESBURG   71  83  69  89 /  50  84  31  23
NATCHEZ       72  83  68  87 /  69  74  25  22
GREENVILLE    69  88  64  91 /  66  43   9   5
GREENWOOD     68  88  66  90 /  57  47  10   6

&&

.JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MS...NONE.
LA...NONE.
AR...NONE.
&&

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
312 PM CDT FRI AUG 15 2008

ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074-
161945-
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-
312 PM CDT FRI AUG 15 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND SATURDAY

ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE
OUTLOOK AREA THIS EVENING AND INTO TONIGHT. STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND
HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY CONCERNS ASSOCIATED WITH ANY STORMS THAT
BECOME SEVERE. THE AREA WITH THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR SEEING ANY
STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF A NATCHEZ TO
YAZOO CITY TO EUPORA LINE. THESE LATTER AREAS WILL ALSO HAVE HIGHER
POSSIBILITIES OF EXPERIENCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS FROM THUNDERSTORM
DOWNPOURS. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL CONTINUE TO APPROACH THE
OUTLOOK AREA FROM THE WEST AND INTERACT WITH A FRONTAL BOUNDARY IN
AN INCREASINGLY MOISTURE AIRMASS. AS THIS OCCURS...THUNDERSTORMS
WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT...WITH SOME
POTENTIALLY BECOMING AT LEAST BRIEFLY INTENSE.

ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE ACROSS
PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA THROUGH THE DAY SATURDAY. STRONG
DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY CONCERN WITH ANY SEVERE
STORMS...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR HAIL ALSO PRESENT. THE AREA WITH
THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR SEEING ANY STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL
BE AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20. ONCE AGAIN WITH A FRONTAL
BOUNDARY STALLED ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA...SEVERAL UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCES ARE FORECAST TO TRAVERSE THE BOUNDARY AND COMBINE WITH
AN INCREASINGLY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS PRESENT OVER THE
AREA...THUS ALLOWING SHOWERS AND POTENTIALLY VIGOROUS THUNDERSTORMS
TO DEVELOP OVER THE AREA.

IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA
SATURDAY...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 20
CORRIDOR. WITH DEEP MOISTURE INCREASING THROUGH AT LEAST THE FIRST
HALF OF THE DAY AND DISTURBANCES CONTINUING TO MOVE EAST ALONG THE
STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY...ITS POSSIBLE THAT SOME SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS COULD MOVE OVER THE SAME LOCATIONS WITHIN A SHORT
AMOUNT OF TIME. THIS COULD LEAD TO THE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS, AS
WELL AS IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND IN LOW LYING AREA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY

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...MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT AND TOMORROW.  OTHERWISE...
ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THURSDAY AUGUST 21ST.

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

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
431 PM CDT FRI AUG 15 2008

ARZ075-MSZ034-152215-
CHICOT AR-WASHINGTON MS-
431 PM CDT FRI AUG 15 2008

...A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CROSSING MISSISSIPPI RIVER...

A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL
AND 40 MPH WIND GUSTS WAS LOCATED FROM 8 MILES NORTH OF MCMILLAN
CORNER TO 6 MILES SOUTH OF EUDORA AT 431 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 15
MPH.

VERY HEAVY RAIN OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS AS
THEY CROSS THE LAKE VILLAGE AND GREENVILLE AREAS THROUGH 6 PM.
DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS ALSO LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS
ALONG WITH PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS.IS

HIGH WINDS CAN BRING DOWN TREES AND LARGE LIMBS RESULTING IN SERIOUS
INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE. EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN OUTDOORS
DURING SUCH STRONG WINDS...AND BE ESPECIALLY AWARE OF OLDER TREES.

PEOPLE IN WESTERN WASHINGTON AND CHICOT COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THESE
STORMS CLOSELY.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
513 PM CDT FRI AUG 15 2008

MSZ026>028-152300-
GRENADA MS-CARROLL MS-MONTGOMERY MS-
513 PM CDT FRI AUG 15 2008

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER AVALON MOVING NORTHEAST...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL...40 MPH
WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WAS LOCATED OVER AVALON
OR 3 MILES SOUTH OF LEFLORE AT 513 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20
MPH.

THIS STORM SHOULD IMPACT THE LEFLORE...HOLCOMB AREAS BY 530 PM
AND POSSIBLY GRENADA AROUND 6 PM CDT WITH DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING STRIKES AS WELL. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS IS ALSO
LIKELY...ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 7

HIGH WINDS CAN BRING DOWN TREES AND LARGE LIMBS RESULTING IN SERIOUS
INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE. EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN OUTDOORS
DURING SUCH STRONG WINDS...AND BE ESPECIALLY AWARE OF OLDER TREES.

PEOPLE IN EXTREME NORTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY...NORTH CENTRAL CARROLL AND
GRENADA COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
702 PM CDT FRI AUG 15 2008

MSZ043-048-049-160010-
HINDS MS-RANKIN MS-MADISON MS-
702 PM CDT FRI AUG 15 2008

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER FLOWOOD MOVING NORTHEAST...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN UP TO ONE
INCH AND GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH WAS LOCATED OVER FLOWOOD AT 702 PM
CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 14 MPH.

DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS LIKELY WITH THIS STORM AS IT
MOVES INTO THE ROSS BARNETT RESERVOIR AREA THROUGH 730 PM.

HIGH WINDS CAN BRING DOWN TREES AND LARGE LIMBS RESULTING IN SERIOUS
INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE. EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN OUTDOORS
DURING SUCH STRONG WINDS...AND BE ESPECIALLY AWARE OF OLDER TREES.

PEOPLE IN SOUTH CENTRAL MADISON...NORTHERN RANKIN AND EAST CENTRAL
HINDS COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
738 PM CDT FRI AUG 15 2008

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

0656 PM     TSTM WND GST     3 E JACKSON             32.32N 90.16W
08/15/2008  U0.00 MPH        HINDS              MS   NWS EMPLOYEE

            TREE ON POWER LINE AND BROUGHT DOWN POWER LINE NEAR
            ENTRANCE TO LEFLEURS BLUFF GOLF COURSE.

&&

JCULIN

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
745 PM CDT FRI AUG 15 2008

LAZ025-MSZ059-160115-
TENSAS LA-JEFFERSON MS-
745 PM CDT FRI AUG 15 2008

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND
40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHURCH HILL AT
745 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 13 MPH.

VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE
LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING
IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. AVOID AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

HIGH WINDS CAN BRING DOWN TREES AND LARGE LIMBS RESULTING IN SERIOUS
INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE. EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN OUTDOORS
DURING SUCH STRONG WINDS...AND BE ESPECIALLY AWARE OF OLDER TREES.

PEOPLE IN JEFFERSON COUNTY...AND SOUTH CENTRAL TENSAS PARISH SHOULD
MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
822 PM CDT FRI AUG 15 2008

MSZ049-160145-
RANKIN MS-
822 PM CDT FRI AUG 15 2008

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND
40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTH OF JOHNS AT 822 PM
CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 11 MPH. THE STORM WILL REMAIN OVER RURAL
RANKIN COUNTY.

VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE
LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING
IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

HIGH WINDS CAN BRING DOWN TREES AND LARGE LIMBS RESULTING IN SERIOUS
INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE. EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN OUTDOORS
DURING SUCH STRONG WINDS...AND BE ESPECIALLY AWARE OF OLDER TREES.

PEOPLE IN SOUTHEASTERN RANKIN COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM
CLOSELY.

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