Tornado Warning 202, NWS Jackson, MS

000 
WWUS54 KJAN 021336
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
836 AM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008

MSC031-067-021400-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0202.000000T0000Z-080902T1400Z/
COVINGTON MS-JONES MS-
836 AM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT FOR JONES AND
EASTERN COVINGTON COUNTIES...

AT 836 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SANFORD...OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
ELLISVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT 44 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  SOSO BY 850 AM CDT...

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT TUESDAY AFTERNOON
FOR MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3144 8950 3179 8956 3182 8893 3144 8893
TIME...MOT...LOC 1336Z 188DEG 38KT 3159 8936

$$

GARRETT

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
644 AM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008

.DISCUSSION...THIS IS JUST AN UPDATE FOR THE NEW TORNADO
WATCH...NUMBER 881 IN EFFECT FOR A GOOD PORTION OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 4 PM. FLASH FLOOD WATCH STILL REMAINS IN
EFFECT AND WIND/LAKW WIND ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT TILL 4 PM. ZONES HAVE
ALREADY BEEN SHIPPED OUT.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION...ISSUED AT 343 AM CDT.

SHORT TERM...THE FOCUS FOR THE SHORT TERM CONTINUES TO BE ON
TROPICAL STORM GUSTAV. CURRENTLY THE CENTER OF GUSTAV IS LOCATED
BETWEEN KPOE AND KIER AND GRADUALLY MOVING TO THE NNW.  THE CURRENT
FORECAST FROM THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER BRINGS GUSTAV SLOWLY
NORTHWEST TO REACH JUST SOUTHWEST OF THE ARKLATEX FOR THIS EVENING.
GUSTAV IS GRADUALLY WEAKENING AS IT MOVES THROUGH WEST LOUISIANA AND
IS NOW ABOUT 991MB.

GUSTAV IS EXPECTED TO MOVE VERY SLOWLY AND REMAIN TO OUR WEST
THROUGH THE SHORT TERM. THIS IS EXPECTED TO BRING RAIN TO THE
ARKLAMISS REGION OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. PWATS WELL OVER 2.0
INCHES WILL PROVIDE PLENTY OF MOISTURE. WITH RAIN THAT HAS FALLEN
ALREADY GIVING SOAKED GROUNDS...THERE WILL CONTINUE TO EXIST THE
POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING OVER AT LEAST THE SOUTHWESTERN 2/3 OF
THE CWFA.  THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL BE CONTINUED THROUGH THIS
EVENING AS A RESULT. THIS WATCH WILL LIKELY NEED TO BE EXTENDED FOR
PORTIONS OF THE CWFA. WILL LET LATER SHIFTS MONITOR THIS POTENTIAL
TO PINPOINT THE AREA THAT WILL MOST LIKELY NEED THE WATCH.

WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE GUSTY ACROSS THE ARKLAMISS REGION THROUGH
THE DAY. SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE PRETTY MUCH REMAINED BELOW 20KTS THE
PAST FEW HOURS ACROSS MUCH OF THE CWFA...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MAYBE
THE EXTREME SOUTHWEST WHERE SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO REACH
UP TO AROUND 25-30KTS.  WINDS HAVE PRIMARILY BEEN GUSTING TO ABOUT
20-30KTS...WITH THE OCCASIONAL 35-40KTS.  BELIEVE THE SUSTAINED
WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO REMAIN BETWEEN 10-15 KTS WITH LOCATIONS
ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST POSSIBLY SEEING AROUND 20-25KTS SUSTAINED
DURING THE DAY...WITH CONTINUED GUSTS OF AROUND 20-30 KTS...THE
SOUTHWEST SEEING HIGHER GUSTS. WITH WEAKER SUSTAINED WINDS
EXPECTED THE INLAND TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE. WINDS WILL BE FALLING SHORT OF CRITERIA FOR WIND ADVISORIES
EVERYWHERE EXCEPT THE SOUTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWFA. SO WILL BE
PUTTING THE SOUTHWESTERN CORNER OF THE CWFA UNDER A WIND ADVISORY
AND WILL PUT THE REST OF THE CWFA UNDER A LAKE WIND ADVISORY FOR
TODAY.

THE POSSIBILITY OF TORNADOES ALSO CONTINUES FOR PORTIONS OF THE CWFA
TODAY.  THIS WILL ESPECIALLY BE OVER LOCATIONS MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH
OF THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR WITH BETTER MOISTURE LOCATED OVER THIS
AREA. THE TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM THIS MORNING FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE CWFA. BELIEVE THE TORNADO RISK WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY FOR THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE CWFA AS THE
AREA WARMS.

TEMPERATURES WILL AGAIN BE A LITTLE COOLER TODAY.  LOWER 80S CAN BE
EXPECTED ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF THE CWFA WITH SLIGHTLY HIGHER IN
THE MIDDLE 80S EXPECTED OVER THE EXTREME NORTHEAST.  CONTINUED CLOUD
COVER AND RAIN WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES DOWN AS WE EXPERIENCED OVER
THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE CWFA YESTERDAY.  TEMPERATURES WILL BE
SLIGHTLY WARMER ON WEDNESDAY...BUT NOT MUCH WARMER WITH THE EFFECTS
OF THE REMNANTS OF GUSTAV HANGING OVER AT LEAST THE WESTERN PORTIONS
OF THE CWFA.  HAVE REMAINED WITH MAV GUI OVER THE EASTERN PORTIONS
OF THE AREA FOR BOTH DAYS...BUT HAVE LOWERED BY A DEGREE OR TWO OVER
THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA.  LOW TEMPERATURES FOR TONIGHT
LOOKED REASONABLE WITH LOWER TO MIDDLE 70S EXPECTED. /14/

LONG TERM...THE LONG TERM AFTER THU SEEMS MOSTLY INSIGNIFICANT BUT
EYES WILL BE TURNING TWRDS THE TROPICS ONCE AGAIN. THE MDLS
GENERALLY AGREE THAT THE REMNANTS OF GUSTAV WILL FINALLY START TO
PULL OUT OF THE ARKLATEX REGION ON THU. AFTER THAT RAIN CHANCES WILL
DECREASE SIGNIFICANTLY BUT THERE SHOULD BE MORE THAN ENOUGH MOISTURE
IN THE ATMOSPHERE TO HELP GET ISLTD ACTIVITY OFF AND ON. THROUGHOUT
THE EXTENDED I WILL GENERALLY STICK WITH THE GUI VALUES...THE ONLY
EXCEPTION WILL BE WED NIGHT AND THU WHERE I WILL GO ABOUT 10% OR SO
ABV GUI POPS ACROSS THE WEST AND EVEN CNTRL PORTIONS OF THE CWA.

THE MAIN CONCERN IN THE EXTENDED(AT THIS TIME) IS THU. IT LOOKS LIKE
IT WILL BE ANOTHER WET DAY AS A BAND OF SHRA AND ISLTD TSRA DEVELOP.
THERE ARE SOME DIFFERENCES B/T THE MDLS AS TO WHERE THIS WILL N-S
BAND OF RAIN WILL OCCUR BUT IT IS BEGINNING TO LOOK MORE LIKELY
ACROSS THE WRN HALF OF THE CWA. THIS BAND COULD BRING ANOTHER 1-2
INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE NW AND EXACERBATE ANY FLOODING ISSUES THAT
MAY BE OUT THERE FROM TUE AND WED RAINS. WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR
THIS AND IF THE FFA IS EXTENDED INTO WED IT MAY HAVE TO BE EXTENDED
FURTHER INTO THU FOR A FEW AREAS. A LOT WILL DEPEND ON WHAT HAPPENS
OVER THE NEXT 24-36 HRS AND WHERE THIS BAND OF RAIN DEVELOPS ON THU
WHICH IS UNCERTAIN.

AFTER THU WE WILL MOVE INTO WEAK SWRLY FLOW WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO
ALLOW FOR LIGHT SHRA AND MAYBE A FEW TSRA TO DEVELOP EACH DAY BUT
THE RISK OF HEAVY RAIN WILL BE OVER. OF NOTE...EVEN THOUGH TROPICAL
DEPRESSION GUSTAV AND ITS REMNANTS WILL AFFECT US FOR THE NEXT 60
HRS WE WILL STILL NEED TO KEEP AN EYE OUT IN THE ATLANTIC AS
TROPICAL STORM IKE IS FORECAST TO APPROACH THE BAHAMAS AND IT LOOKS
LIKE IT WILL HAVE A SHOT OF GETTING INTO THE GULF. /CAB/

&&

.AVIATION...CEILINGS WILL CONTINUE TO LOWER ACROSS MUCH OF THE
ARKLAMISS REGION WITH 2-3K FEET EXPECTED BY AROUND DAYBREAK.  THIS
SHOULD GIVE PRIMARILY MVFR AND IFR FLIGHT CATEGORIES THROUGH THE
FORECAST PERIOD.  SHOWERS WITH AN OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORM ASSOCIATED
WITH TROPICAL STORM GUSTAV WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE ENTIRE
PERIOD.  THIS COULD PRODUCE PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY
BRING PERIODS OF LIFR FLIGHT CATEGORIES.  IN ADDITION TO HEAVY RAIN
FOR THE AREA...GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE AN ISSUE FOR TODAY AS
WELL. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AROUND 10-15KT...WITH PERIODS OF UP TO
20KTS WILL BE POSSIBLE.  GUSTS OF 20-30KTS WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR MOST
SITES AS WELL.  WINDS WILL GRADUALLY BEGIN TO WEAKEN FROM THE EAST
BY THE AFTERNOON HOURS. /14/

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
JACKSON       81  72  85  72 / 100  87  87  59
MERIDIAN      84  72  86  71 /  81  59  60  33
VICKSBURG     81  74  82  71 / 100 100  96  77
HATTIESBURG   84  73  86  73 /  98  72  70  36
NATCHEZ       82  73  82  73 / 100  92  80  47
GREENVILLE    82  71  82  71 / 100  99 100  83
GREENWOOD     81  72  83  71 /  89  84  87  72

&&

.JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MS...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR MSZ018-019-
     025>046-048>052-054>058-062>066-072>074.

     FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR MSZ034>037-040>045-
     047>066-072>074.

     WIND ADVISORY UNTIL NOON CDT TODAY FOR MSZ047-053-059>061.

LA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR LAZ007>009-015-016-
     023>026.

     WIND ADVISORY UNTIL NOON CDT TODAY FOR LAZ007>009-015-016-
     023>026.

AR...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR ARZ074-075.

     FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR ARZ074-075.

&&

SHORT TERM/AVIATION: 14
LONG TERM: CAB

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
526 AM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008

ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-MSZ018-019-025-034>036-040>044-048>051-
054>057-062>066-072>074-031030-
ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-BOLIVAR-
SUNFLOWER-LEFLORE-WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS-HOLMES-ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY-
YAZOO-MADISON MS-LEAKE-HINDS-RANKIN-SCOTT-NEWTON-COPIAH-SIMPSON-
SMITH-JASPER-LINCOLN-LAWRENCE-JEFFERSON DAVIS-COVINGTON-JONES-
MARION-LAMAR-FORREST-
526 AM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MOST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI AS WELL AS A GOOD PORTION OF THE DELTA ALONG WITH
SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THE OUTER BANDS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION GUSTAVE WILL ROTATE NORTHWARD
ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. THESE BANDS WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR
TORNADOES FROM THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE NATURE OF THE
EVENT SUGGESTS THERE WILL BE NUMEROUS ROTATING STORMS...ALL CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. THE GREATEST RISK LOOKS TO BE WITHIN AND AREA
ALONG AND BETWEEN THE NATCHEZ TRACE TO NORTHERN MADISON COUNTY AND
SOUTHEAST ALONG A LINE FROM FOREST TO LAUREL. INSTABILITY AND WIND
SHEAR WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH WHERE A FEW TORNADOES MAY BE ON THE
STRONG SIDE.

HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE FLOODING WILL BE AN ISSUE AS THESE
PERSISTENT RAIN BANDS ROTATE ACROSS THE AREA. MOST LOCATIONS WILL
SEE 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN WITH AREAS THAT REMAIN FOCUSED WITHIN BANDS
POSSIBLY SEEING MORE THAN 4 INCHES THROUGH THIS EVENING.

WITH STRONG WINDS JUST OFF THE SURFACE AND AS SURFACE HEATING
OCCURS...WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 20 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS
TO 30 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

AS THE REMNANTS OF GUSTAV LINGER...TORNADOES AND LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF THE AREA ON
WEDNESDAY.

.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 THIS EVENING.

MSZ026>033-037>039-045-046-052-058-031030-
GRENADA-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-WEBSTER-CLAY-LOWNDES-CHOCTAW-OKTIBBEHA-
ATTALA-WINSTON-NOXUBEE-NESHOBA-KEMPER-LAUDERDALE-CLARKE-
526 AM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL TODAY AS SURFACE HEATING HELPS TO
BRING HIGHER WINDS DOWN TO THE SURFACE. EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS
AROUND 20 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL TO 30 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER
OPERATIONS...IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH NEXT MONDAY.

LAZ015-016-023>026-MSZ047-053-059>061-031030-
RICHLAND-MADISON LA-FRANKLIN LA-CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA-WARREN-
CLAIBORNE-JEFFERSON-ADAMS-FRANKLIN MS-
526 AM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR .

THE OUTER BANDS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION GUSTAVE WILL ROTATE NORTHWARD
ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. THESE BANDS WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR
TORNADOES...MAIN FROM MIDDAY THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE NATURE OF THE
EVENT SUGGESTS THERE COULD BE SEVERAL ROTATING STORMS...ALL CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING TORNADOES WITHIN THE RAIN BANDS. THE GREATEST RISK LOOKS TO
BE ALONG AND EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.

HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE FLOODING WILL BE AN ISSUE AS THESE
PERSISTENT RAIN BANDS ROTATE ACROSS THE AREA. MOST LOCATIONS WILL
SEE 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN WITH AREAS THAT REMAIN FOCUSED WITHIN BANDS
POSSIBLY SEEING MORE THAN 4 INCHES THROUGH THIS EVENING.

WITH A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS THE AREA FROM GUSTAV...WINDS
WILL CONTINUE TO BE SUSTAINED BETWEEN 20 AND 25 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO
30 OR 40 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

AS THE REMNANTS OF GUSTAV LINGER...TORNADOES AND LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF THE AREA ON
WEDNESDAY.

.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 THIS EVENING.

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

CME

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
731 AM CDT TUE SEP 02 2008

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

0531 AM     TSTM WND DMG     2 SE MORTON             32.33N 89.63W
09/02/2008                   SCOTT              MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            A FEW TREES DOWN...POSSIBLE TORNADO

&&

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
808 AM CDT TUE SEP 02 2008

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

0323 AM     TSTM WND DMG     6 N TAYLORSVILLE        31.92N 89.43W
09/02/2008                   SMITH              MS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROAD 80 AND
            COUNTY ROAD 19...POSSIBLE TORNADO.

&&

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