Tornado Warning 277, NWS Jackson, MS

000 
WWUS54 KJAN 092333
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
533 PM CST TUE DEC 9 2008

LAC025-041-107-100015-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0277.000000T0000Z-081210T0015Z/
TENSAS LA-CATAHOULA LA-FRANKLIN LA-
534 PM CST TUE DEC 9 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN FRANKLIN...NORTHEASTERN CATAHOULA AND TENSAS PARISHES...

AT 534 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SICILY ISLAND...OR 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF
FERRIDAY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  WISNER BY 540 PM CST...
  COOTER POINT AND 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GILBERT BY 545 PM CST...
  NEWLIGHT BY 600 PM CST...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
PENNY SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

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 1100 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3212 9164 3221 9140 3199 9121 3172 9175
      3183 9187
TIME...MOT...LOC 2334Z 229DEG 42KT 3188 9168

$$

CME

000 
WWUS54 KJAN 100013
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
613 PM CST TUE DEC 9 2008

LAC025-041-107-100023-
/O.EXP.KJAN.TO.W.0277.000000T0000Z-081210T0015Z/
TENSAS LA-CATAHOULA LA-FRANKLIN LA-
613 PM CST TUE DEC 9 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN FRANKLIN...NORTHEASTERN
CATAHOULA AND TENSAS PARISHES EXPIRES AT 615 PM CST...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND THE
WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3212 9164 3221 9140 3199 9121 3172 9175
      3183 9187
TIME...MOT...LOC 0013Z 229DEG 42KT 3217 9127

$$

BYB

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1115 AM CST TUE DEC 9 2008

...SEVERE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT...

.UPDATE...MOISTURE AND WINDS STEADILY INCREASING AHEAD OF THE
APPROACHING STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. UPDATED FORECAST EARLIER FOR
TORNADO WATCH ISSUANCE WHICH INCLUDES WESTERN HALF OF CWFA THROUGH
THIS AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS WITH SEVERE POTENTIAL LOOK TO MOVE
INTO OUR WESTERN ZONE BY NOON AND PROGRESS EASTWARD REMAINDER OF
DAY. AREA OBSERVATIONS REPORTING SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 20 MPH WITH
GUSTS 35 TO 40 MPH. WL LEAVE WIND AND LAKE WIND ADVISORIES IN PLACE.
TEMPERATURES WERE OK FOR THE MOST PART BUT WITH RAIN MOVING INTO
WESTERN ZONES TRIMMED A COUPLE OF DEGREES OFF AFTERNOON HIGHS.
UPDATES HAVE BEEN POSTED. /22/

&&

.PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)...
SCATTERED SHRA AND ISOLATED TSRA WILL DEVELOP OVER THE LA
PARISHES/SERN AR AND WRN MS THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. SURFACE
PRESSURE GRADIENT ALREADY 7-8MB AND VAD WINDS/PROFILERS SHOWING SLY
40-50KTS IN LOWEST 3 GATES. A WIND ADVISORY FOR GUSTS OF 40MPH+ WILL
BE POSTED ALONG A W OF KGWO-KHEZ LINE WITH A LAKE WIND ADVISORY
ELSEWHERE STARTING AT 14Z AND GOING UNTIL 00Z.

GOES SOUNDER DATA SHOWING PWATS OF NEAR 1.7 INCHES ALONG LA COAST
PUSHING NE AND THESE COULD REACH 1.8 INCHES BY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS
WRN HALF OF OUR CWFA. SFC DEWPOINTS OF 65-68F WORKING NWD ALONG
SABINE RIVER AND WE STILL EXPECT MIDDLE 60S PUSHING AT LEAST TO THE
I-20 CORRIDOR BY LATE AFTERNOON. AS 1001MB LOW CENTER OVER SRN OK
MOVES ACROSS AR EWD ALONG I-40...OUR GRADIENT REMAINS 7MB+ FROM E-W
THROUGH EARLY EVENING AHEAD OF THE FRONT. GFS CONSISTENT SUPPORT OF
STRONG MOISTURE  TRANSPORT OF 50KTS+ WITH 850MB THETA E VALUES OF
330-33K BY AFTERNOON AND A 60-70KT 700MB PUNCH FROM THE SW BETWEEN
00-03Z FROM LAKE PROVIDENCE TO STARKVILLE...BOTH SPELL TROUBLE FOR A
DAMAGING WIND SWATH. UPWARD TRENDING INSTABILITY BOTHERSOME WITH
6.75-7C 700-500MB LAPSE RATES AND IMPRESSIVE WIND SHEAR VALUES
INCLUDING A SPLIT 120KT+ SWLY 200MB JET AXIS SPELLS AN EVEN GREATER
CASE FOR SCATTERED SVR STORMS AS 0-1KM HELICITIES PROGGED TO
330-390M*M/S*S AND 0-3KM VALUES 400-450M*M/S*S. SHOWALTERS OF MINUS
4...MLCAPES OF 800-1200J/KG ALSO CROSS SRN HALF OF CWFA JUST AHEAD
OF THE FRONT WHERE NOW STRONG TOR VALUES OF 7-9M/S*S EXIST FROM
ABOUT 22Z-05Z.

EXPECT A FEW SUPERCELLS THIS AFTERNOON WRN PORTIONS GRADUALLY
EVOLVING INTO A QLCS BY EVENING ALONG THE MS RIVER AND THEN MARCHING
EWD THROUGH OUR CWFA. MAIN COLD FRONT TONIGHT 02-08Z CROSSES THE
NATCHEZ TRACE CORRIDOR BEFORE MIDNIGHT WITH THE SQUALL LINE WELL
ORGANIZED AND ACCELERATING EWD THROUGH ERN MS BY 09Z. WILL KEEP HWO
TSRA WORDING AND LEAN TOWARD SRN PORTIONS AS HAVING HIGHEST TOR RISK
AND NRN PORTIONS DAMAGING SQUALL LINE WINDS. CONTINUING MENTION IN
ZONE PACKAGE(DUE TO LOCAL CHECKLISTS YIELDING CONSISTENTLY HIGH
VALUES). QPF AMOUNTS OF 2-3 INCHES BY WEDNESDAY MORNING APPEAR MOST
LIKELY ALTHOUGH LOCALLY HIGHER VALUES QUITE POSSIBLE.

POST FRONTAL RAINS SLOW DOWN OVER SERN MS WEDNESDAY MORNING AS AN
UPSTREAM CLOSED MID LEVEL LOW DEVELOPS OVER WRN GULF BY AFTERNOON.
THIS DEEPENING FEATURE THROWS BACK PLENTY OF UPGLIDE ON THE COOL
SIDE OF THE SURFACE FRONT TO MAINTAIN RAINS...ESPECIALLY OVER SERN
MS. MAV TEMP GUIDANCE WILL BE HARD TO BEAT WITHOUT SOME BIG SHIFTS
IN TIMING./40/

LONG TERM...THE EXTENDED FCST IS A HIGH RISK HIGH REWARD FCST...SO
YOU CAN FIGURE THAT THIS MEANS THERE IS A GOOD BIT OF UNCERTAINTY
WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR A BUSTED FCST. I WILL TRY TO COVER THE
POTENTIAL . THE GFS AND ECMWF HAVE PRETTY MUCH SWAPPED SIDES IN
REGARD TO TIMING. NOW THE GFS IS THE SLOWER MDL(PROBABLY TOO SLOW)
AND THE ECMWF IS PRETTY CLOSE TO LAST NIGHTS GFS TIMING. THE MDLS GET
INTO DECENT AGREEMENT HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND BUT BY NEXT WEEK THEY
REALLY START TO DIVERGE.

THE BIGGEST CONCERN IS WED NIGHT AND THU. THIS IS GETTING A LITTLE
RIDICULOUS AS THE MDLS CONTINUE TO BOUNCE BACK AND FORTH WITH THE
POSSIBILITY OF SNOW AND THIS TREND CONTINUED TONIGHT. THE LATEST GFS
AND ECMWF BOTH SHOW THE POTENTIAL FOR SNOW...AND POSSIBLY A PRETTY
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT IF THINGS LINE UP RIGHT.

FIRST OFF LET ME SAY THAT CONFIDENCE IS LOW AND I AM HAVING A HARD
TIME BELIEVING THAT WE WILL GET MUCH SNOW BUT THE TRACK OF THE UPPER
LOW IS FAVORABLE. FIRST IT WOULD LEAD TO DYNAMIC COOLING AND BOTH
MDLS ARE SHOWING QUITE A BIT OF THIS. ALSO IT PUTS THE CWA UNDER THE
DEFORMATION ZONE. COMBINE THAT WITH A DEVELOPING TROWAL...WHICH IS
ADVERTISED BY THE GFS...AND YOU HAVE THE INGREDIENTS FOR MODERATE TO
HEAVY SNOW. ALSO FCST SNDGS BY BOTH THE GFS AND ECMWF SHOW THE COLUMN
AT SOME POINT COMPLETELY BELOW FREEZING WITH THE GFS INDICATING QUITE
A BIT OF LIFT IN THE DENDRITIC LAYER. RIGHT NOW I AM GOING TO TAKE A
BLEND OF THE MDLS AND JUST ADD LIGHT SNOW MIXING IN WITH RAIN DURING
THE OVERNIGHT HRS WED AND ON THU BUT WE MAY HAVE TO MAKE THAT
MODERATE SNOW IF THE MODELS REMAIN CONSISTENT. THE OPS RUN OF THE GFS
IS NOT OUT OF LINE WITH THE GFS ENSEMBLES AND THIS IS GIVING A LITTLE
MORE CREDIBILITY TO THE GFS. IF THE GFS ACTUALLY VERIFIES THEN THERE
WILL BE A STRIPE OF SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACROSS OUR CWA...BUT IF THAT
OCCURS THE LOCATION IS JUST TOO DIFFICULT TO PREDICT AT THIS TIME.
ALL IT TAKES IS A LITTLE DEVIATION IN TRACK OR STRENGTH IN THE UPPER
LOW AND THAT THIN STRIPE COULD BE DISPLACED 50 MILES OR SO. THAT
LITTLE CHANGE COULD ALSO BE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GETTING SNOW OR
KEEPING EVERYTHING COMPLETELY LIQUID. SECOND IF THE DYNAMIC COOLING
IS NOT AS IMPRESSIVE AS THE MDLS ARE INDICATING THEN WE WILL LIKELY
STAY COMPLETELY LIQUID. ONE MORE NEGATIVE ASPECT...IT IS STILL EARLY
DECEMBER AND CLIMATOLOGICALLY SPEAKING THIS IS NOT THE BEST TIME FOR
US TO GET SNOW STORMS. NOW IF THIS WAS JAN OR FEB THEN WE WOULD
LIKELY BE TALKING ABOUT A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM.

PRECIP SHOULD COME TO AN END THU EVENING/OVERNIGHT AND SKIES WILL
START TO CLEAR OUT. TEMPS ARE A DIFFICULT PROPOSITION RIGHT NOW B/C
A LOT WILL DEPEND IF WE HAVE SNOW ON THE GROUND. IF THERE IS THEN
LOWS FRI MORNING WILL BE COLDER THAN EXPECTED. DUE TO THE
UNCERTAINTY I WILL JUST STICK WITH THE MEX GUI FOR NOW. HIGHS WILL
ALSO BE BELOW NORMAL WITH SOME LOCATIONS POSSIBLY QUITE COOL IF(BIG
IF THERE) IS SNOW ON THE GROUND.

THIS WEEKEND AND HEADING INTO NEXT WEEK THE PATTERN WILL FINALLY
CHANGE AND TEMPS WILL MODERATE WITH RAIN CHANCE INCREASING NEXT
WEEK. I HAVE JUST STUCK WITH THE MEX FOR THIS PERIOD FOR BOTH TEMPS
AND POPS. /CAB/

&&

.AVIATION...WINDY AND RAINY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE
REGION THROUGH MUCH OF THE PERIOD. LOWER CEILINGS WERE MOVING INTO
THE NORTHWEST...WITH HEIGHTS AROUND 2500FT CONTINUING FOR THE NEXT
FEW HOURS. WILL MAINTAIN TEMPO GROUPS FOR LOWER HEIGHTS...VALUES
UPSTREAM AROUND 1500FT...EARLY IMPACTS WILL CONTINUE FOR GWO/GLH.
LOWER CLOUDS WILL CONTINUE TO FILL IN FOR THE OTHER LOCATIONS AROUND
20Z...WITH CEILINGS AROUND 2500FT. THUNDERSTORMS WERE APPROACHING
GLH. THE CURRENT FORECAST TIMING SEEMS OK FOR NOW...SO WILL NOT MAKE
ANY ADJUSTMENTS TO THE FORECAST. THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD CONTINUE
TO MOVE OUT OF THE AREA...SO WILL MAINTAIN LIGHT RAIN THROUGH THE
PERIOD. /07/

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
JACKSON       72  44  48  36 /  95 100  50  63
MERIDIAN      69  47  51  39 /  82 100  64  70
VICKSBURG     74  44  46  36 / 100  83  39  56
HATTIESBURG   73  48  51  40 /  81 100  71  68
NATCHEZ       75  43  46  37 / 100  84  53  69
GREENVILLE    70  40  44  33 / 100  81  13  31
GREENWOOD     68  42  44  35 / 100 100  21  37

&&

.JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MS...LAKE WIND ADVISORY FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS
     AFTERNOON FOR MSZ026>033-036>039-042>066-072>074.

     WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR MSZ018-019-025-
     034-035-040-041.

LA...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR LAZ007>009-015-
     016-023>026.

AR...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR ARZ074-075.

&&

22/40/CAB/07

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
244 PM CST TUE DEC 09 2008

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

1240 PM     HEAVY RAIN       ROSEDALE                33.85N 91.03W
12/09/2008  E1.25 INCH       BOLIVAR            MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            WEST BOLIVAR SCHOOL IN ROSEDALE REPORTED WATER COMING IN
            THRU THEIR DOORS, DUE TO SUDDEN DOWNPOUR.

&&

JFAIRLY

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
252 PM CST TUE DEC 09 2008

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

0140 PM     HEAVY RAIN       MOUND BAYOU             33.88N 90.73W
12/09/2008  E1.25 INCH       BOLIVAR            MS   PUBLIC

            LOCALIZED STREET FLOODING IN MOUND BAYOU, DUE TO SUDDEN
            DOWNPOUR.

&&

JFAIRLY

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
402 PM CST TUE DEC 09 2008

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

0130 PM     TSTM WND DMG     LIDDIEVILLE             32.14N 91.85W
12/09/2008                   FRANKLIN           LA   UTILITY COMPANY

            POWER OUTAGES WERE REPORTED.

&&

JFAIRLY

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
407 PM CST TUE DEC 09 2008

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

0130 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     HOLLY BLUFF             32.82N 90.71W
12/09/2008                   YAZOO              MS   PUBLIC

            FUNNEL CLOUD WAS SPOTTED ALONG HWY 16 AND OLD HIGHWAY
            149.

&&

JFAIRLY

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
443 PM CST TUE DEC 09 2008

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

0415 PM     TORNADO          2 SSE LOUISE            32.96N 90.58W
12/09/2008                   HUMPHREYS          MS   STORM CHASER

            REPORTED TORNADO ON THE GROUND IN AN OPEN FIELD NEAR NO 3
            ROAD.

&&

JFAIRLY

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
457 PM CST TUE DEC 09 2008

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

0450 PM     HAIL             2 S YAZOO CITY          32.83N 90.41W
12/09/2008  E1.75 INCH       YAZOO              MS   STORM CHASER

            GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED 2 MILES SOUTH OF YAZOO CITY
            ON OLD HWY 49.

&&

JFAIRLY