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Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Jackson, MS

April 12, 20096 counties in Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Apr 12, 2009, 8:45 PM CDT for 6 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 3 hr. 11 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Apr 12, 2009, 8:45 PM CDT (01:45 UTC)
Expired: Apr 12, 2009, 11:45 PM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Covington County, MS, Forrest County, MS, Jefferson Davis County, MS, Jones County, MS, Lamar County, MS, Marion County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 12, 10:00 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Collins, MS	WATERING COVERING MCDONALD ROAD JUST SOUTH OF COLLINS. ALSO WATER WASHED OUT CULVERTS ON DEERMAN ROAD JUST SOUTH OF COLLINS.
Apr 12, 10:50 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Sanford, MS	FOUR INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 7PM THIS EVENING
Apr 12, 11:00 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	2 Se Ellisville, MS	SEVERAL ROADS WASHED OUT AND HIGHWAY 29 WAS UNDERMINED AND REMAINS CLOSED DUE TO LAST NIGHTS HEAVY RAINFALL. TIME IS ESTIMATED.
Apr 12, 11:00 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Collins, MS	NUMEROUS RDS WERE FLOODED ACROSS THE COUNTY. A PORTION OF HWY 49 WAS COVERED WITH HIGH WATER FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
Apr 12, 11:15 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Columbia, MS	SOME MINOR STREET FLOODING REPORTED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
Apr 12, 11:15 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	West Hattiesburg, MS	SHEARS ROAD WAS FLOODED IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF LAMAR COUNTY.
Apr 12, 11:25 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Laurel, MS	NUMEROUS STREETS FLOODED IN LAUREL AND ACROSS THE COUNTY, MAINLY IN THE SOUTHERN PART. ROUGHLY 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN LAUREL SINCE AROUND 7PM AND IT IS STILL RAINING.
Apr 12, 11:30 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Hattiesburg, MS	NUMEROUS STREETS ARE FLOODED IN THE CITY OF HATTIESBURG.
Apr 12, 11:40 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Petal, MS	MINOR STREET FLOODING AROUND HWY 42.
Apr 12, 11:53 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	3 W Hattiesburg, MS	SPOTTER REPORTS ABOUT 7 INCHES OF RAIN FELL SINCE AROUND 9PM IN THE OAK GROVE COMMUNITY. REPORTED BY HAM RADIO OPERATOR.
Apr 12, 11:53 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Sumrall, MS	ABOUT 6.7 INCHES OF RAIN FELL SINCE AROUND 9PM. REPORTED BY HAM RADIO OPERATOR.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 9 storm reports to this flash flood warning; the first came 75 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 113 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: 48 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -57 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 571 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 448 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 681 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS54 KJAN 130145
FFWJAN
MSC031-035-065-067-073-091-130445-
/O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0028.090413T0145Z-090413T0445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
845 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...KOKOMO...COLUMBIA...
  COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF COLLINS...
  NORTHERN FORREST COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PETAL...HATTIESBURG...
  JONES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...LAUREL...ELLISVILLE...
  NORTHERN LAMAR COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WEST HATTIESBURG...

* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT

* AT 844 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED
  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE
  WARNED AREA. ESTIMATED RADAR RAINFALL AMOUNTS...ON THE ORDER OF ONE
  TO THREE INCHES...HAVE OCCURRED IN THE PAST THREE HOURS.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MELBA...
  SOCIETY HILL...SANFORD...MILL CREEK...TUCKERS CROSSING...MOSELLE...
  OVETT...EASTABUCHIE...MACEDONIA...RAWLS SPRINGS...SUNRISE...
  MORGANTOWN...HOLLY SPRINGS...GOSS...BUNKER HILL...IMPROVE...SUMRALL
  AND SANDERSVILLE

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WARNED AREA FOR THE NEXT
THREE HOURS WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER
COVERS THE ROAD.FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

&&

LAT...LON 3113 9000 3134 9005 3138 9003 3143 8975
      3177 8976 3183 8892 3144 8892 3143 8913
      3123 8913 3112 8994

$$

CME

2 follow-up statements

000 
WGUS74 KJAN 130253
FFSJAN

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
953 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2009

MSC031-035-065-067-073-091-130445-
/O.CON.KJAN.FF.W.0028.000000T0000Z-090413T0445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
COVINGTON MS-JONES MS-FORREST MS-LAMAR MS-MARION MS-
JEFFERSON DAVIS MS-
953 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2009

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM CDT FOR
EASTERN JEFFERSON DAVIS...MARION...NORTHERN LAMAR...NORTHERN
FORREST...JONES AND COVINGTON COUNTIES...

AT 951 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
DETECT A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE 
WARNED AREA. RADAR HAS ESTIMATED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 
OVER PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA OVER THE PAST HOUR AND A HALF.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MILL CREEK...
TUCKERS CROSSING...MOSELLE...OVETT...EASTABUCHIE...MACEDONIA...RAWLS
SPRINGS...SUNRISE...IMPROVE...WEST HATTIESBURG...SUMRALL...PETAL...
HATTIESBURG AND COLUMBIA

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WARNED AREA FOR THE NEXT 
TWO HOURS. WITH AN ADDITIONAL TWO TO FOUR INCHES POSSIBLE. THIS 
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL LIKELY CAUSE SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING 
ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER
COVERS THE ROAD.FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

&&

LAT...LON 3113 9000 3134 9005 3138 9003 3143 8975
      3177 8976 3183 8892 3144 8892 3143 8913
      3123 8913 3112 8994

$$

CME

000 
WGUS74 KJAN 130337
FFSJAN

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1037 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2009

MSC031-035-065-067-073-091-130445-
/O.CON.KJAN.FF.W.0028.000000T0000Z-090413T0445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
COVINGTON MS-JONES MS-FORREST MS-LAMAR MS-MARION MS-
JEFFERSON DAVIS MS-
1037 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2009

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM CDT FOR
EASTERN JEFFERSON DAVIS...MARION...NORTHERN LAMAR...NORTHERN
FORREST...JONES AND COVINGTON COUNTIES...

AT 1036 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
DETECT A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE 
WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER 
THE PAST 2 HOURS. CURRENT RAINFALL RATES ARE BETWEEN 2 TO 3 INCHES 
PER HOUR.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO OVETT...
EASTABUCHIE...MACEDONIA...RAWLS SPRINGS...SUNRISE...WEST
HATTIESBURG...PETAL...HATTIESBURG AND COLUMBIA

THIS VERY INTENSE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WARNED AREA FOR 
THE NEXT TWO HOURS. WITH AN ADDITIONAL TWO TO FOUR INCHES POSSIBLE. 
THIS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE 
WARNED AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER
COVERS THE ROAD.FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

&&

LAT...LON 3113 9000 3134 9005 3138 9003 3143 8975
      3177 8976 3183 8892 3144 8892 3143 8913
      3123 8913 3112 8994

$$

CME

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood 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 flash flood warning went out at Apr 12, 7:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 12, 7:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
723 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2009

.UPDATE...HAVE CLEARED PORTIONS OF THE TOR WW 145 ALONG WITH THE LAKE
WIND ADVISORY MAINLY OVER NERN LA. MAIN AXIS OF CONVECTION ALONG AND
E OF THE NATCHEZ TRACE PARKWAY WITH ONLY ISOLATED TSRA ACROSS THE
DELTA REGION EWD TO I-55. WILL TRIM BACK MORE OF THE WW BEFORE THE
TOP OF THE HOUR ALONG WITH THE LWA. HEAVY RAIN BECOMING MAIN CONCERN
WITH HIGHLY SHEARED ENVIRONMENT TENDING TO INTERRUPT SUSTAINED
CELLULAR UPDRAFTS. MAIN SEVERE RISK BECOMING CONFINED TO S CENTRAL
AND SERN MS WHERE INSTABILITY HANGING ON FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2-3 INCHES APPEAR LIKELY FOR CENTRAL AND ERN MS
AS THE MCS MOVES STEADILY EWD THROUGH 08Z OR SO.

ALSO GETTING REPORTS OF INCREASING WINDS ON THE W SIDE OF THE PRECIP
SHIELD WHERE A WAKE LOW APPEARS TO BE DEVELOPING AND MOVING ALONG THE
BIG BLACK RIVER NEAR THE YAZOO/MADISON/HINDS COUNTY LINES. HIGH WINDS
WILL BE POSSIBLE NEWD ALONG THE PRECIP SHIELD.

&&

.AVIATION...
WIDESPREAD MVFR CONDITIONS IN RAIN/TSRA WITH EMBEDDED PERIODS OF
IFR IN HEAVIER RAIN/HAIL. ONCE THE RAIN ENDS...CEILINGS WILL LIKELY
DROP TO IFR FOR SEVERAL HOURS 08-14Z BEFORE IMPROVING WITH DRIER AIR
MIXING DOWN FROM ALOFT DURING MIDDAY MONDAY.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
JACKSON       57  77  48  67 /  83  24  20   5
MERIDIAN      60  76  47  69 / 100  44  34   6
VICKSBURG     57  76  47  69 /  65  18  12   5
HATTIESBURG   62  77  54  71 /  81  42  27   8
NATCHEZ       58  77  48  70 /  55  19  12   4
GREENVILLE    55  71  47  66 /  68  31  11   4
GREENWOOD     57  75  46  65 /  84  31  11   5

&&

.JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MS...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT FOR MSZ028>033-
     037>039-044>046-050>052-056>058-065-066-073-074.

     LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR MSZ018-019-
     025>027-034>036-040>043-047>049-054-055-062>064-072.

LA...NONE.
AR...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR ARZ074-075.

&&

40

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 12, 1:17 PM CDT, 7 hours 28 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
117 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2009

LAZ016-023>026-MSZ042>066-072>074-131830-
MADISON LA-FRANKLIN LA-CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA-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-
117 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-20.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND MONDAY

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM LATE
AFTERNOON...THROUGH THIS EVENING TILL AROUND 3 AM AS A SQUALL LINE
PUSHES ACROSS THE REGION. PENNY TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL...DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS AND TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE POTENTIAL DOES EXIST FOR
SOME OF THIS TO REACH SIGNIFICANT LEVELS WITH DESTRUCTIVE WIND GUSTS
GREATER THAN 75 MPH AND A FEW STRONG TORNADOES. LOOK FOR THE MAIN
ACTIVITY TO OCCUR WEST OF I-55 BETWEEN 3 AND 8 PM...THEN ALONG AND
EAST OF I-55 FROM 8 PM TO 3 AM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY

THE PROBABILITY OF 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 NEED TONIGHT.

ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-MSZ018-019-025-034>036-040-041-131830-
ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND-
BOLIVAR-SUNFLOWER-LEFLORE-WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS-HOLMES-ISSAQUENA-
SHARKEY-
117 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST
LOUISIANA AND THE DELTA REGION OF WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND MONDAY

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SEVERE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE THIS
AFTERNOON TILL 8 PM. PENNY TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY
THREAT. HOWEVER...DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLY EVEN A TORNADO MAY BE
POSSIBLE FOR LOCATIONS CLOSER TO I-20. MOST OF THIS ACTIVITY WILL
EXIT THE AREA BY 8 PM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY

THE PROBABILITY OF 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 MID EVENING.

MSZ026>033-037>039-131830-
GRENADA-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-WEBSTER-CLAY-LOWNDES-CHOCTAW-OKTIBBEHA-
ATTALA-WINSTON-NOXUBEE-
117 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND MONDAY

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE BETWEEN 8 PM AND
3 AM AS A LINE OF STORMS PUSH ACROSS THE REGION. PENNY TO QUARTER
SIZED HAIL LOOK TO BE THE PRIMARY RISK. HOWEVER...DAMAGING WIND AND
EVEN A TORNADO WILL BE POSSIBLE THE CLOSER TO I-20 YOU ARE LOCATED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY

ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THIS SAME AREA MONDAY
AFTERNOON AS THE COLD FRONT AND UPPER LOW MOVE OVER THE REGION. HAIL
AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN RISK BETWEEN 2 AND 8 PM.

OTHER WISE...THE PROBABILITY OF 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 AND THEN POSSIBLY AGAIN MONDAY
AFTERNOON.

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

CME

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 12, 7:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
739 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2009

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

0708 PM     TSTM WND GST     2 S BROOKHAVEN          31.55N 90.45W
04/12/2009  E80 MPH          LINCOLN            MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN AND POWER POLES BROKEN OFF
            ALONG HWY 51 SOUTH OF BROOKHAVEN

&&

GRG

Special weather statement, Apr 12, 7:52 PM CDT, 53 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
752 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2009

MSZ038-044-045-130115-
LEAKE MS-NESHOBA MS-WINSTON MS-
752 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2009

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS
LOCATED 3 MILES NORTH OF EDINBURG AT 753 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
35 MPH.

PEOPLE IN SOUTHWESTERN WINSTON...NORTHWESTERN NESHOBA AND
NORTHEASTERN LEAKE COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.

CME

Local storm report, Apr 12, 7:53 PM CDT, 52 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
753 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2009

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

0700 PM     NON-TSTM WND DMG CANTON                  32.61N 90.03W
04/12/2009                   MADISON            MS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREE DOWN ON HIGHWAY 43 LIKELY DUE TO A WAKE LOW.

0707 PM     NON-TSTM WND DMG 1 N CAMDEN              32.80N 89.84W
04/12/2009                   MADISON            MS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREE DOWN ON HIGHWAY 17 LIKELY DUE TO A WAKE LOW.

0717 PM     NON-TSTM WND DMG KOSCIUSKO               33.06N 89.59W
04/12/2009                   ATTALA             MS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY. THIS IS LIKELY ASSOCIATED
            WITH A WAKE LOW.

&&

JCULIN

Local storm report, Apr 12, 8:03 PM CDT, 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
803 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2009

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

0730 PM     TSTM WND DMG     10 N MONTICELLO         31.69N 90.11W
04/12/2009                   LAWRENCE           MS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SEVERAL REPORTS OF TREES DOWN ACROSS LAWRENCE COUNTY.
            SOME REPORTS STILL COMING IN.

&&

GRG

Local storm report, Apr 12, 8:30 PM CDT, 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
830 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2009

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

0829 PM     FLASH FLOOD      MONTICELLO              31.55N 90.11W
04/12/2009                   LAWRENCE           MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            NUMEROUS STREETS AND ROADS UNDER WATER

&&

GRG

Local storm report, Apr 12, 8:44 PM CDT, 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
844 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2009

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

0529 PM     LIGHTNING        FLORA                   32.55N 90.31W
04/12/2009                   MADISON            MS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            LIGHTNING STRUCK A HOUSE. ALL ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES WERE
            BLOWN. REPORTED BY MADISON SO

0730 PM     HEAVY RAIN       UNION CHURCH            31.68N 90.79W
04/12/2009  M3.50 INCH       JEFFERSON          MS   CO-OP OBSERVER

            OBSERVER MEASURES 3.5 INCHES OF RAIN IN 4 HOURS.

&&

JCULIN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 12, 7:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson	56 min
Apr 12, 7:27 PM CDT	High Wind Warning	JAN	Attala, Choctaw, Clay, Leake, Montgomery, Neshoba and 3 more	93 min
Apr 12, 7:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Copiah, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson	62 min
Apr 12, 7:42 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Franklin, Lincoln	3 hr
Apr 12, 7:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis, Simpson, Smith	65 min
Apr 12, 8:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis	63 min
Apr 12, 8:17 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Lawrence	3 hr
Apr 12, 8:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jasper, Jones	53 min
Apr 12, 9:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jones	53 min
Apr 12, 9:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Clarke, Jasper	57 min
Apr 12, 9:25 PM CDT	High Wind Warning	JAN	Lowndes	61 min
Apr 12, 9:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Forrest, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Lamar, Marion	45 min
Apr 12, 10:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lamar, Marion	54 min
Apr 12, 10:38 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	JAN	Clarke, Clay, Jasper, Kemper, Lauderdale, Lowndes and 5 more	2 hr
Apr 12, 10:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Forrest, Lamar	58 min
Apr 12, 11:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Forrest, Jones	44 min
Apr 12, 11:06 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Forrest, Lamar, Marion	114 min
Apr 12, 11:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Forrest, Lamar	52 min
Apr 12, 11:42 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Forrest, Jones, Lamar, Marion	2 hr
Apr 12, 11:58 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Lamar, Lawrence, Lincoln and 1 more	6 hr
Apr 13, 12:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Forrest, Lamar	60 min
Apr 13, 12:54 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Forrest, Lamar	106 min
Apr 13, 1:05 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Forrest	12 min
Apr 13, 1:42 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	JAN	Covington, Forrest, Jones, Lamar, Marion	6 hr
Apr 13, 2:38 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	JAN	Forrest, Lamar, Marion	6 hr
Apr 13, 4:55 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Covington, Forrest	39 hr
Apr 13, 6:18 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	JAN	Adams, Claiborne, Clarke, Copiah, Covington, Forrest and 18 more	81 min
Apr 13, 10:06 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Lawrence	11 hr
Apr 13, 3:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lamar, Marion	54 min
Apr 13, 4:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Forrest, Jones	46 min
Apr 13, 5:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lawrence	33 min
Apr 13, 5:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Simpson	43 min
Apr 13, 6:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Simpson, Smith	49 min

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.