Flash Flood Warning 87, NWS Jackson, MS

000 
WGUS74 KJAN 300520
FFSJAN

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1220 AM CDT THU JUL 30 2009

ARC003-017-LAC035-067-123-300600-
/O.CON.KJAN.FF.W.0087.000000T0000Z-090730T0600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ASHLEY AR-CHICOT AR-MOREHOUSE LA-WEST CARROLL LA-EAST CARROLL LA-
1220 AM CDT THU JUL 30 2009

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN CHICOT AND SOUTHERN ASHLEY COUNTIES...AND EAST
CARROLL...WEST CARROLL AND MOREHOUSE PARISHES...

AT 1218 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE WARNED AREA. 
ESTIMATED RADAR RAINFALL AMOUNTS...ON THE ORDER OF ONE TO TWO 
INCHES...HAVE OCCURRED IN THE PAST HOUR.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SHELBURN...
MILLIKIN...GASSOWAY...GALION...JONES...BEEKMAN...BERLIN...WILMOT...
PARKDALE...EUDORA...CROSSETT AND OAK GROVE

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WARNED AREA FOR THE NEXT
HOUR WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE INCH 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.

DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS...ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.

CONTACT LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THEY WILL RELAY FLOODING REPORTS TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN JACKSON.

&&

LAT...LON 3314 9199 3314 9121 3289 9121 3290 9108
      3284 9117 3262 9116 3268 9161 3259 9177
      3265 9192 3276 9196

$$

JC

000 
WGUS74 KJAN 300559
FFSJAN

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1259 AM CDT THU JUL 30 2009

ARC003-017-LAC035-067-123-300609-
/O.EXP.KJAN.FF.W.0087.000000T0000Z-090730T0600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ASHLEY AR-CHICOT AR-MOREHOUSE LA-WEST CARROLL LA-EAST CARROLL LA-
1259 AM CDT THU JUL 30 2009

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR SOUTHWESTERN CHICOT AND
SOUTHERN ASHLEY COUNTIES...AND EAST CARROLL...WEST CARROLL AND
MOREHOUSE PARISHES...

LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER THESE AREAS FOR THE NEXT 
ONE TO TWO HOURS.

LAT...LON 3314 9199 3314 9121 3289 9121 3290 9108
      3284 9117 3262 9116 3268 9161 3259 9177
      3265 9192 3276 9196

$$

JC

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
900 PM CDT WED JUL 29 2009

.DISCUSSION...THE ANOMALOUSLY SOUTHWARD-SHIFTED BAND OF UPPER LEVEL
WESTERLIES SHOULD CONTINUE TO STREAM EAST ACROSS THE LOWER
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TONIGHT...WITH YET ANOTHER DISTURBANCE
(SHORTWAVE) EMBEDDED WITHIN THIS FLOW SET TO COME IN BEFORE DAWN
THURSDAY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN RATHER
UBIQUITOUS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING IN ALL BUT THE
SOUTHERN THIRD OF THE ARKLAMISS...AND EVEN SOME OF THOSE LATTER
FOLKS HAVE GOTTEN WET. ASIDE FROM A RATHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM NOW
MOVING THROUGH MEI...THE REST OF THE ACTIVITY (NOW MAINLY NORTH OF
I-20) IS DIMINISHING SOME IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY.

PREVIOUS MODELS HAD SHOWN SOME NEGATIVE MOISTURE ADVECTION REALLY
HAMPERING AND SHUTTING OFF CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL OVER A MAJORITY OF
THE AREA THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. HOWEVER...IN ADVANCE OF THE
NEXT SHORTWAVE MOISTURE ADVECTION HAS AGAIN SHIFTED AROUND TO
POSITIVE AND IS FUELING QUASI-ORGANIZED THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST
AND N-CENTRAL LA. LATEST RUC MODEL OUTPUT NOW SUGGESTS THE FAVORABLE
CONDITIONS FOR CONVECTION NOW BEING SEEN JUST TO OUR WEST COULD
SHIFT EAST INTO NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE ARKLAMISS ALONG OR AFTER
MIDNIGHT. WITH THE SATURATED STATE OF THE GROUND IN NORTH OF I-20
(AND IN MANY CASES SOUTH OF I-20)...THE REINVIGORATION OF CONVECTION
OFF TO MY WEST AT THIS HOUR NECESSITATED THE REISSUANCE OF A FLASH
FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT AND THROUGH THURSDAY ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF
A WEST POINT MS...TO LEXINGTON MS...TO BASTROP LA LINE.
ESSENTIALLY...THINKING IS THAT EARLIER MODEL CONSENSUS TRACK OF
HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL JUST TO OUR NORTH TONIGHT MAY BE TOO FAR NORTH.
BANKING ON MEAT OF CONVECTION STAYING NORTH OF WHERE IT TRACKED LAST
NIGHT...BUT IF THIS IS NOT THE CASE THEN THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT
BEFORE MORNING MAY INDEED BE QUITE ELEVATED SOUTH OF WHERE THE
CURRENT FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS. THIS IS SOMETHING WE WILL HAVE TO
MONITOR CLOSELY. /BB/

&&

.PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
SHORT TERM...ACTIVE WEATHER WILL CONTINUE OVER THE REGION THROUGH
THE SHORT TERM. PERIODS OF STRONG CONVECTION WILL OCCUR THROUGH
FRIDAY...THE PRIMARY RISK BEING HEAVY RAINFALL WITH POTENTIAL
FLOODING CONCERNS. A SERIES OF UPPER DISTURBANCES WILL CONTINUE TO
TRACK INTO THE REGION AND ASSOCIATED LOW LEVEL JET SURGES WILL
PERIODICALLY PRODUCE BETTER WINDOWS FOR SEVERE STORM POTENTIAL. THE
AIR MASS WILL REMAIN PRIMED FOR HEAVY RAINFALL THROUGH FRIDAY AS
PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES REMAIN PERCHED AT OR ABOVE 2 INCHES. THE
BEST CHANCE FOR CONVECTION OVERNIGHT WILL OCCUR OVER W/NW SECTIONS
OF THE FORECAST AREA...WHICH WILL BE POSITIONED NEAR THE SRN FRINGES
OF A SHORTWAVE THAT WILL LIFT OUT TO OUR NW LATE. CONVECTION CHANCES
INCREASE THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY NIGHT WHEN A STRONGER WAVE
LIFTS INTO THE AREA...ACCOMPANIED BY AN INTENSIFYING 850 MB JET.
MOISTURE POOLING AND LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE WILL BE ENHANCED THURSDAY
NIGHT AHEAD OF A SURFACE BOUNDARY THAT WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST.
LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY FRIDAY CONTINUES TO LOOK GOOD FOR
HEAVY RAIN AND ISOLATED SEVERE STORM POTENTIAL. OF INTEREST WITH THE
LATEST RUNS ARE DECENT CAPE VALUES THAT PERSIST INTO THURSDAY NIGHT
AND STRONG HELICITY/WIND SHEAR FIELDS. FRIDAY REMAINS WET WITH
HEALTHY 850 MB THETAE VALUES...ESPECIALLY S OF THE I-20
CORRIDOR...AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING LOW LEVEL TROUGH BUT WIND FIELDS
AND SHEAR APPEAR TO WEAKEN BY THEN.

LONGER TERM...FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...RECENT GLOBAL MODEL TRENDS ARE
TO DELAY THE BREAKDOWN OF THE ACTIVE CONVECTIVE PATTERN OVER THE
FORECAST AREA...AND IT IS HARD TO ARGUE WITH PERSISTENCE IN
MID-SUMMER. SO EXPECT AT LEAST A COUPLE MORE SHORTWAVE TROUGHS
MOVING THROUGH THE CYCLONIC FLOW ALOFT TO BRING ADDITIONAL ORGANIZED
CONVECTION AS WE GO THROUGH THE WEEKEND. WHILE SYNOPTIC SCALE
FORCING IS UNSEASONABLY STRONG...MESOSCALE INFLUENCE IN THE
CONVECTIVE EVOLUTION HAS ALSO BEEN STRONG AND THIS MAKES QPF/POP
FORECASTS DIFFICULT SEVERAL DAYS OUT. WITH THAT SAID...THE BEST
COURSE OF ACTION IS TO FOLLOW MAV POPS THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...AND
THE 00Z ECMWF/GEFS SUPPORT THE TIMING/PLACEMENT OF RELATIVELY HIGH
MEX GUIDANCE POPS.

NOT MUCH HAS CHANGED CONCERNING THE CONTINUED POTENTIAL FOR VERY
HEAVY RAIN/SVR WEATHER IN THE EXTENDED. PRECIPITABLE WATER AIR > 2
INCHES...20-30KTS OF WESTERLY LOW-MID LEVEL FLOW...AND A
340K+ 850MB THETAE RIDGE FEEDING IN FROM THE WEST SPELL MORE HEAVY
RAIN AND FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL. FOR REASONS STATED ABOVE...FORECAST
CONFIDENCE IN PLACEMENT OF THE GREATEST FLOOD POTENTIAL IS LOW. THERE
WILL CONTINUE TO BE A CONDITIONAL RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER GOVERNED BY
HOW MUCH DIURNAL HEATING CAN PRECEDE DEVELOPMENT. WILL CONTINUE TO
MENTION BOTH THE SEVERE/HEAVY RAINFALL RISKS IN THE HWO.

MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...TO SOME UNKNOWN DEGREE THE SUBTROPICAL
RIDGE WILL EXERT MORE INFLUENCE ON ARKLAMISS WEATHER EARLY NEXT
WEEK. RISING HEIGHTS WILL RESULT IN SUBSTANTIAL RELAXATION OF THE
DEEP LAYER FLOW AND WEAKER SYNOPTIC SCALE FORCING...SUGGESTING THAT
TSTM ACTIVITY WILL BECOME MORE DISORGANIZED AND DIURNALLY-DRIVEN.
THIS RETURN TO A MORE TYPICAL MID-SUMMER PATTERN IS SUPPORTED BY THE
GEFS...AND THE ECMWF HAS TRENDED IN THAT DIRECTION. LOW-END CHANCE
POPS AND TEMPERATURES NEAR OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE CLIMATE AVERAGE STILL
LOOK REASONABLE. /EC/

&&

.AVIATION...AT LEAST SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE
EXPECTED THROUGH THE NIGHT AT STATIONS NORTH OF I-20 AND IFR
CONDITIONS AND LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS ABOVE 20 KTS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH
ANY STORMS. ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-20...MOST OF THE CONVECTION IS
EXPECTED TO BE DONE BY MIDNIGHT...ALTHOUGH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT AT
TVR/JAN/MEI/HKS/NMM. STATIONS HEZ/PIB/HBG WILL MAINLY JUST HAVE TO
WORRY ABOUT MVFR LEVEL CEILINGS AND FOG THROUGH 13 OR 14Z TOMORROW
MORNING. FOR TOMORROW MOST OF THE MORNING SHOWERS AND STORMS SHOULD
BE CONFINED NORTH OF I-20...ALTHOUGH ALL STATIONS WILL HAVE A DECENT
SHOT AT EITHER STORMS OR DOWNPOURS BY LATER THURSDAY AFTERNOON. /BB/

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
JACKSON       73  88  74  87 /  37  70  65  65
MERIDIAN      73  89  74  87 /  60  72  65  66
VICKSBURG     74  87  74  89 /  41  64  60  64
HATTIESBURG   74  90  75  88 /  20  57  56  67
NATCHEZ       74  88  75  87 /  24  60  47  69
GREENVILLE    73  83  71  86 /  88  82  78  60
GREENWOOD     71  84  72  85 /  88  84  79  60

&&

.JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MS...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR MSZ018-019-
     025>030-034>036-040-041.

LA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR LAZ007>009.

AR...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR ARZ074-075.

&&

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
834 PM CDT WED JUL 29 2009

LAZ015-016-023>026-MSZ031>033-037>039-042>066-072>074-310145-
RICHLAND-MADISON LA-FRANKLIN LA-CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA-
LOWNDES-CHOCTAW-OKTIBBEHA-ATTALA-WINSTON-NOXUBEE-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-
834 PM CDT WED JUL 29 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
MISSISSIPPI AND PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND THURSDAY

PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED IN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS THE THROUGH AT LEAST LATE THIS EVENING OVER AREAS MAINLY ALONG
AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE TWENTY CORRIDOR. PONDING WATER WILL BE
POSSIBLE ON ROADWAYS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS. TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS IN
ISOLATED STRONGER STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE SIGNIFICANT
FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS WILL DECREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THIS
EVENING SOUTH OF INTERSTATE TWENTY...BUT MAY CONTINUE INTERMITTENTLY
THROUGH THE NIGHT IN SOME AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE TWENTY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY
PERIODS OF STRONG...POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...CAN BE EXPECTED
THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY AS ANOTHER WEATHER DISTURBANCE LIFTS
ACROSS THE AREA. THE PRIMARY HAZARDOUS WEATHER RISK WITH THESE
STORMS WILL BE PERIODS OF TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND THE POTENTIAL FOR
FLOODING. HOWEVER INCREASING WIND FIELDS ACROSS THE AREA WILL ALSO
RESULT IN A POTENTIAL FOR A FEW SEVERE STORMS.

.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 THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY.

ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-MSZ018-019-025>030-034>036-040-041-310145-
ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-BOLIVAR-
SUNFLOWER-LEFLORE-GRENADA-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-WEBSTER-CLAY-
WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS-HOLMES-ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY-
834 PM CDT WED JUL 29 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND
PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND NORTHERN AND NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND THURSDAY

THERE IS A RISK OF A FEW STRONG TO LOCALLY SEVERE STORMS OVER THE
NORTHWEST DELTA REGION FOR TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. SOME OF THE STORMS
COULD HAVE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS WITH AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES.
THIS COULD LEAD TO FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS IN ISOLATED STRONGER STORMS WILL HAVE THE
POTENTIAL FOR MORE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN
EFFECT FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF A BASTROP LOUISIANA...TO
LEXINGTON MISSISSIPPI...TO WEST POINT MISSISSIPPI LINE THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY
PERIODS OF STRONG...POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...CAN BE EXPECTED
THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY AS ANOTHER WEATHER DISTURBANCE LIFTS
ACROSS THE AREA. THE PRIMARY HAZARDOUS WEATHER RISK WITH THESE
STORMS WILL BE PERIODS OF TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND THE POTENTIAL FOR
FLOODING. HOWEVER INCREASING WIND FIELDS ACROSS THE AREA WILL ALSO
RESULT IN A POTENTIAL FOR A FEW SEVERE STORMS.

.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 THROUGH FRIDAY.

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
712 PM CDT WED JUL 29 2009

MSZ057-300110-
JASPER MS-
712 PM CDT WED JUL 29 2009

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER STRINGER MOVING NORTHEAST...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS OF 35 MPH AND
HEAVY RAIN UP TO ONE INCH WAS LOCATED OVER STRINGER AT 710 PM
CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

HEAVY RAINS ALONG WITH FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES
ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM AS IT MOVES THROUGH THE CENTRAL PORTION
OF THE COUNTY TO NEAR PAULDING THROUGH 8 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 JASPER COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.

40

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
717 PM CDT WED JUL 29 2009

ARZ074-075-LAZ007-300115-
ASHLEY AR-CHICOT AR-MOREHOUSE LA-
717 PM CDT WED JUL 29 2009

...A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR BEEKMAN MOVING NORTHEAST...

A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS
OF 35 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAIN OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR WAS
LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BERLIN AT 715 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 25 MPH.

HEAVY RAINS ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE
LIKELY AS THE STORMS PASS THROUGH BERLIN AND HEAD TOWARD THE
PORTLAND AREA BY 8 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 WESTERN CHICOT AND ASHLEY COUNTIES...AND NORTHWESTERN
MOREHOUSE PARISH SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.

40

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
752 PM CDT WED JUL 29 2009

MSZ046-052-300135-
LAUDERDALE MS-KEMPER MS-
752 PM CDT WED JUL 29 2009

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM CROSSING MERIDIAN NAVAL AIR STATION...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS OF 35 MPH AND
HEAVY RAIN UP TO ONE INCH WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MERIDIAN
STATION AT 751 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH TOWARD LAUDERDALE.

HEAVY RAINS ALONG WITH FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES
ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.

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 KEMPER AND NORTHEASTERN LAUDERDALE COUNTIES
SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
827 PM CDT WED JUL 29 2009

MSZ052-300210-
LAUDERDALE MS-
827 PM CDT WED JUL 29 2009

...ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN LAUDERDALE COUNTY MOVING NORTHEAST
INTO THE DOWNTOWN AREA...

ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 35 MPH WINDS AND
HEAVY RAINFALL OF ONE TO TWO INCHES WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTH OF
SAVOY OR NEAR THE I-20/I-59 INTERCHANGE AT 823 PM CDT...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH INTO THE DOWNTOWN MERIDIAN AREA.

HEAVY RAINS ALONG WITH FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE LIKELY
WITH THIS STORM AS IT CROSSES MERIDIAN BEFORE 9 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 LAUDERDALE COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1017 PM CDT WED JUL 29 2009

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

0655 PM     TSTM WND GST     PEARL                   32.27N 90.11W
07/29/2009  E45 MPH          RANKIN             MS   BROADCAST MEDIA

            TREE FELL ON POWERLINES AT THE INTERSECTION OF BARNETT
            AND KING.

&&

BRYANT

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1027 PM CDT WED JUL 29 2009

LAZ007-008-015-023-300410-
MOREHOUSE LA-WEST CARROLL LA-RICHLAND LA-FRANKLIN LA-
1027 PM CDT WED JUL 29 2009

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PUSHING EAST DOWN THE I-20
CORRIDOR...

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS TO
45 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED FROM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF
START TO 38 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BUCKNER AT 1025 PM CDT...MOVING EAST
AT 30 MPH.

MINOR TO MODERATE PONDING OF WATER CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE PATH OF
THESE STORMS GIVEN THE SATURATED STATE OF THE GROUND.

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 NORTHWESTERN FRANKLIN...RICHLAND...EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN
WEST CARROLL AND SOUTHERN MOREHOUSE PARISHES SHOULD MONITOR THESE
STORMS CLOSELY.

BYB