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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 209, NWS Jackson, MS

May 2, 2009Issaquena County, Sharkey County, Mississippi; East Carroll Parish, Madison Parish, Louisiana

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 2009, 10:19 PM CDT for Issaquena County, Sharkey County, Mississippi; East Carroll Parish, Madison Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 41 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 2, 2009, 10:19 PM CDT (03:19 UTC)
Expired: May 2, 2009, 11:00 PM CDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties East Carroll Parish, LA, Madison Parish, LA, Issaquena County, MS, Sharkey County, MS

The radar

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 2, 8:43 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr
May 2, 6:03 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 2, 4:49 PM CDT, 5 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 2, 4:49 PM CDT, 5 hours 30 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 2, 3:05 PM CDT, 7 hours 14 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 2, 4:39 PM CDT, 5 hours 40 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
439 PM CDT SAT MAY 2 2009

MSZ031-022210-
LOWNDES MS-
439 PM CDT SAT MAY 2 2009

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER COLUMBUS AFB MOVING EAST...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND
40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED OVER COLUMBUS AFB AT 438 PM CDT...
MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS LIKELY WITH THIS STORM AS
IT IS INTENSIFYING AND COULD BECOME SEVERE HEADING FOR THE CALEDONIA
AREA BY 500 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 NORTHEASTERN LOWNDES COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM
CLOSELY.

40

Special weather statement, May 2, 5:04 PM CDT, 5 hours 15 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 2, 6:09 PM CDT, 4 hours 10 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 2, 6:13 PM CDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
613 PM CDT SAT MAY 02 2009

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

0542 PM     HAIL             3 SSE BLACK HAWK        33.28N 89.99W
05/02/2009  E2.00 INCH       HOLMES             MS   PUBLIC

            REPORTED BY HOMEOWNERS ALONG EMORY ROAD. AT LEAST ONE
            HOME HAD THE WINDOWS BUSTED OUT BY WIND DRIVEN HAIL.

0556 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 SW BELZONI            33.14N 90.53W
05/02/2009                   HUMPHREYS          MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            NUMEROUS SIGNS BLOWN DOWN AND AT LEAST TWO AWNINGS BLOWN
            OFF BUSINESSES ALONG WITH AT LEAST ONE TREE DOWN ALONG
            HIGHWAY 49 ALONG THE SOUTHERN OUTSKIRTS OF BELZONI.
            POSSIBLE TORNADO.

&&

GERARD

Local storm report, May 2, 6:20 PM CDT, 3 hours 59 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 2, 6:44 PM CDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 2, 7:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Holmes, Humphreys, Sharkey, Washington	39 min
May 2, 7:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Attala, Holmes	37 min
May 2, 7:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Attala, Choctaw, Winston	32 min
May 2, 7:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Holmes, Humphreys	54 min
May 2, 7:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Choctaw, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Winston	51 min
May 2, 7:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Holmes, Humphreys, Yazoo	51 min
May 2, 7:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Attala	31 min
May 2, 8:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Holmes, Yazoo	58 min
May 2, 8:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Attala, Choctaw, Winston	44 min
May 2, 8:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lowndes, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Winston	60 min
May 2, 8:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Attala, Holmes	54 min
May 2, 8:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Noxubee, Winston	50 min
May 2, 9:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lowndes	49 min
May 2, 9:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Winston	26 min
May 2, 9:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Issaquena	42 min
May 2, 11:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds, Madison, Sharkey, Warren, Yazoo	23 min
May 3, 4:02 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	JAN	Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Choctaw, Clay, Grenada and 12 more	11 hr
May 3, 6:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Holmes, Leake, Madison, Yazoo	40 min
May 3, 6:50 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Leake, Madison	36 min
May 3, 7:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Choctaw, Leake, Madison, Neshoba, Scott and 1 more	45 min
May 3, 7:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Winston	47 min
May 3, 8:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Kemper, Neshoba	61 min
May 3, 8:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Noxubee	55 min
May 3, 8:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams, Jefferson	66 min
May 3, 9:19 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Jefferson, Warren	56 min
May 3, 9:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams, Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln	65 min
May 3, 10:04 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Attala, Holmes	17 days
May 3, 10:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Copiah, Hinds, Warren	63 min
May 3, 10:18 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Clay	48 hr
May 3, 10:23 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Holmes, Humphreys, Issaquena, Leflore, Sharkey, Sunflower and 2 more	3 hr
May 3, 10:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Hinds, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Lincoln, Madison and 2 more	59 min
May 3, 10:57 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson, Smith	44 min
May 3, 10:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Forrest, Lamar, Marion	61 min
May 3, 11:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Jones	65 min
May 3, 11:21 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Carroll, Grenada, Leflore, Montgomery, Sunflower and 1 more	4 hr
May 3, 11:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jasper, Smith	66 min
May 3, 11:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Rankin, Scott, Smith	46 min
May 3, 11:37 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jasper	38 min
May 3, 11:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke, Lauderdale, Newton	58 min
May 3, 12:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Clarke	31 min
May 3, 12:19 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Attala, Choctaw, Oktibbeha, Winston	2 hr
May 3, 12:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Forrest, Lamar	21 min
May 3, 12:29 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	JAN	Clay, Lowndes, Webster	12 hr
May 3, 12:44 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Neshoba	9 hr
May 3, 12:44 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Attala	9 hr
May 3, 12:44 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Leake	9 hr
May 3, 1:26 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	JAN	Holmes, Humphreys, Issaquena, Leflore, Sharkey, Sunflower and 2 more	3 hr
May 2, 8:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Morehouse, Richland, West Carroll	67 min
May 3, 8:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Catahoula, Franklin	66 min
May 3, 8:36 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Catahoula, Concordia, Franklin, Tensas	54 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 2009 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Louisiana, 2009 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2009

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.