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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 260, NWS Jackson, MS

May 6, 2009Issaquena County, Sharkey County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 6, 2009, 10:34 AM CDT for Issaquena County, Sharkey County, Mississippi. It was in force for 36 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 6, 2009, 10:34 AM CDT (15:34 UTC)
Expired: May 6, 2009, 11:10 AM CDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties 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 6, 5:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 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 6, 6:51 AM CDT, 3 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 6, 6:51 AM CDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 6, 5:31 AM CDT, 5 hours 3 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 6, 9:30 AM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 6, 9:36 AM CDT, 58 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
936 AM CDT WED MAY 06 2009

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

0707 AM     TSTM WND GST     KOSCIUSKO               33.06N 89.59W
05/06/2009  E65.00 MPH       ATTALA             MS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            ESTIMATED 65 MPH WIND GUSTS IN THE KOSCIUSKO AREA WITH
            WINDOWS BLOWN OUT OF A WAREHOUSE.

0734 AM     TSTM WND DMG     LOUISVILLE              33.12N 89.05W
05/06/2009                   WINSTON            MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN THROUGHOUT WINSTON
            COUNTY...WITH A FEW TREES ON HOUSES. POWER OUTAGES HAVE
            ALSO BEEN REPORTED.

0758 AM     TSTM WND GST     COLUMBUS                33.51N 88.40W
05/06/2009  E50.00 MPH       LOWNDES            MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            ONE TREE FELL ON A TRANSFORMER.

0800 AM     TSTM WND DMG     2 N MACON               33.14N 88.56W
05/06/2009                   NOXUBEE            MS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREES DOWN AND A HOG BARN LOST PART OF ITS ROOF.

0800 AM     TSTM WND DMG     2 S MACON               33.09N 88.56W
05/06/2009                   NOXUBEE            MS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREES DOWN AND A CHICKEN HOUSE LOST PART OF ITS ROOF.

&&

HAMRICK

Local storm report, May 6, 10:02 AM CDT, 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1002 AM CDT WED MAY 06 2009

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

0640 AM     FLASH FLOOD      LAKE VILLAGE            33.32N 91.28W
05/06/2009                   CHICOT             AR   EMERGENCY MNGR

            NUMEROUS RDS ARE UNDER WATER WITH A FEW RDS DAMAGED. RDS
            808 AND 815 HAVE THE WORST DAMAGE DUE TO FLOODING.

&&

CME

Local storm report, May 6, 10:04 AM CDT, 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1004 AM CDT WED MAY 06 2009

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

0545 AM     TSTM WND DMG     MCMILLAN CORNER         33.39N 91.31W
05/06/2009                   CHICOT             AR   EMERGENCY MNGR

            NUMEROUS TREES BLOWN DOWN ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF THE
            COUNTY. TWO TREES WERE DOWN ON HOMES AND A FEW POWER
            POLES WERE BLOWN DOWN.

&&

CME

Local storm report, May 6, 10:08 AM CDT, 26 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 6, 10:17 AM CDT, 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1017 AM CDT WED MAY 06 2009

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

0547 AM     HAIL             LAMONT                  33.54N 91.08W
05/06/2009  E1.00 INCH       WASHINGTON         MS   POST OFFICE

            AT LEAST QUARTER SIZED HAIL...POSSIBLTY LARGER...DAMAGED
            SOME CROPS.

&&

CME

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 5, 7:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis, Simpson, Smith	45 min
May 5, 7:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Hinds, Rankin, Simpson	58 min
May 5, 7:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis	22 min
May 5, 7:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jasper, Smith	19 min
May 5, 8:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jasper, Newton, Scott, Smith	15 min
May 5, 8:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds, Madison, Rankin	50 min
May 5, 8:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leake, Madison, Rankin, Scott	38 min
May 5, 9:36 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Washington	30 days
May 5, 9:36 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Jefferson, Warren	32 days
May 5, 10:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Carroll, Holmes	51 min
May 5, 11:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Carroll	42 min
May 5, 11:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Humphreys, Sharkey, Sunflower, Washington	38 min
May 5, 11:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Carroll, Montgomery	43 min
May 5, 11:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Grenada	41 min
May 6, 12:19 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Montgomery, Webster	41 min
May 6, 12:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clay, Webster	51 min
May 6, 1:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clay, Webster	49 min
May 6, 3:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Bolivar	45 min
May 6, 5:11 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Carroll, Grenada, Leflore, Montgomery, Sunflower	7 hr
May 6, 5:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Carroll, Grenada, Montgomery, Webster	62 min
May 6, 5:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Sunflower, Washington	58 min
May 6, 6:00 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Carroll, Holmes, Humphreys, Leflore, Montgomery and 3 more	8 hr
May 6, 6:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Clay, Holmes, Montgomery and 2 more	67 min
May 6, 6:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Holmes, Humphreys, Leflore, Sharkey, Sunflower, Washington	49 min
May 6, 6:22 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Clay, Holmes, Montgomery and 2 more	4 hr
May 6, 6:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Holmes, Leake, Madison, Yazoo	53 min
May 6, 7:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Choctaw, Clay, Lowndes, Neshoba, Noxubee, Oktibbeha and 1 more	54 min
May 6, 7:15 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Attala, Choctaw, Oktibbeha, Winston	34 min
May 6, 7:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leake, Madison	44 min
May 6, 7:41 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Lowndes, Noxubee, Oktibbeha	49 min
May 6, 7:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Kemper, Neshoba, Noxubee	60 min
May 6, 9:00 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Madison, Yazoo	18 days
May 6, 9:00 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Hinds, Warren	20 days
May 6, 9:05 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Attala, Holmes, Humphreys, Issaquena, Leake, Madison and 2 more	5 hr
May 6, 9:27 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Neshoba	11 hr
May 6, 9:27 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Leake	72 hr
May 6, 9:28 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Clay	4 days
May 6, 10:17 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Clay, Holmes, Montgomery and 2 more	4 hr
May 6, 11:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Warren	46 min
May 6, 11:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Madison, Yazoo	53 min
May 6, 11:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds, Madison	43 min
May 6, 11:56 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Carroll, Leflore	70 hr
May 6, 11:56 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Yazoo	31 days
May 6, 11:56 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Sunflower	14 days
May 6, 11:56 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Sharkey	57 hr
May 6, 11:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Rankin	48 min
May 6, 12:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds, Rankin	40 min
May 6, 12:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leake	24 min
May 6, 12:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Scott	42 min
May 6, 12:20 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Carroll, Grenada, Leflore, Montgomery	115 min
May 6, 12:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Hinds, Rankin, Simpson	50 min
May 6, 12:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Smith	57 min
May 6, 12:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Simpson	52 min
May 6, 12:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Newton	27 min
May 6, 1:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jasper	50 min
May 6, 1:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lincoln	52 min
May 6, 1:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke, Lauderdale	24 min
May 6, 1:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Simpson	45 min
May 6, 1:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams, Franklin, Jefferson	42 min
May 6, 1:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke	18 min
May 6, 2:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah	13 min
May 6, 2:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lawrence	40 min
May 6, 2:16 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	JAN	Carroll, Grenada, Holmes, Humphreys, Leflore, Montgomery and 3 more	12 hr
May 6, 2:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jones	18 min
May 6, 2:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Franklin, Lincoln	43 min
May 6, 2:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jones	57 min
May 6, 2:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Franklin, Lincoln	63 min
May 6, 2:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Forrest, Jones, Lamar	43 min
May 6, 3:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Forrest	19 min
May 6, 8:09 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	East Carroll, Morehouse, Richland, West Carroll	4 hr
May 6, 10:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	East Carroll, Morehouse, West Carroll	54 min
May 6, 10:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	East Carroll, Franklin, Madison, Morehouse, Richland, West Carroll	53 min
May 6, 12:27 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	East Carroll, Madison, Richland, West Carroll	2 hr
May 6, 9:15 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Ashley	3 hr

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.