Flash Flood Warning 58, NWS Jackson, MS

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1015 AM CDT FRI APR 15 2011

...SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK IN PROGRESS TODAY...

.UPDATE...TORNADO WATCH 139 WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 10 AM. ALTHOUGH
COVERAGE OF SEVERE STORMS HAS DIMINISHED SIGNIFICANTLY OVER MUCH OF
THE DELTA AREA...A SMALL POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WILL
CONTINUE FOR THAT AREA THROUGH NOON. HIGH RESOLUTION MODELS INDICATE
THAT AN IMPULSE THAT WILL PIVOT INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON WILL
MAINTAIN OR ENHANCE SHEAR ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE
AREA...PARTICULARLY FOR AREAS ALONG AND S OF A LINE FROM VICKSBURG
TO BROOKSVILLE. LINEAR MODE DISPLAYED BY STORMS EARLIER THIS MORNING
HAS CHANGED TO A MORE CELLULAR/SUPERCELL MODE...WHICH WILL INCREASE
THE POTENTIAL FOR TORNADOES FOR THE REGION. ALTHOUGH STRONG
TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE FOR ALL BUT THE EXTREME NW PORTION OF THE
FORECAST AREA...THE BEST RISK FOR STRONG TORNADOES IS EXPECTED
ACROSS ECNTRL AND SERN ZONES THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING.
THIS AREA WILL SEE THE MOST ENHANCED EFFECTS OF WIND SHEAR THIS
AFTERNOON AS WELL AS INCREASING INSTABILITY FROM CONTINUING MOISTURE
INFLUX AND DAYTIME HEATING. CURRENT RADAR IMAGES SHOW DEVELOPING
CONVECTION UPSTREAM IN THE VICINITY OF THE DRY LINE. THIS ACTIVITY
WILL INCREASE WITH TIME TO MAINTAIN SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL WELL
INTO THE AFTERNOON FOR MANY AREAS. SEVERE STORMS WILL NOT EXIT
ECNTRL/SERN ZONES UNTIL 8 OR 9 PM.

&&

.DISCUSSION... SHORT TERM (FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY)...FOCUS WILL
CENTER ON INCREASING CONCERN FOR A DANGEROUS SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK
TO UNFOLD TODAY. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR CYCLIC AND STRONG
TORNADOES...HAIL TO THE SIZE OF BASEBALLS...AND DAMAGING STRAIGHT
LINE WINDS UP TO 80 MPH. A TORNADO WATCH IS CURRENTLY IN EFFECT UNTIL
10AM ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTHERN AREAS OF THE CWA. CERTAINLY
ANTICIPATE AN ADDITIONAL WATCH FOR MUCH OF THE AREA LATER THIS
MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.

AS OF 330AM...A SEVERE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ACROSS
EASTERN ARKANSAS AND STRETCHING SW INTO NW LOUISIANA AND TRAILING
BACK INTO SE TEXAS. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES
HAVE AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LINE AS IT
PROGRESSES TOWARDS THE ARKLAMISS DELTA REGION BY 5 AM. LATEST SURFACE
ANALYSIS DEPICTS NEARLY 1000 J/KG SBCAPE AHEAD OF LINE WITH 50 TO 60
KT EFFECTIVE SHEAR SUPPORTING LARGE BOWING SEGMENTS AND TORNADOES
ALONG THE LINE. A WEDGE OF MID TO UPPER 60 DEWPOINTS CURRENTLY
LOCATED ACROSS CENTRAL AND WESTERN MISSISSIPPI AND ALL OF LOUISIANA
WILL CONTINUE TO SURGE NORTHWARD ON AN ACCELERATING LLJ OF 50 TO 60
KT. WITH SFC WINDS BACKED TO SSE...SOUTHERLY 50KT H85 WINDS...AND
CYCLONICALLY CURVED 70 KT H5 WINDS FROM THE SW... EFFECTIVE SHEAR
VALUES OF 50 TO 60 WILL BE IN PLACE TO SUPPORT VIGOROUS CONVECTION
AND STRONG ROTATING UPDRAFTS THIS MORNING AND ESPECIALLY THIS
AFTERNOON ACROSS MUCH OF THE ARKLAMISS.

AS FAR AS EVENT EVOLUTION IS CONCERNED...A DANGEROUS SEVERE LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT THAT ARKLAMISS DELTA REGION OVER THE NEXT
COUPLE OF HOURS. THIS LINE WILL CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE
HIGHWAY 82 CORRIDOR THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS AS IT TRANSLATES
EASTWARD. THE LINE COULD BECOME MORE BROKEN IN NATURE AND SLOW WHILE
TRAILING BACK TO THE SW INTO SOUTH-CENTRAL LOUISIANA AS SUPPORTIVE
VORTICITY LOBE MOVES NE AWAY FROM CONVECTIVE COMPLEX. DAMAGING
WINDS...TORNADOES...AND HAIL WILL ALL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
CONVECTION ACROSS THE ARKLAMISS DELTA AND ALONG HIGHWAY 82 CORRIDOR.
BY THE MID MORNING HOURS...SBCAPE WILL SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASE TO
1500-2000 J/KG AND 0-1 KM SRH OF 200-300 M2/S2 WILL SETUP ALONG AND
SOUTH OF LOCATIONS NOT AFFECTED BY EARLIER CONVECTION. LOCATIONS
ALONG AND SOUTH OF NATCHEZ TRACE...AND SOUTH OF A POSSIBLE COLD POOL
BOUNDARY WITH HAVE A SIGNIFICANT RISK OF DISCRETE AND POTENTIALLY
LONG-LIVED SUPERCELL DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINMENT IN AN UNSTABLE AND
HIGHLY UPPER-LVL DIVERGENT ENVIRONMENT AS ANOTHER VORT LOBE AND
UPPER JET STREAK ROTATE THROUGH THE BASE OF THE H5 TROUGH. PER LOCAL
HI-RES WRF AND HRRR OUTPUT AND OVERALL ENVIRONMENT...SEVERAL
ROUNDS OF SUPERCELLS AND BOWING SEGMENTS APPEAR POSSIBLE ACROSS THE
REGION. SEVERE WEATHER RISKS WITH THESE SUPERCELLS INCLUDE
TORNADOES...SOME POSSIBLY STRONG AND CYCLIC...LARGE HAIL TO THE SIZE
OF BASEBALLS...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 80 MPH.

SEVERE WEATHER RISK WILL END WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE DRYLINE FROM
WEST TO EAST. PLEASE SEE GRAPHICASTS FOR ESTIMATED SEVERE WEATHER
TIMING AND ENDING. THE ENTIRE REGION WILL BE CLEAR OF SEVERE WEATHER
RISK BY 10 PM THIS EVENING. PLEASE STAY ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING
CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS WILL BE GUSTY
ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE DRYLINE AS CLEARING WILL TAKE PLACE. WIND
GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH FROM THE WEST WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY FOR
THE ARKLAMISS DELTA REGION AND AREA LAKES.

MUCH QUIETER AND PLEASANT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR SATURDAY AND
SUNDAY. MORNING LOWS FOR THE WEEKEND WILL BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 40S
WITH HIGHS TOPPING OUT NEAR 70 ON SATURDAY WITH SOME STRATOCUMULUS
CLOUDS PIVOTING ACROSS HIGHWAY 82 CORRIDOR AND INTO THE UPPER 70S ON
SUNDAY UNDER SUNNY SKIES ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION.

CONCERNING OTHER FORECAST MATTERS...TEMPERATURES AND DEWPOINTS WERE
MASSAGED UPWARDS IN THE SHORT TERM GIVEN CURRENT OBSERVATIONS AND
TRENDS. MAX HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS INCREASED SLIGHTLY AS MUCH OF THE
REGION IS HOVERING AROUND THE 70 DEGREE MARK WITH ANTICIPATION OF
PARTIAL EROSION OF STRATUS DECK AND DESPITE OVERSPREADING OF ANVIL
CIRRUS. INCREASED HIGH TEMPS A COUPLE OF DEGREES ON SUNDAY GIVEN
SOLID WARM AIR ADVECTION AND CLEAR SKIES. POPS WERE INCREASED FOR
THIS MORNING ACROSS THE ARKLAMISS DELTA AND UPPED FOR MUCH OF THE
REGION...EXCLUDING THE EXTREME SOUTHWEST...FOR THIS
AFTERNOON/EVENING PERIOD. POPS WERE REDUCED ALONG AND WEST OF I-55
AFTER 0Z TONIGHT BEHIND TO DRYLINE/FRONT./ALLEN/

&&

LONGER TERM (SUNDAY THROUGH SATURDAY)...A FLATTER ZONAL FLOW PATTERN
ACROSS THE CONUS SHOULD KEEP STORM SYSTEM MOVING RIGHT ALONG FOR MUCH
OF NEXT WEEK. SURFACE HIGH(1020MB) OVER AL EARLY SUNDAY WILL MOVE OFF
SRN GA COAST BY MONDAY ALLOWING ANOTHER QUICK RETURN FLOW PATTERN TO
SET UP STARTING SUNDAY NIGHT FOR THE LOWER MS VALLEY. NEAR NORMAL
TEMPERATURES ON SUNDAY WILL REVERT TO ABOVE NORMAL FOR MOST OF THE
WEEK PER ENSEMBLE AND MEX GUIDANCE.

SEVERAL MID LEVEL SHORTWAVES WILL BE RACING THROUGH THE FLOW IN THE
CENTRAL AND ERN CONUS. IN RESPONSE...DEEP MOISTURE WILL INCREASE
OVER OUR CWFA PROBABLY IN ABOUT 2 TO 3 DAY INTERVALS...THE FIRST
BEING ON TUESDAY...THEN THURSDAY AND FINALLY SATURDAY. THE POSITION
OF A QUASI-STATIONARY FRONTAL SYSTEM OVER THE MID SOUTH OR GULF
STATES WILL BE KEY TO FOCUSING RAINFALL DURING THE WEEK.  MODEL
CONSENSUS MOVES A PLAINS LOW ACROSS THE OZARKS HEADING NEWD TUESDAY
DRAGGING A COLD FRONT TOWARD OUR CWA TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY AS
IT STALLS OUT. THE STALLING FRONT GETS STUCK UNDER PREVAILING SWLY
FLOW ALOFT SO UNCERTAINTY IN THESE FEATURES WILL BE ABOVE NORMAL.
ANY QPF SHOULD INITIALLY BE UNDER ONE INCH BEFORE MID WEEK HOWEVER
PATTERN SUGGESTS A HEAVY RAINFALL EPISODE COULD BE SETTING UP FOR
THE TN VALLEY/MID SOUTH OR GULF STATES BY THE END OF NEXT WEEK. /40

&&

.AVIATION...DANGEROUS FLYING CONDS XPCTD THRU THE DAY TODAY AS A
STRONG STORM SYSTEM CROSSES THE REGION. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS TSTMS
WILL PERSIST THRU THE DAY...WITH THE GREATEST COVERAGE OF STORMS
INVOF OF JAN/GTR/HBG/MEI. MOD TO SEVERE TURBULENCE...GOLF BALL SIZE
HAIL AND TORNADOES WILL BE PSBL ACROSS THESE AREAS. ACROSS THE DELTA
A FEW STORMS WILL BE PSBL THRU THE DAY HOWEVER TSTM COVERAGE WILL BE
LOWER THAN FURTHER SE. MVFR/OCSNL VFR CIG XPCTD TO ACCOMPANY THE
SEVERE WEATHER ALONG WITH GUSTY SOUTH SFC WINDS...PEAKING IN THE
20-30KT RANGE. STORMS WILL PUSH EAST INTO AL THIS EVENING...WITH A
SHIFT TO WESTERLY WINDS XPCTD BEHIND A COLD FRONT THAT WILL PASS
OVER THE REGION. /BK/

&&
.
.JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MS...NONE.
LA...NONE.
AR...NONE.
&&

ALLEN/40/BB
03/BK

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
421 AM CDT FRI APR 15 2011

ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>028-034>036-
040>042-047-160930-
ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND-
MADISON LA-FRANKLIN LA-CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA-BOLIVAR-
SUNFLOWER-LEFLORE-GRENADA-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS-
HOLMES-ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY-YAZOO-WARREN-
421 AM CDT FRI APR 15 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...SOUTHEAST
ARKANSAS...AND NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CROSSING LOCATIONS WEST OF A
LINE FROM TALLULAH LOUISIANA TO WINONA MISSISSIPPI THIS MORNING.
INITIALLY... THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH THESE SEVERE STORMS WILL BE
DAMAGING WINDS OF 70 MPH AND HAIL TO THE SIZE OF HALF DOLLARS. THIS
LINE SHOULD GRADUALLY BREAK UP DURING THE MID MORNING HOURS WITH A
RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER CONTINUING AND INCLUDING TORNADOES...DAMAGING
WINDS OF 75 MPH...AND HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS POSSIBLE. THE
MAIN RISK SHOULD SHIFT TO THE SOUTHEAST DURING THE MIDDAY HOURS AND
END COMPLETELY BEFORE MID AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT SWEEPS THROUGH
THE AREA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

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 CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF THE MORNING HOURS BUT
SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED AFTER ABOUT 3 PM.

MSZ029>033-037>039-043>046-048>066-072>074-160930-
WEBSTER-CLAY-LOWNDES-CHOCTAW-OKTIBBEHA-ATTALA-WINSTON-NOXUBEE-
MADISON MS-LEAKE-NESHOBA-KEMPER-HINDS-RANKIN-SCOTT-NEWTON-
LAUDERDALE-CLAIBORNE-COPIAH-SIMPSON-SMITH-JASPER-CLARKE-JEFFERSON-
ADAMS-FRANKLIN MS-LINCOLN-LAWRENCE-JEFFERSON DAVIS-COVINGTON-
JONES-MARION-LAMAR-FORREST-
421 AM CDT FRI APR 15 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND EAST MISSISSIPPI.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

AN OUTBREAK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION
TODAY. A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING IN FROM THE WEST THIS
MORNING SHOULD BEGIN BREAKING UP ROUGHLY ALONG THE NATCHEZ TRACE
PARKWAY CORRIDOR BEFORE NOONTIME. THEN...SCATTERED SEVERE SUPERCELLS
ARE EXPECTED TO FORM DURING THE MIDDAY AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS
ESPECIALLY IMPACTING EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI. AT THIS
POINT...THERE WILL BE AN ENHANCED RISK OF TORNADOES...WHICH COULD BE
STRONG...DAMAGING WINDS TO 80 MPH... AND HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF
BASEBALLS. THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR THESE STORMS WILL BE FROM NOON TO
800 PM.

THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL END FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING AS A COLD FRONT SWEEPS EAST OF
THE AREA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

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 EARLY TONIGHT.

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

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1115 AM CDT FRI APR 15 2011

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

1057 AM     TORNADO          CLINTON                 32.34N 90.33W
04/15/2011                   HINDS              MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            ROOF BLOWN OFF A BANK IN CLINTON

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1118 AM CDT FRI APR 15 2011

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

1105 AM     TORNADO          1 NNW JACKSON           32.33N 90.22W
04/15/2011                   HINDS              MS   OTHER FEDERAL

            JACKSON TOWER REPORTS A TORNADO WAS SEEN FROM HAWKINS
            FIELD

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1122 AM CDT FRI APR 15 2011

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

1057 AM     TORNADO          CLINTON                 32.34N 90.33W
04/15/2011                   HINDS              MS   AMATEUR RADIO

            MULTIPLE STRUCTURES DAMAGED AND NUMEROUS VEHICLE
            ACCIDENTS. EMERGENCY SERVICES ON SCENE.

&&

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1127 AM CDT FRI APR 15 2011

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

1057 AM     TORNADO          2 NE RIDGELAND          32.44N 90.11W
04/15/2011                   MADISON            MS   AIRPLANE PILOT

            RESERVOIR TOWER REPORTS TORNADO PASSING ACROSS THE
            RESERVOIR TO THEIR NORTH

1057 AM     TORNADO          3 NNW JACKSON           32.36N 90.24W
04/15/2011                   HINDS              MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN

&&

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1145 AM CDT FRI APR 15 2011

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

1057 AM     TORNADO          CLINTON                 32.34N 90.33W
04/15/2011                   HINDS              MS   AMATEUR RADIO

            NUMEROUS TREES DOWN SOME ON HOUSES IN THE VICINITY OF
            MADISON HEIGHTS BAPTIST CHURCH.

&&

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1151 AM CDT FRI APR 15 2011

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

1135 AM     TORNADO          1 W PISGAH              32.47N 89.89W
04/15/2011                   RANKIN             MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN AND ROOF DAMAGE NEAR PISGAH SCHOOL AND AT HWY
            43 AND SANDHILL ROAD. PROBABLE TORNADO.

&&