Severe Thunderstorm Warning 134, NWS Jackson, MS

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
855 PM CDT SUN MAY 24 2015

.UPDATE...FIRST OFF...WANTED TO CONFIRM THAT TORNADO WATCH #204 HAS
INDEED EXPIRED FOR ALL OF OUR COVERAGE REGION. IT WAS LOCALLY
EXTENDED FOR SOME LOCATIONS TO OUR SOUTH BY THE NEW ORLEANS
OFFICE...WHICH RESULTED IN SOME CONFUSION.

BUT DESPITE THE WATCH EXPIRING FOR OUR REGION THE POTENTIAL FOR
LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...THUNDERSTORMS AND EVEN A LINGERING POTENTIAL
FOR A STRAY SEVERE STORM WILL REMAIN WELL INTO TONIGHT. CURRENT
ANALYSIS REVEALS IMPRESSIVE NORTHWARD GULF MOISTURE TRANSPORT UP
(AND A LITTLE TO THE EAST OF) THE MS RIVER AXIS WITH A SLOW MOVING
UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AXIS MOVING INTO THE LOWER MS VALLEY.
PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES IN EXCESS OF 1.75 INCHES (VERY HIGH FOR
THE DATE) ARE COINCIDENT WITH THIS MOISTURE TRANSPORT AXIS AND THE
JUXTAPOSITION OF MOISTURE...LIFT...AND INSTABILITY WILL BRING
POTENTIAL FOR TRAINING THUNDERSTORMS WELL INTO TONIGHT ACROSS THE
HEART OF OUR REGION. SHEAR LEVELS ARE SUCH THAT EVEN WITH MLCAPE
VALUES UNDER 1000 J/KG A STRAY SEVERE STORM CANNOT BE RULED OUT AND
INDEED MANY STORMS WILL CONTAIN WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.
FORTUNATELY...LATEST HRRR HIRES OUTPUT SUGGESTS AXIS OF HEAVIEST
RAIN (AND MOISTURE TRANSPORT) ASSOCIATED WITH SAID TROUGH WILL
ADVANCE SLOWLY THROUGH THE REGION OVERNIGHT AND WILL LIKELY BE
EXITING TO THE EAST BY DAYBREAK. IF THIS AXIS WERE EXPECTED TO STALL
THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN ISSUES OVERNIGHT WOULD GO WAY UP...BUT
EVEN WITH THAT NOT ANTICIPATED THERE IS STILL SOME POSSIBILITY OF
FLASH FLOODING (WHICH WAS MENTIONED IN THE UPDATED HWO). /BB/

&&

.AVIATION...VFR TO MVFR CONDITIONS AND OCCASIONALLY GUSTY SOUTH TO
SOUTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING ALTHOUGH THERE
WILL BE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND STORMS MOVING FROM SOUTH
TO NORTH THROUGH TONIGHT AND SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL BRING BRIEF
POTENTIAL FOR CEILINGS AND VIS RESTRICTION IFR OR WORSE. EXPECT
ADDITIONAL NUMEROUS STORMS TOMORROW (ESPECIALLY LATE) WITH OF COURSE
POTENTIAL HAZARDS FOR EXCLUSIVELY VFR TRAFFIC. /BB/

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 437 PM CDT SUN MAY 24 2015/

DISCUSSION...
SHORT TERM...SHOWERS AND STORMS HAVE BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD ACROSS
THE AREA WITH DAYTIME HEATING AND AIDED BY BROAD UPPER TROUGHING OVER
THE WESTERN 2/3RDS OF THE COUNTRY AND A MID LEVEL SHORTWAVE PASSING
THROUGH THE RED RIVER VALLEY. WHILE CONVECTION HASN'T BEEN
PARTICULARLY DEEP SO FAR TODAY...SOME OF THE STORMS HAVE STILL BEEN
EFFICIENT WIND PRODUCERS. TORNADO WATCH 204 HAS BEEN POSTED FOR ALL
OF OUR LA PARISHES/AR COUNTIES AND PORTIONS OF WEST/CENTRAL MS.
HOWEVER THE OVERALL TORNADO THREAT APPEARS TO BE ON THE LOW END...
ESPECIALLY WITH EASTWARD EXTENT. LATEST SPC MESOANALYSIS SHOWS
RATHER MARGINAL SRH AND MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES ACROSS MOST OF THE
CWA...WITH NEITHER EXPECTED TO SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASE OVER THE NEXT
FEW HOURS PER SPC SSEO/RECENT RAP RUNS. BUFR SOUNDING ANALYSIS/VWPS
ARE MOSTLY UNIDIRECTIONAL. HOWEVER DEEP LAYER/EFFECTIVE BULK SHEAR IS
INCREASING OVER MUCH OF THE DELTA...SO THERE IS GREATER CONCERN FOR
POTENTIAL DAMAGING WINDS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON INTO
THE EVENING.

EVEN AS THE SHORTWAVE PULLS AWAY FROM THE REGION...SCATTERED
CONVECTION WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY AS MID/UPPER
FLOW WILL BE NEARLY MERIDIONAL THUS NOT GIVING ACTIVITY MUCH OF AN
EASTWARD PUSH OUT OF OUR AREA. ANOTHER MID LEVEL SHORTWAVE WILL SWING
ACROSS THE LOWER PLAINS/MS VALLEY MONDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY.
BEST POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER INCLUDING SOME POSSIBILITY FOR A
TORNADO OR TWO WOULD BE ACROSS THE DELTA...WHERE THE BEST OVERLAY OF
STRONGER DEEP LAYER SHEAR AND HELICITY IS PROGGED. SIMILARLY WE MAY
SOME CONVECTION BECOME REINVIGORATED FARTHER EAST ACROSS A LARGER
PORTION OF THE CWA DURING THE DAYTIME TUESDAY AS STRONGER FORCING
SPREADS EASTWARD.

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
ESPECIALLY OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF THE AREA AS PWATS INCREASE TO
AROUND 1 3/4 INCH. IT APPEARS WIDESPREAD AMOUNTS WILL BE LOW ENOUGH
TO PRECLUDE A NOTABLE FLOOD THREAT OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. HOWEVER
FLOODING COULD BECOME A GREATER CONCERN MONDAY INTO TUESDAY AS THE
ATMOSPHERE REMAINS VERY MOIST (PWATS INCREASING TO AROUND 2 IN) AND
THE GROUND WILL HAVE BECOME MORE SATURATED DUE TO RAIN FROM
TODAY/TONIGHT. /DL/

LONG TERM...AS WE GO INTO THE REST OF THE PERIOD WE WILL SEE SOME
HEIGHT RISES AS WE GO TOWARD A MORE DIURNAL DRIVEN REGIME FOR MAINLY
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING CONVECTION. THE MEAN RIDGE WILL FLUCTUATE
SOME DURING THE REST OF THE PERIOD./17/

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
JACKSON       71  81  70  81 /  87  62  46  76
MERIDIAN      69  80  69  80 /  46  63  40  79
VICKSBURG     71  84  71  81 /  95  60  67  79
HATTIESBURG   71  81  71  82 /  62  71  42  73
NATCHEZ       71  84  71  81 /  90  66  66  77
GREENVILLE    70  83  70  80 /  89  69  74  78
GREENWOOD     71  83  70  79 /  92  66  58  79

&&

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

BB/DL/17

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
830 PM CDT SUN MAY 24 2015

ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>028-034>037-
040>044-047>050-053>056-059>066-072>074-260130-
ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND-
MADISON-FRANKLIN-CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA-BOLIVAR-SUNFLOWER-
LEFLORE-GRENADA-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS-HOLMES-
ATTALA-ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY-YAZOO-LEAKE-WARREN-HINDS-RANKIN-SCOTT-
CLAIBORNE-COPIAH-SIMPSON-SMITH-JEFFERSON-ADAMS-LINCOLN-LAWRENCE-
JEFFERSON DAVIS-COVINGTON-JONES-MARION-LAMAR-FORREST-
830 PM CDT SUN MAY 24 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...NORTH
CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTH CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND MONDAY

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
THREAT...LIMITED
TIMING...TONIGHT

FLOODING
THREAT...LIMITED
TIMING...TONIGHT

A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT
ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION. WIND GUSTS OF 60 MPH AND HAIL TO THE SIZE
OF QUARTERS WILL BE THE PRIMARY SEVERE THREAT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN
UP TO 2 TO 3 INCHES WILL ALSO CANNOT BE RULED OUT AN IN AREAS OF
HEAVIEST RAIN FLASH FLOODING IS A POSSIBILITY.

(WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/GRAPHICAST.PHP?SITE=JAN&GC=1)

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

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE
ONCE AGAIN MONDAY NIGHT GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 55.
WIND GUSTS OF 60 MPH WILL BE THE PRIMARY SEVERE THREAT ALONG WITH
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. FLASH FLOODING AND A TORNADO OR TWO CANNOT
BE RULED OUT.

(WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/GRAPHICAST.PHP?SITE=JAN&GC=2)

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY
EVENING GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE HIGHWAY 84 CORRIDOR. WIND
GUSTS OF 60 MPH AND HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZED WILL BE THE PRIMARY
SEVERE THREAT.

(WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/GRAPHICAST.PHP?SITE=JAN&GC=3)

.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 FOR PORTIONS OF THE REGION TONIGHT
AND MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT.

MSZ029>033-038-039-045-046-051-052-057-058-260130-
WEBSTER-CLAY-LOWNDES-CHOCTAW-OKTIBBEHA-WINSTON-NOXUBEE-NESHOBA-
KEMPER-NEWTON-LAUDERDALE-JASPER-CLARKE-
830 PM CDT SUN MAY 24 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI...EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...NORTH CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI...AND NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND MONDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

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

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY
EVENING GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE HIGHWAY 84 CORRIDOR. WIND
GUSTS OF 60 MPH AND HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZED WILL BE THE PRIMARY
SEVERE THREAT.

(WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/GRAPHICAST.PHP?SITE=JAN&GC=3)

.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 FOR PORTIONS OF THE REGION TUESDAY
THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT.

50

&&

...HAZARD LEGEND...

*SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS*
EXTREME...CONFIDENT IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH WIND GUSTS OF
 75 MPH OR GREATER AND/OR 2 INCH DIAMETER OR LARGER HAIL.
SIGNIFICANT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE WITH WIND GUSTS OF
 75 MPH OR GREATER AND/OR 2 INCH DIAMETER OR LARGER HAIL.
ELEVATED...CONFIDENT IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH WINDS GUSTS OF
 60 MPH OR GREATER AND/OR 1 INCH DIAMETER OR LARGER HAIL.
LIMITED...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE WITH WIND GUSTS OF 60
 MPH OR GREATER AND/OR 1 INCH DIAMETER OR LARGER HAIL.

*FLOODING*
EXTREME...CONFIDENT IN SIGNIFICANT FLOODING.
SIGNIFICANT...SIGNIFICANT FLOODING POSSIBLE.
ELEVATED...CONFIDENT IN FLOODING.
LIMITED...FLOODING POSSIBLE.

...USEFUL WEATHER WEB PAGES (URLS)...

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STAY AWARE, STAY SAFE NWS JAN BRIEFING PAGE...
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FOLLOW NWS JAN ON TWITTER...
   @NWSJACKSONMS

...ADDITIONAL URLS FOR SEVERE WEATHER ISSUES...

STORM PREDICTION CENTER (SPC)...
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SPC...MESO ANALYSIS...
   WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/EXPER/MESOANALYSIS/NEW/#
SPC...DAY 1 THROUGH 3 OUTLOOKS...
   WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/PRODUCTS/OUTLOOK/
SPC...STORM REPORTS...
   WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/CLIMO/
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