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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 138, NWS Jackson, MS

March 17, 2016Covington County, Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 17, 2016, 3:53 PM CDT for Covington County, Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi. It was in force for 38 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Mar 17, 2016, 3:53 PM CDT (20:53 UTC)
Expired: Mar 17, 2016, 4:31 PM CDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 2.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Covington County, MS, Jefferson Davis County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 17, 4:00 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 Ese Prentiss, MS	TREE DOWN ON EAST ST. STEPHENS ROAD AND BLOCKED THE ROAD.
Mar 17, 4:00 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Prentiss, MS	AT LEAST QUARTER SIZE HAIL FELL. PICTURE VIA BROADCAST MEDIA SOCIAL MEDIA.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 2 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 7 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 17, 1:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 82 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1748 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 93 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

171 
WUUS54 KJAN 172053
SVRJAN
MSC031-065-172200-
/O.NEW.KJAN.SV.W.0138.160317T2053Z-160317T2200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
353 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
  NORTHERN JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 352 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER SILVER
  CREEK...OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF PROGRESS...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL 
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT 
           WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  PRENTISS AROUND 410 PM CDT.
  CARSON AND CLEM AROUND 425 PM CDT.
  LONE STAR AROUND 430 PM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3155 8998 3171 8997 3174 8961 3151 8962
TIME...MOT...LOC 2052Z 267DEG 22KT 3161 9001 

HAIL...2.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

DL

4 follow-up statements

775 
WWUS54 KJAN 172104
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
404 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2016

MSC031-065-172200-
/O.CON.KJAN.SV.W.0138.000000T0000Z-160317T2200Z/
COVINGTON MS-JEFFERSON DAVIS MS-
404 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN COVINGTON AND NORTHERN JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTIES...

AT 402 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED JUST NORTHWEST OF
PRENTISS...OR 17 MILES SOUTH OF PINOLA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD...TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. AT 355 PM...A ROOF WAS DAMAGED AT
A LUMBER YARD AND LARGE HAIL WAS FALLING IN SILVER CREEK.

IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL 
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT 
         WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

THIS SEVERE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  PRENTISS AROUND 410 PM CDT.
  CARSON AROUND 420 PM CDT.
  CLEM AROUND 425 PM CDT.
  LONE STAR AROUND 430 PM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3155 8998 3171 8997 3174 8961 3151 8962
TIME...MOT...LOC 2102Z 265DEG 22KT 3163 8993 

HAIL...2.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

DL

033 
WWUS54 KJAN 172113
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
413 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2016

MSC031-065-172200-
/O.CON.KJAN.SV.W.0138.000000T0000Z-160317T2200Z/
COVINGTON MS-JEFFERSON DAVIS MS-
413 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN COVINGTON AND CENTRAL JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTIES...

AT 413 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER PRENTISS...OR
17 MILES WEST OF COLLINS...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. 

IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL 
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT 
         WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PRENTISS...CARSON...LONE STAR AND CLEM. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3155 8998 3171 8993 3174 8961 3151 8962
TIME...MOT...LOC 2113Z 267DEG 22KT 3163 8985 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

DL

289 
WWUS54 KJAN 172122
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
422 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2016

MSC031-065-172200-
/O.CON.KJAN.SV.W.0138.000000T0000Z-160317T2200Z/
COVINGTON MS-JEFFERSON DAVIS MS-
422 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN COVINGTON AND CENTRAL JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTIES...

AT 421 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER LONE STAR...OR
13 MILES WEST OF COLLINS...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. LAWRENCE COUNTY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT REPORTED NUMEROUS TREES DOWNED AND LARGE HAIL AS THIS
STORM MOVED ACROSS LAWRENCE COUNTY. 

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO 
         ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PRENTISS...CLEM AND LONE STAR. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3157 8992 3171 8990 3174 8961 3155 8962
TIME...MOT...LOC 2121Z 264DEG 23KT 3164 8978 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

DL

684 
WWUS54 KJAN 172131
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
431 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2016

MSC031-065-172141-
/O.CAN.KJAN.SV.W.0138.000000T0000Z-160317T2200Z/
COVINGTON MS-JEFFERSON DAVIS MS-
431 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN COVINGTON AND
CENTRAL JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.  HOWEVER SMALL HAIL....
GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3157 8992 3171 8990 3174 8961 3155 8962
TIME...MOT...LOC 2129Z 267DEG 22KT 3164 8971 

$$

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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 Mar 17, 11:39 AM CDT, 4 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 17, 11:39 AM CDT, 4 hours 14 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1139 AM CDT THU MAR 17 2016

.UPDATE...MORNING SURFACE ANALYSIS HAD THE STALLED FRONT ALONG THE
HWY 84 CORRIDOR THEN EXTENDING NORTHWEST INTO NORTHEAST TEXAS. A
SURFACE RIDGE WAS ALSO NOTED ACROSS NORTHERN ARKANSAS AND TENNESSEE.
THE NORTHEAST TO EAST LOW LEVEL WINDS AROUND THE SURFACE RIDGE WERE
HELPING TO MAINTAIN UPPER 30 DEW POINTS OVER THE NORTHERN THIRD OF
OUR CWA WITH LOWER 40 DEW POINTS SOUTH TO INTERSTATE 20. SOUTH OF THE
STALLED FRONT AT NATCHEZ TO HATTIESBURG DEW POINTS WERE IN THE MID
60S. THIS BOUNDARY WILL SERVE AS A FOCUS FOR CONVECTION TODAY AND HAS
ALREADY LED TO ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS OUR SOUTH. WITH STEEP
LAPSE RATES OVER OUR CWA...ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE
POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE HAIL AND VERY LARGE HAIL. SO FAR...TENNIS BALL
SIZED HAIL HAS BEEN THE LARGEST REPORTED. REGIONAL RADARS WERE
INDICATING QUITE A BIT MORE CONVECTION OVER NORTHWEST LOUISIANA AND
NORTHEAST TEXAS THAT WILL LIKELY SPREAD SOUTHEAST ACROSS OUR CWA THIS
AFTERNOON. THE MOST LIKELY AREA TO SEE SEVERE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON
AND EARLY EVENING IS ALONG OUR HIGHWAY 84 CORRIDOR BUT THE AREA SOUTH
OF A LINE FROM BASTROP LOUISIANA TO JACKSON TO QUITMAN MAY SEE STORMS
WITH HAIL AS WELL. /22/

&&

.AVIATION...VFR FLIGHT CATEGORIES WERE PREVAILING THIS MORNING BUT AN
ISOLD TSRA WAS NOTED SW OF MEI AND HBG AT 1615Z. CLOUDS WL CONTINUE
TO INCREASE ACROSS THE REGION THRU TONIGHT WITH ADDITIONAL SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR
EXPECTED. THIS CONVECTION COULD BRIEFLY REDUCE FLIGHT CATEGORIES TO
MVFR/IFR STATUS. MVFR CIGS WL THEN BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY
MORNING WITH ISOLD TO SCATTERED STORMS CONTINUING ACROSS THE REGION.
WINDS TODAY WILL VARY FROM NORTHEAST TO EAST TODAY BETWEEN 4-9
KNOTS... AND REMAIN SUCH TONIGHT. /19/22/

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 407 AM CDT THU MAR 17 2016/

DISCUSSION...TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...AFTER A DRY PERIOD OF
WEATHER ACROSS THE REGION THE PAST FEW DAYS...RAIN CHANCES CREEP
BACK INTO THE FORECAST TODAY...WITH DECENT CHANCES CONTINUING
THROUGHOUT THE SHORT TERM PERIOD.  AS EXPECTED...THE FRONT THAT
PUSHED THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA YESTERDAY...HAS BECOME QUASI-
STATIONARY ACROSS SOUTH MISSISSIPPI AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA.

OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS...DESPITE WEAK AND VARYING NORTH TO EAST
SURFACE FLOW CONTINUING TO PREVAIL ACROSS MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA
DURING THE PERIOD...INCREASING WEST TO SOUTHWEST FLOW IN THE LOW
LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL RESULT IN INCREASING MOISTURE ALOFT.
WHILE THIS IS HAPPENING...A SERIES OF WEAK DISTURBANCES EMBEDDED IN
ZONAL MID-LEVEL FLOW WILL TREK EAST ACROSS THE REGION.  THIS
COMBINATION...IN ADDITION TO AN INCREASING SUBTROPICAL JET ALONG THE
NORTH CENTRAL GULF COAST...WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED SHOWERS...ALONG
WITH SOME THUNDERSTORMS...DEVELOPING IN WAVES AND MOVING OVER THE
FORECAST AREA THROUGH AT LEAST FRIDAY NIGHT.

IN ADDITION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN'T BE RULED OUT BOTH
TODAY AND FRIDAY FROM MIDDAY THROUGH EARLY EVENING. THIS WILL
PARTICULARLY BE THE CASE ALONG AND SOUTH OF A WINNSBORO LOUISIANA TO
CRYSTAL SPRINGS MISSISSIPPI TO LAUREL MISSISSIPPI LINE.  DESPITE THE
OVERALL LACK OF FORCING...THE FRONT WILL MEANDER ABOUT ACROSS THIS
PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH THE PERIOD.  ALTHOUGH OVERALL
FORCING WILL REMAIN WEAK...THIS...IN ADDITION TO ADEQUATE DEEP LAYER
SHEAR AND RATHER STEEP MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES...COULD RESULT IN A FEW
STORMS REACHING SEVERE LIMITS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE FRONT WHERE THE
ATMOSPHERE WILL BE MORE UNSTABLE. CURRENTLY...HAIL LOOKS TO BE THE
PRIMARY CONCERN WITH STORMS...BUT DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL CERTAINLY
BE A POSSIBILITY.  IT'S ALSO WORTH NOTING...THAT DUE TO ALREADY WET
GROUND CONDITIONS ACROSS THIS AREA...TREES WILL BE MORE SUSCEPTIBLE
TO BEING UPROOTED BY LESSER WIND GUSTS...30-50 MPH...THAN THOSE
OBSERVED IN SEVERE STORMS.  A LIMITED THREAT FOR A FEW SEVERE STORMS
WILL BE HIGHLIGHTED IN THIS MORNING'S HWO FOR BOTH TODAY AND FRIDAY.
NORTH OF THE FRONT...ACTIVITY WILL BE MORE ELEVATED IN NATURE AND IN
A LESS UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT. STILL...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS CAN'T BE
RULED OUT ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR.

AS FAR AS TEMPERATURES ARE CONCERNED...LOOK FOR CONTINUED MILD
CONDITIONS TODAY AND TONIGHT AS CLOUDS INCREASE THROUGH THE COURSE
OF THE DAY.  HIGHS THIS AFTERNOON WILL TOP OUT IN THE MIDDLE
70S...WHILE LOWS TONIGHT RANGE FROM THE LOWER 50S TO AROUND 60.
SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES LOOK ON TAP FOR FRIDAY.  HIGHS FRIDAY
AFTERNOON CURRENTLY LOOK TO RANGE FROM THE UPPER 60S TO MID 70S.
LOWS FRIDAY NIGHT WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 40S TO UPPER 50S. /19/

SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...SATURDAY WILL BE A TRANSITION DAY OVER
THE CWA AS WE BEGIN FEELING THE AFFECTS OF THE MID LEVEL SYSTEM OVER
THE OH VALLEY. WHILE WE WILL START OFF THE DAY WITH SCATTERED
CONVECTION ASSOCIATED WITH THE STALLED BOUNDARY NEAR THE COAST...
VEERING FLOW PATTERN WILL FINALLY GIVE THE COASTAL BOUNDARY A NUDGE
OUT TO SEA TAKING THE CONVECTION WITH IT.

A REINFORCEMENT OF LOW LEVEL DRY/COOL AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE CWA
SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY RESULTING IN MARKEDLY COOLER TEMPERATURES.
HIGHS IN THE 50S WILL BE COMMON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AS MINS DROP INTO
THE 30S. WHILE CAA WILL PRECLUDE FROST DEVELOPMENT SATURDAY
NIGHT/SUNDAY MORNING...HIGH PRESSURE SETTLING OVER THE AREA SUNDAY
NIGHT WILL SETUP CALM WINDS AND EXCELLENT RADIATIONAL COOLING
CONDITIONS. FROST FORMATION WILL BE A DISTINCT POSSIBILITY WHERE
TEMPS CAN FALL INTO THE MID 30S OR LOWER WHICH LOOKS TO OCCUR
PRIMARILY OVER THE EAST.

MID LEVEL RIDGING FROM THE WEST DURING THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK
WILL RESULT IN DRY WEATHER AND MODERATING TEMPERATURES./26/

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
JACKSON       76  57  71  54 /  38  52  51  48
MERIDIAN      76  55  71  54 /  27  51  51  50
VICKSBURG     75  58  72  54 /  40  52  48  45
HATTIESBURG   77  60  73  58 /  60  60  63  57
NATCHEZ       76  61  73  54 /  55  59  60  56
GREENVILLE    74  53  68  49 /  20  39  39  35
GREENWOOD     76  52  69  49 /  17  32  40  35

&&

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

19/26

Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 17, 3:40 PM CDT, 13 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
340 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2016

ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-MSZ018-019-025>046-050>052-182045-
ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-BOLIVAR-
SUNFLOWER-LEFLORE-GRENADA-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-WEBSTER-CLAY-LOWNDES-
CHOCTAW-OKTIBBEHA-WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS-HOLMES-ATTALA-WINSTON-
NOXUBEE-ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY-YAZOO-MADISON MS-LEAKE-NESHOBA-KEMPER-
SCOTT-NEWTON-LAUDERDALE-
340 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND FRIDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR 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 IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH NEXT WEDNESDAY.

LAZ015-016-MSZ047>049-055>058-182045-
RICHLAND-MADISON LA-WARREN-HINDS-RANKIN-SIMPSON-SMITH-JASPER-
CLARKE-
340 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND FRIDAY

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
THREAT...LIMITED
TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING

A FEW SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY WITH QUARTER TO GOLF BALL
SIZED HAIL BEING THE MAIN THREAT ALONG WITH DAMAGING WINDS. MAIN
TIMING IS UNTIL 8 PM.

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

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR 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 MAY BE NEEDED FOR PORTIONS OF THE REGION REMAINDER
OF THE AFTERNOON.

LAZ023-025-MSZ053-054-065-066-182045-
FRANKLIN LA-TENSAS-CLAIBORNE-COPIAH-COVINGTON-JONES-
340 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND FRIDAY

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
THREAT...LIMITED
TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY

A FEW SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY WITH QUARTER TO GOLF BALL
SIZED HAIL BEING THE MAIN THREAT ALONG WITH DAMAGING WINDS. MAIN
TIMING IS UNTIL 8 PM. A FEW SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY
WITH HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE RISK.

(WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/GRAPHICAST.PHP?SITE=JAN&GC=1,2)

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR 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 MAY BE NEEDED FOR PORTIONS OF THE REGION REMAINDER
OF THE AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY.

LAZ024-026-MSZ059>064-072>074-182045-
CATAHOULA-CONCORDIA-JEFFERSON-ADAMS-FRANKLIN MS-LINCOLN-LAWRENCE-
JEFFERSON DAVIS-MARION-LAMAR-FORREST-
340 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND FRIDAY

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
THREAT...ELEVATED
TIMING...MAINLY THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ANYTIME THROUGH 8PM. LARGE HAIL TO
GOLF BALL SIZE WITH SOME DAMAGING WIND POTENTIAL ARE THE MAIN
THREATS.

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

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR 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 MAY BE NEEDED FOR PORTIONS OF THE REGION REMAINDER
OF THE AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY.

21

&&

...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.

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

NWS JAN HOME PAGE...
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   @NWSJACKSONMS

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

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   WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/
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...
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 17, 3:22 PM CDT, 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
322 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2016

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

0300 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 N MOUND               32.36N 91.03W
03/17/2016                   MADISON            LA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN ON HIGHWAY 602 EAST OF TALLULAH.

&&

DCOX

Local storm report, Mar 17, 3:23 PM CDT, 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
323 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2016

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

0311 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 N MOUND               32.36N 91.03W
03/17/2016                   MADISON            LA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN ON HIGHWAY 602 EAST OF TALLULAH.

&&

DCOX

Local storm report, Mar 17, 3:29 PM CDT, 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
329 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2016

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

0322 PM     TSTM WND DMG     VICKSBURG               32.33N 90.87W
03/17/2016                   WARREN             MS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NUMEROUS TREES DOWN AND POWER OUTAGES IN VICKSBURG.

&&

DCOX

Local storm report, Mar 17, 3:30 PM CDT, 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
330 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2016

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

0322 PM     HAIL             VICKSBURG               32.33N 90.87W
03/17/2016  E0.50 INCH       WARREN             MS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            QUARTER TO HALF INCH HAIL COVERING THE GROUND IN
            VICKSBURG.

&&

DCOX

Special weather statement, Mar 17, 3:33 PM CDT, 20 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
333 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2016

MSZ072-073-172115-
MARION MS-LAMAR MS-
333 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL LAMAR AND EAST CENTRAL
MARION COUNTIES THROUGH 415 PM CDT...

AT 333 PM CDT...METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
NEAR PINEBUR...OR 9 MILES EAST OF COLUMBIA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HATTIESBURG AND WEST HATTIESBURG.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3127 8976 3139 8945 3135 8945 3135 8937
      3125 8934 3116 8935 3114 8974
TIME...MOT...LOC 2033Z 257DEG 23KT 3123 8968

DL

Local storm report, Mar 17, 3:42 PM CDT, 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
342 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2016

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

0330 PM     HAIL             FAYETTE                 31.71N 91.06W
03/17/2016  E1.00 INCH       JEFFERSON          MS   PUBLIC

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL COVERING THE GROUND IN FAYETTE.

&&

DCOX

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 17, 8:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Franklin	29 min
Mar 17, 8:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Franklin, Lincoln	60 min
Mar 17, 9:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Lincoln, Marion	56 min
Mar 17, 9:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Lawrence, Lincoln, Simpson	52 min
Mar 17, 10:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Marion	65 min
Mar 17, 10:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Simpson, Smith	58 min
Mar 17, 10:50 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Jefferson, Warren	5 days
Mar 17, 11:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lamar	59 min
Mar 17, 11:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Jasper	34 min
Mar 17, 11:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Forrest	58 min
Mar 17, 1:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Jefferson	14 min
Mar 17, 1:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Jefferson	40 min
Mar 17, 1:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Copiah, Jefferson, Lincoln	60 min
Mar 17, 1:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams	53 min
Mar 17, 2:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Franklin	24 min
Mar 17, 2:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Lincoln	66 min
Mar 17, 2:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Issaquena	41 min
Mar 17, 2:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Jefferson	40 min
Mar 17, 2:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Lawrence, Lincoln	63 min
Mar 17, 2:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Warren	47 min
Mar 17, 3:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion	58 min
Mar 17, 3:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams, Claiborne, Jefferson	53 min
Mar 17, 3:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams, Jefferson	51 min
Mar 17, 3:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds, Madison, Warren	48 min
Mar 17, 3:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lamar	42 min
Mar 17, 3:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams	48 min
Mar 17, 3:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln	58 min
Mar 17, 3:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Rankin	32 min
Mar 17, 4:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Franklin, Lincoln	66 min
Mar 17, 4:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams	29 min
Mar 17, 4:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lawrence	63 min
Mar 17, 4:26 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Copiah, Lawrence, Lincoln	2 hr
Mar 17, 4:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Covington	43 min
Mar 17, 4:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Jefferson Davis	52 min
Mar 17, 5:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion	30 min
Mar 17, 5:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Jones	52 min
Mar 17, 5:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jones	48 min
Mar 17, 5:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lamar, Marion	49 min
Mar 17, 5:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Marion	39 min
Mar 17, 5:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Jones	27 min
Mar 17, 5:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Forrest, Lamar	64 min

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.