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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 174, NWS Jackson, MS

March 31, 2016Attala County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 31, 2016, 4:06 PM CDT for Attala County, Mississippi. It was in force for 38 min. 3 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 31, 2016, 4:06 PM CDT (21:06 UTC)
Expired: Mar 31, 2016, 4:44 PM CDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Attala County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:08 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 31, 4:06 PM CDT	HAIL 1	8 Sw Kosciusko, MS
Mar 31, 4:08 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 S Mcadams, MS	TREE DOWNED ON UTILITY EQUIPMENT ALONG MS HWY 14
Mar 31, 4:22 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	Kosciusko, MS

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 0 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 31, 2:35 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 96 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: 481 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -54 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 647 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 501 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 572 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.4
Supercell composite: 9.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

798 
WUUS54 KJAN 312106
SVRJAN
MSC007-312200-
/O.NEW.KJAN.SV.W.0174.160331T2106Z-160331T2200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
406 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL ATTALA COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 406 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MCADAMS...OR
  8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KOSCIUSKO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

  HAZARD...PING PONG 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...
  MCADAMS AROUND 410 PM CDT.
  KOSCIUSKO AROUND 415 PM CDT.
  HESTERVILLE AROUND 425 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE SALLIS
AND ETHEL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3327 8932 3293 8956 3293 8973 3288 8973
      3288 8980 3290 8982 3329 8965 3329 8932
TIME...MOT...LOC 2106Z 214DEG 38KT 3297 8969 

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

DC

2 follow-up statements

145 
WWUS54 KJAN 312126 RRA
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
426 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016

MSC007-312200-
/O.CON.KJAN.SV.W.0174.000000T0000Z-160331T2200Z/
ATTALA MS-
426 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN ATTALA COUNTY...

AT 426 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR KOSCIUSKO...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

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

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHEASTERN ATTALA COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
ETHEL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3303 8949 3306 8965 3329 8955 3329 8932
      3327 8932
TIME...MOT...LOC 2126Z 221DEG 33KT 3310 8954 

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

BYB

608 
WWUS54 KJAN 312144
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
444 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016

MSC007-312154-
/O.CAN.KJAN.SV.W.0174.000000T0000Z-160331T2200Z/
ATTALA MS-
444 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ATTALA COUNTY 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3303 8949 3306 8965 3329 8955 3329 8932
      3327 8932
TIME...MOT...LOC 2141Z 214DEG 38KT 3326 8941 

$$

DC

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 31, 3:40 PM CDT, 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 31, 3:40 PM CDT, 26 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
340 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016

.DISCUSSION...CONVECTION HAS RAPIDLY DEVELOPED IN THE PAST HOUR AS
THE DRY LINE OVER SW AR/NW LA HAS BEGUN PLOWING INTO THE THE
WARM/UNSTABLE AIRMASS OVER NE LA/SE AR. THE HRRR HAS HAD THIS
SCENARIO PEGGED WELL TODAY AND SHOWS CONVECTION CONTINUING TO FIRE
ALONG THE DRY LINE AS WELL AS DISCRETE CONVECTION OUT AHEAD. VERTICAL
TOTALS AROUND 30 ARE SUPPORTING LAPSE RATES OF 7-8 C/KM AND CAPES
AROUND 2500 J/KG. THIS THERMO ENVIRONMENT IS OCCCURING IN AN
IMPRESSIVELY SHEARED WIND FIELD WITH 0-1KM SHEAR FROM 25-30 KNOTS AND
200-300 SRH. ALL OF THIS CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP TO THE
EAST THIS EVENING...PUSHING INTO AL AND DECREASING IN INTENSITY
AFTER MIDNIGHT.

HAVE INHERITED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH PRIMARILY LEFTOVER FROM LAST
NIGHTS WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN EVENT. DECIDED TO KEEP THE WATCH GOING
TONIGHT EVEN THOUGH PRECIP SCENARIO TONIGHT WILL BE PROGRESSIVE. MAY
STILL HAVE SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING ISSUES ALONG THE BOUNDARY WHERE
TRAINING CELLS CAN SET UP.

ORIENTATION OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY PARALLEL TO THE FLOW ALOFT WILL
MEAN A SLOW SOUTHWARD PROGRESSION FRIDAY. BOUNDARY DOES NOT LOOK AS
THOUGH IT WILL CLEAR THE AREA UNTIL FRIDAY AFTERNOON...BUT SOME
OVERRUNNING SHOWERS LOOKS LIKE A POSSIBILITY UNTIL THE DEPTH OF DRY
AIR CAN INCREASE BY FRIDAY NIGHT.

GOING FORWARD INTO SUNDAY...MID LEVEL LOW WILL REMAIN ANCHORED OVER
TX RESULTING IN CONVERGING FLOW AND BUILDING HIGH PRESSURE AT THE
SURFACE. THIS HIGH PRESSURE AREA LOOKS TO SET UP NICE WEATHER OVER
THE AREA THROUGH MONDAY WITH SOME REINFORCEMENT OF THE DRY/COOL AIR
OVER THE NE BY TUESDAY NIGHT/WEDNESDAY MORNING./26/

&&

.AVIATION...SEVERAL BREAKS HAVE DEVELOPED THIS AFTERNOON IN THE MVFR
STRATUS DECK, WITH VFR CONDITIONS NOW ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA.
THROUGH THE EVENING, SCT SHRA/TSRA WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION AS A
COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH
50 KT WIND, LARGE HAIL, AND TORNADOES. SOME VISBY REDUCTIONS WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH TSRA. WINDS WILL SHIFT FROM S TO NW/N BEHIND THE FRONT
EARLY THIS EVENING IN THE DELTA TO OVERNIGHT IN SE MS. VFR
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN MOST AREAS BEHIND THE FRONT, BUT LOW
STRATUS AND SOME FOG MAY LINGER AT PIB/HBG WELL INTO THE MORNING
FRIDAY. /DL/

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
JACKSON       59  72  48  65 /  77  48  35   8
MERIDIAN      62  72  49  66 /  80  66  32  12
VICKSBURG     58  70  48  66 /  63  38  29   8
HATTIESBURG   67  72  52  69 /  86  87  51  10
NATCHEZ       61  72  49  65 /  66  66  33   8
GREENVILLE    54  70  46  65 /  50  17  17   6
GREENWOOD     54  71  45  64 /  74  19  19   7

&&

.JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MS...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING FOR MSZ030>033-037>039-
     043>046-048>066-072>074.

     FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 1 AM CDT FRIDAY FOR MSZ018-019-025>029-
     034>036-040>042-047.

LA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 1 AM CDT FRIDAY FOR LAZ007>009-015-016-
     023>026.

AR...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 1 AM CDT FRIDAY FOR ARZ074-075.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 31, 2:56 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
256 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016

ARZ074-075-MSZ018-019-025>029-034-035-012000-
ASHLEY-CHICOT-BOLIVAR-SUNFLOWER-LEFLORE-GRENADA-CARROLL-
MONTGOMERY-WEBSTER-WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS-
256 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE ARKLAMISS
DELTA AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND FRIDAY

TORNADOES
THREAT...SIGNIFICANT (MAINLY EAST OF THE MS RIVER)
TIMING...THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
THREAT...SIGNIFICANT
TIMING...THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT

FLOODING
THREAT...SIGNIFICANT
TIMING...THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS, LARGE HAIL, AND TORNADOES ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF
BASEBALLS. STRONG TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE, MAINLY EAST OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER.

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

IN ADDITION...ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE IN AREAS THAT RECEIVED SEVERAL INCHES OF
RAIN LAST NIGHT INTO THIS MORNING. THIS COULD RESULT IN FLASH
FLOODING, WITH SIGNIFICANT FLOODING POSSIBLE IN AREAS THAT FLOODED
THIS MORNING.

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

LAZ007>009-MSZ030>033-036>046-012000-
MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-CLAY-LOWNDES-CHOCTAW-
OKTIBBEHA-HOLMES-ATTALA-WINSTON-NOXUBEE-ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY-YAZOO-
MADISON MS-LEAKE-NESHOBA-KEMPER-
256 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND FRIDAY

TORNADOES
THREAT...SIGNIFICANT
TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
THREAT...SIGNIFICANT
TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING

FLOODING
THREAT...ELEVATED
TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS, LARGE HAIL, AND TORNADOES ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF
BASEBALLS, AND STRONG TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE.

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

IN ADDITION...ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ON TOP OF RAIN THAT OCCURRED LAST NIGHT INTO
THIS MORNING. THIS COULD RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING.

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

LAZ015-016-023-025-MSZ047>050-012000-
RICHLAND-MADISON LA-FRANKLIN LA-TENSAS-WARREN-HINDS-RANKIN-SCOTT-
256 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST
LOUISIANA AND THE I-2O CORRIDOR IN MISSISSIPPI.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND FRIDAY

TORNADOES
THREAT...SIGNIFICANT
TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
THREAT...SIGNIFICANT
TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING

FLOODING
THREAT...LIMITED
TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS, LARGE HAIL, AND TORNADOES ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF
BASEBALLS. STRONG TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER.

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

IN ADDITION...ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE...WHICH COULD RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING.

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

LAZ024-026-MSZ051>057-059>063-012000-
CATAHOULA-CONCORDIA-NEWTON-LAUDERDALE-CLAIBORNE-COPIAH-SIMPSON-
SMITH-JASPER-JEFFERSON-ADAMS-FRANKLIN MS-LINCOLN-LAWRENCE-
256 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND FRIDAY

TORNADOES
THREAT...LIMITED
TIMING...THROUGH MIDNIGHT

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
THREAT...ELEVATED
TIMING...THROUGH MIDNIGHT

FLOODING
THREAT...LIMITED
TIMING...THROUGH MIDNIGHT

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS AND GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL ARE EXPECTED. SOME TORNADOES ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE.

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

IN ADDITION...ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE...WHICH COULD RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING.

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

MSZ058-064>066-072>074-012000-
CLARKE-JEFFERSON DAVIS-COVINGTON-JONES-MARION-LAMAR-FORREST-
256 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST MISSISSIPPI
AND THE PINE BELT.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND FRIDAY

TORNADOES
THREAT...LIMITED
TIMING...THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
THREAT...ELEVATED
TIMING...THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT

FLOODING
THREAT...LIMITED
TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS AND GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL ARE EXPECTED. SOME TORNADOES ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE.

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

IN ADDITION...ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE...WHICH COULD RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING.

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

DL

&&

...HAZARD LEGEND...

*TORNADOES*
EXTREME...CONFIDENT IN STRONG TORNADOES WITH RATINGS EF2 OR
 GREATER.
SIGNIFICANT...STRONG TORNADOES POSSIBLE WITH RATINGS EF2 OR
 GREATER.
ELEVATED...CONFIDENT IN TORNADOES.
LIMITED...TORNADOES POSSIBLE.

*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)...

NWS JAN HOME PAGE...
   WWW.WEATHER.GOV/JAN
STAY AWARE, STAY SAFE NWS JAN BRIEFING PAGE...
   WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN/?N=SAFE
FIND NWS JAN ON FACEBOOK...
   WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/NWSJACKSONMS
FOLLOW NWS JAN ON TWITTER...
   @NWSJACKSONMS

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

STORM PREDICTION CENTER (SPC)...
   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...
   WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/CLIMO/
NWS JAN CURRENT SVR/TOR WATCHES...
   WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/RTIMAGES/JAN/WATCH/TOASVA.PNG

   PLEASE CONVERT ALL WEB ADDRESSES TO LOWER CASE BEFORE ENTERING!

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 31, 1:03 PM CDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
103 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016

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

0845 AM     FLASH FLOOD      2 W HATTIESBURG         31.31N 89.34W
03/31/2016                   FORREST            MS   BROADCAST MEDIA

            WATER ENTERED A HOME ALONG NAVAJO CIR

&&

DL

Special weather statement, Mar 31, 2:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
254 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016

MSZ055-063-064-312030-
SIMPSON MS-LAWRENCE MS-JEFFERSON DAVIS MS-
254 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL LAWRENCE...SOUTH CENTRAL
SIMPSON AND NORTHWESTERN JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM CDT...

AT 254 PM CDT...METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
NEAR MONTICELLO...OR 20 MILES SOUTH OF PINOLA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
35 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  PROGRESS AROUND 300 PM CDT.
  PRENTISS AROUND 310 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE SILVER CREEK AND NEW
HEBRON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

&&

LAT...LON 3156 9024 3184 8991 3164 8976 3161 8975
      3144 9013
TIME...MOT...LOC 1954Z 232DEG 32KT 3159 9006

DC

Special weather statement, Mar 31, 3:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
303 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016

MSZ042-043-312030-
MADISON MS-YAZOO MS-
303 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EAST CENTRAL YAZOO AND SOUTHERN
MADISON COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM CDT...

AT 302 PM CDT...METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
OVER GLUCKSTADT...OR NEAR MADISON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

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

THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CANTON AROUND 310 PM CDT.
  SHARON AROUND 325 PM CDT.
  WAY AROUND 330 PM CDT.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3249 8997 3248 9002 3244 9005 3244 9007
      3242 9006 3242 9007 3240 9007 3240 9014
      3243 9025 3249 9025 3249 9032 3282 9021
      3267 8981
TIME...MOT...LOC 2002Z 210DEG 29KT 3254 9014

DC

Local storm report, Mar 31, 3:43 PM CDT, 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
343 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016

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

0328 PM     HAIL             MANGHAM                 32.31N 91.77W
03/31/2016  E1.00 INCH       RICHLAND           LA   PUBLIC

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED.

&&

AW

Special weather statement, Mar 31, 3:52 PM CDT, 14 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
352 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016

MSZ037-043-044-312130-
ATTALA MS-LEAKE MS-MADISON MS-
352 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN LEAKE...
SOUTHWESTERN ATTALA AND NORTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM
CDT...

AT 352 PM CDT...METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
OVER CAMERON...OR 17 MILES NORTHEAST OF CANTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
25 MPH.

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

THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  THOMASTOWN AROUND 410 PM CDT.
  NEWPORT AROUND 415 PM CDT.
  MCADAMS AROUND 430 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE SALLIS.

LAT...LON 3295 8951 3272 8972 3283 8998 3289 8995
      3293 8990 3300 8988 3304 8984 3306 8984
      3307 8982 3311 8982 3312 8981
TIME...MOT...LOC 2052Z 210DEG 23KT 3282 8986

DC

Special weather statement, Mar 31, 4:03 PM CDT, 3 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
403 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016

MSZ063-064-312130-
LAWRENCE MS-JEFFERSON DAVIS MS-
403 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN LAWRENCE AND
SOUTHWESTERN JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM CDT...

AT 403 PM CDT...METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
NEAR TOPEKA...OR 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF KOKOMO...MOVING EAST
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  TILTON AROUND 410 PM CDT.
  ARM AROUND 415 PM CDT.
  OAK VALE AROUND 420 PM CDT.
  PROGRESS AND SOCIETY HILL AROUND 425 PM CDT.
  PRENTISS AND CARSON AROUND 430 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE BASSFIELD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

&&

LAT...LON 3135 9011 3135 9018 3148 9024 3168 8980
      3144 8968 3144 8982 3139 8983 3139 8985
      3140 9004 3134 9004 3133 9008
TIME...MOT...LOC 2103Z 247DEG 30KT 3143 9012

BYB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 30, 7:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jefferson	40 min
Mar 30, 7:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Copiah	31 min
Mar 30, 8:42 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Leake	5 days
Mar 30, 8:42 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Leake	24 hr
Mar 30, 8:42 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Leake	4 days
Mar 30, 10:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Bolivar	50 min
Mar 30, 11:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Issaquena	58 min
Mar 30, 11:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Washington	52 min
Mar 30, 11:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Humphreys, Sharkey	49 min
Mar 31, 12:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Sunflower, Washington	40 min
Mar 31, 12:18 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Sunflower, Washington	6 hr
Mar 31, 12:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Grenada, Leflore	50 min
Mar 31, 12:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Claiborne	29 min
Mar 31, 1:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Yazoo	51 min
Mar 31, 1:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Humphreys, Yazoo	34 min
Mar 31, 2:04 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Hinds	41 min
Mar 31, 2:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Attala, Copiah, Madison, Rankin	46 min
Mar 31, 3:00 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Humphreys, Leflore, Sunflower, Washington	4 hr
Mar 31, 3:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Neshoba, Newton, Scott and 2 more	2 hr
Mar 31, 4:22 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Carroll, Grenada, Holmes, Humphreys, Leflore, Montgomery	4 hr
Mar 31, 4:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Jasper, Jones	45 min
Mar 31, 4:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Kemper, Lauderdale	46 min
Mar 31, 4:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Madison	30 min
Mar 31, 5:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Clarke, Jones	49 min
Mar 31, 5:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lauderdale	13 min
Mar 31, 6:08 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Sunflower, Washington	3 hr
Mar 31, 6:23 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Montgomery, Webster	112 min
Mar 31, 6:35 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Lamar, Marion	40 min
Mar 31, 6:56 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Leflore	3 hr
Mar 31, 7:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lamar, Marion	45 min
Mar 31, 7:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lamar, Marion	49 min
Mar 31, 7:37 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Marion	113 min
Mar 31, 7:53 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Forrest, Lamar	37 min
Mar 31, 8:13 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Forrest, Lamar	2 hr
Mar 31, 8:17 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Carroll, Grenada, Montgomery	3 hr
Mar 31, 9:00 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	JAN	Sunflower, Washington	3 hr
Mar 31, 9:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Clarke	48 min
Mar 31, 9:56 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	JAN	Leflore	3 hr
Mar 31, 11:13 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	JAN	Carroll, Grenada, Montgomery	3 hr
Mar 31, 2:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lawrence	36 min
Mar 31, 2:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson	47 min
Mar 31, 3:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Madison	27 min
Mar 31, 3:09 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Jones	4 days
Mar 31, 3:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Simpson, Smith	52 min
Mar 31, 3:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis	55 min
Mar 31, 3:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Attala	38 min
Mar 31, 3:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Warren	67 min
Mar 31, 4:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Newton, Scott, Smith	59 min
Mar 31, 4:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Jefferson Davis	27 min
Mar 31, 4:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Hinds	28 min
Mar 31, 4:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds, Madison	53 min
Mar 31, 4:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Sharkey, Warren, Yazoo	70 min
Mar 31, 4:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lauderdale	39 min
Mar 31, 4:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Neshoba, Newton	31 min
Mar 31, 4:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington	31 min
Mar 31, 4:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds, Madison	49 min
Mar 31, 5:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Choctaw, Oktibbeha	29 min
Mar 31, 5:04 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Warren	4 hr
Mar 31, 5:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Choctaw, Clay, Oktibbeha, Webster	69 min
Mar 31, 5:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Warren	60 min
Mar 31, 5:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leake, Rankin, Scott	44 min
Mar 31, 5:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Jasper	37 min
Mar 31, 5:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leake, Madison, Scott	47 min
Mar 31, 5:49 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Hinds, Madison, Rankin, Yazoo	4 hr
Mar 31, 5:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Hinds	56 min
Mar 31, 5:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leake, Neshoba, Newton, Scott	56 min
Mar 31, 5:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leflore	40 min
Mar 31, 5:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lowndes	52 min
Mar 31, 6:03 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Leflore, Sunflower, Washington	4 hr
Mar 31, 6:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Lowndes	28 min
Mar 31, 6:30 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Leake, Scott	4 hr
Mar 31, 6:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Rankin, Simpson	44 min
Mar 31, 6:33 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Copiah, Hinds, Rankin, Simpson	4 hr
Mar 31, 6:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Kemper	55 min
Mar 31, 6:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Sunflower	23 min
Mar 31, 6:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Rankin, Simpson	50 min
Mar 31, 6:57 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Neshoba, Newton	4 hr

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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.