Damaging Wind in Arkansas, May 21, 2001

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
300 PM CDT MON MAY 21 2001

AVN FINALLY CAME INTO LINE WITH SLOWER ETA...DEVELOPING WAVE ON COLD
FRONT OVER SE TX. AVN LOOKING MORE ACCURATE SO FAR ON AFTERNOON
FRONTAL POSITION AND WEAKENING OF UPPER DYNAMICS NWRN ZONES. BAND OF
CONVECTION THAT DEVELOPED ALONG OUTFLOW BOUNDARY EARLIER...FROM SE
TX INTO ERN MS...SHOWING ONLY SLIGHT SWD DRIFT AND SATELLITE PIX
INDICATING INTENSIFICATION OF CONVECTION ALONG WRN PTN OF LINE. WILL
KEEP CHANCE OF SEVERE STORMS DOWNSTREAM OF OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FOR THIS
EVENING. ERN AREAS ALSO LOOK POTENTIALLY SEVERE FOR TONIGHT. COLD
FRONT TO MOVE INTO ERN AREAS TONIGHT...WHERE SURFACE DEWPOINTS
REMAIN IN THE UPPER 60S AND LOWER 70S. MODELS AGREE ON A SIGNIFICANT
INCREASE IN UPPER JET STRENGHTH TONIGHT...THE ETA JET MAX FORECAST
AT 140KTS WHILE THE AVN SHOWS 110KTS. WILL KEEP AT LEAST CHANCE OF
RAIN FOR AREAS TO NORTH OF OUTFLOW BOUNDARY DUE TO IMPENDING FRONTAL
PASSAGE AND TRACK OF STRENGTHENING OF UPPER JET MAX.

MODELS AGREE FRONT TO MOVE JUST SE OF FORECAST AREA BY 12Z TUESDAY.
850 MB FLOW REMAINING FROM THE SW FOR EXTREME SE ZONES BY DAYBREAK
TUESDAY BUT SWITCHING TO THE NW BY THE AFTERNOON. WILL KEEP SLIGHT
CHANCE POPS EXTREME SE ZONES EARLY...OTRW DRY FORECAST FOR TOMORROW.
WILL SEE STRONG COLD AIR ADVECTION DEVELOPING TO THE REAR OF THE
FRONT FOR UNSEASONABLY COOL TEMPERATURES THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

HIGHEST QPF AMOUNTS TO OCCUR BY 12Z TUE. EXPECT HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ERN
AND SRN ZONES AS BOUNDARIES TRACK ACROSS THOSE AREAS TONIGHT. NCEP
BRUSHES 1/2 INCH AMOUNTS S AND E MS THROUGH 00Z WED. THIS LOOKS IN
THE BALLPARK BUT EXPECT 1/2 TO 1 INCH TOTALS OVER MUCH OF THAT AREA
BEFORE RAIN ENDS TUE MORNING.

UPPER TROUGH SETTING UP OVER REGION TOMORROW AND PERSISTING THROUGH
THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK. SERIES OF SHORTWAVES TO PIVOT THROUGH
UPPER TROUGH THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD. WILL BE DIFFICULT TO TIME
THESE FEATURES. WILL LEAVE SAT AND SUN DRY FOR NOW SINCE EXTENDED
MODELS INCREASE HEIGHTS OVER AREA AS UPPER TROUGH SHIFTS SLIGHTLY
EWD. WILL ADD CHANCE OF SHOWERS FOR MONDAY SINCE MRF DRAGS MOISTURE
MAiX BACK WITH THE SHORTWAVE THAT DROPS INTO REGION IN NWLY FLOW
ALOFT.

PRELIM NUMBERS:
JAN 60/75/52/79 7-0-
MEI 63/75/49/70 820-

.JAN...
MS...NONE.
LA...NONE.
AR...NONE.

ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074-
221200-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
425 PM CDT MON MAY 21 2001

...THUNDERSTORMS...
SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST
ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND MUCH OF MISSISSIPPI THIS
EVENING AND TONIGHT. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREATS WILL  BE
DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS TO 70 MPH...AND LARGE HAIL.   THE
GREATEST THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE ALONG AND SOUTH OF A
LINE FROM WINNSBORO LOUISIANA...TO MACON MISSISSIPPI...AND NORTH OF
A MERIDIAN TO BROOKHAVEN LINE.  IN THESE AREAS...AN ISOLATED
TORNADO WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY EVENING.  A STRONG COLD
FRONT APPROACHING THE DELTA WILL PUSH THE THREAT FOR ISOLATED SEVERE
STORMS SOUTHEASTWARD DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WHEN INSTABILITY
PARAMETERS SHOULD BE WEAKENING.

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS AND EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THROUGH AROUND MIDNIGHT.

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

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
507 PM CDT MON MAY 21 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ...COUNTY LOCATION....

0400 PM    MENDENHALL                MS   WIND DAMAGE
05/21/01   SIMPSON                        MENDENHALL PD REPORTED
                                          A NUMBER OF TREES DOWN

0435 PM    MT OLIVE                  MS   WIND DAMAGE
05/21/01   COVINGTON                      CITY HALL REPORTED
                                          POWER LINES DOWN.