1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Jul 28, 1:30 PM CST, 2 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 230 PM CDT SUN JUL 28 2002 THIS FORECAST WILL FOCUS AROUND THE SLIGHTLY BETTER RAIN CHANCES FOR MID WEEK. OVERALL...PERSISTENCE WILL BE THE BEST BET AND WILL NOT DEVIATE MUCH FROM THAT. CURRENTLY...ISOLATED CONVECTION HAS FIRED WITHIN MESOSCALE CONVERGENT AREAS...DEPICTED NICELY BY THE CLOUD STREETS ON VIS IMAGERY. DRY AIR ALOFT AND SOMEWHAT UNFAVORABLE WINDS ARE GIVING THE CELLS A HARD TIME AND THEY ARE NOT LASTING VERY LONG. EXPECT ACTIVITY TO REMAIN SIMILAR THROUGH THE REST OF THE DAY AND WILL MENTION AT LEAST ISOLATED FOR THE 1ST PERIOD. FOR MON...MID/UPPER RIDGE STILL DOMINATING THE AREA. SLIGHT WEAKNESS IN THE MID LEVEL CIRCULATION (ACTUALLY THE CENTER OF IT) IS ONE OF THE FEW FEATURES THAT HINTS AT SCT TYPE PRECIP. THE OTHER IS THE LOCATION OF THE DEEPEST MOISTURE. BOTH FEATURES COINCIDE OVER MY SOUTHERN AND SE AREAS...THUS WILL HAVE BEST POPS THOSE LOCATIONS. FOR TUE...FEATURES SHIFT A BIT. MID LEVEL RIDGE CIRCULATION SHIFTS WEST LEAVING MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA IN ANTICYCLONIC FLOW. AS RIDGE SHIFTS WEST...A CYCLONIC CIRCULATION APPROACHES FROM THE FLORIDA KEYS. ONCE AGAIN...BEST MOISTURE AND UPPER SUPPORT WILL BE OVER THE SOUTH...SE AND EAST. BY WED...ENTIRE FORECAST AREA IS LOCATED BETWEEN TWO MID LEVEL RIDGES. THIS LEAVES THE AREA IN A FAVORABLE POSITION FOR INCREASED VERTICAL MOTION. IN ADDITION...850 FLOW SHIFTS TO WESTERLY AND BRINGS IN THE THETA E RIDGE. FOR NOW...WILL GO WITH (40%) SCT POPS ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. MORE DETAILS WILL BE AVAILABLE OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS AND MAY HAVE TO INCREASE POPS IF FEATURES HOLD TOGETHER. LATEST MEDIUM RANGE GUIDANCE SHIFTS WHAT IS LEFT OF OUR CYCLONIC CIRCULATION A BIT FURTHER SOUTH AS ANOTHER RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE GREAT PLAINS. RESULTING SHEAR AXIS WILL AFFECT THE SOUTHERN AREAS FOR THE MOST PART...WHILE THE RIDGE AFFECTS THE NORTH. WILL CONTINUE TO MENTION SCT ACTIVITY ACROSS THE SOUTH AND ISOLATED NORTH. JAN 74/94/74/94/74 -2-2 MEI 73/94/73/93/73 1314 .JAN... AR...NONE. LA...NONE. MS...NONE. 36
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 291200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 149 PM CDT SUN JUL 28 2002 ...THUNDERSTORMS... THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MUCH OF MISSISSIPPI. MOST OF THE ACTIVITY WILL BE ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20. WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE. HEATING...MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL LEAD TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MOST OF THE ACTIVITY WILL BE ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20...WHERE THE BEST MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY REMAIN. BRIEF DOWNPOURS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL FOR SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS...IS NOT ANTICIPATED. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A few 6 inch to 1 foot diameter trees were blown down near U.S. Highways 98 and 49.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Mississippi in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Mississippi, July 2002
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