1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Jackson, MS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 27, 1:50 AM CST, 9 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 250 AM CDT THU JUN 27 2002 MAIN CONCERN IN SHORT TERM IS FORECASTING COVERAGE OF SHOWERS/TSTMS. PATTERN IS RELATIVELY UNCHANGED WITH MID LEVEL TROF CONTINUING TO SHEAR OVER THE ARKLATEX REGION AND DEEP SOUTH-SOUTHWEST FLOW EAST OF TROF AXIS FEEDING HIGH PRECIPITABLE WATER AIRMASS OVER THE FORECAST AREA. WHILE MODELS ARE IN GENERAL AGREEMENT WITH THE OVERALL PATTERN... THEY ARE NOT HELPING MUCH WITH THE DETAILS. ATTEMPTING TO DIAGNOSE VERTICAL MOTION FIELDS IS NOT THE EASIEST THING AT THIS TIME. THE LATEST RUC/ETA/AVN INDICATE INCREASING OMEGA ALONG THE LA COAST THIS MORNING AND DEVELOP IT NORTHWARD OVER THE FORECAST AREA DURING DAY. IT IS HARD TO FIND AN ENTITY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FORECASTED LIFT OTHER THAN GENERAL LOW LEVEL WARM ADVECTION. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY IS FUZZY WITH LITTLE TO SHOW IN TERMS OF MINOR DISTURBANCES. LATEST RADAR IMAGERY FROM KLCH/KPOE DOES INDICATE AN INCREASING AREA OF SHOWERS/TSTMS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHWEST LA. 00Z ETA IS QUITE OVERDONE WITH THE CURRENT QPF SITUATION AND WILL HAVE TO DISCARD FOR THE FIRST PERIOD. LATEST RUC GUIDANCE AND AVN/UKMET SEEM TO HAVE RIGHT IDEA IN SLOWLY DEVELOPING DEEP CONVECTION NORTH ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA DURING DAY...SIMILAR TO PAST COUPLE OF DAYS. BELIEVE THERE MAY BE A LITTLE BETTER COVERAGE JUST DUE TO THE EXPECTED INCREASE IN DEEP LAYER MOISTURE (PRECIP WATER VALUES 2 INCHES). BASED ON THE POSITIONING OF THE SHEAR AXIS AND ASSOC LOW LEVEL THETAE RIDGE...WILL HIT PRECIP CHANCES HARDER OVER WRN HALF OF THE AREA...BUT UNDERCUT TODAYS MOS GUIDANCE (ESPECIALLY ETA) CATEGORICAL PRECIP CHANCES. A LIMITING FACTOR IN CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT PAST COUPLE OF DAYS HAS BEEN LESS THAN FAVORABLE SURFACE BASED INSTABILITY WITH MANY LOCATIONS NOT GETTING OUT OF LOWER 80S DURING PEAK HEATING. AM BANKING THAT THE PERSISTENT THETAE ADVECTION ASSOC WITH SHEARING TROF WILL CREATE A LITTLE BETTER COVERAGE TODAY AND THIS EVENING. FRIDAYS FORECAST LOOKS RATHER SIMILAR. EVEN THOUGH THE SHEAR AXIS WILL LOSE DEFINITION...NRN STREAM SHORTWAVE ENERGY WILL BEGIN TO INTERACT WITH HIGH MOISTURE AIRMASS TO ENHANCE CONVECTION CHANCES...ESPECIALLY NRN/WRN COUNTIES AND PARISHES. IN THE EXTENDED...THE 00Z AVN AND UKMET GUIDANCE INDICATE THAT MID LEVEL HEIGHTS WILL BEGIN A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE THIS WEEKEND WITH A 500MB 593DM RIDGE CENTER ACTUALLY DEVELOPING OVER CNTRL/SRN MS BY LATE WEEKEND. THESE MODEL SOLUTIONS MAY SIGNAL THE BEGINNING OF A PATTERN CHANGE TOWARDS LESS CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION AND HOTTER TEMPS...BUT CANNOT JUSTIFY CHANGING THE PRECIP WORDING YET. CURRENT FORECAST LOOKS ON TRACK WITH HIGH TEMPS GETTING BACK INTO THE LOWER 90S. PRELIM NUMBERS... JAN 85/72/87/71/87 75635 MEI 86/70/87/70/88 74534 .JAN... AR...NONE. LA...NONE. MS...NONE. 43
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A National Weather Service cooperative observer reported that numerous trees were blown down. A shed and awning were also destroyed.
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