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 Jun 4, 8:40 PM CST, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 940 PM CDT TUE JUN 4 2002 LINGERING SHOWERS STILL AROUND. ONE CLUSTER OVER COPIAH CO AND THE OTHERS IN WEST CENTRAL AL. THESE ARE ALL MOVING SLOWLY NNW. LOSS OF HEATING HAS ALLOW FOR THE WEAKENING OF THE STORMS TO OUR EAST...BUT PROPAGATING OUTFLOWS STILL HAVE ENOUGH DEPTH TO FIRE NEW CELLS. THE ACTIVITY OVER COPIAH CO IS LOCATED WITHIN A NARROW AXIS OF HIGHER INSTABILITY...GENERALLY FROM MCB TO TVR TO LLQ. AS TEMPS CONTINUE TO LOWER...THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD DIMINISH. IN SUMMARY...WILL NOT ISSUE AN UPDATE RIGHT NOW. WILL WAIT UNTIL ALL CONVECTION HAS GONE AWAY. WHEN AN UPDATE IS ISSUED...WILL RAISE TEMPS A TAD WESTERN ZONES TONIGHT. WILL ALSO RAISE TEMPS FOR WED...AS MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA WILL REACH THE LOWER 90S ONCE AGAIN. THERE WILL BE INCREASING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IN THE AFTERNOON...BUT WE SHOULD SEE THE LOWER 90S BEFORE THAT MOISTURE AFFECTS MAX TEMPS. UPDATED NUMBERS... JAN 72/92/70/87/69 MEI 69/92/70/86/68 .JAN... AR...NONE. LA...NONE. MS...NONE. 36
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 051200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 905 PM CDT TUE JUN 04 2002 NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK.
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 051200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1012 PM CDT TUE JUN 04 2002 ...THUNDERSTORMS... VERY ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI TONIGHT. THESE STORMS WILL NOT BE SEVERE. ONE OR TWO THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE NORTH OF A LINE FROM NATCHEZ TO MAGEE THROUGH 2 AM. A WEAK UPPER SYSTEM PARKED OVER THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO WILL PROVIDE THE NECESSARY LIFT TO PRODUCE ISOLATED CONVECTION IN THE HUMID AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS CURRENTLY OVER THE REGION. LIFT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL DIMINISH SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT AND ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL END. 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.
Numerous large limbs were blown down between Edwards and Raymond. Debris had to be removed from the road.
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