8 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 Dec 9, 3:20 PM CST, 3 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 320 PM CST TUE DEC 9 2003 FORECAST HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE THE STRONG FRONTAL FORCING TONIGHT AND COLDER TEMPS WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM CROSSES THE GULF COAST REGION SATURDAY NIGHT/SUNDAY. .SHORT TERM... SOUTHERLY FLOW HAS BROUGHT SFC DEWPOINTS INTO THE UPPER 50S TO LOWER 60S THIS AFTERNOON MOST IN LINE WITH PREVIOUS AVN/GFS PROGS. COLD FRONT GATHERING MOMENTUM ALONG A KMLC TO KIAH LINE AND SHOULD CROSS THE MS RIVER ABOUT 7-8PM AND REACH THE I-55 CORRIDOR 10PM-MIDN AND THEN ERN MS BY AROUND 3AM. OVERALL...GUIDANCE HAS CONTINUED SUPPORTING 0.75-1.25 RAIN AMOUNTS WITH THE SQUALL LINE/COLD FRONT BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. SOME LINGERING LIGHT RAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH THE HIGHWAY 82 CORRIDOR WITH WIDESPREAD CLOUD COVER ELSEWHERE BEFORE FINAL CLEARING EARLY THURSDAY. THE MID-LEVEL CLOSED LOW RAPIDLY DEEPENS WHILE CROSSING THE OZARKS TONIGHT AS IT TAKES ON A NEGATIVE TILT ACROSS THE LOWER MS VALLEY. CURRENT TEMP/DEWPOINT REGIME RESULTING IN SBCAPE OF APPROX 400-600 J/KG ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT WITH LI/S BETWEEN 0 AND -2. ONE THING THAT IS CERTAIN...STRONG DYNAMICS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DEEPENING SYSTEM...90 KT CYCLONIC CURVED ULJ...50-60 KT LLJ AND 70 KT 500 MB WINDS. SO FAR THE SQUALL LINE HAS BEEN RATHER TAME FROM WRN AR DOWN THE SABINE RIVER TO NEAR KBPT. REF. SPC WW980 FOR AREAS W OF THE MS RIVER. LATEST RUC/META STILL HANGING ON TO 300-500J/KG AS FRONT PUSHES INTO WRN MS THIS EVENING BUT THIS GETS USED UP BEFORE REACHING I-55. THEN A SECONDARY BULGE OF 500-800J/KG OVER SERN MS AFTER MIDNIGHT GETS TAPPED FOR SOMEWHAT OF A BOOSTER TO THE SQUALL LINE THROUGH THOSE AREAS BEFORE 3 AM. DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THE PASSAGE OF THIS LINE. AT THIS TIME...THE RISK IS LEANING TOWARD THE MINIMAL END OF THE SPECTRUM...ESPECIALLY FOR AREAS EAST OF I-55 AND NORTH OF I-20. MOST LIKELY WIDESPREAD IMPACT WILL BE BURSTS OF HEAVY RAINFALL NEAR 1 INCH AND WINDS OF 40-50 MPH WITH THE LINE. WEDNESDAY WILL BE A RATHER CHILLY DAY WITH CAA ON THE HEELS OF STRONG NORTHWEST FLOW. WILL KEEP TEMPS HOLDING IN THE 40S ALL DAY. IN ADDITION...WITH THE 850MB THERMAL TROUGH PARKED OVER THE REGION...ALSO MAINTAINING MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES A GOOD PORTION OF THE DAY...CLEARING LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT/EARLY THURSDAY FROM SW TO NE WHEN ANOTHER FREEZE(27-32F) LIKELY FOR MOST LOCATIONS. THURSDAY SHOULD BE MODERATING DAY WITH DECENT RETURN OF SUNSHINE. && .LONGER TERM... MED RANGE GUIDANCE AGREES ON DRY FRIDAY/FRIDAY NIGHT WITH DIVERGING SOLUTIONS DEVELOPING FOR SATURDAY/SUNDAY. PREFER UKMET/ECMWF SOLUTIONS WITH EVOLUTION OF NEXT STORM SYSTEM(SLOWER/STRONGER SCENARIO) AS GFS GETTING A HABIT OF BEING TOO WEAK/FASTER WITH THE PAST SEVERAL DISTURBANCES. EXPECT A LITTLE FASTER ECMWF VERSION TO DEVELOP SINCE SRN BRANCH UPPER JET PACKING MORE OF A WALLOP THIS GO ROUND THAN CURRENT SYSTEM. MINOR CHANGES TO TAPER OFF RAIN SUNDAY NIGHT A LITTLE QUICKER AND PUSHING FORWARD MAIN TSRA CHANCES TO 06Z-18Z SUNDAY. OTHERWISE...MAINTAINING BELOW AVG TEMPS BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK WITH A BIT SHORTER TIME SPACING AS NEXT CHC POPS FOR NEXT TUESDAY NIGHT/WEDNESDAY. .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... JACKSON 45 46 29 51 29 + 2 - 0 0 0 MERIDIAN 46 48 28 52 27 + 3 0 0 0 0 && .JAN WATCHES/WARNING/ADVISORIES... MS...NONE. LA...NONE. AR...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 225 PM CST TUE DEC 09 2003 ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 102025- ADAMS-ASHLEY-ATTALA-BOLIVAR-CARROLL-CATAHOULA-CHICOT-CHOCTAW- CLAIBORNE-CLARKE-CLAY-CONCORDIA-COPIAH-COVINGTON-EAST CARROLL- FORREST-FRANKLIN LA-FRANKLIN MS-GRENADA-HINDS-HOLMES-HUMPHREYS- ISSAQUENA-JASPER-JEFFERSON-JEFFERSON DAVIS-JONES-KEMPER-LAMAR- LAUDERDALE-LAWRENCE-LEAKE-LEFLORE-LINCOLN-LOWNDES-MADISON LA- MADISON MS-MARION-MONTGOMERY-MOREHOUSE-NESHOBA-NEWTON-NOXUBEE- OKTIBBEHA-RANKIN-RICHLAND-SCOTT-SHARKEY-SIMPSON-SMITH-SUNFLOWER- TENSAS-WARREN-WASHINGTON-WEBSTER-WEST CARROLL-WINSTON-YAZOO- 225 PM CST TUE DEC 09 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... ...THUNDERSTORMS... ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND MUCH OF MISSISSIPPI THROUGH TONIGHT. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL OCCUR SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CLEVELAND TO CANTON TO QUITMAN. THE PRIMARY RISKS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL. A VIGOROUS COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO APPROACH THE REGION. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS DEVELOPED AND WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG UPPER LEVEL WINDS...LIMITED MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY MAY BRING A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER THIS EVENING WITH THE LINE TRACKING EAST OVERNIGHT. THE CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL SHIFT TO SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AROUND MIDNIGHT...WHERE THE BEST MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL REMAIN. THE MAIN RISKS WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH AND HAIL. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING MAY NOT ACCOMPANY ALL THUNDERSTORMS. PERSONS IN THE OUTLOOK AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR FAST MOVING STORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE UPPER LEVEL WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT...HELPING TO PUSH THE FRONT OUT THE AREA. THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO END BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY... ...DAYS TWO AND THREE...WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ...DAYS FOUR THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY... A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL LIFT FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY THIS WEEKEND. MOISTURE WILL INCREASE AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM...BRINGING A CHANCE FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE IF THIS SYSTEM DEVELOPS. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS... AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT. 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.
8 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A few trees were blown down on power lines.
A few trees and power lines were blown down.
A few trees were blown down at the Railroad interchange and blocked the eastbound lane of Interstate 20 for a short time.
Several large limbs were blown down onto power lines. The top of one power pole was also sheared off.
A few trees were blown down along Wells road near Highway 18.
A few large tree limbs were blown down onto power lines.
Strong winds blew a deputy vehicle off the road.
A few large tree limbs were blown down onto power lines.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Mississippi in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Mississippi, December 2003
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5331907, 5331908, 5331909, 5331912, 5331910, 5331913, 5331911, 5332301.