1 flash flood, 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 2, 12:15 PM CST, 3 hours 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 115 PM CDT WED JUL 02 2003 WEAK UPPER SHEAR AXIS ORIENTED WSW-ENE WILL REMAIN OVER THE FORECAST AREA FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AS WEST-EAST RIDGE BUILDS FROM THE PLAINS INTO THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY. TUTT LOW NOW OVER EASTERN CUBA SHOULD CONTINUE HEADING WEST AND INTO THE GULF BY THE WEEKEND. GUIDANCE SUGGESTS THAT RIDGE WILL BUILD OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN GULF COAST AREA NORTH OF UPPER LOW DURING THE WEEKEND...SO FEEL TEMPERATURES WILL BE A COUPLE DEGREES HIGHER BY THEN. DEEP LAYER RIDGING MAY ALSO RESULT IN LESS DIURNAL CONVECTION SO WILL TREND DOWN POPS A BIT OVER THE WEEKEND. IN THE MEAN TIME...RICH TROPICAL MOISTURE AND WEAK DEFORMATION ALOFT SUGGEST THAT POPS SHOULD BE NEAR TO ABOVE CLIMO FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. ETA CONFINES BULK OF ACTIVITY TO THE IMMEDIATE GULF COAST FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS...WHILE GFS HAS LIGHTER BUT BROADER AREA OF DIURNAL CONVECTION. ALTHOUGH GFS MAY BE A BIT OVERDONE...FEEL THAT RICH GULF MOISTURE WITH PRECIPITABLE WATERS ABOVE 2 INCHES AND PRESENCE OF WEAK DEFORMATION SUGGESTS THAT SOMEWHAT HIGHER POPS ARE WARRANTED THAN ETA SOLUTION. .JAN... AR...NONE. LA...NONE. MS...NONE. CRAVEN/11
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 031848- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 148 PM CDT WED JUL 02 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... ...THUNDERSTORMS... NON-SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT AND THURSDAY ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...EAST LOUISIANA...AND MUCH OF MISSISSIPPI. EVEN THOUGH THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE...ANY THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 35 MILES AN HOUR. THE AIRMASS OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY WILL REMAIN VERY MOIST THROUGH THURSDAY. THE DEEP MOISTURE...DAYTIME HEATING AND INSTABILITY WILL ALL COMBINE TO PRODUCE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. WITH WEAK UPPER LEVEL ENERGY AND A LACK OF JET STEAM DYNAMICS...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS...IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH 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.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rains washed out two county roads in western Marion county.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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