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 29, 2:15 AM CST, 10 hours 21 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
315 AM CDT TUE JUL 29 2003
MAIN FORECAST HIGHLIGHT WILL BE A STALLING FRONTAL BOUNDARY SAGGING
INTO THE CWFA TONIGHT/WEDNESDAY UNDER A DIGGING GREAT LAKES UPPER
TROUGH AXIS. THE FRONT WILL BE WAVING N & S AT THE END OF THE WEEK
AS SERIES OF SHORTWAVES ROTATE THROUGH THE BASE OF THE TROUGH WHICH
ROUGHLY WILL BE ACROSS THE TN VALLEY. OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES WILL EXTEND
EVEN FARTHER S SO RAIN CHANCES WILL REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL GOING INTO
THE WEEKEND.
IN THE SHORT TERM...MCS COMPLEX IN NRN MS ALREADY SENDING A BOUNDARY
SWD TO NRN FRINGES OF CWFA THIS MORNING. ADEQUATE MOISTURE DEPTH IN
TACT FOR PAST 24 HOURS AS PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES NEAR 1.9. THE
ISOLATED TSRA ON MONDAY SHOULD BE MORE NUMEROUS TODAY AND HAVE
BOOSTED POPS FROM THE PREVIOUS FORECAST CENTRAL AND N WHILE KEEPING
SRN PORTIONS ABOUT SAME. TEMPS SHOULD BE DOWN A BIT FOR THE N HALF
DUE TO CONVECTIVE CLOUD DEBRIS. ETA HANDLING CURRENT WEATHER THE
BEST AND LOOKS MORE REASONABLE THROUGH MIDDAY WEDNESDAY.
LOOK FOR THE ACTUAL COLD FRONT TO REMAIN IN FAR NORTHERN MS TODAY
WITH MULTIPLE OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES MAINTAINING SHOWERS AND STORMS FOR
NRN CWFA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SEVERE STORMS NOT ANTICIPATED
ALTHOUGH GUSTY WINDS WILL BE LIKELY WHERE PEAK HEATING STORMS ERUPT
THIS AFTERNOON...WILL MENTION WINDS WITH HIGHEST POPS ACROSS THE HWY
82 CORRIDOR.
THE FRONT TAKES UP RESIDENCE WITHIN THE CWFA WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY
WHEN BEST CHANCES FOR DECENT RAINFALL SHOULD EXIST. THE MULTIPLE
BOUNDARIES AND EXACT POSITION OF THE FRONT THROUGH THE END OF THE
WEEK WILL REQUIRE KEEPING SCATTERED POPS IN ALL ZONES. WHEREAS
MEDIUM RANGE MODELS WERE TRYING TO LIFT OUT ERN CONUS TROUGH AXIS
LATE IN THE WEEKEND...NOW IT APPEARS THAT ENSEMBLES...ECMWF AND
LATEST GFS KEEPING THE TROUGH IN TACT AND EVEN AMPLIFYING IT MORE.
SINCE WRN UPPER RIDGE CENTER REMAINS STUCK...IT WOULD SEEM THAT THE
FRONT ACROSS THE SERN STATES WILL EVENTUALLY SETTLE TO NEAR THE GULF
COAST...PROBABLY SUNDAY/MONDAY.
JAN BT 090/073 090/072 090 40445
TBBBB 073/091 073/092 073/092 074/093 072 35343434222
MEI BT 090/073 090/072 090 40445
TBBBB 072/091 072/092 072/092 074/093 072 35343434222
AR...NONE.
LA...NONE.
MS...NONE.ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 301612- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1112 AM CDT TUE JUL 29 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... ...THUNDERSTORMS... ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY SAG SOUTH INTO NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON. A LINE OF SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTH INTO THE AREA. WITH A WARM...MOIST AIRMASS IN PLACE...THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL GROW IN COVERAGE AND INTENSIFY. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20...WITH THE PRIMARY RISK BEING HAIL TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. ANY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. AREAS TO THE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20 CAN EXPECT SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP DURING THE HEAT OF THE AFTERNOON. ANY STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FREQUENT LIGHTENING...WIND GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH AND PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN. A FEW OF THE STRONGER STORMS MAY BRIEFLY BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... ...DAYS TWO AND THREE...WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY... SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON BOTH WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS...NORTHEASTERN LOUISIANA AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. EXPECT WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTENING...AND HEAVY RAIN WITH THE PASSAGE OF MOST OF THE STORMS. A FEW OF THE STORMS...MAINLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20...WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A FEW SEVERE WIND GUSTS. THE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO VERY SLOWLY PUSH SOUTH TO BE LOCATED OVER SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI BY THURSDAY NIGHT. A SERIES OF MODERATELY STRONG WAVES WILL PROPAGATE EASTWARD ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY...SERVING AS FOCUSING MECHANISMS FOR AFTERNOON CONVECTION. THE LOWER...MIDDLE AND UPPER LEVEL FLOW PATTERNS OVER THE AREA AS WELL AS THE ATMOSPHERIC INSTABILITY ARE ANTICIPATED TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO SUPPORT ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. ...DAYS FOUR THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY MORNING OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...EAST LOUISIANA...AND MUCH OF MISSISSIPPI. EVEN THOUGH THE TIMING...DEVELOPMENT...AND TYPE OF THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT REMAINS UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME...A FRONT IS EXPECTED TO LINGER ACROSS THE AREA INTO THE END OF THE WEEK. WHEN COMBINED WITH DISTURBANCES PASSING THROUGH THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN MOVING NORTH FRIDAY...BRINGING AN END TO THE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS...MAY BE NEEDED THROUGH THIS EVENING. 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 trees and powerlines were blown down.
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