1 flash flood, 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, 2:10 AM CST, 11 hours 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
310 AM CDT FRI JUN 27 2003
FORECAST FOCUS TODAY CONTINUES ON FRONTAL BAND OF PRECIP SLOWING
DOWN ACROSS CWFA AND THE SWD PUSH OF THE BOUNDARY THROUGH TONIGHT.
THE FRONT STALLS ALONG THE I-10 CORRIDOR FOR THE WEEKEND.
CURRENTLY...FRONTAL BOUNDARY NEAR A KTUP-KPOE LINE AND STILL MOVING
SEWD WITH SCATTERED SHRA/TSRA. EXPECT BOUNDARY TO GRADUALLY SLOW
DOWN ROUGHLY ALONG I-59 EARLY TONIGHT. DRIER AIR ALOFT PUSHES INTO N
AND W PORTIONS OF THE AREA TONIGHT/SATURDAY WITH MOST AFTERNOON
CONVECTION CONFINED TO HIGHWAY 84 CORRIDOR. ETA MOS LOOKS TO HAVE A
HANDLE ON THINGS ALTHOUGH WILL BACK OFF ON FIRST PERIOD POPS A BIT.
EXPECT ADDITIONAL SCATTERED TSRA TO FIRE UP... MAINLY SE HALF OF
CWFA THIS AFTERNOON. 700-500MB LAPSE RATES HOLD NEAR 5.5C TODAY AS
PRECIPITABLE WATER(1.8-2.0) AIRMASS YIELDS ABOUT 1 TO 1.5 RAINFALL
AMOUNTS IN 24 HOURS(EXCEPT LOCALLY 2+).
ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...CLOUD COVER AND ONGOING SHRA/TSRA WILL KEEP
TEMPS DOWN JUST A BIT...MAINLY OVER SRN/COASTAL SECTIONS.
INTO THE MEDIUM RANGE...MODELS TAKE EVEN MORE DIVERGENT PATHS SUNDAY
NIGHT/MONDAY WITH ETA TARGETING WRN GULF WITH DEEPENING TROPICAL
MOISTURE HEADING TOWARD SERN TX WHILE AVN/GFS KEEPS THE SAME
MOISTURE IN THE ERN GULF HEADING TOWARD GA. OBVIOUSLY...WITH THE
FRONT LINGERING AT THE COAST. EITHER WAY...MOISTURE WILL BEGIN PUSH
BACK NWD ACROSS THE GULF STATES MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. GFS KEEPS
AN UPPER SHEAR AXIS STRETCHED E-W ABOVE THE FRONT HINTING THAT
ACTIVE DIURNAL CONVECTION WILL PERSIST NEAR THE BOUNDARY MUCH OF
NEXT WEEK. NO BIG CHANGES TO CURRENT EXTENDED UNTIL A MORE
DEFINITIVE TREND EMERGES WITH THE SHEAR AXIS/FRONTAL BOUNDARY
HEADING INTO THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND.
JAN TB 085/066 090/068 091 520
BBBEB 071/090 072/090 073/092 073/093 074 00033333123
MEI TB 086/067 089/067 091 631
BBBEB 071/088 072/090 073/091 072/092 073 00044434223
.JAN...
AR...NONE.
LA...NONE.
MS...NONE.ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 281902- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 202 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND SATURDAY... ...THUNDERSTORMS... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LOCATED EAST OF BASSFIELD AND COLUMBIA. THE MAIN FEATURES ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE HEAVY RAINFALL...UP TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. PONDING ON AREA ROADS IS POSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS. THE STORMS SHOULD DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET AND DEVELOP AGAIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON OVER THE SAME AREA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE. A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO SAG SOUTH EASTWARD THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE FRONT WILL SERVE AS A FOCUSING MECHANISM FOR MAINLY AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY AS ATMOSPHERIC INSTABILITY AND AN ABUNDANT MOISTURE SUPPLE ENCOUNTER LIFT FROM THE COLD FRONT. ...FLOODING... LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS WILL PRODUCE PONDING ON AREA ROADS TONIGHT AND AGAIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON. MODEL MOISTURE DATA...BALLOON SOUNDINGS...AND DOPPLER RADAR PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES ALL INDICATE THAT 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE PASSAGE OF SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS TONIGHT. ON SATURDAY EXPECT MORE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE...AS THE THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOP. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY... ...DAYS TWO AND THREE...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ...DAYS FOUR THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY... TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL BEGIN TO BUILD INTO THE REGION MONDAY NIGHT AS A SYSTEM MOVES NORTHEAST FROM THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO. HEAVY RAIN AND SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHERN AND EASTERN MISSISSIPPI ON TUESDAY...WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AS THE SYSTEM MOVES EAST TO NORTHEAST ALONG A WEAKENED FRONTAL BOUNDARY AND A SOUTHWESTERLY UPPER LEVEL WIND FLOW. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS...WILL NOT BE NEED THROUGH TONIGHT. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK.
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 112 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:43 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rains caused a few streets to flood near the fire department.
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