4 thunderstorm wind, 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 Apr 24, 4:30 PM CST, 1 hour 44 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 530 PM CDT SAT APR 24 2004 .DISCUSSION...UPDATING ZONES TO REMOVE MENTION OF WW 119. ------------------------------------------PREVIOUS DISCUSSION-------- .DISCUSSION...A LINE OF OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO TRACK EAST INTO THE AREA. RIGHT NOW AREA IS NOT EXTREMELY UNSTABLE...SO DO NOT EXPECT THE LINE TO GET OUT OF CONTROL. MAY SEE A FEW STRONG/SEVERE STORMS...MAINLY SOUTH BEFORE SUNSET. THE BEST MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WAS OVER SOUTHERN ZONES. RUC ESTIMATES OF LOW LEVEL WINDS WERE NOT VERY STRONG AROUND 20-30KTS. FOR SUNDAY WILL HOLD OFF ON MENTIONING SEVERE IN THE ZONES AT THIS POINT. NOT SURE HOW FAR EAST THIS LINE WILL MAKE IT. IF THE LINE CLEARS THE AREA...ENTIRE CWA SHOULD SEE STRONG STORMS. BUT IF SYSTEM GETS HUNG UP NEAR THE RIVER...EASTERN ZONES WILL REMAIN THE BEST AREA FOR DEVELOPMENT. IF SYSTEM LINGERS OVER THE WEST...WILL NOT GET SAME WARMING/INSTABILITY AS EAST. THE UPPER TROUGH/COLD FRONT SHOULD MOVE INTO THE CWA EARLY SUNDAY...WITH THE MODELS SHOWING THE STRONGER ACTIVITY BETWEEN 18-00Z. A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL HANG ON OVER THE SOUTHEAST THROUGH EARLY MONDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL DROP INTO THE AREA MONDAY...WITH AVN SHOWING DPT IN THE MID 30S. NOT SURE AIR WILL REALLY BE THAT DRY...BUT DID NOT MAKE ANY CHANGES. MOSTLY CLEAR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...WITH RETURN FLOW SETTING UP ON THURSDAY. INTRODUCED CLOUDS ON THURSDAY WITH MOISTURE INCREASING...EXPECT A FEW CLOUDS OVER THE AREA. CONTINUED CHANCE POPS FOR FRIDAY AND INCLUDED SATURDAY. THE GFS SHOWS A BOUNDARY AND A SHORTWAVE MOVING THROUGH AROUND FRIDAY/SATURDAY...WITH THE BEST QPF SATURDAY. OTHERWISE NO MAJOR CHANGES TO THE FORECAST. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 119 UNTIL 7. && .JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MS...SVA MSZ053-059>061 LA...SVA LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026 AR...SVA ARZ074-075 &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 411 PM CDT SAT APR 24 2004 ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 252111- 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- 411 PM CDT SAT APR 24 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND SUNDAY... ...THUNDERSTORMS... ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY OVER REST OF THE OUTLOOK AREA. THE MAIN RISK FROM THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE WIND GUSTS UP TO 65 MILES AN HOUR AND HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS. A POWERFUL UPPER-LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM THE PLAINS AND PUSH THROUGH THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY SUNDAY. DISTURBANCES ROTATING AROUND THE STORM SYSTEM WILL COMBINE WITH OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES...AND A MOIST AIRMASS TO RESULT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS. THE STORMS WILL GRADUALLY SPREAD EAST TONIGHT INTO CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI BUT SHOULD WEAKEN AS TEMPERATURES COOL OFF AND INSTABILITY WEAKENS. A FEW STORMS COULD RE INTENSIFY ON SUNDAY AND BECOME STRONG MAINLY OVER EASTERN MISSISSIPPI BEFORE ALL THE STORMS EXIT TO THE EAST SUNDAY EVENING. ...FLOODING... LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH IN A SHORT PERIOD WILL PROBABLY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. THE MORE PERSISTENT RAINS SHOULD OCCUR GENERALLY NORTH OF A WINONA TO HOLLANDALE TO CROSSETT LINE AND INCLUDES MOST OF THE DELTA REGION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY... ...DAYS TWO AND THREE...SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT... ANY REMAINING THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO COME TO AN END SUNDAY NIGHT...AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES EAST OF THE REGION. ISOLATED STRONG STORMS COULD AFFECT LOCATIONS OF EAST MISSISSIPPI...GENERALLY EAST OF HIGHWAY 45 SUNDAY EVENING. ...DAYS FOUR THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...EAST LOUISIANA...AND MUCH OF MISSISSIPPI FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY...MAY 1. ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE FROM THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY FRIDAY. AT THIS TIME...JET STREAM WINDS...MOISTURE... AND INSTABILITY APPEAR FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AS THIS SYSTEM APPROACHES OUR REGION. KEEP IN MIND THAT IT IS A LITTLE EARLY TO PINPOINT THE EXACT LOCATION...TIMING...AND TYPE...IF ANY...OF ANY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. LATER FORECASTS WILL AID IN REFINING THESE PARAMETERS. .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 IN WESTERN PORTIONS THROUGH TONIGHT AND AGAIN LATE NEXT WEEK. NO ACTIVATION IS ANTICIPATED FROM SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 0522 PM CDT SAT APR 24 2004 ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ053-059>061-250000- ASHLEY-CHICOT-CATAHOULA-CONCORDIA-EAST CARROLL-FRANKLIN-MADISON- MOREHOUSE-RICHLAND-TENSAS-WEST CARROLL-ADAMS-CLAIBORNE-FRANKLIN- JEFFERSON- 0522 PM CDT SAT APR 24 2004 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 119 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES AND PARISHES: IN ARKANSAS... ASHLEY CHICOT IN LOUISIANA... CATAHOULA CONCORDIA EAST CARROLL FRANKLIN MADISON MOREHOUSE RICHLAND TENSAS WEST CARROLL IN MISSISSIPPI... ADAMS CLAIBORNE FRANKLIN JEFFERSON
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 89 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:14 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several large limbs were blown down and one tree fell on a house.
A few trees were blown down.
Several large limbs were blown down.
A couple of trees were blown down.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Mississippi in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Mississippi, April 2004
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: 5392206, 5392207, 5392208, 5392461.