1 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 Aug 22, 2:00 PM CST, 2 hours 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 300 PM CDT SUN AUG 22 2004 .DISCUSSION... BOUNDARY SETTING UP THIS AFTERNOON FROM ERN TX ACROSS NRN LA IS SPAWNING CONVECTION THAT WILL MAINTAIN THE CHANCE OF PRECIP... ESPECIALLY SRN ZONES...THIS EVENING. RAIN CHANCES WILL DIMINISH LATER TONIGHT. SHORTWAVE TROUGH UPSTREAM WILL BE FORECAST ISSUE FOR MONDAY. MODELS INDICATE THAT THE SYSTEM CURRENTLY APPROACHING FROM THE SRN PLAINS WILL WEAKEN AND BREAK APART...THE MORE VIGOROUS NRN SECTION LIFTING OUT TO THE NE. WITH DEEP MOISTURE CURRENTLY IN PLACE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA...IT WILL NOT TAKE MUCH FORCING FOR CONVECTION TO GET KICKED OFF. WILL FOLLOW GFS MOS TREND AND KEEP RELATIVELY HIGH RAIN CHANCES FOR MONDAY. THE SERIES OF SHORTWAVES CONTINUES THROUGH TUESDAY. MODELS PULLING AWAY FROM UPPER RIDGING FORECAST FOR TUESDAY BY EARLIER RUNS WITH ETA DEVELOPING A RELATIVELY DEEP SHORTWAVE TROUGH OVER THE AREA TUESDAY AFTERNOON. NO SIGNIFICANT WAVES NOTED TUE NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY AS EARLIER ADVERTISED RIDGING COMMENCES. WILL MAINTAIN MORE DIURNAL SCATTERED AFTERNOON CONVECTIVE REGIME FROM WEDNESDAY INTO THE WEEKEND. NEXT SHORTWAVE BRUSHES NRN MS THURSDAY BUT RELATIVELY HIGH MID/UPPER HEIGHTS FORECAST TO PERSIST AND MAIN EFFECTS OF WAVE DEFLECTED N OF THE FORECAST AREA. SIGNIFICANT MODEL DISCREPANCIES NOTED FOR NEXT WEEKEND. THE EURO DEVELOP WEAK TROUGHING AS THE UPPER RIDGE IS PUSHED TO THE WEST. THE GFS MAINTAINS A HEALTHY RIDGE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH SUNDAY WITH A WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARY DROPPING THROUGH LATE IN THE PERIOD. && .JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MS...NONE. LA...NONE. AR...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 257 PM CDT SUN AUG 22 2004 ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 231957- 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- 257 PM CDT SUN AUG 22 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND MONDAY... ...FLOODING... AS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING AND MONDAY...HIGH LEVELS OF ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE WILL SUPPORT THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. MOST AREAS WILL SEE BETWEEN 1/2 AND 1 INCH OF RAIN. HOWEVER...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR SOME STORMS TO REPEATEDLY MOVE OVER THE SAME AREAS WHICH MAY RESULT IN HIGHER RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY... 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 NEXT SUNDAY EVENING. 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 446 PM CDT SUN AUG 22 2004 MSZ051-222230- NEWTON- 446 PM CDT SUN AUG 22 2004 THROUGH 530 PM...A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EAST AROUND 20 MPH ACROSS NEWTON COUNTY. THE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH...WHICH MAY KNOCK DOWN DEAD TREES OR BREAK SMALL TREE BRANCHES. ADDITIONALLY...ANY STORMS COULD PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER FROM TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...AS WELL AS FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON FOR FURTHER UPDATES. 50
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 80 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:39 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous trees were blown down across the southwest portion of the county. One large tree fell on a mobile home as well as some structural damage to a barn and chicken house.
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