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 7, 2:24 PM CST, 1 minute earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 300 PM CDT WED JUL 7 2004 .SYNOPSIS... WEAK UPPER TROUGH AXIS ALONG THE MS RIVER WITH A MINOR SHORTWAVE MOVING INTO THE DELTA REGION THIS AFTERNOON. LOW LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE NRN GULF KEEPING A WLY FLOW IN TACT THROUGH THE LOWEST 20K FEET OVER MUCH OF THE CWFA. EARLY AFTERNOON SBCAPES AS HIGH AS 5200J/KG HELPING TO RAPIDLY FIRE TSRA EWD THROUGH THE HIGHWAY 82 CORRIDOR. SBCAPES STILL IN THE 3500-4000J/KG RANGE IN AREAS S OF THE ONGOING STORMS. ALSO SEEING SOME WEAKER SCATTERED STORMS DEVELOPING NWD FROM THE COAST AND EXPECT THESE TWO CONVECTIVE AREAS TO MERGE IN THE EAST CENTRAL PORTIONS BEFORE SUNSET. LIMITED SHEAR VALUES KEEPING SEVERE POTENTIAL IN CHECK EXCEPT IN ISOLATED CASES. && .SHORT TERM... AN ACTIVE EVENING AHEAD AS INTERACTING OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES SUPPORT ADDITIONAL TSRA THROUGH A FEW HOURS AFTER SUNSET...ESPECIALLY IN THE ERN PORTIONS. WEAKENING UPPER TROUGH AXIS WILL BEGIN MOVING WWD THURSDAY AFTERNOON AS A CLOSED CIRCULATION CENTER DEVELOPS IN THE NW GULF AND HEADS INTO TX. A DEEP LAYERED SLY FLOW REGIME EVOLVES FOR FRIDAY WHICH SHOULD BRING ANY SEA BREEZE ACTION WELL INLAND FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THEN A BUILDING TROPICAL RIDGE OVER FL/BAHAMAS PUSHES NWWD INTO THE SERN QUARTER OF THE NATION JUST IN TIME FOR THE WEEKEND. SURFACE PRESSURES RISE BY 4MB FROM FRIDAY TO SATURDAY AFTERNOON AS PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES DROP BACK BELOW 1.5. THE MID/ UPPER RIDGE CONTINUES TO EXPAND WWD THROUGH THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK AND SHOULD EASILY PRODUCE HIGH TEMPS BACK INTO THE MID 90S ACCORDING TO LOCAL CLIMATE HISTORY IN THESE SITUATIONS. NOT MUCH CHANGE TO OVERNIGHT LOWS EXPECTED AS TYPICAL SUMMER REGIME SETS UP FOR MOST OF THE COMING WEEK. && .LONG TERM... MEDIUM RANGE GUIDANCE FAIRLY UNIFORM WITH LARGE RIDGE DOMINATING THE CENTRAL AND SERN CONUS. ENSEMBLE TEMPERATURE GUIDANCE LEANING TOWARD ABOVE CLIMATOLOGY/MEX MOS NUMBERS. MEAN UPPER LEVEL PATTERN SUPPORTS A RATHER STUBBORN LOOKING E-W RIDGE AXIS HOLDING THROUGH DAY 10 OF THE FORECAST INSTEAD OF THE ERN TROUGH SCENARIO IN THE OPERATIONAL RUN THAT FORMS TOWARD THE END OF NEXT WEEK. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... JACKSON 71 90 71 92 / 40 30 20 30 MERIDIAN 70 91 70 92 / 40 30 20 30 && .JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MS...NONE. LA...NONE. AR...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 300 PM CDT WED JUL 07 2004 ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 082000- 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- 300 PM CDT WED JUL 07 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... ...THUNDERSTORMS... THIS EVENING...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND NORTHEAST OF A LINE FROM GRENADA TO LEXINGTON TO MACON. ELSEWHERE...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. A WEAK UPPER LEVEL WAVE CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH MISSISSIPPI THIS EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF DAYTIME HEATING AND A VERY MOIST ATMOSPHERE HAS RESULTED IN MODERATE INSTABILITY AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE HIGHWAY 82 CORRIDOR. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING BEFORE WEAKENING AFTER SUNSET. ANY THUNDERSTORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH AND SMALL HAIL...PRIMARILY NORTH AND EAST OF A GRENADA TO LEXINGTON TO MACON MISSISSIPPI LINE. ELSEWHERE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH ALONG WITH SMALL HAIL. ON THURSDAY...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE IN AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20. DAYTIME HEATING WILL AGAIN TEAM UP WITH AMPLE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE TO PRODUCE AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS. AS A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES THROUGH THE AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP. FREQUENT LIGHTNING...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS OF RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY ANY STORMS. .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 WEDNESDAY...JULY 14. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK.
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 72 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:23 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A couple of trees were blown down on US Highway 82. Crews had to remove the debris from the road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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