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 May 13, 3:10 PM CST, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
410 PM CDT THU MAY 13 2004
.DISCUSSION...
THE MAIN FOCUS OF ATTENTION FOR THIS FORECAST PACKAGE HAS BEEN PUT
IN THE SHORT TERM AS AT LEAST THE WESTERN HALF OF THE CWA COULD BE
IN STORE FOR SOME ACTIVE WX THIS EVENING. CURRENTLY...AN EXPANSIVE
LINEAR MCS IS RACING EAST TOWARD THE MS RIVER...JUST HAVING CROSSED
THE SABINE RIVER RECENTLY. THIS FEATURE WILL DOMINATE THE SYNOPTIC
PATTEN TONIGHT AND SHOULD NOT WEAKEN MUCH BY THE TIME IT ENTERS
WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA THIS EVENING. A TORNADO WATCH
IS OUT THROUGH 9 PM FOR THE LA PARISHES AS BACKED AND STRONG LOW
LEVEL WINDS WILL POSE A TORNADO RISK...ALONG WITH A RISK FOR
DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT EVENTUALLY THIS
MCS...OR EARLIER ACTION TO THE WEST OF I-55...COULD PRODUCE ISOLATED
SEVERE WEATHER EAST OF THE CURRENT WATCH AREA. HOWEVER...THE RISK
FOR SEVERE SHOULD SLOWLY WANE AS THE NIGHT WEARS ON AS INSTABILITY
EBBS. ANOTHER HAZARD TO WORRY ABOUT WILL BE FLASH FLOODING. WE DID
NOT GET MUCH ACTION IN OUR FLOOD WATCH FOR SW COUNTIES TODAY...BUT
WE WILL SURELY GET SOME RAIN IN WESTERN AREAS TONIGHT. GIVEN
RAINFALL RATES SEEN IN EAST TX AND WEST LA THIS AFTERNOON AND THE
SOMEWHAT SATURATED STATE OF THE GROUND IN THE WESTERN CWA...WE HAVE
DECIDED TO REISSUE A FLASH FLOOD WATCH OUT FOR AREAS WEST OF
INTERSTATE 55 TONIGHT. CURRENT THINKING IS THE FLOODING RISK WILL BE
GREATEST IN NORTHEAST LA COUNTIES WHERE THE COMBO OF CONVECTION
AHEAD OF THE MCS...AND THE MCS ITSELF...WILL WORK TOGETHER TO
MAXIMIZE PRECIPITATION RATES.
AFTER TONIGHT...WE WILL SEE A COLD FRONT FINALLY PUSH SOUTHEAST
TOWARD THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI TOMORROW. THIS FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE
CWA TOMORROW NIGHT...BUT THEN WILL MOST LIKELY STALL AND OSCILLATE
BACK AND FORTH ACROSS THE REGION FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. AFTER
TOMORROW A GOOD DEAL OF THE MID AND UPPER LEVEL FORCING SHOULD EXIT
TO THE NORTH...ALONG WITH A MAJORITY OF THE WESTERLIES...SO
CONVECTION SHOULD BE PRIMARILY DIURNALLY DRIVEN. KEPT SLIGHT CHANCE
POPS THROUGH THE EXTENDED AS THE MOIST AND QUASI-TROPICAL EARLY
SUMMER AIRMASS DOES NOT LOOK TO RETREAT IN THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE.
&&
.JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MS...FLASH FLOOD WATCH ALONG AND WEST OF A GREENWOOD TO BUDE LINE
UNTIL 4 PM.
LA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NE LA UNTIL 4 AM.
AR...FLASH FLOOD WATCH SE AR UNTIL 4 AM.
&&
50HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 339 PM CDT THU MAY 13 2004 ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 142039- 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- 339 PM CDT THU MAY 13 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND FRIDAY... ...THUNDERSTORMS... SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER THIS AFTERNOON...SPREADING EASTWARD THIS EVENING INTO WEST AND NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI. THE STRONGEST ACTIVITY WILL BE WEST OF A LINE FROM GRENADA TO VICKSBURG TO NATCHEZ. ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN OTHER AREAS WEST OF I-55. THIS EVENING INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA. THIS ACTIVITY IS ASSOCIATED WITH A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING ACROSS LOUISIANA INTERACTING WITH A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE. THESES STORMS MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH AND HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OF THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN DEVELOP ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON ASSOCIATED WITH ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE. WIND GUSTS TO 55 MPH AND SMALL HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE. ...FLOODING... THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP THIS EVENING WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS THAT COULD PRODUCE RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR...EXPECIALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM GRENADA TO VICKSBURG TO NATCHEZ. THE HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL WILL SPREAD EASTWARD TOMORROW TO ALL AREAS WEST OF I-55. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY... ...DAYS TWO AND THREE...FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT... A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY AS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL EXTEND FROM TENNESSEE SOUTHWEST INTO LOUISIANA. EXPECT THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TO CONTINUE OUT AHEAD OF THE BOUNDARY AS THE ATMOSPHERE WILL CONTOUR TO BE VERY UNSTABLE THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. ...DAYS FOUR THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY... 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...MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK.
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 85 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:46 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Forty to forty-five mph winds blew across Warren county downing a dozen trees in the city of Vicksburg and a few dozen more across the county. Very wet ground conditions played a large role in why the trees were blown down by non severe thunderstorm winds.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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