1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
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 Apr 7, 3:25 PM CST, 2 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 425 PM CDT FRI APR 7 2006 .DISCUSSION... NO NEED FOR CHANGES TO THE SHORT TERM...THE FORECAST IS ON TRACK. THE MODELS HAVE SOME SUBTLE DIFFERENCES...BUT OVERALL STILL LOOKS LIKE THE UPPER LOW WILL CONTINUE TO DIG SOUTH. STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS CONTINUE TO BRING MOISTURE INTO THE REGION...DEWPOINTS ACTUALLY CLIMBED INTO THE MID AND UPPER 70S. RUC ANALYSIS SHOWS 3 HOUR PRESSURE FALLS FROM 3-4MB ACROSS THE AREA AND SURFACE LI VALUES WERE FROM 6-7C FROM JAN TO GLH...IN THE AREA WHERE STORMS HAVE DEVELOPED. THE BEST MOISTURE WAS ALSO IN THE SAME GENERAL AREA. SUPERCELLS HAVE STARTED TO DEVELOP...MAINLY OVER THE DELTA...WHERE THEY WERE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP INITIALLY. TRAINING STORMS MAY BRING THE FLASH FLOOD PROBLEMS PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT ALSO. THE CAP CONTINUES TO ERODE...SO THE ACTIVITY WILL INCREASE QUICKLY TO THE SOUTH AND EAST. THE LATEST SOUNDING SHOWS STEEP LAPSE RATES...A 45KT LLJ AND AT LEAST 45KTS OF SHEAR. HOWEVER MODEL SOUNDINGS MAINTAIN A CAP OVER THE SOUTHEAST UNTIL 3Z. SO EXPECTING THE AXIS TO SHIFT SOUTHEAST INTO THE CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE CWA BY 6PM AND INTO THE EASTERN ZONES AROUND 8-9 PM. WITH STORMS DEVELOPING LATER THAN EXPECTED...NOT SURE ACTIVITY WILL END SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. HELD STORMS THROUGH MIDNIGHT FOR THE CENTRAL AND EAST AND A FEW SHOWERS THROUGH THE MORNING FOR THE EAST. BASICALLY THE FORECAST HAS HANDLED THIS SYSTEM WELL FOR THE LAST FEW DAYS...SO NEED FOR ADJUSTMENTS. NO MAJOR CHANGES MADE TO THE GOING LONG TERM FORECAST. LONG TERM MODELS AND ENSEMBLE SOLUTIONS REMAIN IN DECENT AGREEMENT THAT THE ARKLAMISS REGION WILL GENERALLY BE AWAY FROM THE FIRING LINES OF UPPER JET ENERGY THROUGH NEXT FRIDAY. THAT SAID...A FAST MOVING DISTURBANCE WILL TRY TO MAKE HEADWAY INTO THE TOP END OF AN UPPER RIDGE PROTECTING THE AREA BY WEDNESDAY. THIS FEATURE...IN COMBINATION WITH A LITTLE MOISTURE TRYING TO SNEAK IN FROM THE ARKLATEX...MAY BE ENOUGH TO GET SOME CONVECTION GOING (ESPECIALLY UP NORTH). THE UPPER RIDGE MAY REMAIN A LITTLE DIRTY THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF NEXT WEEK IN THE WAKE OF THIS INITIAL DISTURBANCE...AND WILL THEREFORE KEEP THE LOW AND SPORADIC POPS THE 00Z MEX ADVERTISED. OTHERWISE...EXPECT GENERALLY PARTLY CLOUDY (TO SOMETIMES MOSTLY CLEAR) SKIES THROUGH THE BULK OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD. TEMPERATURES WILL TEND A HAIR BELOW NORMAL THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK WITH SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE IN CONTROL...BUT EXPECT A MODERATION UP TO NORMAL LEVELS (HIGHS NEAR 80/LOWS NEAR 60) DURING THE LATTER HALF OF THE PERIOD. REMAINED ALMOST RIGHT WITH 00Z MEX FOR ALL TEMPS. /BB/ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... JACKSON 62 70 43 71 / 85 7 0 0 MERIDIAN 63 74 41 74 / 100 19 0 0 VICKSBURG 61 69 44 71 / 60 5 0 0 HATTIESBURG 67 75 44 75 / 60 13 0 0 NATCHEZ 61 70 44 71 / 48 4 0 0 GREENVILLE 59 65 40 68 / 71 5 0 0 GREENWOOD 60 65 40 70 / 85 9 0 0 && .JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MS...NONE. LA...NONE. AR...NONE. && 07/50
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 334 PM CDT FRI APR 07 2006 ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 082034- 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- 334 PM CDT FRI APR 07 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND SATURDAY... ...THUNDERSTORMS... A FEW DISTURBANCES MOVING ACROSS THE REGION HAVE SET THE STAGE FOR A SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK THROUGH TONIGHT. THE MAIN CONCERNS WILL BE VERY LARGE HAIL...DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND TORNADOES. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA...HOWEVER LOCATIONS ALONG A LINE FROM RAYVILLE LOUISIANA...TO YAZOO CITY TO GOLDEN TRIANGLE ARE IN A MORE FAVORABLE POSITION FOR TORNADO DEVELOPMENT LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING JUST WEST AND NORTHWEST OF THE OUTLOOK AREA...AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND COLD FRONT. AN AXIS OF MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY HAS SETTLED TO THE NORTH AND WEST AND WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON. SUPERCELLS WILL DEVELOP AND TRACK EAST AND NORTHEAST THROUGH THE REGION. BASEBALL OR LARGER HAIL...DESTRUCTIVE LONG TRACK TORNADOES AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY STORM. AS THE STORM SYSTEM BARRELS THROUGH THE CENTRAL STATES...THE ENVIRONMENT WILL BECOME MORE FAVORABLE FOR THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA. THE GREATEST RISK FOR TORNADOES WILL SHIFT TO AREAS EAST OF INTERSTATE 55 AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20. IN ADDITION TO LONG TRACK TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL REMAIN A CONCERN. LATER THIS EVENING...A LINE OF STORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. AS THE LINE OF STORMS SWINGS THROUGH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...MORE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE. EVERYONE IS STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS ON THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING WEATHER SITUATION. ...FLOODING... THERE IS A RISK OF FLASH FLOODING AND HEAVY RAIN THIS EVENING ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA. PLENTY OF MOISTURE IS FLOW INTO THE REGION. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL IN SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. IN ADDITION...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER THE SAME AREAS MAY LEAD TO PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS. FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR THE ENTIRE AREA...HOWEVER STORMS TRACKING ACROSS THE SAME AREAS IS MORE LIKELY FOR NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY... 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 WILL BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
557 PM CDT FRI APR 07 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0549 PM TORNADO 7 SE MOORHEAD 33.38N 90.42W
04/07/2006 LEFLORE MS TRAINED SPOTTER
TRAINED SPOTTERS SAW LARGE TORNADO ON GROUND 7 MILES SE
OF MOORHEAD
0454 PM HAIL GREENWOOD 33.52N 90.19W
04/07/2006 E0.50 INCH LEFLORE MS EMERGENCY MNGR
HALF INCH HAIL AT GREENWOOD FLIGHT SERVICES
0430 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 S LAKE VILLAGE 33.28N 91.28W
04/07/2006 CHICOT AR EMERGENCY MNGR
PORCH BLOWN OFF OF TRAILER AND PORTABLE SHED AND LAWN
MOWER BLOWN OUT OF YARD.
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19PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
607 PM CDT FRI APR 07 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0601 PM TORNADO MORGAN CITY 33.38N 90.35W
04/07/2006 LEFLORE MS BROADCAST MEDIA
TORNADO ON THE GROUND, POWER LINES AND TREES DOWN
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19PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
619 PM CDT FRI APR 07 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0610 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 SSE ITTA BENA 33.46N 90.31W
04/07/2006 LEFLORE MS TRAINED SPOTTER
POWER POLES AND LINES DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 7.
0610 PM HAIL 3 SSE ITTA BENA 33.46N 90.31W
04/07/2006 M1.75 INCH LEFLORE MS TRAINED SPOTTER
REPORTED ALONG HIGHWAY 7.
&&
19SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 624 PM CDT FRI APR 7 2006 ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-MSZ018-019-025>036-040-041-080300- ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND- BOLIVAR-SUNFLOWER-LEFLORE-GRENADA-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-WEBSTER-CLAY- LOWNDES-CHOCTAW-OKTIBBEHA-WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS-HOLMES-ISSAQUENA- SHARKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSSETT...NORTH CROSSETT...HAMBURG... WEST CROSSETT...DERMOTT...LAKE VILLAGE...EUDORA...BASTROP... OAK GROVE...EPPS...LAKE PROVIDENCE...RAYVILLE...DELHI... CLEVELAND...INDIANOLA...RULEVILLE...GREENWOOD...GRENADA... VAIDEN...NORTH CARROLLTON...CARROLLTON...WINONA...EUPORA... MABEN...MATHISTON...WEST POINT...COLUMBUS...ACKERMAN...WEIR... STARKVILLE...GREENVILLE...BELZONI...ISOLA...DURANT...TCHULA... LEXINGTON...PICKENS...GOODMAN...MAYERSVILLE...ROLLING FORK... ANGUILLA 624 PM CDT FRI APR 7 2006 ...MAJOR TORNADO OUTBREAK IN PROGRESS... A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS AS BASEBALL TO SOFTBALL SIZE AND LONG TRACK DAMAGING TORNADOES CONTINUE TO CROSS THE AREA. PERSONS ARE URGED TO CLOSELY MONITOR WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. PERSONS ARE URGED NOT TO RIDE OUT THE STORM IN A MOBILE HOME. THERE HAS ALREADY BEEN SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE IN PARTS OF TENNESSEE AND MISSISSIPPI FROM TORNADOES AND THE POTENTIAL WILL CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS. LAZ016-023>025-MSZ037>039-042>053-080300- MADISON-FRANKLIN-CATAHOULA-TENSAS-ATTALA-WINSTON-NOXUBEE-YAZOO- LEAKE-NESHOBA-KEMPER-WARREN-HINDS-RANKIN-SCOTT-NEWTON-LAUDERDALE- CLAIBORNE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TALLULAH...WINNSBORO...JONESVILLE... HARRISONBURG...NEWELLTON...ST. JOSEPH...WATERPROOF...KOSCIUSKO... LOUISVILLE...MACON...BROOKSVILLE...YAZOO CITY...RIDGELAND... MADISON...CANTON...CARTHAGE...PHILADELPHIA...PEARL RIVER... DE KALB...SCOOBA...VICKSBURG...JACKSON...PEARL...BRANDON... RICHLAND...FOREST...MORTON...NEWTON...UNION...DECATUR... CONEHATTA...MERIDIAN...PORT GIBSON 624 PM CDT FRI APR 7 2006 ...MAJOR SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK LIKELY TONIGHT... THIS IS PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR BASEBALL OR LARGER HAIL AND DAMAGING TORNADOES THROUGH THE EVENING AND INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. ALTHOUGH THE STORMS HAVE REMAINED NORTH OF THE AREA SO FAR...IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE CONDITIONS BECOME QUITE DANGEROUS. THERE HAS ALREADY BEEN SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE IN PARTS OF TENNESSEE AND NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI FROM TORNADOES AND THE POTENTIAL WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AS THE ACTIVITY MOVES INTO CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA. PERSONS ARE URGED TO CLOSELY MONITOR WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. PERSONS ARE URGED NOT TO RIDE OUT THE STORM IN A MOBILE HOME. LAZ026-MSZ054>066-072>074-080300- CONCORDIA-COPIAH-SIMPSON-SMITH-JASPER-CLARKE-JEFFERSON-ADAMS- FRANKLIN-LINCOLN-LAWRENCE-JEFFERSON DAVIS-COVINGTON-JONES-MARION- LAMAR-FORREST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VIDALIA...FERRIDAY...WEST FERRIDAY... CRYSTAL SPRINGS...HAZLEHURST...WESSON...MAGEE...MENDENHALL... TAYLORSVILLE...RALEIGH...BAY SPRINGS...HEIDELBERG...QUITMAN... STONEWALL...SHUBUTA...FAYETTE...NATCHEZ...BUDE...ROXIE... MEADVILLE...BROOKHAVEN...MONTICELLO...NEW HEBRON...PRENTISS... BASSFIELD...COLLINS...MOUNT OLIVE...LAUREL...COLUMBIA... WEST HATTIESBURG...LUMBERTON...PURVIS...HATTIESBURG 624 PM CDT FRI APR 7 2006 ...SEVERE WEATHER ON THE WAY FOR MUCH OF THE AREA LATER TONIGHT... ALTHOUGH STORMS HAVE REMAINED WELL NORTH OF THE AREA THUS FAR...IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE STORMS MOVE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20 INTO SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI LATER TONIGHT. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS SATURDAY. GOLFBALL TO BASEBALL SIZED HAIL AND ISOLATED STRONG TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT ACROSS THE AREA. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS CAPABLE OF DOWNING MANY TREES AND DAMAGING ROOFS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. PERSONS ARE URGED TO CLOSELY MONITOR WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. PERSONS ARE URGED NOT TO RIDE OUT THE STORM IN A MOBILE HOME. CRAVEN
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
625 PM CDT FRI APR 7 2006
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0502 PM TORNADO NE OF FLANNAGAN ROAD AND VFW99.99N -999.99W
04/06/2006 WASHINGTON MS EMERGENCY MNGR
SPOTTERS REPORT FUNNEL BOBBING IN AND OUT OF LARGE NE
MOVING CELL ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE STORM. FUNNEL
EVENTUALLY REACHED THE GROUND BY SPOTTER REPORTS AND HAD A
PATH THROUGH VEGATATION ONLY. NO DAMAGE NOTD WITH THIS
POSSIBLE TORNADO TO ANY STRUCTURES IN ITS IMMEDIATE
PATH.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
625 PM CDT FRI APR 7 2006
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0450 PM TORNADO NE OF FLANNAGAN ROAD AND VFW99.99N -999.99W
04/07/2006 WASHINGTON MS EMERGENCY MNGR
SPOTTERS REPORT FUNNEL BOBBING IN AND OUT OF LARGE NE
MOVING CELL ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE STORM. FUNNEL
EVENTUALLY REACHED THE GROUND BY SPOTTER REPORTS AND HAD A
PATH THROUGH VEGATATION ONLY. NO DAMAGE NOTD WITH THIS
POSSIBLE TORNADO TO ANY STRUCTURES IN ITS IMMEDIATE
PATH.The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 156 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:23 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A swath of penny to quarter sized hail fell across the southern portion of Chicot County.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Arkansas in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, April 2006
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