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NWS Jackson, MS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 4, 2:05 PM CST, 12 hours 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 305 PM CDT TUE APR 4 2006 .DISCUSSION... HIGH CLOUDS ARE STARTING TO SPILL INTO THE REGION FROM OVER THE UPPER RIDGE AXIS IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. CLOUDS ARE NOT TOO THICK COMING INTO OUR CWA AT THIS POINT...ALTHOUGH THEY WILL LOWER AND THICKEN A BIT AFTER MIDNIGHT...ESPECIALLY UP TOWARD THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE CWA. SKY COVER MAY TEND TOWARD MOSTLY CLOUDY TOWARD DAWN IN SOME PORTIONS...BUT PARTLY CLOUDY WILL GENERALLY COVER THE SCOPE OF THE NIGHT ACROSS THE BOARD. I DID BUMP DOWN MIN TEMPS 1 TO 2 DEGREES...MAINLY ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSISSIPPI...WHERE SOME RADIATIONAL COOLING SHOULD OCCUR IN DRY LOW LEVELS AND LIGHT WINDS...DESPITE HIGHER CLOUDS. TEMPS ELSEWHERE LOOKED GOOD WITH ONLY MINOR TWEAKS MADE TO COVER OBSERVED TRENDS AT UPDATE TIME. OTHERWISE...BIT OF VIRGA SHOWING UP ON RADARS TO THE NORTHWEST. MAINTAINED POPS AT EXTREMELY LOW LEVELS ROUND MY CWA THOUGH AS ANY VIRGA WILL HAVE LITTLE SHOT AT GETTING TO THE SURFACE THROUGH DRY LOW LEVEL ENVIRONMENT. THAT PROGNOSIS WILL LIKELY CHANGE A LITTLE TOMORROW AS BUILDING AND LOWERING SOUTHERLY FLOW TRIES TO ACTIVATE THE ELEVATED FRONTAL BOUNDARY. /BB/ && .AVIATION... ALL VFR CONDITIONS ANTICIPATED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS WITH MAYBE ONE OR TWO EXCEPTIONS. HIGH CLOUDS BUILDING EAST AND LOWERING TONIGHT WILL REMAIN ABOVE 15 KFT...BUT WILL CONTINUE LOWERING BELOW 10 KFT EARLY TOMORROW...AT LEAST NORTH OF THE I-20 CORRIDOR. AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR STORM IS POSSIBLE BY MIDDAY OR AFTERNOON TOMORROW NEAR GLH...GWO AND GTR WHERE CEILINGS COULD BRIEFLY GETTING DOWN TO MVFR RANGE. /BB/ && .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... SHORTER TERM(TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT)...CURRENT SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWING CONTINUED LIGHT NNE FLOW AROUND A LARGE POLAR HIGH (1026MB) OVER THE OZARKS. THIS HIGH SHOULD MOVE INTO NORTH MISSISSIPPI TONIGHT KEEPING RATHER DRY AIR IN PLACE UNTIL WEDNESDAY MORNING WHEN THE CENTER EXITS EAST OF THE FORECAST AREA. WE WILL GET SOME GOOD RADIATIONAL COOLING IN LIGHT WINDS EAST OF INTERSTATE 55...WHILE THE AREAS TO THE WEST WILL BE A LITTLE WARMER DUE TO WEAK RETURN FLOW. WE WILL GET SOME LIMITED UPGLIDE IN THE 315K LEVEL AND ABOVE FOR SOME MID TO MOSTLY HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS COMING FROM THE NORTHWEST WITH CONDITIONAL PRESSURE DIFFERENCES RUNNING AROUND 16 MB. THIS WAS SHOWN BY AREA CROSS SECTIONS AS WELL. WITH 925 MB TEMPS RUNNING AT 12 TO 15C WITH HIGH THIN CLOUDS...LOWS FROM THE LOWER 40S EAST TO THE LOWER 50S WEST LOOKS REASONABLE. FOR WEDNESDAY...DEWPOINTS IN THE 60S OFF THE COAST ARE JUST STANDING BY TO BE ADVECTED INTO THE REGION IN THE LONG TERM. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL BEGIN TO COME BACK IN THE REGION DURING THE DAY AS THE WARM FRONT BEGINS TO PUSH NORTH ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE AFTERNOON. THIS WILL BRING AN INCREASE IN MID TO UPPER LEVEL CLOUDS DURING THE DAY. SO SKIES WILL BECOME MOSTLY CLOUDY FROM WEST TO EAST. 850 TEMPS WILL BE 11-12C...SO HIGHS IN THE 70S WITH THE CLOUD COVER LOOKS REASONABLE. WILL GO CLOSE TO GUIDANCE. FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT...THE CLOUD COVER WILL THIN OUT A LITTLE DURING THE NIGHT AS SOME DRYER AIR ADVECTS INTO THE MIDLEVELS...BUT THERE WILL BE ENOUGH LIMITED MOISTURE CONVERGENCE TO SQUEEZE OUT SOME ISOLATED CONVECTION ACROSS THE NORTH. THIS WILL BE DUE TO WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE CROSSING THE NORTHERN SECTION IN NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. DURING THIS PERIOD THE AXIS OF THE UPPER RIDGE WILL MOVE OVER THE REGION...WHICH WILL LIMIT COVERAGE OF WHAT LITTLE CONVECTION WILL DEVELOP. 925 MB TEMPS WILL BE FROM 16-17C WHICH TRANSLATES TO UPPER 50S TO LOWER 60S...WHICH IS A LITTLE WARM IN SOME SPOTS...ESPECIALLY THE EAST...WHERE IT COULD DIP INTO THE LOWER 50S WITH WEAKER RADIATIONAL COOLING. SO WILL GO CLOSE TO GUIDANCE POPS AND TEMPS./17/ LONGER TERM...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. WILL LIKELY KEEP THE FORECAST SIMILAR. THE UPPER RIDGE MOVES EAST ON THURSDAY...SO THE AREA SHOULD REMAIN DRY. AS THE SURFACE LOW APPROACHES...WINDS SHOULD INCREASE. WENT WITH THE ETA FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. MAINTAINED THE PREVIOUS WIND GUSTS ALSO. LOOKS LIKE MOST OF THE AREA WILL NEED A LIKELY FOR THURSDAY AND POSSIBLY A WIND ADVISORY FOR FRIDAY. FRIDAY STILL LOOKS LIKE THE DAY FOR SOME SIGNIFICANT WEATHER. MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES REMAIN AROUND 7-8C/KM OVER THE ENTIRE AREA...0-6KM SHEAR WAS AROUND 40KT AND THETA E VALUES CLIMB TO NEAR 330. THE LOW LEVEL JET WAS AROUND 40KTS...BUT DID NOT SEEM TO GET MUCH HIGHER. WINDS WERE UNIDIRECTIONAL...BUT THERE WAS PLENTY OF SPEED SHEAR. FOR NOW IT LOOKS LIKE A LINE OF STORMS WILL DEVELOP...WITH 40KTS OF SHEAR SHOULD SEE SOME SUPERCELLS. TEMPERATURES AROUND THE AREA WILL LIKELY BE IN THE UPPER 70S/LOWER 80S. INSTABILITY LOOKS GOOD...WITH SBCAPE NEAR 2600J/ML NEAR 2000J. THE UPPER SUPPORT WILL BE BEST TO THE NORTH...HOWEVER THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER DELTA REGION WILL FALL UNDER THE RIGHT REAR EXIT REGION. THE GFS PAINTS THE BEST INSTABILITY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE NATCHEZ TRACE BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE MODELS ACTUALLY HAVE THE BEST POPS IN THE NORTHEAST...SO WILL HAVE WATCH AND SEE WHAT THE NEXT RUN SHOWS. STRONG STORMS OFTEN DEVELOP/PEAK ALONG THE MS/AL BORDER. EXPECT THE ACTIVITY TO SHIFT EAST IN THE EVENING...NOT EXPECTING MUCH FOR THE EAST/SOUTHEAST ZONES. ALTHOUGH MEI HAS LIKELY POPS...HBG REMAINS AROUND 40 PERCENT. THE SOUNDING AROUND NATCHEZ SHOWS GOOD LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES AROUND 18Z AND DECENT MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES BY 00Z. HOWEVER THE RIDGE OVER THE SOUTHEAST US MAY LIMIT THE ACTIVITY FOR THE SOUTHEAST ZONES. WILL HIGHLIGHT THE NORTH AND WEST ZONES FOR SEVERE POSSIBLE IN THE HWO FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND THE NORTHEAST FOR THE EVENING. DEWPOINT VALUES CLIMB INTO THE MID AND UPPER 60S BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON...NOT SURE ABOUT THE MOISTURE RETURN AT THIS POINT...EXPECT TO SEE LOWER AND MID 60S...BUT THE GFS HAS VALUES AROUND 68. THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA SATURDAY WITH TEMPERATURES BACK CLOSE TO NORMAL FOR A DAY OR TWO. A SHORTWAVE PASSES TO THE NORTH OF THE AREA...AS THE TROUGH AXIS SWINGS THROUGH THE MODELS MAINTAIN SOME MOISTURE...SO THERE MAY BE SOME LINGERING CLOUDS. A RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE AREA BY MONDAY AND WARM ADVECTION KICKS IN. TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE BACK INTO THE 80S BY AND MONDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH MID WEEK...WHEN THE NEXT FRONT MOVES INTO THE REGION. USED RAW MODELS/CLIMATE FOR TEMPS...SO THEY MAY BE A FEW DEGREES WARMER THAN GUIDANCE IN A FEW SPOTS. ALSO DECIDED TO GO WITH DRY CONDITIONS FOR THE END OF THE EXTENDED...RAIN CHANCES WERE SMALL SO OPTED TO LEAVE OUT THE SLIGHT CHANCE WORDING./7/ && .JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MS...NONE. LA...NONE. AR...NONE. && 50
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 200 PM CDT TUE APR 04 2006 ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 051859- 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- 200 PM CDT TUE APR 04 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY... ...DAYS TWO AND THREE...WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR MUCH OF THE OUTLOOK AREA FRIDAY. AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKS THROUGH THE MIDWEST...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AND MOVE THROUGH THE REGION. MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL INCREASE AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM...MAKING CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. THE BEST UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT WILL BE NORTH OF THE AREA...HOWEVER BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON...STRONG UPPER LEVEL WINDS WILL MOVE INTO THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER DELTA REGION. AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES EAST...THE STRONG WINDS WILL SHIFT INTO THE NORTHEAST SECTIONS. THE COMBINATION OF RAPIDLY DECREASING TEMPERATURES WITH HEIGHT...WARM MOIST AIR...PLENTY OF INSTABILITY AND STRONG WINDS MAY LEAD TO SEVERE STORMS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AT THIS TIME HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE PRIMARY RISKS...HOWEVER ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THE TIMING AND INTENSITY OF THIS SYSTEM REMAIN UNCERTAIN...CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATES ON THIS POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER EVENT. ...DAYS FOUR THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY NIGHT TO TUESDAY... AS THE LOW PRESSURE LIFTS NORTHEAST...THE CHANCE OF SEVERE STORMS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHEAST PORTIONS OF THE AREA FRIDAY NIGHT. STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER EVENT. .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 FRIDAY...OTHERWISE ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH NEXT TUESDAY APRIL 11TH. 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), 97 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:03 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lighting struck a home in the Springdale Community and caused the water heater to explode. This explosion nearly destroyed the home and injured the owner who was asleep inside.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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