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NWS Jackson, MS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 21, 2:30 PM CST, 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 330 PM CDT MON AUG 21 2006 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...TEMPERATURES NEARED THE CENTURY MARK AT MANY LOCATIONS AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON BUT WERE KNOCKED DOWN INTO THE 70S BY THUNDERSTORMS IN OUR NORTHEAST COUNTIES. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY/RUC ANALYSIS SHOWED A WEAKENING SHORTWAVE THAT MOVED INTO NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI AND COMBINED WITH THE STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY AND DAYTIME HEATING TO SET OFF SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS GENERALLY EAST OF I-55 AND NORTH OF I-20. THIS ACTIVITY WILL DRIFT SOUTH INTO THE CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE CWA THIS EVENING. SWIFT EASTERLY FLOW AND THE GULF SEA BREEZE HAS TRIGGERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. THIS ACTIVITY HAS BEEN SOUTH OF OUR CWA SO FAR BUT MAY SHIFT NORTH THIS EVENING ACROSS OUR SOUTHERN TIER COUNTIES. THE CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY WEAKEN WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING BUT WL KEEP POPS IN OVERNIGHT AS THE BOUNDARY DROPPING SOUTH MAY SET OFF ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY. THE 12Z MAV MOS WAS QUITE A BIT HIGHER ON POPS THAN THE 00Z MAV AND THE ENSEMBLE MOS BUT HAVE GONE WITH THE CATEGORICAL POPS ALONG I-20 BASED ON CURRENT RADAR TRENDS. GUIDANCE WAS MUCH COOLER IN OUR NORTHERN COUNTIES FOR TUESDAY HIGHS AS WELL. CONSIDERING LITTLE CHANGE IN THE 925MB AND 850MB TEMPS FOR TUESDAY DESPITE THE INCREASED CLOUD COVER...MOST SITES WILL REACH THE 90S SO HAVE GONE A COUPLE DEGREES WARMER THAN GUIDANCE THERE. THE NAM MOVES THE BOUNDARY INTO OUR SOUTHERN ZONES A LITTLE TOO FAST TUESDAY SO HAVE LEANED TOWARD LATEST MAV POPS TUESDAY WITH THE QUASI-STATIONARY BOUNDARY AROUND THE I-20 CORRIDOR THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. DRIER AIR SHOULD MOVE INTO OUR NORTHERN ZONES TUESDAY BUT WL CONTINUE POPS INTO TUESDAY EVENING SOUTH OF I-20. /22/ .LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...NOT A WHOLE LOT HAS CHANGED THROUGH THE LONG TERM PORTION OF THE FORECAST. THE WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARY WILL CONTINUE TO MEANDER ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA...GENERALLY ACROSS THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR...THROUGH FRIDAY WHEN IT BASICALLY WASHES OUT. EACH DAY...CONVECTIVE INITIATION WILL OCCUR MAINLY ALONG THE BOUNDARY...AS IT PROVIDES SOME ADDED LIFT...AND IN AREAS SOUTHWARD OUT AHEAD OF IT...DURING THE HEAT OF THE AFTERNOON WHERE MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY REMAINS THE GREATEST. GUIDANCE DOES A DECENT JOB AT SHOWING THESE AREAS OF GREATEST POPS BEING IN THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK. I DID TWEAK A FEW SITES...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE DELTA ON WEDNESDAY WHERE I DECREASED POPS BUT STILL KEPT IN A SLIGHT CHANCE IN THE NORTH. MODELS ARE SHOWING THE BOUNDARY WELL SOUTH OF THAT AREA...WITH SOME DRIER AIR PUSHING SOUTHWARD. OTHER THAN THAT...I MADE NO MAJOR CHANGES TO POPS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST. BY THE WEEKEND...THE UPPER RIDGE WILL BUILD BACK IN OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY...BUT QUICKLY FLATTEN OUT AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH SWINGS NORTH OF THE REGION THROUGH THE MIDDLE AND UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. THIS WILL TRY AND PUSH ANOTHER SURFACE BOUNDARY TOWARDS THE REGION...BUT CURRENTLY IT APPEARS THAT ITLL STALL TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE FORECAST AREA. IN THE MEANTIME...THIS WILL ALLOW PLENTY OF MOISTURE TO RETURN ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION. AS FAR AS TEMPERATURES ARE CONCERNED...I DID TWEAK A COUPLE OF SITES UP A DEGREE OR TWO FOR HIGHS ON WEDNESDAY TO GET THEM INTO THE LOWER 90S. OTHER THAN THAT...I STAYED CLOSE TO GUIDANCE WHICH KEPT HIGHS GENERALLY IN THE MID 90S THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST. /19/ && .AVIATION...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THIS EVENING MAINLY EAST OF I-55 AS A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY DROPS INTO THE AREA. THE GREATEST COVERAGE TUESDAY WILL BE ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-20. OUTSIDE OF THUNDERSTORM AREAS VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL UNTIL 9Z TUE. WIDESPREAD MVFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN 9Z-14Z TUE WITH BRIEF PERIODS OF IFR CONDITIONS IN THE EAST. /22/ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... JACKSON 72 92 71 92 / 79 52 30 44 MERIDIAN 72 90 70 92 / 86 52 21 38 VICKSBURG 74 92 71 92 / 69 52 36 45 HATTIESBURG 73 92 71 93 / 50 50 28 40 NATCHEZ 74 91 73 90 / 41 53 43 50 GREENVILLE 71 90 69 91 / 53 48 24 22 GREENWOOD 71 90 69 92 / 60 44 21 22 && .JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MS...NONE. LA...NONE. AR...NONE. && SHORT TERM/AVIATION:22 LONG TERM:19
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 323 PM CDT MON AUG 21 2006 ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 222023- 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- 323 PM CDT MON AUG 21 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND TUESDAY... ...THUNDERSTORMS... ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR AND AGAIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR. A SLOW MOVING FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL DROP SOUTH INTO THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA THIS EVENING AND SETTLE INTO THE INTERSTATE TWENTY CORRIDOR BY TUESDAY MORNING. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING ALONG THE HIGHWAY 82 CORRIDOR AND MOVE TO THE SOUTH INTO THE CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA THIS EVENING. ON TUESDAY... ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND MOVE SOUTH ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE OUTLOOK AREA. ANY THUNDERSTORM THAT DEVELOPS MAY PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY... 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 MONDAY. 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
226 PM CDT MON AUG 21 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0112 PM TSTM WND GST COLUMBUS AFB 33.63N 88.45W
08/21/2006 M58.00 MPH LOWNDES MS ASOS
0130 PM HAIL COLUMBUS 33.51N 88.40W
08/21/2006 E0.50 INCH LOWNDES MS EMERGENCY MNGR
DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED NEAR COLUMBUS.
0150 PM TSTM WND DMG N LOUISVILLE 33.12N 89.05W
08/21/2006 WINSTON MS EMERGENCY MNGR
SEVERAL TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN NORTH OF LOUISVILLE.
0150 PM HAIL N LOUISVILLE 33.12N 89.05W
08/21/2006 E0.88 INCH WINSTON MS EMERGENCY MNGR
NICKEL SIZE HAIL REPORTED NORTH OF LOUISVILLE. HAIL WAS
OCCURRING BETWEEN 150 AND 157 PM.
&&
ECTPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
248 PM CDT MON AUG 21 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0130 PM TSTM WND DMG N COLUMBUS 33.51N 88.40W
08/21/2006 LOWNDES MS EMERGENCY MNGR
2 TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN ON ROBINSON ROAD AND NORTH RIDGE
ROAD IN NORTH COLUMBUS.
&&
ECTPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
333 PM CDT MON AUG 21 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0306 PM HAIL W CARTHAGE 32.74N 89.53W
08/21/2006 E1.00 INCH LEAKE MS EMERGENCY MNGR
QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED WEST OF CARTHAGE.
0315 PM TSTM WND DMG CARTHAGE 32.74N 89.53W
08/21/2006 LEAKE MS EMERGENCY MNGR
A TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN ON HIGHWAY 16 IN CARTHAGE.
&&
ECTThe Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 39 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:56 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A few trees were blown down around Ludlow. Two were down across River Bend Road and another tree was down on a house off Lee Road.
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