Typical afternoon showers and thunderstorms developed across the area producing brief gusty winds. One storm reached severe limits and caused damage around Vicksburg.
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The episode as NWS JAN wrote it up.
Typical afternoon showers and thunderstorms developed across the area producing brief gusty winds. One storm reached severe limits and caused damage around Vicksburg.
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 Jun 24, 8:42 AM CST, 3 hours 28 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 942 AM CDT SUN JUN 24 2007 .UPDATE...KJAN 12Z SOUNDING AND SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATE THE PRESENCE OF INCREASED MOISTURE ACROSS THE CWFA THIS MORNING. THE CLOUD COVER WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES GENERALLY BELOW 90 DEGREES AND LIMIT THE INSTABILITY THIS AFTERNOON. DESPITE THE LACK OF FOCUS AND DYNAMICS...DO EXPECT A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. CURRENT FORECAST IS ON TRACK AND NO UPDATE IS PLANNED. && .AVIATION...MAINLY MID AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUDINESS AT THE TAF SITES THIS MORNING. MAIN ISSUE FOR THE AFTERNOON HOURS WILL BE WHERE/WHEN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP. && SCW ...PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... .SHORT TERM...SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. DID NOT MAKE ANY BIG CHANGES TO THE FORECAST. STUCK WITH GUIDANCE POPS/TEMPS AGAIN WITH THIS PACKAGE. MODEL HAS NOT BEEN DOING WELL WITH THE HIGHS...SO TWEAKED VALUES A LITTLE TODAY AND MONDAY. NEITHER MODEL HAS HANDLED SKY COVER WELL OVER THE LAST DAY OR SO...BUT WITH CLOUDS EVERYWHERE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE NORTHEAST...WILL GO WITH THE GFS AND KEEP THINGS PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY. THE UPPER TROUGH SHIFTS EAST...BUT NEVER SEEMS TO CLEAR THE CWA. THE BEST MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY SEEMS TO STAY TO THE SOUTHWEST FOR THE MOST PART. GUIDANCE VALUES CAME IN HIGHER FOR THE NEXT 4 PERIODS...BUT DECIDED TO STICK WITH IT. BOTH THE NAM AND THE GFS SHOW CONVECTION DEVELOPING IN THE AFTERNOON ACROSS THE SOUTH AND EXPANDING NORTH. THE RAIN SEEMS TO END BY LATE EVENING...MAY BE AN IMPULSE MIXED IN. THE UPPER TROUGH CONTINUES TO DRIFT BACK AND FORTH OVER THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. SOUTHERLY SURFACE WINDS AND A AN AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE WESTERN GULF WILL HELP TO PUSH PLENTY OF MOISTURE INTO THE REGION. LOOKING FOR MOSTLY SHOWERS TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION TODAY...AGAIN THE BEST INSTABILITY STAYS TO THE SOUTH. THE MOISTURE ADVANCES MONDAY EVENING...WHERE THE MODEL HAS LIKELY POPS FOR THE SOUTHWEST ZONES. WILL LEAVE THE HWO CLEAR AGAIN AT THIS POINT. .LONG TERM... THE UPPER LOW REMAINS IN PLACE OVER TEXAS INTO THE LONGER TERM. SHORTWAVES WILL LIFT INTO THE REGION MONDAY AND TUESDAY IN SLY UPPER FLOW ON THE ERN FRINGES OF THE LOW. THE AIR MASS REMAINS MOIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES GENERALLY FROM 1.5 TO 2 INCHES. SURFACE/850 MB RIDGING DEVELOPS FROM THE EAST WEDNESDAY AS THE UPPER LOW BEGINS TO DRIFT TO THE WEST. WILL CONTINUE TO SEE SCATTERED CONVECTION AS LOW LEVEL RIDGING BUILDS IN THURSDAY. THE NEXT SURFACE/850 MB TROUGH IS FORECAST TO DROP INTO THE REGION FRIDAY AS A DEEP TROUGH DIGS FROM THE MID MS RIVER VALLEY INTO THE SERN U.S. DRIER AIR IS FORCED INTO THE ARKLAMISS FOR THE WEEKEND IN THE WAKE OF THE TROUGH. SURFACE DEWPOINTS ARE ADVERTISED IN THE 50S FOR NRN AND ERN ZONES BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. GENERALLY FOLLOWED MOS TEMPERATURES FOR THE EXTENDED PERIODS. ADJUSTED MOS POPS DOWN HOWEVER FOR MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE GFS...ALTHOUGH LESS INTENSE THAT THE LAST FEW RUNS...CONTINUES TO OVERDO CONVECTION ASSOCIATED WITH WAVES LIFTING INLAND FOR THE FIRST DAYS OF THE WORK WEEK. && .AVIATION... LOOKING FOR SHOWERS TO BREAK OUT THIS AFTERNOON...SO WILL CONTINUE SHRA AND VCTS AT ALL SITES. WITH ACTIVITY DEVELOPING ALONG THE TROUGH AXIS...MAY SEE A FEW THINGS SPREAD INTO GLH EARLY. SEABREEZE ACTION IN THE AFTERNOON SHOULD BRING RAIN INTO HBG BY EARLY AFTERNOON...WITH ACTIVITY SPREADING NORTH INTO THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR BY EARLY EVENING. LOOKING FOR THE ACTIVITY TO DIMINISH BY 6Z. MOST LOCATIONS SHOULD SEE RAIN TODAY...SO WILL LIKELY ADD PATCHY FOG AT ALL SITES AFTER 6Z. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... JACKSON 92 69 90 71 / 20 19 25 32 MERIDIAN 91 66 91 68 / 20 17 20 24 VICKSBURG 91 68 90 70 / 20 19 28 36 HATTIESBURG 91 69 88 71 / 22 20 40 48 NATCHEZ 89 69 85 71 / 22 17 45 45 GREENVILLE 91 69 92 70 / 21 16 9 21 GREENWOOD 92 69 92 71 / 20 16 8 18 && .JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MS...NONE. LA...NONE. AR...NONE. && 07/03
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 520 AM CDT SUN JUN 24 2007 ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 251030- ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND- MADISON-FRANKLIN-CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA-BOLIVAR-SUNFLOWER- LEFLORE-GRENADA-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-WEBSTER-CLAY-LOWNDES-CHOCTAW- OKTIBBEHA-WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS-HOLMES-ATTALA-WINSTON-NOXUBEE- ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY-YAZOO-LEAKE-NESHOBA-KEMPER-WARREN-HINDS-RANKIN- SCOTT-NEWTON-LAUDERDALE-CLAIBORNE-COPIAH-SIMPSON-SMITH-JASPER- CLARKE-JEFFERSON-ADAMS-LINCOLN-LAWRENCE-JEFFERSON DAVIS-COVINGTON- JONES-MARION-LAMAR-FORREST- 520 AM CDT SUN JUN 24 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .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 EXPECTED THROUGH NEXT SATURDAY. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK.
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 112 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:39 UTC.
1 strong wind, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A couple of trees were blown down on Elks Lake Road and Adeline Road. Winds were estimated to be 50 mph.
A few trees and power lines were blown down.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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