A potent storm system dropped out of the Southern Plains on February 12th and pushed a squall line of thunderstorms through the region. This squall line produced widespread wind damage across portions of northeast Louisiana as well as central and southern Mississippi.
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The episode as NWS JAN wrote it up.
A potent storm system dropped out of the Southern Plains on February 12th and pushed a squall line of thunderstorms through the region. This squall line produced widespread wind damage across portions of northeast Louisiana as well as central and southern Mississippi. The line of storms was very efficient in terms of producing severe wind gusts, many of which were between 75 and 90 mph. Thousands of trees were damaged with many falling on homes and taking down power lines. Five brief tornadoes also occurred with this line of storms.
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 Feb 12, 4:15 AM CST, 6 hours 42 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 415 AM CST TUE FEB 12 2008 .SHORT TERM...A POTENT ATMOSPHERIC DISTURBANCE WILL COME AT THE REGION FROM THE NORTHWEST TODAY...PUSHING A STRONG COLD FRONT INTO THE ARKLAMISS. THE JUXTAPOSITION OF THESE FEATURES WILL CREATE MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF LIFT...RESULTING IN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SWEEPING ACROSS THE REGION FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST FROM MID MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING. STORMS ARE NOW EXPANDING ALONG THE COLD FRONT THIS MORNING OFF TO OUR WEST...AND ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE AS THE DAY GOES ON AND THE SYSTEM PLOWS INTO AN AREA OF BETTER AVAILABLE MOISTURE. STILL CONCERNED WITH A RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER AS THIS ACTIVITY PIVOTS THROUGH THE AREA. LATEST THINKING IS THAT PREFRONTAL SHOWERS WILL BE HELD MOSTLY IN CHECK IN OUR AREA THROUGH LATE MORNING WITH FRONTAL ACTIVITY ONLY GETTING INTO NORTHWEST ZONES BY THAT TIME. THAT WILL ALLOW MANY AREAS TO WARM UP INTO THE UPPER 60S AND LOWER 70S (AND PERHAPS EVEN WARMER IF A BIT OF SUN CAN SNEAK THROUGH THE CLOUDS). LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IS NOT VERY IMPRESSIVE RIGHT NOW...BUT DEWPOINTS RANGING FROM THE UPPER 50S TO LOWER 60S SHOULD SLIDE NORTH INTO AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE I-20 CORRIDOR BY MIDDAY TO EARLY AFTERNOON. COMBINED WITH STEEP ATMOSPHERIC LAPSE RATES (VERTICAL TOTALS 27-29)...THIS WILL YIELD NON-NEGLIGIBLE INSTABILITY IN SOUTHERN ZONES. A RANGE OF HIGH RESOLUTION MODELS SUGGESTS THAT BANDS OF CONVECTION WILL FORM IN THE VICINITY OF SOUTHWEST ZONES AROUND MIDDAY AS THE FRONT NEARS THIS ZONE OF INSTABILITY. THEREAFTER...MOST OF THESE SAME MODELS SUGGEST A VIGOROUS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS TAKING SHAPE AND PUSHING EAST THROUGH THE REST OF THE REGION THROUGH EARLY EVENING (OR PERHAPS FASTER). ALTHOUGH ALL AREAS WILL HAVE SOME RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER WITH THIS ACTIVITY...THE BULK OF THE THREAT WILL EXIST FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE TWENTY CORRIDOR. ALL MODES OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE...ALTHOUGH HAIL AND HIGH WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY CONCERNS. GIVEN DECENT RAINFALL OF LATE...WE WILL ALSO HAVE TO WATCH RAINFALL RATES A BIT LATER TODAY AS TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS COULD GIVE MANY A QUICK INCH (OR TWO?). TEMPERATURES WILL DROP OFF DRAMATICALLY BEHIND THIS FRONT IN THE NORTHWEST DELTA TODAY. SOME AREAS TO THE NORTHWEST OF OUR CWA WILL BE DEALING WITH ICING IN THE HEART OF THE CHILLY AIRMASS...BUT ALL OF THE ARKLAMISS SHOULD BE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO AVOID THIS. EXPECT SHOWERS AND STORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONT TO CLEAR OUT OF EASTERN ZONES IN THE MID EVENING...ALTHOUGH LOW CLOUDS WILL HOLD IN LONGER (ESPECIALLY EAST WHERE SOME DRIZZLE COULD PERSIST INTO THE EARLY MORNING). NORTHWEST WINDS USHERING IN COLDER TEMPERATURES WILL BE BRISK THIS EVENING AND INTO THE EARLY MORNING. LATER SHIFTS MAY NEED TO ISSUE A LAKE WIND ADVISORY TO COVER THIS...BUT THE SITUATION APPEARS MARGINAL ENOUGH AT PRESENT TO LET RIDE CONSIDERING TODAYS STORMS. /BB/ WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...THE COLD FRONT AND RAIN SHOULD BE WELL EAST OF THE AREA WEDNESDAY MORNING BUT THE UPPER TROUGH AXIS WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE DAY WHILE SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE MOVES OVER THE AREA FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. THIS WILL RESULT DEEP NORTHWEST FLOW AND CAA THAT WILL MAKE FOR A RATHER CHILLY DAY. THE 850MB AND 925MB TEMPERATURES SHOULD RANGE FROM -1C IN THE NORTHEAST TO 1C IN THE SOUTHWEST. THAT TRANSLATES CLIMATOLOGICALLY TO HIGHS AROUND 50F. MAV GUIDANCE WHICH WAS GENERALLY ACCEPTED CONCURRED AND RANGED FROM UPPER 40S NE TO LOWER 50S SOUTH. THE SURFACE RIDGE WILL BE SHIFTING EAST WEDNESDAY NIGHT BUT STILL OVER MOST OF THE CWFA. CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS ALONG WITH OUR COLD AND DRY AIRMASS WILL SEND THURSDAY MORNING LOWS BACK INTO THE 20S AT MOST SITES. THAT WILL BE NEARLY TEN DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THURSDAY MORNING STILL LOOKS TO BE THE COLDEST MORNING OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. /22/ .LONG TERM...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...THE GFS HAS COME INTO BETTER AGREEMENT INITIALLY WITH THE ECMWFS SLOWER PROGRESSION OF THE CLOSED LOW THAT WILL AFFECT OUR REGION DURING THE PERIOD BUT DIVERGES SIGNIFICANTLY BY THE END OF THE WEEKEND. THIS WILL RESULT IN A WET WEATHER PATTERN FROM FRIDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND FOLLOWED BY COOLER AND DRIER WEATHER FOR THE START OF NEXT WEEK. AS THE SURFACE HIGH SHIFTS EAST OF OUR REGION THURSDAY...RETURN FLOW WILL RESULT IN WARMER TEMPERATURES ALONG WITH A GRADUAL INCREASE IN MOISTURE GOING INTO FRIDAY. THE GFS AND ECMWF ARE SIMILAR IN DEVELOPING AN UPPER LEVEL CLOSED LOW OVER THE FOUR CORNERS REGION THURSDAY THAT WILL DROP SOUTHEAST TO JUST WEST OF THE TEXAS BIG BEND BY SATURDAY MORNING. WHILE THIS OCCURS A POTENT NORTHERN STREAM SHORTWAVE AND ASSOCIATED SURFACE LOW WILL SEND A COLD FRONT TOWARD OUR REGION. THIS COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO OUR CWFA FRIDAY AND STALL. DISTURBANCES ROUNDING THE BASE OF THE CLOSED LOW WILL AID CONVECTION ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. THE GFS AND ECMWF THEN DIVERGE ON THE MOVEMENT OF THE CLOSED LOW WITH THE GFS BEING FASTER AND FARTHER NORTH WITH THE LOW BY SUNDAY EVENING. THE GFS TAKES THE CLOSED LOW EAST FROM THE TEXAS BIG BEND FRIDAY NIGHT ACROSS TEXAS SATURDAY THEN NORTHEAST OVER ARKANSAS AND INTO THE OHIO VALLEY BY SUNDAY EVENING. THE ECMWF STILL HAS THE CLOSED LOW OVER CENTRAL TEXAS COME SUNDAY EVENING. THE REMAINDER OF THE LONG TERM FORECAST HINGES ON THE TRACK OF THIS CLOSED LOW AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ASSOCIATED SURFACE LOW. AS THE CLOSED LOW LIFTS OUT TO THE NE...A SURFACE LOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE WESTERN GULF AND TRACK NORTHEAST AS WELL. THE GFS TAKES THE SFC LOW ACROSS OUR CWFA SUNDAY. MANY OF THE WEATHER PARAMETERS WITH THIS SCENARIO SUGGESTS SOME POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER OUR AREA. THE ECMWF TAKES THE CLOSED LOW ACROSS OUR CWFA MONDAY PRECEDED BY THE SFC LOW MUCH FARTHER SOUTH THAN THE GFS HAS IT. THIS SCENARIO WOULD SUGGEST SOME POTENTIAL FOR WINTRY MIX IN THE NORTHERN HALF OF OUR AREA MONDAY. FOR NOW WL CONTINUE MENTION IN HWO OF HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG TO SEVERE STORM POTENTIAL DURING THE WEEKEND. THE SYSTEM WILL EVENTUALLY SHIFT EAST OF OUR REGION LEAVING A BROAD AND AMPLIFIED UPPER TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE CONUS. THIS WILL RESULT IN COOLER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES FOR US MONDAY AND TUESDAY. /22/ && .AVIATION...A STRONG STRONG SYSTEM AND COLD FRONT MOVING INTO THE REGION WILL BRING SHOWERS AND STORMS TO THE ARKLAMISS LATER TODAY. ACTIVITY WILL BEGIN ALONG AND WEST OF THE MS RIVER THIS MORNING...BUT WILL NOT MOVE INTO THE BULK OF MS INTO THIS AFTERNOON. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS AND MAYBE SOME HAIL. EXPECT SUB-VFR CONDITIONS TO MAINLY HOLD OFF UNTIL THE ARRIVAL OF THE RAIN...BUT THEN MVFR (TEMPO IFR) CEILINGS WILL HANG UNTIL MIDNIGHT OR SO. SOUTH WINDS WILL BE GUSTY TODAY AHEAD OF THE FRONT...WITH COLD NORTHWEST WINDS BECOMING QUITE GUSTY AFTER THE FRONTS PASSAGE LATE TODAY. /BB/ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... JACKSON 71 31 49 29 / 100 53 0 0 MERIDIAN 74 34 49 26 / 74 86 0 0 VICKSBURG 65 31 50 30 / 100 36 0 0 HATTIESBURG 76 37 54 28 / 64 98 0 0 NATCHEZ 69 33 52 29 / 100 45 0 0 GREENVILLE 58 29 48 30 / 100 16 0 0 GREENWOOD 61 29 47 29 / 100 32 0 0 && .JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MS...NONE. LA...NONE. AR...NONE. && SHORT TERM:50/22 LONG TERM: 22
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 508 AM CST TUE FEB 12 2008 ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 131115- 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- 508 AM CST TUE FEB 12 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER AND HEAVY RAIN EVENT IS EXPECTED TO UNFOLD ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA TODAY AS THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP ALONG A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVING INTO THE REGION. LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY CONCERN WITH STORMS OVER THE DELTA REGION BEFORE 11 AM. AS DAYTIME HEATING CONTINUES AND MOISTURE INCREASES...THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND A COUPLE OF TORNADOES WILL INCREASE...ESPECIALLY TO THE SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM WINNSBORO LOUISIANA...TO JACKSON...TO DEKALB MISSISSIPPI FROM MIDDAY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE AREA FROM COLUMBIA TO LAUREL AND HATTIESBURG WILL HAVE THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR WIND DAMAGE AND TORNADOES. FARTHER NORTH TO THE HIGHWAY 82 CORRIDOR...LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY CONCERN WITH THUNDERSTORMS. THE RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CONFINED TO THE INTERSTATE 59 CORRIDOR EARLY TUESDAY EVENING...AND IT SHOULD END THERE BEFORE 8 PM. IN ADDITION...RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 2 INCHES COULD OCCUR IN THE SPAN OF AN HOUR OR TWO AS THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH TODAY. ALTHOUGH THIS IS NOT EXPECTED TO GENERATE SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING PROBLEMS...MINOR PONDING OF WATER ISSUES MAY BE ENCOUNTERED...ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A COLD FRONT WILL DROP INTO THE AREA FRIDAY AND STALL ACROSS CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE ALONG THE FRONT THROUGH SATURDAY HELPING TO PRODUCE PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL. BY LATE SATURDAY A STRONG STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO AND MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS OUR AREA. THIS MAY RESULT IN STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS OVER PORTIONS OF THE ARKLAMISS SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS PRODUCT ALONG WITH LATER FORECASTS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THE HEAVY RAIN AND SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL FOR THE WEEKEND. .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 LATER TODAY INTO THIS EVENING AND POSSIBLY AGAIN THIS WEEKEND. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK. 22
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 749 AM CST TUE FEB 12 2008 ARZ075-MSZ018-019-025-034-035-121435- CHICOT AR-BOLIVAR MS-SUNFLOWER MS-LEFLORE MS-WASHINGTON MS- HUMPHREYS MS- 749 AM CST TUE FEB 12 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS MOVING THROUGH THE DELTA REGION THROUGH 9 AM... A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED FROM 5 MILES WEST OF RULEVILLE TO 3 MILES SOUTH OF EUDORA AT 749 AM CST...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT INDIANOLA TO LELAND TO GREENVILLE AND HOLLANDALE AREAS THROUGH 9 AM CST. VERY HEAVY RAINS UP TO ONE INCH ALONG WITH FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE ALSO LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. HIGH WINDS CAN BRING DOWN TREES AND LARGE LIMBS RESULTING IN SERIOUS INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE. EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN OUTDOORS DURING SUCH STRONG WINDS...AND BE ESPECIALLY AWARE OF OLDER TREES. PEOPLE IN BOLIVAR...CHICOT...HUMPHREYS...LEFLORE...SUNFLOWER AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF AVON...BELZONI... EUDORA...HOLLANDALE...INDIANOLA...ITTA BENA...LELAND...MOORHEAD... RULEVILLE AND SHAW...SHOULD MONITOR THESE STORMS CLOSELY. 40
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 840 AM CST TUE FEB 12 2008 LAZ008-009-015-016-MSZ019-025>027-034>036-040>042-047-121520- WEST CARROLL LA-EAST CARROLL LA-RICHLAND LA-WARREN MS-SUNFLOWER MS-GRENADA MS-LEFLORE MS-CARROLL MS-WASHINGTON MS-HOLMES MS-HUMPHREYS MS-SHARKEY MS-ISSAQUENA MS-YAZOO MS-MADISON LA- 840 AM CST TUE FEB 12 2008 ...A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE DELTA AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA WITH UP TO 40 MPH WINDS AND PEA SIZE HAIL... A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA SIZED HAIL AND UP TO 40 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED FROM MONEY MISSISSIPPI TO 6 MILES WEST OF RAYVILLE LOUISIANA AT 838 AM CST...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN UP TO ONE INCH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND TEMPERATURES DROPPING 10 TO 15 DEGREES IN LESS THAN 30 MINUTES ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. THE STORMS SHOULD REACH A GRENADA TO TCHULA TO TALLULAH LINE BY 920 AM CST. HIGH WINDS CAN BRING DOWN TREES AND LARGE LIMBS RESULTING IN SERIOUS INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE. EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN OUTDOORS DURING SUCH STRONG WINDS...AND BE ESPECIALLY AWARE OF OLDER TREES. PEOPLE IN CARROLL...EAST CARROLL...GRENADA...HOLMES...HUMPHREYS... ISSAQUENA...LEFLORE...MADISON...RICHLAND...SHARKEY...SUNFLOWER... WARREN...WASHINGTON...WEST CARROLL AND YAZOO COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BELZONI...BLACK HAWK...GREENWOOD...GRENADA...ITTA BENA... LAKE PROVIDENCE...MOORHEAD...RAYVILLE...REDWOOD...ROLLING FORK... TALLULAH...THORNTON...TRANSYLVANIA...VALLEY PARK AND YAZOO CITY... SHOULD MONITOR THESE STORMS CLOSELY. 40
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 955 AM CST TUE FEB 12 2008 LAZ016-023>026-MSZ047-053-059-060-121635- TENSAS LA-CATAHOULA LA-CONCORDIA LA-FRANKLIN LA-JEFFERSON MS- CLAIBORNE MS-WARREN MS-ADAMS MS-MADISON LA- 955 AM CST TUE FEB 12 2008 ...A LINE OF DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST LOUISIANA WILL PUSH TO NEAR THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER BY 1030 AM... A LINE OF DEVELOPING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA SIZED HAIL AND UP TO 40 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED FROM NEAR DELHI TO 5 MILES SOUTH OF ARCHIE AT 955 AM CST...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN UP TO ONE INCH... AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES...ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE TO ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM VICKSBURG TO NATCHEZ BY 1030 AM. HIGH WINDS CAN BRING DOWN TREES AND LARGE LIMBS RESULTING IN SERIOUS INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE. EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN OUTDOORS DURING SUCH STRONG WINDS...AND BE ESPECIALLY AWARE OF OLDER TREES. PEOPLE IN ADAMS...CATAHOULA...CLAIBORNE...CONCORDIA...FRANKLIN... JEFFERSON...MADISON...TENSAS AND WARREN COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF FERRIDAY...LARTO...MONTEREY...NATCHEZ...VICKSBURG...VIDALIA AND WINNSBORO...SHOULD MONITOR THESE STORMS CLOSELY. 40
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1055 AM CST TUE FEB 12 2008 LAZ016-023-025-121725- TENSAS LA-FRANKLIN LA-MADISON LA- 1055 AM CST TUE FEB 12 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CROSSING NORTHEAST LOUISIANA... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF CROWVILLE AT 1055 AM CST...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM AS IT REACHES SOMERSET BY 1130 AM. HIGH WINDS CAN BRING DOWN TREES AND LARGE LIMBS RESULTING IN SERIOUS INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE. EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN OUTDOORS DURING SUCH STRONG WINDS...AND BE ESPECIALLY AWARE OF OLDER TREES. PEOPLE IN FRANKLIN...MADISON AND TENSAS PARISHES...INCLUDING THE CITY OF WINNSBORO...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. 40
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees were blown down around Gilbert. A few homes also sustained moderate roof damage.
Several trees and a few power lines were blown down around Jonesville and across the parish.
Numerous trees and power lines were blown down around Larto and the Pharms Communities. Minor damage also occurred to a couple homes where some tin was torn off a few roofs.
Several trees were blown down around the Deer Park Community. Four moble homes were damaged, some by fallen trees and the others had their porches blown off.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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