A few rounds of thunderstorms impacted the region on April 26th. The first moved through the Delta region during the early morning hours and brought a few reports of wind damage.
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The episode as NWS JAN wrote it up.
A few rounds of thunderstorms impacted the region on April 26th. The first moved through the Delta region during the early morning hours and brought a few reports of wind damage. Later in the day, additional storms developed and brought scattered wind damage to the area along with a few reports of hail.
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 25, 8:55 PM CST, 4 hours 28 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 955 PM CDT FRI APR 25 2008 .DISCUSSION...NO CHANGES MADE TO FORECAST. A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAS MOVED JUST UPSTREAM OF NWRN ZONES AND WILL MOVE IN BY MIDNIGHT. THESE STORMS ARE ALIGNED ALONG THE COLD FRONT AND WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE. THE CURRENT FORECAST REMAINS ON TRACK WITH THIS SYSTEM. && .PREV DISCUSSION...AN ACTIVE WEEKEND IS EXPECTED FOR THE ARKLAMISS REGION. THE BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO REACH THE DELTA REGION OR THE NORTHWESTERN PORTION OF THE CWFA DURING THE LATE EVENING HOURS. THIS SHOULD BRING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE DELTA REGION THIS EVENING...AND SPREADING INTO THE REMAINDER OF THE CWFA THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE FOR AREAS NORTHWEST OF THE NATCHEZ TRACE...AND ESPECIALLY IN THE DELTA REGION. THE BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO STALL OVER SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE REGION BY SATURDAY MORNING. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE FOR AT LEAST AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. TEMPERATURES FOR SATURDAY WILL BE A LITTLE COOLER IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE AREA THAN IN THE SOUTH...WHICH MAKES SENSE WITH SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES TRYING TO MAKE THEIR WAY INTO THE AREA BEHIND THE BOUNDARY. THE STALLED BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO LINGER OVER THE AREA SATURDAY BEFORE BEGINNING TO MOVE BACK NORTH AS A WARM FRONT AHEAD OF OUR NEXT APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM. BY SUNDAY MORNING WE BEGIN TO SEE OUR NEXT UPPER LEVEL TROUGH DIGGING INTO THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY REGION. THIS IS EXPECTED TO BRING A STRONGER COLD FRONT THROUGH THE AREA SUNDAY. THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY IN THE TIMING OF THIS SYSTEM. ENSEMBLES TEND TO LEAN TOWARD A SLOWER AND MORE AMPLIFIED TROUGH...SO HAVE DECIDED TO GO WITH A SLIGHTLY SLOWER SOLUTION AND HAVE THE FRONT THROUGH THE AREA DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS SUNDAY. AGAIN...THIS SYSTEM MAY GIVE AN EVEN HIGHER CHANCE OF SEEING SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...AS WELL AS THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME LOCATIONS SEEING HEAVY RAINFALL. BUT WILL HAVE TO WAIT FOR A LITTLE MORE CONFIDENCE TO GET A BETTER HANDLE ON THE SEVERE WEATHER/HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL AND WHERE IT WILL OCCUR. AS MENTIONED...THERE EXISTS THE POSSIBILITY FOR STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WITH THESE SYSTEMS FOR THE WEEKEND. SPECIFICS ON THESE SYSTEMS WILL FOLLOW: /14/ REGARDING HAZARDS...HAVE A FEW PERIODS OF POTENTIALLY ACTIVE WEATHER TO DISCUSS...LATE TONIGHT INTO SAT AM...SAT AFTN/EVENING...AND THEN LATE SAT NIGHT INTO SUN EVENING. FIRST OFF FOR TONIGHT...MODELS AND OBSERVATIONAL TRENDS SUPPORT CONVECTION BREAKING OUT TO OUR NW THROUGH THE EVENING...AND EVENTUALLY ORGANIZING INTO AN MCS WHICH WILL MOVE TOWARD AREA. GFS SHOWS DECENT INSTABILITY ACROSS ARKLAMISS DELTA REGION LATER TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY ELEVATED INSTABILITY WITH SHOWALTER INDICES OF -3 TO -5. LOCAL WRF ENSEMBLE SUPPORTS RELATIVELY INTENSE ACTIVITY MAKING IT TO THE DELTA WITH BOWING SEGMENTS SHOWN IN REFLECTIVITY PRODUCTS. EXPECT ALL OF THIS WILL SUPPORT SOME ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS LATER TONIGHT WITH GREATEST RISK IN THE DELTA. DAMAGING WIND AND HAIL ARE THE THREATS AS TORNADO RISK LOOKS RELATIVELY SMALL GIVEN WEAKENING LOW LEVEL SHEAR. AS ACTIVITY SHIFTS SE TOWARD NATCHEZ TRACE CORRIDOR RISK SHOULD DIMINISH WITH DECREASING INSTABILITY/SHEAR...ALTHOUGH A FEW STRONG STORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE. CONVECTIVE BAND WILL SHIFT TO AROUND THE HWY 84 CORRIDOR BY SAT AFTERNOON. GIVEN FORWARD PROPAGATING CORFIDI VECTORS BECOMING MORE WESTERLY AND WEAKER WITH TIME...AND SUPPORT FOR FRONT LIFTING AWAY...DONT EXPECT BOUNDARY TO GET ANY FARTHER SOUTH THAN THERE. DAYTIME HEATING AND DECENT LAPSE RATES SHOULD SUPPORT MODERATE TO STRONG INSTABILITY SOUTH OF BOUNDARY. WHERE EXACTLY THAT WILL BE IS OF COURSE UNCERTAIN GIVEN EXPECTED MESOSCALE EFFECTS...BUT WILL MENTION ISOLATED STG/SVR STORMS IN THE S SATURDAY. SHEAR WILL BE WEAK SO DOWNBURSTS/HAIL WILL BE PRIMARY RISK. ALSO SOME CONCERN FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...PARTICULARLY IN THE AREA S OF I-20 AND W OF I-55 WHERE PERSISTENT WEAK/MODERATE 850 MB INFLOW INTO BOUNDARY COMBINED WITH WEAK CORFIDI VECTORS IMPLIES POTENTIAL FOR PERSISTENT...SLOW MOVING CONVECTIVE ELEMENTS. SOME OF THE ACTIVITY COULD BE ELEVATED BEHIND THE BOUNDARY GIVEN ELEVATED INSTABILITY IN FORECAST SOUNDINGS AND POTENTIAL UPGLIDE OVER RELATIVELY SHALLOW BOUNDARY. GREAT UNCERTAINTY EXISTS FOR SUNDAY...WITH POTENTIAL FOR ANYTHING FROM A SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER EPISODE AREAWIDE...TO A MUCH MORE LIMITED SEVERE THREAT CONCENTRATED OVER THE SE. FOR AN EVENT IN THE 36-60 HOUR TIMEFRAME MODEL SPREAD IS EXTREMELY LARGE...WITH EVEN THE NORMALLY RELIABLE ECMWF SHOWING LIMITED RUN TO RUN CONSISTENCY. 12Z GFS ENSEMBLE GENERALLY SUPPORTS A MORE AMPLIFIED...SLOWER SOLUTION THAN THAT SEEN ON THE AMERICAN OP MODELS. 12Z ECMWF KIND OF SUPPORTS THIS...BUT STRANGELY WITH A DEEPER TROUGH IT APPEARS TO HAVE LESS LOW LEVEL DYNAMIC RESPONSE THAN THE GFS...POSSIBLY DUE TO THE UPPER SUPPORT MAXING OUT A BIT TO THE WEST OF THE BETTER LOW LEVEL BAROCLINICITY. IN ANY EVENT...NO MATTER WHAT MODELS VERIFY THERE SHOULD BE SOME SEVERE POTENTIAL SUNDAY DURING THE DAY AT LEAST IN THE SOUTH HALF OF THE AREA AS DECENT INSTABILITY DEVELOPS AND FORCING ARRIVES FROM THE WEST. IF STRONGER KINEMATICS OF THE GFS END UP PLAYING OUT...IT COULD BE A MORE SIGNIFICANT SEVERE RISK WITH POSSIBILITY OF TORNADOES...ESPECIALLY IF SYSTEM IS SLOWER/DEEPER. NEEDLESS TO SAY WITH UNCERTAINTY STILL LARGE WILL NOT HIT THE POTENTIAL TOO HARD IN THE HWO...AND LET LATER SHIFTS EVALUATE FURTHER. /AEG/ .LONG TERM...THE FRONT SHOULD MOVE OUT OF THE AREA BY MONDAY. HIGH PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO BUILD BACK INTO THE REGION TO GIVE A RATHER QUIET WEEK NEXT WEEK. TEMPERATURES WILL BE A LITTLE COOLER MONDAY BEHIND THE FRONT WITH LOWER TO MIDDLE 70S EXPECTED. BEYOND MONDAY THE FORECAST PRETTY MUCH REMAINS UNCHANGED WITH A DRY FORECAST THROUGH MOST OF THE EXTENDED. THIS PORTION OF THE PREVIOUS LONG TERM DISCUSSION IS ATTACHED TO COVER THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK./14/ CONDITIONS WILL CLEAR OUT AND COOL OFF THROUGH THE DAY MONDAY AS STRONG HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE REGION BEHIND SUNDAYS SYSTEM USHERING IN A MUCH COOLER DRIER AIRMASS FOR THE START OF THE WORK WEEK. THIS HIGH PRESSURE LOOKS TO HOLD FIRM OVER THE AREA THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK. THE COOLER DRIER CONDITIONS HOWEVER WONT LAST LONG AS HIGH PRESSURE SHIFTS EAST OF THE REGION LATE TUESDAY ALLOWING SOUTHERLY FLOW TO RETURN. THIS IN TURN WILL CAUSE BOTH MOISTURE AND TEMPERATURES TO INCREASE INTO THE MID AND LATE WEEK. BY THE TIME NEXT FRIDAY ROLLS AROUND...HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE OVER THE AREA...BUT A STORM SYSTEM OUT OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS IS ADVERTISED TO STRENGTHEN AND BEGIN PUSHING EAST TOWARDS THE LOWER AND MID MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY. /19/ && .AVIATION...VFR FLIGHT CATEGORIES WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE EVENING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE OVER THE DELTA REGION THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD SOUTH OVERNIGHT TO AFFECT SITES AS FAR SOUTH AS THE NATCHEZ TRACE. THE BOUNDARY SHOULD REACH THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA BY AROUND SUNRISE...TO BRING THE POSSIBILITY OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO SITES ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR DURING THE DAY SATURDAY...AS THE FRONT SLOWLY DRIFTS TO THE SOUTH. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BRIEFLY LOWER CIGS AND VSBYS DUE TO HEAVY RAIN. THIS WILL MAINLY BE FOR GLH AND GWO DURING THE LATE EVENING AND EARLY MORNING...GTR AND JAN DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...AND MEI AND HBG AROUND DAYBREAK AND THROUGH THE DAY SATURDAY. /14/03 && .JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MS...NONE. LA...NONE. AR...NONE. && 14/AEG 03
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 330 PM CDT FRI APR 25 2008 ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 260845- ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND- MADISON LA-FRANKLIN LA-CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA-BOLIVAR- SUNFLOWER-LEFLORE-GRENADA-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-WEBSTER-CLAY-LOWNDES- CHOCTAW-OKTIBBEHA-WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS-HOLMES-ATTALA-WINSTON- NOXUBEE-ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY-YAZOO-MADISON MS-LEAKE-NESHOBA-KEMPER- WARREN-HINDS-RANKIN-SCOTT-NEWTON-LAUDERDALE-CLAIBORNE-COPIAH- SIMPSON-SMITH-JASPER-CLARKE-JEFFERSON-ADAMS-FRANKLIN MS-LINCOLN- LAWRENCE-JEFFERSON DAVIS-COVINGTON-JONES-MARION-LAMAR-FORREST- 330 PM CDT FRI APR 25 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND SATURDAY ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM HARRISONBURG LOUISIANA... TO JACKSON...TO MACON...WITH THE GREATEST RISK NORTHWEST OF A BASTROP TO GRENADA LINE. HAIL TO QUARTER SIZE AND DAMAGING WINDS GUSTS OF 60 MPH WILL BE THE PRIMARY RISKS WITH ANY SEVERE STORMS. A BAND OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WAS ORGANIZING LATE THIS AFTERNOON FROM THE ARKLATEX REGION NORTHWEST INTO THE MISSOURI VALLEY. THIS ACTIVITY WAS AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT WHICH WILL MOVE TOWARD THE REGION TONIGHT. THE STORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO REACH THE ARKLAMISS DELTA REGION LATE THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG WINDS AND HAIL. AS THE ACTIVITY WORKS SOUTHEAST TOWARD THE AREA FROM HARRISONBURG...TO JACKSON...TO MACON BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...THE ACTIVITY SHOULD WEAKEN SOMEWHAT...ALTHOUGH A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE. BY EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON...THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL SAG INTO EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI. THE COMBINATION OF DAYTIME HEATING AND COOL AIR ALOFT IN THE ATMOSPHERE WILL RESULT IN A STRONGLY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE WHICH WILL SUPPORT ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE HIGHWAY 84 CORRIDOR...SATURDAY AFTERNOON. HAIL AND STRONG WINDS WILL BE THE HAZARDS WITH THESE STORMS. FINALLY...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY...ESPECIALLY WEST OF INTERSTATE 55. THE RISK OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BECOME FOCUSED SATURDAY IN AREAS OF EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20...WHERE LOCALIZED FLOODING ISSUES DUE TO THE HIGH WATER ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER COULD BE EXACERBATED IN A FEW SPOTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SEVERE STORMS AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY EVENING AS A MORE POTENT UPPER LEVEL WEATHER SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. SIGNIFICANT UNCERTAINTY STILL EXISTS REGARDING THE EVOLUTION OF THIS WEATHER SYSTEM...AND PEOPLE SHOULD STAY UP TO DATE WITH FORECASTS OVER THE WEEKEND AS THE MAGNITUDE AND LOCATION OF ANY HAZARDOUS WEATHER RISK WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL BE REFINED. THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW FROM MONDAY THROUGH NEXT FRIDAY. .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 AT TIMES THROUGH THIS WEEKEND. THEREAFTER...ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED MONDAY THROUGH NEXT FRIDAY MAY 2ND. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK. 08
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1104 PM CDT FRI APR 25 2008 ARZ074-075-260450- ASHLEY AR-CHICOT AR- 1104 PM CDT FRI APR 25 2008 A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 3 MILES EAST OF FOUNTAIN HILL AT 1104 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 33 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. 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 ASHLEY AND CHICOT COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITY OF LAKE VILLAGE...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. OLB
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1119 PM CDT FRI APR 25 2008 MSZ018-019-260505- BOLIVAR MS-SUNFLOWER MS- 1119 PM CDT FRI APR 25 2008 A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED OVER ROSEDALE AT 1119 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. 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 AND SUNFLOWER COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF DREW...PARCHMAN...ROSEDALE AND SHELBY...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. OLB
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 145 AM CDT SAT APR 26 2008 ARZ074-075-MSZ034-260730- ASHLEY AR-CHICOT AR-WASHINGTON MS- 145 AM CDT SAT APR 26 2008 A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED FROM 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF MCMILLAN CORNER TO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SNYDER AT 145 AM CDT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE 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 ASHLEY...CHICOT AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF GREENVILLE...LAKE VILLAGE AND LELAND...SHOULD MONITOR THESE STORMS CLOSELY. OLB
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 159 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:23 UTC.
7 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A few trees and a power line were blown down in Greenville.
Several trees and a few power lines were blown down in Itta Bena.
A few trees were blown down.
Numerous trees and several power lines were blown down from the north side of Madison eastward toward Twin Harbors and Haley Creek Subdivisions to the western shore of the Ross Barnett Reservoir. Five homes were damaged by downed trees along with a few vehicles. Maximum wind gusts with this storm were around 80 mph.
A few trees were blown down off Ferguson Mill Road.
Numerous trees and a few power lines were blown down in and around New Hebron.
Several trees were blown down along James Boyakin Barnett Road and the Fellowship Baptist Church was damaged.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 99676, 99677, 99678, 99681, 99683, 99682, 99679, 99685, 99687, 99689, 99692, 99695, 99696, 99697.