An isolated severe thunderstorm affected Pearl River County in south Mississippi.
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The episode as NWS LIX wrote it up.
An isolated severe thunderstorm affected Pearl River County in south Mississippi.
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 New Orleans, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 21, 2:28 AM CST, 11 hours 17 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 328 AM CDT SAT JUN 21 2008 .SHORT TERM... A FAST MOVING VORT MAX CURRENTLY SLIDING THROUGH THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL PUSH INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TODAY INTO TONIGHT. STRONG POSITIVE VORTICITY ADVECTION AND INCREASING UPPER LEVEL LIFT IN ADVANCE OF THE TROUGH AXIS WILL ALLOW FOR SCATTERED CONVECTION TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE CWA TODAY. THIS CONVECTION WILL ALSO BE SUPPORTED BY A HIGHLY UNSTABLE AIRMASS IN THE LOW LEVELS WITH AMPLE MOISTURE AND WARMTH EXPECTED TODAY. GOING INTO TONIGHT...CONVECTION SHOULD BECOME MORE ISOLATED AS PEAK DAYTIME HEATING AND OVERALL INSTABILITY LESSENS. HOWEVER...DUE TO THE STRONG LIFT IN THE MIDDLE AND UPPER LEVELS...ISOLATED SHOWERS SHOULD PERSIST THROUGH THE NIGHT. A REPEAT OF THESE SAME CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED FOR SUNDAY. HOWEVER...ONE MAJOR LIMITING FACTOR WILL AFFECT THE CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL MAINLY TO THE NORTH OF I-10. A SURGE OF DRIER AIR WILL BEGIN TO ADVECT INTO THE MID-LEVELS TOMORROW...WHICH WILL LEAD TO A BIT MORE CAPPING ALOFT AND THUS ENHANCED CONVECTIVE INHIBITION. WITH THIS DRIER AIR AND CAPPING MIND...HAVE ONLY WENT WITH ISOLATED POPS NORTH OF I-10. OVER COASTAL SECTIONS OF THE CWA...ENOUGH MOISTURE SHOULD REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH THE DAY TO SUPPORT CHANCE POPS ONCE AGAIN. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN NEAR NORMAL THROUGH TOMORROW. GOING INTO SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...THE TROUGH AXIS WILL SWEEP INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO...ALLOWING UPPER LEVEL RIDGING AND SOME NEGATIVE VORTICITY ADVECTION TO TAKE HOLD. MUCH DRIER AIR ALOFT WILL FILTER IN WHICH SHOULD EFFECTIVELY PUT A CAP ON MOST CONVECTION LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. HOWEVER...AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WILL POSSIBLE MONDAY DURING PEAK HEATING HOURS...AS THE CONVECTIVE TEMPERATURE IS REACHED. ANY CONVECTION WILL TEND TO FORM ALONG PRE-EXISTING LOW LEVEL BOUNDARIES SUCH AS SEABREEZES AND OLD OUTFLOWS FROM PREVIOUS CONVECTION. DUE TO THE STRONG SUBSIDENCE EXPECTED TO BE IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION ON MONDAY...TEMPERATURES WILL WARM ABOVE NORMAL ACROSS THE REGION. .LONG TERM... STRONG UPPER LEVEL RIDGING THAT IS EXPECTED TO BUILD IN SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY WILL REMAIN IN CONTROL OF THE GULF SOUTH THROUGH THE WEEK. THIS STRONG RIDGING WILL LEAD TO LESS OVERALL CONVECTION AND WARMER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE WEEK. ANY CONVECTION WILL MAINLY OCCUR IN THE AFTERNOON HOURS AS THE CONVECTIVE TEMPERATURE IS REACHED TO OVERCOME A STRONG CAP IN THE MID-LEVELS. THIS CONVECTION WILL ALSO MAINLY FORM ALONG ANY LOW LEVEL BOUNDARIES WHERE MOISTURE CONVERGENCE AND LOW LEVEL LIFT IS MAXIMIZED. WITH THIS IN MIND HAVE WENT WITH SLIGHT CHANCE POPS EACH DAY...BUT EXPECT THE OVERNIGHT HOURS TO REMAIN DRY AS CONVECTION DIES OFF DUE TO A LACK OF DAYTIME HEATING. && .AVIATION... RAIN COOLED AIR FROM YESTERDAY WITH LOW TEMPERATURE/DEWPOINT SPREADS IS ALLOWING SOME LIGHT FOG TO FORM EARLY THIS MORNING. NOT MUCH CHANGE IS EXPECTED AT THE TAF SITES...ALTHOUGH WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE KMCB BRIEFLY DROP TO 2SM VSBY BEFORE 12Z. TROUGHING BOTH IN THE UPPER AND LOWER LEVELS IS SETTLING DOWN TOWARDS THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION. THIS WILL CAUSE ISOLATED TO LOCALLY SCATTERED SHRA/TSRA THROUGH MID MORNING...THEN SCATTERED SHRA/TSRA LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. 06Z TAFS ONLY CARRIED TEMPOS FOR AFTERNOON TSRA. MAY MAKE SLIGHT ADJUSTMENTS TO 12Z TAFS TO ALLOW FOR A SLIGHTLY EARLIER START OF TEMPO TSRA AT KMCB AND KBTR. 22 && .MARINE... WEATHER BUOYS OVER THE ENTIRE GULF OF MEXICO ARE MOSTLY IN THE 0.5 TO 1.5 FEET RANGE WITH A RATHER FLAT PRESSURE GRADIENT NOTED. MOST OF THE SIGNIFICANT WINDS AND WAVES WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WHICH MAY FORM LINES AND MOVE NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST AT TIMES TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY...AND POSSIBLY MONDAY AS WELL OVER THE COASTAL WATERS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BECOME MUCH MORE ISOLATED OVER THE MARINE ZONES TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE TAKES OVER. 22 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MCB 90 68 92 69 / 40 20 20 10 BTR 92 70 92 71 / 40 20 20 10 MSY 91 74 91 74 / 40 20 40 20 GPT 89 72 89 72 / 40 20 40 20 && .LIX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LA...NONE. GM...NONE. MS...NONE. GM...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1050 AM CDT SAT JUN 21 2008 GMZ530-550-555-570-575-LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070-MSZ068>071-077- 080>082-221600- LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND LAKE MAUREPAS- COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER LA OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MS TO THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MS TO THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM 20 TO 60 NM-POINTE COUPEE-WEST FELICIANA- EAST FELICIANA-ST. HELENA-TANGIPAHOA-WASHINGTON-ST. TAMMANY- IBERVILLE-WEST BATON ROUGE-EAST BATON ROUGE-ASCENSION-LIVINGSTON- ASSUMPTION-ST. JAMES-ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST-UPPER LAFOURCHE- ST. CHARLES-UPPER JEFFERSON-ORLEANS-UPPER PLAQUEMINES- UPPER ST. BERNARD-UPPER TERREBONNE-LOWER TERREBONNE- LOWER LAFOURCHE-LOWER JEFFERSON-LOWER PLAQUEMINES- LOWER ST. BERNARD-WILKINSON-AMITE-PIKE-WALTHALL-PEARL RIVER- HANCOCK-HARRISON-JACKSON- 1050 AM CDT SAT JUN 21 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF GULF OF MEXICO...SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI LATE THIS MORNING AND PERSIST INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SHOULD REMAIN WEAK...BUT A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SHOULD DIMINISH LATE THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL ONCE AGAIN BE POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY...MAINLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 10. A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE AFTERNOON HOURS. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN ON MONDAY AND REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH FRIDAY...WITH ONLY A FEW AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED EACH DAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
MSZ082-211815- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1233 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 2008 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS AFFECTING JACKSON COUNTY... AT 1230 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING ACROSS SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTY ALONG INTERSTATE 10. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL AFFECT AREAS AROUND VANCLEAVE... PASCAGOULA AND OCEAN SPRINGS THROUGH 115 PM. EXPECT FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.
LAZ037-038-211900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 118 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH GUSTY WINDS MOVING ACROSS ST. HELENA PARISH... AT 116 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS NEAR GREENSBURG...MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. EXPECT FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN AS THIS STORM AFFECT AREAS AROUND GREESBURG...MONTPELIER...AMITE AND INDEPENDENCE THROUGH 2 PM. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. GUSTY WINDS...HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
LAZ039-MSZ077-212000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 213 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH GUSTY WINDS IN EASTERN WASHINGTON PARISH MOVING INTO PEARL RIVER COUNTY... AT 212 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS NEAR VARNADO. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR PICAYUNE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH. EXPECT FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH...AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS AFFECT AREAS AROUND POPLARVILLE...CROSSROADS AND PICAYUNE. FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A few trees and power lines were knocked down along Jones Road and Spring Hill Road.
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