As Hurricane Ike slammed southeast Texas and southwest and central Louisiana, a few outer bands reached the Jackson, MS service area. These bands brought some locally heavy rainfall which caused some flash flooding across a few areas that received very heavy rain earlier in the month from Hurricane Gustav.
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The episode as NWS JAN wrote it up.
As Hurricane Ike slammed southeast Texas and southwest and central Louisiana, a few outer bands reached the Jackson, MS service area. These bands brought some locally heavy rainfall which caused some flash flooding across a few areas that received very heavy rain earlier in the month from Hurricane Gustav. In addition to some localized flash floods, a couple severe storms caused minor damage in a few areas.
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 Sep 13, 10:00 AM CST, 3 hours 51 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1100 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008
.DISCUSSION...CURRENTLY THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IKE IS JUST SW OF
LUFKIN TX AND STEADILY MOVING N. MAIN IMPACTS ACROSS OUR CWA TODAY
WILL BE WIND AND WHAT EVER A FEW OUTER BANDS BRING. AT THIS
TIME...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ALONG AND W OF THE MS RIVER WITH
BREEZY CONDITIONS ELSEWHERE. DUE TO THAT...SOME ADJ WERE NEEDED TO
THE WIND ADV AND LAKE WIND ADV. THE MAIN ADJ WERE TO STOP THE WIND
ADV AT 6 PM AND KEEP THE LAKE WIND GOING UNTIL MIDNIGHT ACROSS JUST
THE W HALF OF THE AREA. SOME WIND GUSTS IN THE WIND ADV AREA MAY
RANGE BETWEEN 30-40 MPH AND COULD DOWN SOME TREES DUE TO THE WET
SOIL CONDITIONS.
THE OTHER THREAT WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND A FEW TORNADOES WITH
ANY OF THE OUTER BANDS. WIND SHEAR IS MORE THAN SUFFICIENT...THE MAIN
QUESTION WILL BE THE INSTABILITY AS THERE IS WARM AIR ALOFT AND SOME
POCKETS OF CAPPING. THERE IS MASSIVE 0-2KM MOISTURE ADV MOVING IN OUR
DIRECTION AND THAT WILL HELP REDUCE SOME OF THE CAPPING. THE MAIN
POINT IS THAT THESE OUTER BANDS MAY NOT BE AS POTENT THAN WITH SOME
OTHER STORMS. HOWEVER...THERE IS STILL A RISK OF TORNADOES TODAY WITH
THE HIGHEST CHANCES OF SEEING THAT WEST OF I-55 AND MAINLY ALONG AND
W OF THE RIVER.
AS FOR HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING...NOT OVERLY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT
TODAY INTO THIS EVENING...BUT IF A BAND CAN DEVELOP AND GET ANCHORED
ACROSS A PARTICULAR AREA...THEN THERE COULD BE A FLOODING ISSUE. IM
REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT HEAVY RAIN AN FLOODING AFTER MIDNIGHT INTO THE
FIRST PART OF SUN...MAINLY FROM 4 AM TO NOON ACROSS THE NW HALF OF
THE AREA. THERE LOOKS TO BE A SETUP FOR A HEAVY RAIN BAND TO SETUP
WITH TRAINING POTENTIAL. THERE COULD EASILY BE 2-4 INCH TOTALS WITH
THIS WITH LOCALLY 6-8 INCHES. WE WILL LIKELY HAVE TO RE-CONFIGURE THE
FLASH FLOOD WATCH LATER TO CATCH MORE OF THE NW PORTION OF THE CWA. A
FEW TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THIS AREA AS WELL BUT WIND SHEAR
WILL BECOME LESS SUPPORTIVE OF TORNADOES BY LATE MORNING AND MIDDAY
HOURS SUNDAY. /CME/
&&
.AVIATION....AVIATION...PATCHY MVFR STRATUS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MID
MORNING HOURS...ESPECIALLY FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE
INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR. MOST LOCATIONS WILL BE ABLE TO SEE THESE
CEILINGS LIFT TO AT LEAST 3 KFT BY MIDDAY...ALTHOUGH PERIODS OF MVFR
CEILINGS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE ALL DAY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF
THE AREA. LOW STRATUS WITH MVFR CEILINGS WILL AGAIN RETURN BY THE
LATE EVENING OVER MUCH OF THE AREA AND LAST THROUGH MUCH OF THE
REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. IN ADDITION...EXPECT AT LEAST
ISOLATED SHOWERS TO BUILD EAST ACROSS THE AREA AS WE GO INTO THE
AFTERNOON. THERE WILL EXIST THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVIER SHOWERS AND A
FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT AREAS MAINLY WEST OF THE
INTERSTATE 55 CORRIDOR. OTHERWISE EXPECT GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST
WINDS THROUGH MUCH OF THE FORECAST PERIOD...ESPECIALLY FOR AREAS
WEST OF THE INTERSTATE 55 CORRIDOR. WINDS WILL BE AROUND 15 TO 25
KTS THROUGH MOST OF THE DAY WITH GUSTS OF ABOUT 30 TO 35 KTS FOR
MUCH OF THE REGION...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE WEST. /14/
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
JACKSON 88 77 85 67 / 42 54 72 57
MERIDIAN 89 77 87 69 / 21 28 58 66
VICKSBURG 87 76 84 65 / 65 71 73 44
HATTIESBURG 89 77 87 72 / 47 24 54 65
NATCHEZ 85 76 83 66 / 85 73 74 49
GREENVILLE 88 74 83 63 / 51 74 60 26
GREENWOOD 89 76 83 62 / 28 53 65 33
&&
.JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MS...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT FOR MSZ018-019-
025>066-072>074.
FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR MSZ034-040-041-047-
053-059>061.
LA...LAKE WIND ADVISORY FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CDT
TONIGHT FOR LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026.
FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR LAZ007>009-015-016-
023>026.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR LAZ007>009-015-
016-023>026.
AR...LAKE WIND ADVISORY FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CDT
TONIGHT FOR ARZ074-075.
FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR ARZ074-075.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR ARZ074-075.
&&
CME
14HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 231 PM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008 MSZ029>033-037>039-044>046-050>052-055>058-063>066-072>074-141945- WEBSTER-CLAY-LOWNDES-CHOCTAW-OKTIBBEHA-ATTALA-WINSTON-NOXUBEE- LEAKE-NESHOBA-KEMPER-SCOTT-NEWTON-LAUDERDALE-SIMPSON-SMITH-JASPER- CLARKE-LAWRENCE-JEFFERSON DAVIS-COVINGTON-JONES-MARION-LAMAR- FORREST- 231 PM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND SUNDAY BREEZY CONDITIONS WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING AS IKE MOVES ACROSS THE ARKLATEX REGION. THESE WINDS SHOULD BEGIN TO DIE DOWN BY AROUND MIDNIGHT. FOR SUNDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. HOWEVER...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE AS THE REMNANTS OF IKE LIFT TO THE NORTHEAST. STORMS WILL HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO DROP A QUICK ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...WHICH MAY RESULT IN PROBLEMS WITH PONDING WATER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY 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 FRIDAY. ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>028-034>036- 040>043-047>049-053-054-059>062-141945- ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND- MADISON LA-FRANKLIN LA-CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA-BOLIVAR- SUNFLOWER-LEFLORE-GRENADA-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS- HOLMES-ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY-YAZOO-MADISON MS-WARREN-HINDS-RANKIN- CLAIBORNE-COPIAH-JEFFERSON-ADAMS-FRANKLIN MS-LINCOLN- 231 PM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND WEST MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND SUNDAY BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING AS IKE MOVES ACROSS THE ARKLATEX REGION. SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. THESE WINDS SHOULD BEGIN TO DIE DOWN BY AROUND MIDNIGHT. A FEW TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AS THE OUTER BANDS OF TROPICAL STORM IKE MOVE OVER PORTIONS OF THE ARKLAMISS REGION. LOCATIONS WEST OF THE INTERSTATE 55 CORRIDOR WILL BE THE PRIMARY RISK AREAS. BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ON THE EAST SIDE OF IKE ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE OVER AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF THE INTERSTATE 55 CORRIDOR THIS AFTERNOON. THESE BANDS COULD REMAIN RATHER STATIONARY TONIGHT THROUGH MIDDAY SUNDAY...PRODUCING RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES. WITH ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS...THIS RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN FLOODING PROBLEMS FOR THIS AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY 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...MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MIDDAY SUNDAY. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK. 14
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 94 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:51 UTC.
3 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
This tornado produced a narrow path of some trees and limbs blown down or snapped from Beech Grove Road to Highway 547. Maximum winds were estimated around 75 mph.
Several inches of rain caused several roads in and around Hollandale to flood with 1 to 2 feet of water covering the roads.
A portion of the covered walk way at Ida Green Elementary was blown apart.
Locally heavy rainfall caused several streets to flood on the north side of Greenwood. A few of these roads had to be temporarily closed.
A couple of trees were blown down.
Several inches of rain quickly fell across portions of Humphreys County and caused several roads in and around Belzoni to be covered by 1 to 2 feet of water.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Mississippi in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Mississippi, 2008Warnings in Mississippi, September 2008
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