Widespread rain developed across the region along with a few embedded thunderstorms. One storm intensified and produced some hail in southern Marion County.
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The episode as NWS JAN wrote it up.
Widespread rain developed across the region along with a few embedded thunderstorms. One storm intensified and produced some hail in southern Marion County.
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 20, 8:55 AM CST, 4 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 955 AM CDT SAT SEP 20 2008 .UPDATE...LATEST SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS A BROAD FLAT UPPER TROUGH OVER THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY REGION WITH A SERIES OF WEAK IMPULSES ROTATING AROUND IT. GOOD ISENTROPIC LIFT HAS BEEN THE MAIN REASON FOR THIS MORNINGS LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS. THE ELEVATED BOUNDARY CONTINUES TO PERSIST ACROSS AN AREA JUST SOUTHEAST OF THE NATCHEZ TRACE...WHICH IS REFLECTED BY RADAR IMAGERY. ALSO AN INVERTED SURFACE TROUGH ACROSS THE NORTHWEST DELTA REGION. EXPECT THE ISENTROPIC LIFT TO CONTINUE WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS. SO WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP THE BEST POPS GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF THE NATCHEZ TRACE CORRIDOR PER ELEVATED BOUNDARY. CURRENT HIGHS FROM THE UPPER 70S EAST TO THE LOWER 80S WEST STILL LOOKS TO BE ON TRACK...ESPECIALLY WITH LESS CLOUDS WEST OF THE MS RIVER. THE RAINS WILL MAKE TODAYS FORECAST HIGHS A CHALLENGE FOR THE REST OF THE REGION./17/ && .AVIATION...LOOKS LIKE MEI WILL HAVE GREATEST IMPACTS FROM CONVECTION AS WE GO INTO THE EARLY AFTN WITH GTR/JAN/HBG ON THE FRINGES. EXPECT IFR CONDITIONS TO PREVAIL AT MEI WITH OCNL MVFR CONDITIONS AT GTR/HBG/JAN UNTIL ABOUT AROUND 18Z. AS CONVECTION ATTEMPTS TO SHIFTS EWD...HBG COULD HAVE BIGGER CONCERNS AFTER 18Z GLH WILL REMAIN ON THE EASTERN EDGE OF A STRATUS DECK THIS MORNING...BUT EROSION OF THE DECK WILL SEND THEM TO VFR STATUS FOR THE AFTERNOON. VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL AT GWO...BUT A FEW SHOWERS COULD IMPACT THE AREA THIS AFTN. FOR TONIGHT...THERE WILL BE SOME FOG AS WOULD BE EXPECTED WITH THE WET GROUND...BUT MID LEVEL CLOUDS MAY LIMIT SFC COOLING AND FOG PRODUCTION AND WILL KEEP MVFR FORECASTS FOR NOW. /EC/ && .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...358 AM CDT SAT SEP 20 2008 .SHORT TERM...MOST OF THE CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE CWA WILL START OFF WITH A WET MORNING. MOST OF THE NIGHT PERIOD THERE HAVE BEEN DECENT SIZED RAIN AREAS WITH EMBEDDED TSRA MOVING GENERALLY NE. THERE EXISTS A NICE ELEVATED BOUNDARY ACROSS THE CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE CWA WITH A WEAK INVERTED SFC REFLECTION SHOWING UP AS A PRESSURE TROUGH. ALOFT THERE EXISTS A SOLID AREA OF CYCLONIC FLOW WITHIN A BROAD UPPER LOW/TROUGH WHICH IS PROVIDING DECENT ASCENT OVER THE CWA. POCKETS OF BETTER LOW LEVEL MOISTURE ARE SUPPORTING THE RAIN AREAS AND THIS IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR MOST OF TODAY. WE MAY ACTUALLY SEE SFC CONVERGENCE GET ENHANCED ALONG THE I-55 CORRIDOR LATER TODAY AS SOME DRIER LOW LEVEL AIR MOVES IN FROM THE EAST AND HELPS SHARPEN UP THE INVERTED SFC TROUGH. OVERALL...MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM IS NOT PARTICULARLY DEEP AS INDICATED BY WATER VAPOR IMAGERY. HOWEVER...MOISTURE BETWEEN 850 AND 600 MB IS MORE THAN SUFFICIENT AND WITH DECENT ISENTROPIC ASCENT HOLDING STEADY TODAY...DECENT RAIN CHANCES WILL EXIST. AT THIS POINT...LOOKS LIKE THE I-55 CORRIDOR WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE AREA FOR THE BEST PRECIP CHANCES. CHANCES WILL DROP OFF ON EACH SIDE OF THE CWA. OVERALL...NOT EXPECTING A GREAT DEAL OF RAIN...BUT THERE DOES EXIST THE POTENTIAL FOR CONVECTION AND THE LOCALIZED AREAS THAT SEE THE FEW STORMS WILL SEE HIGHER PRECIP TOTALS. I WILL CONTINUE TO WORD ISO THUNDER WITH THE SHOWER ACTIVITY. TEMPS WILL BE TOUGH AGAIN TODAY AS PRECIP/CLOUDS WILL ALLOW FOR POTENTIALLY A LARGE VARIATION ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE CWA. SINCE THICKER CLOUDS AND PRECIP EXIST TO START THE PERIOD...WE SHOULD SEE AN OVERALL COOLER DAY. THE WARMEST AREAS LOOK TO BE ALONG AND W OF THE MS RIVER AS THINNER CLOUDS LOOK TO EXIST. FOR TONIGHT...THE OVERALL PRECIP ACTIVITY LOOKS TO BE A GOOD BIT LESS AS THE FLOW WEAKENS SOME AND THE RESULTING ISENTROPIC ASCENT IS LESS. BEST CHANCES LOOK TO OCCUR DURING THE EARLY EVENING AS ACTIVITY MAY LINGER FROM THE AFTERNOON. I WILL LOWER POPS 10% ACROSS THE BOARD AND GO WITH A 30-40% RANGE. AFTER 03Z...I WILL LOWER POPS AGAIN AND MENTION JUST SLIGHT CHANCE. AS FOR TEMPS...LOOKS LIKE GUID IS AGAIN TOO COOL AND I WILL WARM MOST LOCATIONS. I WONT GET TOO AGGRESSIVE AS THE POTENTIAL FOR SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR TO MOVE IN MAY ALLOW FOR LOWER VALUES. HOWEVER...CLOUDS AND LIGHT WINDS SHOULD KEEP TEMPS WARMER THAN GUID VALUES. FOR SUN THROUGH SUN NIGHT...WE REALLY START TO LOOSE OUR LIFT FROM THE LINGERING BROAD UPPER TROUGH AND WE SHOULD SEE EVEN LESS PRECIP ACTIVITY AROUND. WHAT DOES OCCUR LOOKS TO BE MORE DIURNAL AND I HAVE INDICATED THAT IN THE GRIDS. GUID POPS INDICATE THIS TREND AND I HAVE FOLLOWED. AS FOR TEMPS...GUID VALUES ARE NOT TOO BAD BUT MAY BE A LITTLE LOW IF CLOUDS THIN MORE. I THINK WE WILL SEE A BIT LESS CLOUDS AND HAVE ADDED A FEW DEGREES TO SOME LOCATIONS FOR HIGHS. GENERALLY HAVE GONE WITH 82-85 FOR HIGHS. FOR SUN NIGHT LOWS...GUID AGAIN SEEMS TOO COOL. WITH A COMBINATION OF SOME LIGHT WINDS AND LINGERING CLOUDS...I HAVE WARMED LOWS A FEW DEGREES WITH THE COOLEST TEMPS ACROSS THE E/NE. /CME/ .LONG TERM...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...BY MONDAY THE S/W IS EXPECTED TO MOVE EAST OF THE AREA AND HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO BUILD INTO THE REGION. A FEW SHOWERS WILL LINGER ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWFA FOR MONDAY. HEIGHTS WILL BE RISING THROUGH THE DAY AND DRIER AIR WILL BEGIN TO MOVE IN...SO THESE SHOWERS SHOULD BEGIN TO MOVE OUT OF THE AREA BY MONDAY NIGHT. RIDGING ALOFT WILL BEGIN TO TAKE OVER THE AREA AND KEEP THE AREA DRY FOR TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. IN THE LOW LEVELS THE AREA WILL SEE DRIER AIR ADVECT INTO THE REGION FROM THE ENE AS A BACKDOOR FRONT APPROACHES. THIS COMBINED WITH SOME CAPPING OVER THE REGION SHOULD PROVIDE FOR LITTLE CLOUD COVER OVER THE CWFA FOR THE MIDDLE TOWARD THE END OF THE WORK WEEK. THIS MAINLY LEAVES FOR A TEMPERATURE FORECAST FOR TUESDAY AND BEYOND. HAVE REMAINED WITH MEX GUI HIGHS THAT GIVES PRETTY NORMAL VALUES IN THE MIDDLE 80S. WITH CLEAR SKIES AND DRIER AIR ADVECTING INTO THE REGION HAVE LOWERED LOWS A BIT. THIS IS MAINLY TO TREND VALUES CLOSER TO ENSEMBLE GUI. THIS WILL GIVE MAINLY LOWER 60S WITH LOCATIONS IN THE EAST AND NORTHEAST POSSIBLY DIPPING INTO THE UPPER 50S WHERE THE BEST RADIATIONAL COOLING WILL OCCUR./14/ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... JACKSON 79 65 82 62 / 60 42 30 10 MERIDIAN 79 63 83 59 / 56 32 25 11 VICKSBURG 81 64 84 63 / 38 31 29 9 HATTIESBURG 82 65 83 63 / 67 31 26 15 NATCHEZ 80 64 82 63 / 57 28 30 14 GREENVILLE 83 62 83 62 / 32 28 31 8 GREENWOOD 79 63 82 61 / 43 34 34 8 && .JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MS...NONE. LA...NONE. AR...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 402 AM CDT SAT SEP 20 2008 ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 210915- 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- 402 AM CDT SAT SEP 20 2008 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...SUNDAY 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 NEXT FRIDAY. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK. CME
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1256 PM CDT SAT SEP 20 2008 MSZ072>074-201910- FORREST MS-LAMAR MS-MARION MS- 1256 PM CDT SAT SEP 20 2008 A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF KOKOMO AT 1256 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. HEAVY RAINFALL OF TWO TO THREE INCHES AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. OTHER STORMS ARE DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHERN MARION AND LAMAR COUNTIES AND MOVING NORTH TOWARD THE PURVIS AND COLUMBIA AREAS. THESE STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG AS WELL. 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 SOUTHERN MARION...LAMAR AND FORREST COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. EEC
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Dime to nickel sized hail fell around Sandy Hook.
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