A severe weather event containing large hail, heavy rainfall, and flash flooding slowly evolved on February 27 and lasted into the early morning hours of the 28th. All the active weather remained focused across the northern portion of the forecast area.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS JAN wrote it up.
A severe weather event containing large hail, heavy rainfall, and flash flooding slowly evolved on February 27 and lasted into the early morning hours of the 28th. All the active weather remained focused across the northern portion of the forecast area. This region saw multiple rounds of storms along with several episodes of severe weather. The majority of the severe storms occurred between 6 and 10 am, then again between noon and 3 pm. Due to the slow evolution of the system and repetitive nature of many storms, locally heavy rainfall occurred with many reports of flash flooding. The heaviest rains fell along and north of a line from Grenada to Starkville to Columbus Mississippi. Here rainfall totals ranged from 5 to 8 inches. Between 4 and 6 am, on February 28, the rainfall finally shifted out of the area.
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 27, 4:26 AM CST, 1 hour 34 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
426 AM CST FRI FEB 27 2009
...SEVERE WEATHER AND HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE TODAY INTO TONIGHT...
.SHORT TERM...FOCUS WILL BE ON SVR STORMS TODAY...WHERE WILL THE
OCCUR AND WHAT WILL THEY PRODUCE. ADDITIONALLY...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN
IS A VERY REAL POSSIBILITY FOR CENTRAL/EAST CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE
CWA.
AS FOR THE SETUP AND OVERALL SYNOPTIC FEATURES...NOT A GREAT DEAL
HAS CHANGED. THE MEAT OF THE LARGE SCALE TROUGH HAS LIFTED N/NE OF
THE REGION AND WE ARE LEFT WITH GENERAL TROUGHINESS WITH MULTIPLE
EMBEDDED S/W THAT WILL IMPACT THE CWA THROUGH TONIGHT. ADDITIONALLY
A STRONG UPPER JET IS DIVING OUR WAY AND STRONG ASCENT ELEMENTS ARE
NOTED ON WV IMAGERY AS OF 10Z. THIS JET WILL PLACE A GOOD PORTION OF
THE N HALF OF MY CWA UNDER VERY FAVORABLE LEFT EXIT DYNAMICS.
ADDITIONALLY...WE HAVE AN APPROACHING FRONT IN THE LOW LEVELS. THIS
FRONTAL FEATURE IS HELPING TO FOCUS RICH THETA E AIR AHEAD OF THE
BOUNDARY. THIS 850 MB THETA E AXIS IS CURRENTLY ACROSS E TX WITH
330K VALUES. THIS MOISTURE AXIS WILL ADVECT INTO THE CWA LATER THIS
MORNING AND KEEP THE MOISTURE FOCUSED BETWEEN I-20 AND HWY 82. THIS
WILL BE THE REGION OF NEARLY ALL THE ACTIVITY TODAY. THE CAP IS
STILL HOLDING ACROSS MOST OF THE CWA...BUT IT IS GETTING ERODED
ACROSS THE N AS STORMS AND LIFT ARE MOVING THROUGH. MORE ASCENT WILL
MOVE IN OVER THE NEXT COUPLE HRS AND THAT WILL ALLOW FOR A MORE
VOLATILE SETUP AS WARMING OCCURS DURING THE MORNING.
NEARLY ALL WX PARAMETERS ARE SIMILAR TO WHAT HAS BEEN ADVERTISED.
LOOK FOR MLCAPE VALUES TO INCREASE TO BETWEEN 800-1200 J/KG WITH
LI'S -4 TO -6. LAPSE RATES WILL BE RUNNING 7-8 C/KM WITH VERTICAL
TOTALS 27-29C. WITH ALL THIS IN PLACE...ANYTIME WE HAVE CONVECTION
IT BECOMES SEVERE. THE BIG QUESTION MARK IS LOW LEVEL SHEAR. MODELS
ARE WEAKENING IT DURING THE DAY...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE SLOW
MOVING/STALLED SFC FRONT. HOWEVER...NOT SURE IF THE MODELS WILL BE
ABLE TO PICK UP ON THAT DETAIL...BUT EVEN OUR HI RES LOCAL WRF RUNS
SHOW THAT. THE BEST LOW LEVEL SHEAR LOOKS TO STAY SOMEWHAT AWAY FROM
THE SFC BOUNDARY...GENERALLY NEAR I-20 OR JUST TO THE SOUTH. THE
PROBLEM IS...THAT AREA WILL LIKELY STAY CAPPED. THE DEEP LAYER SHEAR
IS GOOD 40-50KTS AND SUPPORTIVE OF SUPERCELL STORMS. ACTUALLY...ALL
LOCAL HI RES WRF RUNS AS WELL AS NCEPS 4 KM WRF RUNS SHOW MULTIPLE
SUPERCELL STORMS TODAY ALONG WITH CLUSTERS OF STORMS. THIS HAS
INCREASED MY CONFIDENCE A GREAT DEAL WRT TO STORM MODE.
ADDITIONALLY...NEARLY ALL STORMS SHOW DEVIANT MOTION TO THE ESE.
THAT HAS BIG IMPACTS ON WHAT AREAS COULD BE HIT BY STORMS. I WILL
ORIENT THE PROB HAZARDS AS WELL AS THE GRAPHICAST TO SHOW THE SVR
RISK TODAY WITH A SUBTLE ESE ORIENTATION INSTEAD OF DUE W-E OR
SW-NE.
AS I STATED EARLIER...THE CORRIDOR BETWEEN I-20 AND HWY 82 LOOKS TO
BE THE MAIN REGION. LOOK FOR SUPERCELLS TO PRODUCE QUARTER TO
GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL WITH SOME STONES LARGE THAN THAT IF A STRONG
MESO CAN BE GENERATED. DMG WINDS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH
SOME TORNADOES. I CAN SEE THE AREA E OF I-55 AND BETWEEN HWY 82 AND
I-20 HAVING THE GREATEST RISK FOR TORNADOES AS THAT REGION WILL BE
WHERE MATURE STORMS AND POTENTIALLY LONG LIVED MESO'S WILL MOVE
THROUGH. ADDITIONALLY...THE BEST LOW LEVEL SHEAR IS FOCUSED THERE
ALONG WITH THE COLDEST TEMPS ALOFT AND MOVE FAVORABLE UPPER JET. A
LONE STRONG TOR CANNOT BE RULED OUT AS WELL...BUT FOR THAT TO
OCCUR...A VERY STRONG UPDRAFT WILL HAVE TO BE GENERATED TO OVERCOME
THE SOMEWHAT TAME LOW LEVEL SHEAR.
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ENOUGH OF A CONCERN AND HAS HIGH ENOUGH
CONFIDENCE ON OCCURRENCE THAT I HAVE ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM
NOON TO 3 AM. I TRIED TO FOCUS THE WATCH WHERE I FEEL THE MOST
TRAINING OF STORMS WILL OCCUR AND THE MOST INTENSE STORMS WILL MOVE
THROUGH. BASED ON MODEL OUTPUT...THE HEAVIEST QPF IS FOCUSED TO MY
E/NE. HOWEVER...THAT USUALLY HAPPENS AS MODELS TEND TO PUSH THE BEST
RAINS DOWN STREAM. WHAT USUALLY HAPPENS IS THE HEAVIEST RAINS OCCUR
NEAR INITIATION AND WHERE THE BEST TRAINING OCCURS WITH IS OFTEN W
OR SW OF THE MODEL QPF BULLSEYE. I EXPECT 3-5 INCHES LOCALLY WHICH
COULD CAUSE FLOODING ISSUES EVEN WITH SOMEWHAT DRY SOIL CONDITIONS.
FOR THE OVERNIGHT...THIS TIME FRAME IS TOUGH AND I DON'T HAVE A REAL
GOOD FEEL ABOUT IT. THERE LOOKS TO BE A LULL FOR A COUPLE HRS AS THE
ATMS RESPONDS TO THE MUCH LARGE AND EVOLVE TROUGH WHICH WILL BE
DROPPING OUT OF THE PLAINS. THERE WILL BE ENOUGH INSTABILITY AND AS
FORCING BECOME STRONGER...I CAN SEE SOME ISOLATED SVR STORMS ALONG
THE ACCELERATING COLD FRONT. THE BEST RISK AREA FOR THIS WILL BE
ALONG AND SE OF THE TRACE AND LIKELY OCCUR AROUND AND AFTER
MIDNIGHT.
BEHIND OUR FRONT...COLD TEMPS WILL MOVE IN AND CLOUDS WILL LINGER.
HIGHS SAT WILL OCCUR EARLY IN THE PERIOD AND TEMPS WILL LIKELY FALL
THROUGH THE DAY. RAINFALL WILL BE TAPERING OFF BUT WITH THE LARGE
CLOSED LOW APPROACHING...LIGHT RA AND DRIZZLE WILL BE POSSIBLE.
/CME/
.LONG TERM...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...THE MAIN FOCUS FOR THE
LONG TERM IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SNOW ON SATURDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY
SUNDAY MORNING. MODELS ARE COMING INTO BETTER AGREEMENT WITH THIS
SCENARIO AND ARE CONTINUING TO TREND TOWARD A SNOWFALL POTENTIAL FOR
AT LEAST THE NORTHEASTERN HALF OF THE CWFA. BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON
THE SURFACE LOW WILL BE OVER IN GEORGIA WITH THE FRONT SOUTHEAST OF
THE ARKLAMISS REGION. MUCH COOLER AIR WILL BEGIN USHERING INTO THE
ARKLAMISS REGION TO BRING TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER 40S TO UPPER 30S
BY THE EARLY EVENING...AND INTO THE MIDDLE 30S BY LATE EVENING FOR
THE ARKLAMISS REGION. IN THE MEANTIME...THE UPPER LEVEL LOW IS
EXPECTED TO DIP DOWN THROUGH THE ARKLAMISS REGION SATURDAY EVENING
AND MOVE OVER SOUTH ALABAMA BY AROUND SUNRISE SUNDAY MORNING. THIS
SHOULD BE ABLE TO SQUEEZE OUT SOME MOISTURE TO GIVE LIGHT PRECIP
OVER THE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. MODEL FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW
THAT PRECIP SHOULD BE IN THE FORM OF SNOWFALL...ESPECIALLY BY LATE
SATURDAY EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. POPS HAVE COME IN A BIT
HIGHER FOR SATURDAY NIGHT AS WELL. WITH INCREASING CONFIDENCE HAVE
PRETTY MUCH REMAINED WITH GUI AND HAVE SPREAD THE SNOW WX WORDING
FURTHER SOUTHWEST. FOR THE EARLY EVENING...PUT IN A RAIN OR SNOW
MIX. HOWEVER EXPECT THE PRECIP TO BE ALL SNOW BY THE LATE EVENING
AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. AMOUNTS SHOULD BE LIGHT. HAVE KEPT FLURRY
WORDING GENERALLY SOUTHWEST OF A GREENWOOD TO MERIDIAN LINE...WITH
LIGHT SNOW WORDING NORTHEAST. AT THIS TIME DO NOT EXPECT MUCH IN THE
WAY OF ACCUMULATIONS. BUT OBVIOUSLY THIS SYSTEM WILL HAVE TO BE
WATCHED.
BEGINNING SUNDAY THE AREA WILL SEE A PROLONGED PERIOD OF DRY WEATHER
THROUGH AT LEAST AROUND THURSDAY OR SO. COOL SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE
IS EXPECTED TO SET UP OVER THE ARKLAMISS REGION THROUGH THE
BEGINNING OF THE WORK WEEK WITH WEAK CAA PERSISTING THROUGH THIS
TIME. THIS WILL BE REFLECTED IN TEMPERATURES WITH LOWS THROUGH THE
FIRST PART OF THE WORK WEEK AROUND OR A FEW DEGREES BELOW FREEZING.
HIGH TEMPERATURES SUNDAY WILL REMAIN IN THE MIDDLE 50S OR
LOWER...WITH SLIGHTLY WARMER TEMPERATURES ON MONDAY.
BY WEDNESDAY THOUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WORK WEEK THE AREA SHOULD
SEE A DECENT WARM UP. THERE WILL BE A DECENT UPPER RIDGE OVER THE
REGION. AND THE SURFACE HIGH IS EXPECTED TO SHIFT TO THE EAST OF
THE FORECAST AREA. THIS WILL BRING RETURN FLOW TO THE ARKLAMISS
REGION TO GIVE MUCH WARMER TEMPERATURES BY THE END OF THE WORK WEEK
WITH HIGHS IN THE 60S AND INTO THE MIDDLE 70S EXPECTED. HAVE WENT
AHEAD AND RAISED TEMPERATURES BY A COUPLE DEGREES FOR MOST SITES FOR
HIGHS WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...BRINGING TEMPERATURES CLOSER TO
ENSEMBLE GUI VALUES. MODELS ARE IN A BIT OF DISAGREEMENT AS TO WHEN
RAIN WILL RETURN TO THE ARKLAMISS REGION...BUT AT THIS TIME IT LOOKS
AS IF THE AREA SHOULD REMAIN DRY THROUGH AT LEAST FRIDAY...POSSIBLY
LONGER INTO THE WEEKEND./14/
&&
.AVIATION...THE MAIN FOCUS WILL TRYING TO TIME THE CONVECTION TODAY.
THIS WILL BE TOUGH AS A LARGE WINDOW WILL EXIST WHERE STORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE FORE SITES ALONG AND N OF I-20. MULTIPLE STORMS AND STORM
CLUSTERS ARE ANTICIPATED FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH EVENING. OUTSIDE
THE STORMS...MVFR CEILINGS WILL OCCUR FOR MOST SITES. SITES ALONG
AND S OF I-20 MAY SEE CEILINGS EXCEED 3 KFT AS TEMPS WARM TO THE MID
70S...BUT THESE WILL GET REDUCED NEAR STORMS AND THEN AGAIN BY
01-03Z. COLDER AIR WILL MOVE IN AFTER MIDNIGHT AND LOOK FOR IFR
CEILINGS TO DEVELOP.
IFR TO MVFR CEILINGS WILL REMAIN UNTIL SUNDAY WITH SOME LIFR
CONDITIONS POSSIBLE AS WELL. THERE WILL ALSO BE SOME LIGHT SNOW
DEVELOP OVER THE NE HALF OF THE AREA SAT NIGHT. ALL CONDITIONS
SHOULD IMPROVE BY SUN AFTERNOON. /CME/
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
JACKSON 75 52 53 32 / 68 90 43 31
MERIDIAN 75 56 57 32 / 80 83 60 49
VICKSBURG 75 50 52 32 / 62 100 30 20
HATTIESBURG 77 60 62 36 / 60 77 60 26
NATCHEZ 75 53 54 34 / 39 91 25 10
GREENVILLE 69 45 46 30 / 97 100 40 37
GREENWOOD 70 46 49 30 / 100 100 48 47
&&
.JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MS...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM NOON CST TODAY THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR
MSZ026>033-035>039-042>046-050>052.
LA...NONE.
AR...NONE.
&&
SHORT TERM: CME
LONG TERM: 14HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 509 AM CST FRI FEB 27 2009 ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-MSZ018-019-025>052-056>058-281115- ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND- MADISON LA-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- SMITH-JASPER-CLARKE- 509 AM CST FRI FEB 27 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF I-20 ACROSS SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST LOUISIANAN MOST OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY FOR AREAS BETWEEN HIGHWAY 82 AND I-20. SEVERAL SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS AND OTHER STORM CLUSTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THIS REGION AND THEY ALL COULD PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...BETWEEN QUARTER AND GOLF BALL SIZE WITH SOME HAIL STONES POSSIBLY LARGER WITH THE MOST INTENSE STORMS. OTHER RISKS WILL COME FROM DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES...ESPECIALLY FROM ANY SUPERCELL STORM THAT OCCURS CLOSER TO I-20. GENERALLY SPEAKING...THERE IS NO REAL SPECIFIC TIME WHEN STORMS WILL OCCUR. FORECASTS MODELS AND CONDITIONS APPEAR TO FAVOR A LARGE WINDOW OF TIME WHERE MULTIPLE SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AND INDIVIDUAL STORMS MOVE EAST SOUTHEAST WHILE ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY REDEVELOPS BACK TO THE WEST. THE RESULT COULD BE A RATHER HIGH END EVENT FOR A FOCUSED PORTION OF THE SERVICE AREA. DUE TO THE REPETITIVE NATURE OF THIS EVENT...SOME LOCATIONS WILL SEE MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF STORMS WHICH WILL RESULT IN LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. AREAS EAST OF I-55 AND BETWEEN I-20 AND HIGHWAY 82 LOOK TO HAVE THE GREATEST POTENTIAL TO SEE 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN. IF THIS OCCURS...FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE. AROUND AND AFTER MIDNIGHT...A MORE POTENT UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL HEAD OUR WAY AND HELP TO INCREASE STORM ACTIVITY ALONG THE COLD FRONT AS IT PUSHES EAST. LOCATIONS ALONG AND EAST OF THE NATCHEZ TRACE COULD SEE ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WITH HAIL AND WIND DAMAGE THE MAIN RISK. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY LIGHT SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY EVENING INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING FOR AREAS MAINLY ALONG AND NORTHEAST OF A GREENWOOD TO MERIDIAN LINE. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD REMAIN AT OR BELOW AN INCH. PLEASE CONTINUE TO CHECK BACK TO LATER FORECASTS CONCERNING THIS POSSIBLE WINTER WEATHER. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS...WILL BE NEEDED TODAY INTO TONIGHT. OTHERWISE...ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH NEXT THURSDAY. LAZ023>026-MSZ053>055-059>066-072>074-281115- FRANKLIN LA-CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA-CLAIBORNE-COPIAH-SIMPSON- JEFFERSON-ADAMS-FRANKLIN MS-LINCOLN-LAWRENCE-JEFFERSON DAVIS- COVINGTON-JONES-MARION-LAMAR-FORREST- 509 AM CST FRI FEB 27 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...MAINLY AREAS SOUTH OF I-20. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MAY BE POSSIBLE SOUTH OF I-20 THIS AFTERNOON. IF ONE CAN DEVELOP...IT WILL QUICKLY BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE...ALONG WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLY A TORNADO. THE BEST TIME FRAME FOR ANY SEVERE STORMS TO DEVELOP WILL BE AFTER MIDNIGHT AS THE COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN CONCERN DURING THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY 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 AND OVERNIGHT. OTHERWISE... ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH NEXT THURSDAY. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK. CME 14
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 316 AM CST FRI FEB 27 2009 MSZ018-270945- BOLIVAR MS- 316 AM CST FRI FEB 27 2009 A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTH OF ROSEDALE AT 316 AM CST...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. PEOPLE IN CENTRAL BOLIVAR COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. CAW
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 352 AM CST FRI FEB 27 2009 MSZ018-019-271020- BOLIVAR MS-SUNFLOWER MS- 352 AM CST FRI FEB 27 2009 A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF CLEVELAND AT 352 AM CST...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. PEOPLE IN CENTRAL SUNFLOWER AND CENTRAL BOLIVAR COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. CAW
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
359 AM CST FRI FEB 27 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0356 AM HAIL 2 NW CLEVELAND 33.76N 90.75W
02/27/2009 E0.25 INCH BOLIVAR MS EMERGENCY MNGR
&&
CMESPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 423 AM CST FRI FEB 27 2009 MSZ019-025-271105- SUNFLOWER MS-LEFLORE MS- 423 AM CST FRI FEB 27 2009 A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED OVER RULEVILLE AT 423 AM CST...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. PEOPLE IN NORTHERN LEFLORE AND EAST CENTRAL SUNFLOWER COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. CAW
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 166 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:59 UTC.
20 hail, 12 flash flood, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
An isolated severe thunderstorm caused penny size hail which covered the lawn. Some of the hail could have been larger.
An isolated severe thunderstorm dumped nickel size hail along Highway 82 just north of Moorhead.
An isolated severe storm caused nickel size hail near Itta Bena.
An isolated severe thunderstorm caused nickel size hail near Cleveland.
A swath of quarter to half dollar size hail fell across northern Sunflower County.
The first round of heavy rain occurred during the morning hours and produced locally heavy rainfall. This cluster of storms moved through the county and caused water to cover portions of U.S. Highway 51.
An isolated severe storm caused penny size hail near Minter City.
Numerous large limbs were blown down around West Point.
Penny sized hail fell just south of Caledonia.
A band of severe storms caused numerous large limbs to be downed around New Hope.
An isolated severe storm caused nickel size hail in southern Washington county.
An isolated severe storm produced a swath of quarter size hail just south of Lamont and across the extreme northern portion of Washington County. This hail swath continued into southeast Bolivar County as the storm moved just north of east.
An isolated severe storm caused nickel size hail in northern Sharkey county.
An isolated severe storm, which moved out of extreme northern Washington County, produced as swath of quarter size hail across southeast|Bolivar County.
An isolated severe thunderstorm caused nickel size hail near Shaw and across west central Sunflower County.
A series of heavy storms which crossed the county caused portions of two roads to be closed due to high water. The roads that were closed were, College Street and Military Road.
An isolated severe storm produced penny to nickel sized hail along a swath just to the north and northeast of the Zama Community.
A small swath of nickel sized occurred just west and north of Cleveland.
Several clusters of heavy rain producing storms caused numerous streets to flood around Starkville. The heavy storms also caused standing water and street flooding along Yates street and near Highway 12 by the Starkville Health Department Building.
Locally heavy rain fell across the northern portion of the county which resulted in several roads flooded within the community of Duck Hill and surrounding low lying areas.
Multiple clusters of heavy rain moved across the county from the afternoon through the early morning hours. Many roads were flooded across the southern portion of the county with several roads closed due to high water. Rainfall amounts between 5 and 8 inches fell across the area.
An isolated severe thunderstorm dumped golf ball size hail at Greenville Airport.
Multiple clusters of heavy rains and thunderstorms moved across most of Webster County. This rain event lasted for quite some time with multiple storms occurring from afternoon through the overnight hours. Flooding was extensive across the county with many roads flooded. Several roads were actually closed due to high water as 5 to 8 inches of rain fell across the area. A few homes were also flooded with a home around Mathiston having up to 4 feet of water in it.
A series of thunderstorms, which produced several rounds of heavy rain, moved across the county and caused road and street flooding. This rain event lasted for a long time as multiple rounds of heavy rain caused the flooding to linger from the afternoon hours until the morning hours of the 28th.
A series of heavy storms caused several roads and portions of U.S. Highway 61 to be covered with water near downtown Cleveland. Rainfall between 2 and 3 inches fell.
Several clusters of thunderstorms and heavy rainfall caused several flooded streets in and around Ruleville. Rainfall between two and four inches fell around the Ruleville area.
A few trees were blown down across County Road 26.
An isolated severe thunderstorm produced a swath of quarter size hail across central portions of the county, east to the Alabama state line.
A supercell thunderstorm caused a brief tornado near Prairie Point which touched down along Stoke Williams road. Six to eight trees along a tree line were damaged. A few trees had the tops twisted off and other trees were snapped or downed in a concentrated area. Max winds were around 73 mph.
Skirting was blown out from a few mobile homes.
A cluster of severe storms caused nickel size hail along Highway 182 in Starkville.
Multiple rounds of thunderstorms and heavy rainfall caused widespread flooding across the county. Several roads were closed during the heavy rainfall event. Rainfall totals between 4 and 6 inches fell across the county during the prolonged rain event.
Multiple rounds of thunderstorms and heavy rainfall caused widespread flooding across the county. Several roads were closed during the heavy rainfall event. Rainfall totals between 5 and 8 inches fell across the county during the prolonged rain event.
An isolated severe storm produced a swath of penny sized hail across nearly all of northern Kemper County before moving into Alabama.
Multiple clusters of thunderstorms and heavy rains caused several roads in Columbus and across the county to have water covering them. On some roads the asphalt was broken due to water. Rainfall totals between 5 and 8 inches of rain fell during this prolonged rain event.
A elevated supercell thunderstorm produced a swath of penny sized hail across all of Clay Couty from just north of Pheba, through West Point, and then continued east into northern Lowndes County.
An isolated severe storm caused penny size hail near Columbus AFB.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Mississippi in 2009Every state in 2009This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Mississippi, 2009Warnings in Mississippi, February 2009
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