Scattered thunderstorms developed across the region this day and one storm produced some wind damage across Neshoba County, just east of Philadelphia. An additional severe storm developed on the 24th and produced penny sized hail near Prentiss.
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The episode as NWS JAN wrote it up.
Scattered thunderstorms developed across the region this day and one storm produced some wind damage across Neshoba County, just east of Philadelphia. An additional severe storm developed on the 24th and produced penny sized hail near Prentiss.
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 May 22, 2:03 PM CST, 47 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 303 PM CDT FRI MAY 22 2009 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...SHOWERS ARE CURRENTLY MOVING ACROSS OUR AREA FROM THE EAST AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE GULF SLOWLY MAKES ITS WAY NORTH TOWARDS THE LOUISIANA COAST. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING...BUT WITH LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING THE SHOWERS SHOULD DIMINISH SOMEWHAT OVERNIGHT. PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES INCREASE TO NEAR 2.0 INCHES ON SATURDAY OUT AHEAD OF THE LOW THAT THE MODELS MOVE THROUGH THE CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE STATE. THE EURO IS SLOWER AND A LITTLE BIT FURTHER TO THE WEST THAN THE GFS WITH THE MOVEMENT OF THE LOW AND THIS WILL DICTATE THE AREAS OF THE HEAVY RAINFALL. THE EURO OVERALL SEEMS TO HAVE HANDLED THIS LOW BETTER THAN THE GFS SO WILL LEAN THAT WAY. WITH THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE LOW...HEAVY RAINFALL IS LIKELY MAINLY FOR AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. WILL CONTINUE TO MENTION 2-3 INCH WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS FOR THESE AREAS IN THE HWO. THE LOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE NORTHWEST SUNDAY NIGHT AND AGAIN WITH THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE LOW HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO BE LIKELY OVER THE AREA UNTIL THE LOW SHIFTS TO THE NORTH SUNDAY MORNING. DIURNAL CONVECTION IS LIKELY TO FORM AGAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND THE MODELS DO INDICATE MORE INSTABILITY OVER THE AREA WITH ML CAPES UP NEAR 1000 J/KG SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE CONVECTION SHOULD DISSIPATE DURING THE EVENING SUNDAY. STUCK CLOSE TO GUIDANCE TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE PERIOD...BUT DID RAISE ABOVE POP GUIDANCE MAINLY SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. LEANING TOWARDS THE SLOWER AND FURTHER WEST SOLUTION OF THE EURO WILL BUMP UP POPS ABOVE GUIDANCE FOR MOST OF THE AREA SATURDAY AND SIGNIFICANTLY ABOVE SATURDAY NIGHT. STUCK CLOSE TO POP GUIDANCE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD./15/ .LONG TERM...THE WESTERLIES WILL BECOME MORE ACTIVE OVER THE REGION DURING THE EARLY TO MIDDLE PORTIONS OF NEXT WEEK AS A COLD FRONT SAGS SOUTHWARD AND EVENTUALLY PUSHES INTO THE FORECAST AREA BY LATE NEXT WEEK. RAIN CHANCES WILL CONTINUE EACH DAY FOR DIURNALLY DRIVEN CONVECTION. INSTABILITY WILL BE GREATER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY COULD BE MORE PREVALENT THAN EXPERIENCED THIS WEEKEND. /EC/ && .AVIATION...CEILINGS HAVE RISEN ABOVE 3000FT THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE AREA WITH LOWER CEILINGS TO THE SOUTH. REGIONAL RADARS ARE SHOWING AN INCREASE IN COVERAGE OF SHOWERS ACROSS THE WHOLE REGION. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING BEFORE COVERAGE DECREASES. MVFR/IFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES ARE EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF THE AREA TONIGHT BEFORE WIDESPREAD RAIN MOVES BACK OVER THE AREA SATURDAY MORNING. THE RAIN WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD AND HEAVIER IN INTENSITY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE CURRENTLY OVER THE CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO LIFTS NORTHWARD AND CLOSER TO THE AREA. /22/ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... JACKSON 66 75 66 80 / 44 85 81 59 MERIDIAN 66 76 68 80 / 52 89 82 56 VICKSBURG 66 77 66 81 / 37 74 70 61 HATTIESBURG 66 78 68 82 / 66 95 53 66 NATCHEZ 66 77 66 81 / 54 60 49 57 GREENVILLE 66 76 67 77 / 33 68 73 66 GREENWOOD 65 76 66 77 / 37 78 82 62 && .JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MS...NONE. LA...NONE. AR...NONE. && 15/EC/22
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 118 PM CDT FRI MAY 22 2009 ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 231830- 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- 118 PM CDT FRI MAY 22 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND SATURDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE LIFTS NORTHWARD ACROSS THE ARKLAMISS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL MAY CAUSE LOCAL DRAINAGE AND RUNOFF PROBLEMS IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS. AREAS ESPECIALLY AT RISK ARE ALONG THE BIG BLACK AND YAZOO RIVERS AS WELL AS THE TRIBUTARIES OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER DUE TO EXISTING HIGH STREAM FLOW. .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 THURSDAY. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK. 22
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 106 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:49 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
One barn and two sheds were destroyed and one tree was blown down.
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