A low pressure system brought showers and thunderstorms to the region. Some of the storms produced some hail, damaging winds, and flash flooding.
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The episode as NWS JAN wrote it up.
A low pressure system brought showers and thunderstorms to the region. Some of the storms produced some hail, damaging winds, and flash flooding.
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 Jan 24, 4:30 AM CST, 2 hours 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 430 AM CST SUN JAN 24 2010 .SHORT TERM...OUR LARGE AND DYNAMIC UPPER LOW CONTINUES TO EVOLVE AND SPIN ACROSS THE CENTRAL CONUS THIS MORNING. THE MAIN SYNOPTIC SFC LOW CONTINUES TO DEEPEN AND IS CURRENTLY CENTERED OVER THE MIDWEST. OUR AREA HAS A PRE-FRONTAL TROUGH ACROSS THE FAR E COUNTIES EARLY THIS MORNING WHICH IS AN EXTENSION OF THAT MAIN SFC LOW AND A REFLECTION OF A S/W SPOKE ROTATING THROUGH THE LARGE UPPER LOW. THE MAIN ZONE OF CONVECTION IS FOCUSED WITHIN THAT PRE-FRONTAL TROUGH AND THAT ACTIVITY SHOULD CONTINUE TO EVOLVE AND PROGRESS EASTWARD THROUGH 13Z. INSTABILITY IS ACTUALLY INCREASING ACROSS THE FAR SE COUNTIES AND THERE REMAINS A OUTSIDE SHOT AT GETTING A STRONG/SVR STORM THROUGH 13Z. RADAR TRENDS OVER THE PAST 30 MIN HAVE SHOWN AND UPWARD TREND ACROSS OUR S CWA AND OVER SE LA. MID 60S SFC DEWPTS HAVE MOVED INTO THE HBG AREA AND TRENDS ON STORMS DOWN THAT WAY WILL HAVE TO BE WATCHED CLOSELY. AS FOR POPS...I WILL GO WITH A PRE FIRST PERIOD TO COVER CURRENT ACTIVITY. I WILL ALSO TAKE A LAST MIN LOOK AT RADAR TRENDS AND ADJ THE E/SE AREAS FOR POPS/WX AS NEEDED. THE REST OF THE AREA...W OF THE SFC TROUGH...IS GETTING A DRY SLOT IN THE LOWER LEVELS WITH SOME MID CLOUDS STREAMING OVER HEAD AS STRONG ASCENT CONTINUES EARLY THIS MORNING. LOOK FOR ALL CLOUDS TO SHIFT E THIS MORNING AND GIVE MAY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES. THE COLD FRONT REMAINS TO THE NW OF THE AREA AND WILL MAKE A RUN AT THE NW CWA LATER TODAY. THE FORECAST BECOME MORE INTERESTING ACROSS THAT AREA LATER AS VERY STEEP LAPSE RATES SPREAD OVER THE AREA AS THE UPPER COLD CORE SHIFTS E/SE. ADDITIONALLY...WARM SFC CONDITIONS AND SOME LL MOISTURE CONV IN ADVANCE OF THE SFC FRONT WILL PROVIDE SOME INSTABILITY. GUID IS OFFERING 400-700 J/KG OF SBCAPE WITH VERTICAL TOTALS 29-31C. MID LEVEL TEMPS WILL BE FALLING TO -22C TO -26C AND THE RESULTING LIS WILL RANGE FROM -2 TO -4. I CAN SEE SOME ISO SHRA/TSRA DEVELOP ALONG ANY CONVERGENCE ZONE. WITH THE ENVIRONMENT I MENTIONED ABV IN PLACE...ANY ROBUST UPDRAFT COULD SUPPORT DIME TO NICKEL SIZED HAIL. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE RATHER SHALLOW WITH TOPS 19-23 KFT AT BEST. BUT THE COLD TEMPS ALOFT AND LOW WET BULB ZERO HGTS WILL SUPPORT HAIL. I WILL MENTION THIS RISK IN THE HWO FOR THE NW AREAS WITH THE PRIMARY TIME BEING BETWEEN 3-8 PM. TEMPS TODAY WILL WARM AND LIKE PREV DAYS...WILL USE A BLEND OF THE GFS/NAM WITH A LEAN TOWARD THE WARMER NAM. SFC WINDS WILL BE SW TO W AND AROUND 10 MPH ON AVG. DEEPER MIXING WILL SUPPORT SOME GUSTS CLOSE TO 20 MPH. THE COLD FRONT WILL SHIFT THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT AND ALLOW SKIES TO CLEAR AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUID LOW TEMPS SEEMED GOOD AS THERE WILL REMAIN SOME SORT OF PRES GRADIENT INTO MON. DURING MON...THERE WILL BE DECENT CAA AS A BETTER PUSH OF COOLER AIR MOVES S. GUID TEMPS SEEM OK BUT COULD BE A TAD COOLER THAN WHAT I CURRENTLY HAVE GOING. I WILL TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THAT AND MAY ADJ. DECENT WINDS LOOK POSSIBLE ACROSS THE N HALF MON AS DECENT MIXING OCCURS. A LAKE WIND ADV MAY BE NEEDED DURING THAT TIME. /CME/ .LONG TERM...(TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY)...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE IN CONTROL TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT BRINGING MOST CLEAR SKIES TO THE REGION...ALONG WITH SEASONAL TEMPERATURES. A SLIGHTLY WARMER DAY CAN BE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AS THE HIGH PRESSURE SHIFTS OFF TO THE EAST AND SOUTHERLY WINDS DEVELOP IN ITS WAKE. THE SOUTH WINDS WILL BEGIN TO FUNNEL GULF MOISTURE INTO THE REGION IN ADVANCE OF A S/WV TROF CROSSING THE DESERT SOUTHWEST. GFS/ECMWF/GEFS IN DECENT AGREEMENT WITH THE PLACEMENT OF THIS FEATURE WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING ALTHOUGH THE ECMWF MAINTAINS A DEEPER/CLOSED LOW THURSDAY MORNING. AS A RESULT...AND AS WAS THE CASE LAST NIGHT...THE GFS IS FASTER WITH THE OVERALL PROGRESSION OF THIS SYSTEM. THE GEFS MEAN HOWEVER PROVIDES MORE SUPPORT FOR ITS OPERATIONAL MEMBER THAN IT DID LAST NIGHT PROVIDING HIGHER CONFIDENCE IN THIS SOLUTION OVER THE SLOWER ECMWF. WITH THAT IN MIND IT APPEARS LIGHT RAIN WILL BEGIN OVERSPREADING NORTHWESTERN ZONES LATE WED/EARLY THURS AS THE LOW LEVELS SATURATE IN WARM/MOIST ISENTROPIC LIFT REGIME. RAIN CHANCES WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH THE DAY THURSDAY AS THE S/WV AND ATTENDANT SURFACE LOW CROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. THE GFS SHOWS AN AXIS OF MUCAPE >400J/KG ACCOMPANIED BY NEGATIVE SHOWALTER INDICES OVERSPREADING SOUTHWESTERN ZONES THURSDAY AFTERNOON AHEAD OF THE SFC LOW AND COMBINED WITH SUFFICIENT DEEP LAYER LIFT SHOULD SUPPORT ELEVATED CONVECTION IN THIS AREA. THE ELEVATED THUNDER POSSIBILITY WILL SPREAD NORTH AND EAST THROUGH THE EVENING THURSDAY AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS ALTHOUGH MORE SURFACE BASED CONVECTION MAY BECOME POSSIBLE FRIDAY NIGHT SOUTH OF I-20 AS MORE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IS DRAWN INTO THE REGION AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. IF SURFACE BASED CONVECTION CAN GET GOING SOUTH OF I-20 THURS EVENING...A STRONG TO SEVERE STORM OR TWO CAN NOT BE RULED OUT GIVEN 0-6KM SHEAR 45-50KT+ AND 0-1KM SHEAR 30KT+. DUE TO TIMING UNCERTAINTIES AS WELL AS UNCERTAINTY IN SURFACE BASED CONVECTION ACTUALLY BEING REALIZED WILL OMIT MENTION IN HWO THIS PACKAGE. COLD SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL QUICKLY MOVE INTO THE REGION BEHIND THE FRONT ON FRIDAY. BOTH THE GFS AND THE ECMWF SHOW ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE HANGING ON BEHIND THE FRONT...WITH GFS MOS KEEPING CHANCE POPS GOING ACROSS NORTHERN ZONES ALL THE WAY INTO SATURDAY MORNING. TEMPS ACROSS NORTHERN ZONES WILL FALL INTO THE MID 30S FRIDAY EVENING AND WITH SUFFICIENT MOISTURE EXPECTED TO BE HANGING ON FOR LIGHT PRECIP WILL INCLUDE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW MIXING IN WITH THE RAIN ACROSS THIS AREA FRIDAY EVENING. SKIES WILL GRADUALLY CLEAR SATURDAY MORNING AS THE COLD/DRY AIRMASS TAKES HOLD OF THE REGION. BELOW NORMAL TEMPS CAN BE EXPECTED SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING AS A RESULT WITH A RETURN TO NEAR NORMAL AFTERNOON HIGHS ON SUNDAY AS SOUTHERLY FLOW REDEVELOPS BEHIND THE HIGH PRESSURE AS IT SHIFTS TO THE EAST. GFS MOS TEMPS GENERALLY ACCEPTED ALTHOUGH DID CUT TOWARD ENSEMBLE GUIDANCE EARLY IN THE PERIOD AND THEN AGAIN SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. /BK/ && .AVIATION...LOOK FOR SOME LINGERING MVFR CEILINGS AND POSSIBLY PRECIP ACROSS THE EASTERN SITES BETWEEN 10-13Z BEFORE THINGS BEGIN TO IMPROVE BETWEEN 12-14Z. LOOK FOR SOME CLOUDS TODAY...BUT VFR CONDITIONS WILL DOMINATE. SFC WINDS WILL BE OUT OF THE SW BECOMING MORE W-ERLY TODAY. SUSTAINED WINDS WILL RANGE FROM 8-12 KTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THERE IS SOME CHANCE FOR 2800-3000 FT CEILINGS TO DEVELOP LATE AFTERNOON/EVE (21-02Z) ACROSS THE NW AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THAT PART OF THE AREA. ADDITIONALLY...ISO SHRA OR EVEN A TSRA COULD BE POSSIBLE DURING THAT TIME FOR THAT NW AREA. /CME/ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... JACKSON 68 40 58 36 / 12 2 0 0 MERIDIAN 69 41 58 33 / 61 0 2 0 VICKSBURG 67 40 58 36 / 9 10 0 0 HATTIESBURG 70 44 63 36 / 62 0 0 0 NATCHEZ 67 40 61 37 / 8 0 0 0 GREENVILLE 63 41 54 33 / 23 17 0 0 GREENWOOD 65 40 54 35 / 20 17 2 0 && .JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MS...NONE. LA...NONE. AR...NONE. && CME/BK/
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 503 AM CST SUN JAN 24 2010 ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-MSZ018-019-025>028-034>036-040>042- 251115- ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND- BOLIVAR-SUNFLOWER-LEFLORE-GRENADA-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-WASHINGTON- HUMPHREYS-HOLMES-ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY-YAZOO- 503 AM CST SUN JAN 24 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...A PORTION OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING AND BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR SMALL HAIL. THIS ACTIVITY WILL DEVELOP NEAR THE ACTUAL COLD FRONT AND BE AIDED BY COLD TEMPERATURES ALOFT. DIME TO NICKEL SIZED HAIL LOOKS TO BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. THE PRIMARY TIME FRAME FOR THIS ACTIVITY WILL BE BETWEEN 3 AND 8 PM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY 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 SATURDAY. LAZ016-023>026-MSZ029>033-037>039-043>066-072>074-251115- MADISON LA-FRANKLIN LA-CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA-WEBSTER-CLAY- LOWNDES-CHOCTAW-OKTIBBEHA-ATTALA-WINSTON-NOXUBEE-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- 503 AM CST SUN JAN 24 2010 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...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY 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 SATURDAY. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK. CME
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</html>SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 246 AM CST SUN JAN 24 2010 MSZ051-052-057-058-240935- CLARKE MS-JASPER MS-NEWTON MS-LAUDERDALE MS- 246 AM CST SUN JAN 24 2010 A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF PAULDING AT 246 AM CST...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. 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 SOUTHWESTERN LAUDERDALE...SOUTHEASTERN NEWTON... NORTHEASTERN JASPER AND NORTHWESTERN CLARKE COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. COHEN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 305 AM CST SUN JAN 24 2010 MSZ046-052-240955- LAUDERDALE MS-KEMPER MS- 305 AM CST SUN JAN 24 2010 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING THE MERIDIAN AREA... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTH OF NELLIEBURG AT 304 AM CST...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. 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 EASTERN KEMPER AND LAUDERDALE COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. COHEN
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
342 AM CST SUN JAN 24 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0303 AM HAIL 3 NW MERIDIAN 32.41N 88.75W
01/24/2010 E0.50 INCH LAUDERDALE MS TRAINED SPOTTER
ONE-QUARTER TO ONE-HALF INCH SIZE HAIL LASTED FOR 3
MINUTES.
&&
ACOHENSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 539 AM CST SUN JAN 24 2010 MSZ051-052-056>058-065-066-241205- COVINGTON MS-JONES MS-SMITH MS-CLARKE MS-JASPER MS-NEWTON MS- LAUDERDALE MS- 539 AM CST SUN JAN 24 2010 A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE FROM ORANGE TO MOSS AT 537 AM CST...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. PEOPLE IN LAUDERDALE...SOUTHERN NEWTON...JASPER...CLARKE...AND NORTHERN JONES COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THESE STORMS CLOSELY. BK
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 641 AM CST SUN JAN 24 2010 MSZ058-241310- CLARKE MS- 641 AM CST SUN JAN 24 2010 A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTH OF DE SOTO AT 642 AM CST...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. 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 SOUTHEAST CLARKE COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. CME
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 124 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 12:48 UTC.
2 hail, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Several streets and roads were flooded around Hattiesburg from 1 to 1.5 inches which fell in less than an hour.
Dime to nickel sized hail fell near and west of Shaw.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Mississippi in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in Mississippi, January 2010
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 212907, 211837, 211836.