Gusty winds occurred behind a cold front which pushed through the region. One tree was downed as a result of these winds.
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The episode as NWS JAN wrote it up.
Gusty winds occurred behind a cold front which pushed through the region. One tree was downed as a result of these winds.
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 3, 9:05 AM CST, 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1005 AM CDT FRI MAY 3 2013
.UPDATE...LATEST SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWED AN UNSEASONABLE UPPER TROUGH
PIVOTING OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TOWARD THE MID TO LOWER
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. THIS WAS ASSOCIATED WITH STRONG COLD FRONT MOVING
THROUGH THE REGION WITH GOOD COLD AIR ADVECTION. AS OF LATE THIS MORNING
THE FRONT WAS PUSHING INTO EAST MISSISSIPPI AND SHOULD EXIT THE REGION
BY AFTERNOON...WHICH IS SLIGHTLY FASTER THAN EXPECTED. TEMPERATURES
BEHIND THE FRONT WERE IN THE 40S AND 50S...WHICH IS WELL BELOW NORMAL
FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR WITH NORMAL HIGHS AROUND 80. EXPECT THESE
TEMPS TO MOVE ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION FOR THIS AFTERNOON.
THE BEST LOW LEVEL MOISTURE CONVERGENCE WAS JUST EAST OF THE
INTERSTATE 55 CORRIDOR WHERE THE BEST RAIN COVERAGE WAS. AREA RADARS
WERE PICKING UP THE RAIN AS FAR WEST AS SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS INTO
CENTRAL LOUISIANA. SO WITH THE MOVEMENT OF THE FRONT AS ADJUSTED
POPS SOME FROM THE WEST. EXPECT THE ISOLATED THUNDER POTENTIAL TO
AFFECT THE EASTERN COUNTIES UNTIL EARLY AFTERNOON. HAVE ALSO
INCREASE THE WINDS SLIGHTLY ACROSS THE REGION WITH THE PRESSURE
GRADIENT BEHIND THE COLD FRONT FOR THIS AFTERNOON. ALSO WILL
MAINTAIN THE CURRENT FLOOD WATCH COVERAGE UNTIL 00Z. OTHERWISE THE
REST OF THE FORECAST APPEARS TO BE ON TRACK./17/
.PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...426 AM CDT FRI MAY 3 2013
.SHORT TERM...THE COLD FRONT WAS LOCATED NEAR THE MS RIVER THIS
MORNING...AREAS OF RAIN OBSERVED ALONG AND WELL AHEAD OF THE BROAD
BOUNDARY. SATELLITE AND RADAR OBSERVATIONS SHOW SIGNS OF DEVELOPMENT
IN THE REGION OF THE 850 TROUGH SOON TO EXIT EAST TEXAS. THIS
FEATURE IS FORECAST TO INTENSIFY SOMEWHAT AS IT TRACKS TO THE EAST
DUE TO INCREASING UPPER FORCING THAT WILL DEVELOP AS A DEEP UPPER
TROUGH SWINGS INTO THE ARKLATEX REGION THIS MORNING. AREAS OF RAIN
WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MOST OF THE ARKLAMISS REGION TODAY BUT THE MORE
IMPACTFUL WEATHER STORY FOR MANY WILL BE THE ADVECTION OF COLD
TEMPERATURES EXPECTED BEHIND THE LOW LEVEL TROUGH. A COOLER AIR MASS
WILL BEGIN TO MOVE IN BEHIND THE COLD FRONT THIS MORNING BUT COLDER
TEMPERATURES WILL PUSH IN ALONG AND BEHIND THE 850 MB TROUGH TODAY.
NEAR RECORD TEMPERATURES ARE ON TAP FOR TONIGHT. SEVERAL FACTORS
WILL INFLUENCE HOW COLD READINGS DROP BY SUNRISE SATURDAY...THE
PRIMARY ONE BEING CLOUD COVER THAT WILL EXIST IN THE WAKE OF THE LOW
LEVEL TROUGH AS THE LARGE UPPER LOW CENTER PIVOTS OVER THE FORECAST
AREA. FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW MOISTURE INCREASING SOMEWHAT INTO WRN
ZONES AFTER MIDNIGHT FOLLOWING DRYING EARLIER IN THE EVENING WHILE
CLOUD COVER PERSISTS OVER ERN ZONES THROUGH MOST OF THE OVERNIGHT
PERIOD. THIS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR LIGHT BUT PERSISTENT MIXING
OVERNIGHT ADD A CERTAIN DEGREE ON UNCERTAINTY FOR LOWS FOR TONIGHT.
EVEN WITH THIS UNCERTAINTY ON THE EXACT NUMBERS THAT WILL OCCUR
CONFIDENCE IS VERY HIGH THAT SATURDAY MORNING LOWS WILL RUN 15-20
DEGREES COOLER THAN NORMAL FOR EARLY MAY WITH RECORDS HIGHLY
POSSIBLE AT MANY AREAS.
A LARGE UPPER LOW WILL BE PARKED OVER THE AREA SATURDAY AND SATURDAY
NIGHT WITH WAVES OF MOISTURE ADVERTISED. THIS WILL MAINTAIN CHANCES
FOR SHOWERS...ESPECIALLY FOR AREA ALONG AND N OF I-20. THE PRESENCE
OF THE COOL AIR MASS AND THE LOW PRESSURE CENTER POSITIONED ACROSS
THE AREA WILL RESULT IN CONTINUING UNSEASONABLY COOL CONDITIONS FOR
THE REGION.
.LONG TERM...THE CUT-OFF UPPER LOW WILL BE SITUATED JUST
EAST/NORTHEAST OF THE ARKLAMISS ON SUNDAY GRADUALLY MAKING ITS WAY
EAST. A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE BOTH SUNDAY AND MONDAY
AFTERNOONS ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE CYCLONE...PRIMARILY FOR LOCATIONS
ALONG/NORTHEAST OF THE HWY 49 CORRIDOR. A LACK OF SUNSHINE SUNDAY
WILL ALLOW THE COLD SNAP FOR EARLY MAY TO PERSIST AS HIGHS IN THE
AFTERNOON STRUGGLE TO REACH THE MID 60S. A BIT MORE SUNSHINE IS
POSSIBLE ON MONDAY WHICH SHOULD ALLOW FOR SLIGHTLY WARMER TEMPS IN
VICINITY OF THE 70 DEGREE MARK MON AFTERNOON.
FAIRLY SEASONAL WEATHER IS THEN EXPECTED THROUGH MOST OF NEXT WEEK
AS EITHER ZONAL FLOW OR NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT PREVAILS DEPENDING
ON YOUR MODEL OF CHOICE. HIGHS MONDAY LOOK TO BE HEADED FOR THE LOW
70S FOR MOST AREAS WITH HIGHS TUE-FRI IN THE LOW 80S. ALL MODEL
SOLUTIONS POINT TOWARD QUIET WEATHER THROUGH THE MAJORITY OF THE
WEEK...BUT IT DOES LOOK LIKE RAIN CHANCES WILL RETURN IN THE FRI-SAT
TIME FRAME AS A WESTERN CONUS TROUGH SHIFTS INTO THE PLAINS AND GULF
MOISTURE STREAMS BACK NORTH. /BK/
&&
.AVIATION...A STRONG COLD FRONT PUSHING EAST ACROSS THE AREA IS
BRINGING WIDESPREAD LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WITH IFR CATEGORY
CIGS/VSBYS...AND THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE ENTIRE
FORECAST AREA FOR MOST OF THE AFTERNOON. IMPROVEMENT IS EXPECTED TO
TAKE PLACE THIS EVENING FROM WEST TO EAST WITH VFR CONDITIONS
DEVELOPING BEFORE SUNSET AT GLH/GWO/HKS/JAN AND THEN GTR/MEI/PIB/HBG
BY AROUND MIDNIGHT. EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS TO PREVAIL SATURDAY WITH A
BROKEN CUMULUS DECK DEVELOPING IN THE AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY AT
GLH/GWO WHERE A BETTER CHANCE FOR AFTERNOON SHOWERS WILL EXIST DUE
TO INFLUENCES FROM THE UPPER LOW. /EC/
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
JACKSON 60 39 63 42 / 84 32 29 30
MERIDIAN 65 41 65 42 / 84 54 32 30
VICKSBURG 53 39 63 44 / 82 19 29 28
HATTIESBURG 68 40 67 44 / 63 25 14 11
NATCHEZ 54 37 64 42 / 56 10 14 7
GREENVILLE 52 40 60 43 / 99 30 50 35
GREENWOOD 56 38 60 41 / 100 46 50 38
&&
.JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MS...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR MSZ018-019-025>028-034>037-
040>043-047-048-053-054-059>062.
LA...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026.
AR...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR ARZ074-075.
&&
17/03/BK/ECHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 548 AM CDT FRI MAY 3 2013 ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 041100- 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- 548 AM CDT FRI MAY 3 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT RAINFALL WILL BE WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE AREA AGAIN TODAY WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE. LOCAL FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE... PRIMARILY NEAR CREEKS AND STREAMS WHERE RAIN FROM THE LAST FEW DAYS HAS LEFT WATER LEVELS HIGH. A COLD FRONT WILL TRACK ACROSS THE REGION TODAY AND WILL BE FOLLOWED BY AN UPPER LOW THAT WILL REMAIN PARKED OVER THE REGION THROUGH THE WEEKEND. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES MAY OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE I-20 CORRIDOR. .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 IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH NEXT THURSDAY. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. 03
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
An oak tree fell across the Natchez Trace Parkway at mile marker 122. Rain soaked ground and gusty winds behind a cold front were likely contributors.
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