A strong cold front pushed across the region followed by an arctic air mass. A few strong thunderstorms developed and moved through the region along the advancing cold front.
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The episode as NWS JAN wrote it up.
A strong cold front pushed across the region followed by an arctic air mass. A few strong thunderstorms developed and moved through the region along the advancing cold front. In addition to strong gradient winds just behind the front, a few bouts of thunderstorm winds occurred with the most strongest storms. These winds caused some sporadic down trees along with some power outages.
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 Mar 3, 8:51 PM CST, 59 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 851 PM CST MON MAR 3 2014 .UPDATE... 1032MB SURFACE HIGH OVER THE OHIO VALLEY IS SLOWLY BUILDING E...WHICH SHOULD LESSEN THE PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER THE REGION TONIGHT. WINDS WILL LESSEN IN RESPONSE...WHICH WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO FALL SOME OVERNIGHT. ANOTHER UPPER DISTURBANCE LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY TOMORROW MORNING WILL APPROACH THE AREA AND BRING CHANCES FOR SOME MORE WINTRY WX IN THE FAR SW...MAINLY IN THE FORM OF A MIX OF FZRA/SLEET BEFORE TEMPS WARM ENOUGH TO CHANGE TO ALL RAIN. THIS LOOKS TO OCCUR ON THE END OF THE TONIGHT PERIOD. OVERALL...SURFACE WET BULB TEMPERATURES AROUND TO JUST BELOW FREEZING ARE FAVORABLE FOR SOME LIGHT SLEET/FREEZING RAIN. HOWEVER...DRY LOW/MID-LEVELS IN 00Z REGIONAL SOUNDINGS AND HOW MUCH SATURATION TAKES PLACE COULD LIMIT HOW QUICKLY AND FAR N MOISTURE ACTUALLY RETURNS. CURRENT FORECAST LOOKS GOOD WITH SOME HI-RES GUIDANCE A TOUCH SLOWER. FOR FORECAST ELEMENTS...DECIDED TO LOWER TEMPS A DEGREE OR TWO IN THE JACKSON AREA TO W/NW DELTA CLOSER TO ECMWF MOS AND LOW SURFACE WETBULB TEMPS...WHILE AREAS IN THE NE AND SE HAD TO BUMP UP A DEGREE OR TWO OVERNIGHT. ADJUSTED HOURLY TEMP/DEWPOINT CURVES ACCORDING TO CURRENT TRENDS. REST OF THE FORECAST IS ON TRACK. /DC/ && .AVIATION...WIDESPREAD MVFR CIGS WERE PREVAILING THIS EVENING AT ALL TAF SITES. THESE CONDS SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH 08Z BUT MODELS SUGGEST THIS LAYER WILL BECOME SCATTERED BY MORNING AS HIGH AND MID LAYER CLOUDS INCREASE FROM THE SW. VFR CONDS WL PREVAIL AT MOST LOCATIONS TUE BUT HBG MAY DROP BACK TO MVFR CONDS DUE TO CIGS AS THE RAIN SETS IN. NORTH WINDS WL BECOME LIGHTER TONIGHT AND THEN BECOME NELY TUE. /22/ && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 350 PM CST MON MAR 3 2014/ DISCUSSION... MUCH BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES TODAY AND TOMORROW WITH LIGHT/ MODERATE RAIN SPREADING INTO SOUTH MS/LA BY MID MORNING TUESDAY. A SLOW WARM UP WILL OCCUR ON WEDNESDAY BEFORE OUR NEXT WEATHER SYSTEM WED NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES STRUGGLED TODAY WITH STRONG CAA WITH STRATUS CLOUD DECK WHICH KEPT READINGS IN THE MID 20S NORTH TO UPPER 30S SOUTH. THESE VALUES ARE ABOUT 25-30F BELOW NORMAL AND THIS TREND WILL CONTINUE INTO TOMORROW AS WELL. WIDESPREAD FREEZING TEMPS EXPECTED IN THE LOW TO UPPER 20S WITH ONLY A WARM UP INTO THE UPPER 30S TO THE MID 40S WHILE STILL UNDER CLOUDY SKIES. A QUICK MOVING S/WV WILL MOVE ACROSS THE LOWER MS VALLEY TOMORROW MORNING, INCITING ENOUGH LIFT FOR PRECIPITATION DEVELOPMENT. AT THE ONSET OF PRECIPITATION IT COULD BE POSSIBLE FOR A BRIEF SLEET/ FREEZING RAIN/RAIN MIX TO OCCUR ACROSS FAR SW MS AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF NE LA. THREE FACTORS THAT WILL DETRACT FROM IMPACTS WILL BE DRY LOW-LVL POCKET, WARM NOSE TEMPERATURES, AND PRECIPITATION TIMING. BOTH NAM/GFS BUFR SOUNDINGS SUGGEST DRY POCKET WILL EXIST AND WET-BULBING WILL HAVE TO TAKE PLACE IN ORDER TO 1) HELP SATURATION AND 2) BRING THE PROGGED WARM NOSE TEMP /5-7C/ DOWN TOWARDS 2-3C. ALSO, HI-RES OUTPUT SUGGESTS GREATER SATURATION MAY NOT OCCUR UNTIL 14-16Z WHEN SURFACE TEMPS WILL BE RISING NEAR FREEZING. THOSE REASON STATED, WILL NOT PLACE ANY HEADLINES AND KEEP HWO CLEAR. LIGHT RAIN WILL EXIT SOUTHERN AREAS TUESDAY NIGHT WITH THE ARKLAMISS IN BETWEEN SYSTEMS ON WEDNESDAY BEING WARMER AND DRIER. BY WED NIGHT HOWEVER, A HIGHER AMPLITUDE AND STRONGER WAVE COMPARED TO TOMORROWS WILL SWING ACROSS THE MID MS VALLEY INTO THURSDAY MORNING. THIS WILL BRING A SOLID H5 COLD POCKET OF -26C VALUES WITH GOOD VERTICAL MOTION. IT APPEARS THAT THE HWY-82 CORRIDOR MAY BE A TOUCH TOO WARM TO SUPPORT SNOW ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE SURFACE. HAVE GONE WITH ELEVATED PRECIPITATION CHANCES WED NIGHT INTO THURS MORNING IN THE FORM OF RAIN FOR NOW BUT LOW-LVL TEMP TRENDS WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED. FOR FORECAST ELEMENTS...MAV POPS WERE RAISED ACROSS FAR SOUTH MS GIVEN STRONG CONFIDENCE OF MEASURING NEAR KHBG WHILE STICKING CLOSE TO MAV TEMPS WITH SOME WEIGHT TOWARDS EC MOS. RAW NWP TEMPS AND BUFR SOUNDINGS SUGGEST MAV MOS LOOK APPROPRIATE FOR HIGHS WEDNESDAY. /ALLEN/ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... JACKSON 25 41 31 60 / 3 20 11 6 MERIDIAN 26 45 34 61 / 3 29 18 6 VICKSBURG 24 38 28 58 / 10 15 10 10 HATTIESBURG 28 43 37 64 / 5 79 37 14 NATCHEZ 25 39 29 59 / 10 42 17 9 GREENVILLE 21 37 25 54 / 3 6 7 12 GREENWOOD 21 41 26 58 / 2 8 8 8 && .JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MS...NONE. LA...NONE. AR...NONE. && DC/22/ALLEN
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 224 PM CST MON MAR 3 2014 ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 042030- 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- 224 PM CST MON MAR 3 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND TUESDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY 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 SUNDAY. 26 && ...HAZARD LEGEND... NO SHORT TERM HAZARDS EXPECTED. ...USEFUL WEATHER WEB PAGES (URLS)... NWS JAN HOME PAGE... WWW.WEATHER.GOV/JAN STAY AWARE, STAY SAFE NWS JAN BRIEFING PAGE... WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN/?N=SAFE FIND NWS JAN ON FACEBOOK... WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.JACKSONMS.GOV FOLLOW NWS JAN ON TWITTER... @NWSJACKSONMS PLEASE CONVERT ALL WEB ADDRESSES TO LOWER CASE BEFORE ENTERING!
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
There were power outages between Wisner and Gilbert which was associated with gusty winds and a few storms. This was associated with a strong cold front which had pushed through the area.
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