An upper level disturbance moved across the area and through the combination of cold temperatures aloft and daytime heating, showers and thunderstorms developed over the region. Some of the stronger storms caused isolated instances of hail and wind damage across portions of portions of northeast Louisiana and southern Mississippi.
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The episode as NWS JAN wrote it up.
An upper level disturbance moved across the area and through the combination of cold temperatures aloft and daytime heating, showers and thunderstorms developed over the region. Some of the stronger storms caused isolated instances of hail and wind damage across portions of portions of northeast Louisiana and southern Mississippi.
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 Apr 8, 3:35 AM CST, 2 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 435 AM CDT TUE APR 8 2014 .DISCUSSION... TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .HYDROLOGY...MODERATE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH ARE EXPECTED ON AVERAGE TODAY WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS TO ONE INCH POSSIBLE. THIS RAINFALL IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SERIOUSLY AGGRAVATE THE CURRENT FLOODING SITUATION...BUT ANY RAIN AT THIS POINT WILL RUN OFF QUICKLY AND POSSIBLY SLOW DOWN THE DRAINAGE PROCESS. /EC/ THERE ARE NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES REGARDING THE SET-UP FOR TODAY'S MARGINAL SEVERE WEATHER RISK. AN IMPRESSIVELY COLD MID/UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WITH H500 TEMPERATURES ~ -25 DEG C WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE LOWER MS VALLEY REGION TODAY. EXPECT A LINE OF SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS TO INCREASE IN ASSOCIATION WITH LIFT JUST AHEAD OF THE TROUGH AXIS AND MOVE INTO WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE ARKLAMISS BY MID MORNING AND INTO EASTERN MS BY EARLY AFTERNOON. JET ENERGY DIGGING SOUTHWARD AROUND THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE TROUGH WILL ENHANCE CYCLONIC FLOW AND PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR ADDITIONAL SCATTERED SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON. MOISTURE IS LIMITED...BUT THE TIMING OF THE TROUGH PASSAGE WILL LINE UP WITH MAXIMUM DAYTIME HEATING TO PRODUCE STEEP LOW-MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES AND SURFACE-BASED CAPE LIKELY EXCEEDING 700 J/KG. THIS COMBINATION OF LIFT AND INSTABILITY WILL YIELD LOW-TOP NEAR SURFACE- BASED THUNDERSTORMS. GIVEN LOW WET BULB ZERO HEIGHTS AROUND 6000 FT..SMALL HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH JUST ABOUT ANY STORM AND STRONG WIND GUSTS COULD CERTAINLY MIX DOWN GIVEN STEEP SUB-CLOUD LAPSE RATES/ENHANCED DOWNDRAFTS AND 30-35KTS OF LOW-MID LEVEL FLOW DEVELOPING IN THE AFTERNOON. WILL CONTINUE THE HAZARD PRODUCTS AS THEY ARE WITH A MENTION OF MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL AND 40-50 MPH WIND GUST POTENTIAL. AS WE GO INTO TONIGHT...EXPECT RAPID DIMINISHING OF THE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL WITH LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING AND LIFT ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEPARTING TROUGH. THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A RETURN TO DRY BUT SEASONABLY COOL CONDITIONS THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. /EC/ THURSDAY THROUGH NEXT TUESDAY...QUIET WEATHER IS CURRENTLY FORECAST FROM THURSDAY THROUGH AT LEAST THE FIRST HALF OF THE UPCOMING WEEKEND AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA. SOUTHERLY FLOW AT THE SURFACE AS HIGH PRESSURE POSITIONS ITSELF EAST OF THE REGION...AND QUASI-ZONAL FLOW ALOFT...WILL CAUSE CONDITIONS TO GRADUALLY WARM AND MOISTEN THROUGH THE WEEKEND. CLOUDS AND RAIN CHANCES WILL BE ON THE INCREASE THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND INTO MONDAY AS ANOTHER SYSTEM IS PROGGED TO PUSH INTO AND THROUGH THE CWA. JUST AS THE CASE WAS LAST NIGHT...THERE ARE SOME DISAGREEMENTS IN HOW THE GFS AND ECMWF DEVELOP THIS SYSTEM. HOWEVER...BOTH AGREE WITH THEIR TIMING OF SAID SYSTEM IN BRINGING IT INTO THE FORECAST AREA LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND EXITING IT MONDAY EVENING...WITH RAIN COMING TO AN END MONDAY NIGHT. BEHIND THIS SYSTEM...A COOLER DRIER AIRMASS IS EXPECTED TO ADVECT SOUTH INTO THE FORECAST AREA ON TUESDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE NORTHWEST. /19/ && .AVIATION...EXPECT DETERIORATING CONDITIONS TODAY FOR AVIATION INTERESTS AS SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY CONTAINING SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY SURFACE WINDS INCREASE OVER THE FORECAST AREA. CIGS WILL MOSTLY BE MVFR TO BORDER-LINE VFR CATEGORY THIS AFTERNOON...AND VSBY WILL OCCASIONALLY DROP DUE TO SHRA/TSRA ACTIVITY. EXPECT IMPROVING CONDITIONS THIS EVENING WITH A RETURN TO VFR CONDITIONS...BUT SOME FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. /EC/ && .JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MS...NONE. LA...NONE. AR...NONE. && EC/19/
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 545 AM CDT TUE APR 8 2014 ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 091045- 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- 545 AM CDT TUE APR 8 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS RISK...LIMITED TIMING...TODAY AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE MIDDAY AND AFTERNOON HOURS SHOULD TRIGGER SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION. SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE AND WIND GUSTS FROM 40 TO 50 MPH. IN ADDITION...MANY RIVERS AND STREAMS ACROSS THE REGION ARE RUNNING VERY HIGH DUE TO RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL. PLEASE CHECK LATEST FLOOD WARNINGS AND RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS FOR MORE DETAILS. (WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/GRAPHICAST.PHP?SITE=JAN&GC=2) .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY 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 FOR PORTIONS OF THE REGION TODAY. EC && ...HAZARD LEGEND... *SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS* EXTREME...CONFIDENT IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH WIND GUSTS OF 75 MPH OR GREATER AND/OR 2 INCH DIAMETER OR LARGER HAIL. HIGH...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE WITH WIND GUSTS OF 75 MPH OR GREATER AND/OR 2 INCH DIAMETER OR LARGER HAIL. ELEVATED...CONFIDENT IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH WINDS GUSTS OF 60 MPH OR GREATER AND/OR 1 INCH DIAMETER OR LARGER HAIL. LIMITED...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE WITH WIND GUSTS OF 60 MPH OR GREATER AND/OR 1 INCH DIAMETER OR LARGER HAIL. ...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 ...ADDITIONAL URLS FOR SEVERE WEATHER ISSUES... STORM PREDICTION CENTER (SPC)... WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/ SPC...MESO ANALYSIS... WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/EXPER/MESOANALYSIS/NEW/# SPC...DAY 1 THROUGH 3 OUTLOOKS... WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/PRODUCTS/OUTLOOK/ SPC...STORM REPORTS... WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/CLIMO/ NWS JAN CURRENT SVR/TOR WATCHES... WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/RTIMAGES/JAN/WATCH/TOASVA.PNG PLEASE CONVERT ALL WEB ADDRESSES TO LOWER CASE BEFORE ENTERING!
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 100 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:43 UTC.
7 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Water had covered the road on US Highway 80 at the Chunky River.
The hail was reported in the downtown area.
Trees were reported blown down in Lorman.
It was recorded at Natchez Hardy Airport.
Damaging winds blew down trees across Highway 51 south and ripped the flag off the pole at the Emergency Operations Center. Some trees were also blown down on Georgetown Road.
Several trees were blown down across Lincoln County and the city of Brookhaven with some minor power outages.
Trees were blown down in West Lincoln.
The Sheriff's office reported that trees had blown down across the county primarily in Monticello and Silver Creek.
Numerous trees were blown down across the county.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Mississippi in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Mississippi, April 2014
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