Daytime heating combined with ample moisture to bring scattered storms to the region. Isolated severe storms brought some small hail and wind damage.
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The episode as NWS JAN wrote it up.
Daytime heating combined with ample moisture to bring scattered storms to the region. Isolated severe storms brought some small hail and wind damage.
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 7, 2:50 PM CST, 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 350 PM CDT THU MAY 7 2015 .DISCUSSION...THE WARM AND GENERALLY DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO EXIST IN THE SHORT TERM. THERE WILL BE SOME OPPORTUNITY FOR PARTS OF THE CWA TO SEE SOME ISO/SCT SHOWERS/TSRA...BUT THOSE LOCATIONS WILL BE MAINLY CONFINED TO THE FAR W/NW AREAS OF THE CWA INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON. WE COULD ALSO SEE LITTLE TO NO ACTIVITY IN THE CWA FOR SAT-SUN AS MORE CAPPING DEVELOPS AS RIDGING ALOFT BUILDS. TONIGHT INTO SUN WILL MAINLY BE A TEMP TYPE FORECAST AND PERSISTENCE WILL WEIGH HEAVILY IN THE PROCESS. OVERALL EXPECT THE CONTINUATION OF WARM AFTERNOONS WITH A STEADY WARMING TREND FOR OVERNIGHT LOWS. MAX TEMP RANGE WILL BE MAINLY 85-90 DEGREES DURING THIS PERIOD. LOWS WILL MAINLY RANGE BETWEEN 60-70 DEGREES WITH THE E/SE HALF SEEING THE COOLER READINGS TONIGHT AND FRI NGT AS THE SFC RIDGE WILL HAVE MORE INFLUENCE. THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY TO OUR W/NW FROM FRI- SUN. WE LOOK TO REMAIN FREE OF ANY OF THAT ACTIVITY UNTIL POSSIBLY VERY LATE IN THE SUN NGT PERIOD. THERE ARE INDICATIONS THAT OUR NW MAY CATCH THE DYING STAGES OF A CONVECTIVE COMPLEX AROUND SUNRISE MON. WHILE THERE HAS BEEN DISCUSSION OF INCREASED CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL ON MON...ALONG WITH SOME POTENTIAL FOR SVR STORMS...MUCH UNCERTAINTY EXISTS IN THE EVOLUTION OF ACTIVITY FROM LATE SUN NGT AND HOW IT MAY REALLY DISRUPT CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL ON MON. FOR NOW...THE BEST COURSE IS TO WAIT AND SEE WHAT THE MODELS OFFER INTO THE WEEKEND CONCERNING ANY RISK FOR MON. FOR THE REST OF THE WORK WEEK...OPPORTUNITIES FOR PRECIP LOOK TO EXIST WHICH IS AN INCREASE FROM MODEL RUNS A COUPLE DAYS AGO. ALSO...TEMPS LOOK TO BE ON THE COOLER SIDE AS A SFC BOUNDARY WILL BE NEAR THE CWA. /CME/ && .AVIATION...EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS FOR THE REST OF THE DAY. FOR OVERNIGHT LOOKING FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF AREAS OF IFR/MVFR DUE TO PATCHY FOG AND STRATUS MAINLY ACROSS THE SOUTHWESTERN AREAS. EXPECT CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES TO RISE BY 15Z. /17/ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... JACKSON 65 88 65 88 / 5 5 6 7 MERIDIAN 60 88 61 88 / 2 3 2 4 VICKSBURG 66 88 67 88 / 10 12 13 10 HATTIESBURG 62 89 63 89 / 3 3 3 4 NATCHEZ 66 86 67 86 / 11 15 11 10 GREENVILLE 67 88 67 88 / 6 19 13 17 GREENWOOD 65 87 65 87 / 4 11 12 10 && .JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MS...NONE. LA...NONE. AR...NONE. && CME/17/
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 213 PM CDT THU MAY 7 2015 ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 081915- ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND- MADISON-FRANKLIN-CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA-BOLIVAR-SUNFLOWER- LEFLORE-GRENADA-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-WEBSTER-CLAY-LOWNDES-CHOCTAW- OKTIBBEHA-WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS-HOLMES-ATTALA-WINSTON-NOXUBEE- ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY-YAZOO-LEAKE-NESHOBA-KEMPER-WARREN-HINDS-RANKIN- SCOTT-NEWTON-LAUDERDALE-CLAIBORNE-COPIAH-SIMPSON-SMITH-JASPER- CLARKE-JEFFERSON-ADAMS-LINCOLN-LAWRENCE-JEFFERSON DAVIS-COVINGTON- JONES-MARION-LAMAR-FORREST- 213 PM CDT THU MAY 7 2015 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 FRIDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY 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 WEDNESDAY. 21 && ...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/NWSJACKSONMS FOLLOW NWS JAN ON TWITTER... @NWSJACKSONMS PLEASE CONVERT ALL WEB ADDRESSES TO LOWER CASE BEFORE ENTERING!
The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 135 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:44 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Minor roof damage occurred. Several trees about 18 inches in diameter were uprooted and took down power lines. Some of these power lines were partially laying on Highway 124. Penny size hail also fell.
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