Severe thunderstorms produced large hail and damaging winds on the 2nd and 3rd of April.
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The episode as NWS JAN wrote it up.
Severe thunderstorms produced large hail and damaging winds on the 2nd and 3rd of April.
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 2, 2:35 PM CST, 22 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 335 PM CDT THU APR 2 2015 .SHORT TERM...LOOKS LIKE A VERY WET FORECAST IN STORE FOR THE ARKLAMISS FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. FOR THIS EVENING EXPECT THE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THAT ARE OCCURRING OVER THE AREA TO DISSIPATE QUICKLY AFTER SUNSET WITH MAINLY PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES PREVAILING OVERNIGHT. BY LATE FRIDAY MORNING A COLD FRONT WILL BE POISED ACROSS ARKANSAS AND WILL MOVE INTO THE DELTA BY LATE AFTERNOON. A FEW SHOWERS MAY DEVELOP OUT AHEAD OF THE BOUNDARY DURING THE AFTERNOON ACROSS THE AREA...BUT WITH STRONG CAPPING BETWEEN H700-H850 OVER MUCH OF THE AREA EXPECT THE ACTIVITY TO BE VERY ISOLATED. THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE DELTA BY THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS AND MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AS THE BOUNDARY MOVES ACROSS THE AREA WITH THE BEST CHANCES FOR SEVERE NORTH OF THE I-20 CORRIDOR. DEEP LAYER SHEAR WILL RANGE FROM 45-50KTS...H7-H5 LAPSE RATES WILL BE 6.5-7.0 C/KM AND MU CAPES OF 1500-2000. LIMITING FACTORS ARE H500 HEIGHTS AND H500 TEMPERATURES OF AROUND -10 TO -11. THE MAIN RISK CONTINUES TO BE DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS MAINLY ALONG AND JUST OUT AHEAD OF THE BOUNDARY. SLIGHTLY LARGER HAIL CANNOT BE RULED OUT WITH SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS...BUT WITH H500 TEMPS ONLY -10 OR SO...QUARTER SIZED HAIL OR SMALLER LOOKS LIKE IT WILL BE THE MOST PREDOMINATE. AS THE BOUNDARY MOVES SOUTH OF I-20 LATER IN THE EVENING...A COMBINATION OF THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING...DEEP LAYER SHEAR AND INSTABILITY DECREASING...THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SHOULD BEGIN TO WEAKEN. A STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE STORM WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE THOUGH...SO WILL CONTINUE TO LEAVE LIMITED CHANCES FOR SEVERE FOR AREAS SOUTH OF THE I-20 CORRIDOR...BEFORE THE BOUNDARY MOVES SOUTH OF THE AREA BY AROUND 3AM OR SO. THERE COULD BE SOME LINGERING SHOWERS IN THE SOUTH SATURDAY MORNING...BUT HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN OVER THE REGION ON SATURDAY AND THIS WILL CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY...BUT ONCE AGAIN MOISTURE WILL INCREASE AND RAINSHOWERS WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. FOR THE MOST PART EXPECT THE ACTIVITY TO REMAIN SHOWERY SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY NIGHT AS THE MODELS SUGGEST POSITIVE SHOWALTERS...BUT EXPECT AT LEAST EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AS INSTABILITY INCREASES. MOST OF THE LONG TERM HAS NOT CHANGED BEYOND SUNDAY NIGHT...SO WILL ATTACH THE APPLICABLE PORTIONS OF THE LONG TERM DISCUSSION BELOW./15/ PREVIOUS LONG TERM DISCUSSION...BY MONDAY MORNING LOWER 60 DEGREE DEW POINTS AND INCH AND A HALF PWS WILL BE BACK OVER OUR CWA. MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY CONVECTION WILL BE MOSTLY DIURNALLY DRIVEN. TUESDAY NIGHT THOUGH A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL DRIFT INTO THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF OUR CWA AND SERVE TO FOCUS CONVECTION. AS BROAD TROUGHING ALOFT REMAINS OVER THE WESTERN CONUS THE RESULTING SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT LOOKS TO BRING SEVERAL SHORTWAVES THAT WILL COMBINE WITH THE BOUNDARY...ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND DAYTIME HEATING FOR PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. MODEL RUN ACCUMULATIONS OF THE GFS AND ECMWF SHOW SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN DURING THIS PERIOD AND MAINLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20. /22/ && .AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE EARLY PORTION OF THE EVENING. THOUGH ISOLATED SHRA/TSRA COULD BRING BRIEF FLIGHT CATEGORY REDUCTIONS MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON. OVERNIGHT...CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DETERIORATE INTO MVRF/IFR RANGE AREAWIDE AS LOW STRATUS AND PATCHY FOG DEVELOP. THOUGH VISBYS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE...CIGS MAY NOT RETURN TO VFR UNTIL LATE MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON. TS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. SW WINDS WILL BE GUSTY AT TIMES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN DURING THE DAYTIME FRIDAY...WITH GUSTS IN THE 25-30 KT RANGE POSSIBLE. /DL/ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... JACKSON 65 83 48 66 / 10 30 76 6 MERIDIAN 61 82 46 67 / 14 21 66 8 VICKSBURG 66 81 47 66 / 11 45 76 4 HATTIESBURG 63 83 56 69 / 8 20 44 18 NATCHEZ 67 83 48 66 / 10 27 65 12 GREENVILLE 65 77 44 64 / 18 70 48 3 GREENWOOD 66 79 44 65 / 20 63 60 3 && .JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MS...NONE. LA...NONE. AR...NONE. && 15/DL
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 228 PM CDT THU APR 2 2015 ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-MSZ018-019-025-026-034-035-031930- ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND- BOLIVAR-SUNFLOWER-LEFLORE-GRENADA-WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS- 228 PM CDT THU APR 2 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND THE ARKLAMISS DELTA REGION OF MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND FRIDAY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THREAT...ELEVATED TIMING...FRIDAY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND QUARTER SIZE OR LARGER HAIL ARE EXPECTED LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES ACROSS THE REGION. (WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/GRAPHICAST.PHP?SITE=JAN&GC=1) .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL END FRIDAY NIGHT BEFORE MIDNIGHT AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES PAST THE AREA. (WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/GRAPHICAST.PHP?SITE=JAN&GC=1) .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 FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. LAZ016-023>026-MSZ027>033-036>066-072>074-031930- MADISON-FRANKLIN-CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY- WEBSTER-CLAY-LOWNDES-CHOCTAW-OKTIBBEHA-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- 228 PM CDT THU APR 2 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... NORTHEAST 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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND QUARTER SIZE OR LARGER HAIL ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY EVENING AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES ACROSS THE REGION. THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE NORTH OF A LINE FROM RAYVILLE TO PICKENS TO SHUQUALAK. SEVERE WEATHER WILL DIMINISH OVERNIGHT AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES PAST THE AREA. (WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/GRAPHICAST.PHP?SITE=JAN&GC=1) .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 FRIDAY NIGHT. DL && ...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. SIGNIFICANT...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/NWSJACKSONMS 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!
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 308 PM CDT THU APR 2 2015 MSZ036-037-022030- ATTALA-HOLMES- 308 PM CDT THU APR 2 2015 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT WEST CENTRAL ATTALA AND EASTERN HOLMES COUNTIES... AT 306 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER BOWLING GREEN...OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF DURANT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... DURANT...FRANKLIN...LEXINGTON AND BOWLING GREEN. LAT...LON 3293 8998 3312 9019 3327 9003 3309 8971 TIME...MOT...LOC 2006Z 225DEG 12KT 3317 8994 MRM
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 98 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:57 UTC.
3 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A swath of hail ranging from quarter to golf ball sized fell from near Possumneck to a few miles east of Hesterville.
Power lines downed along Highway 1.
Multiple trees and powerlines down near Parchman. One powerline was down near Drew.
A tree fell onto a powerline on Highway 8 West.
Hail to the size of quarters fell near Longview.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Mississippi in 2015Every state in 2015This day in weather historyWarnings in Mississippi, April 2015
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 564875, 564877, 565658, 564879, 571478, 564876.