As a warm front was draped across the region, an upper level disturbance moved across and brought heavy rain and some severe storms during the morning. The storm system developed further during the afternoon and a squall line formed ahead of an approaching cold front.
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The episode as NWS JAN wrote it up.
As a warm front was draped across the region, an upper level disturbance moved across and brought heavy rain and some severe storms during the morning. The storm system developed further during the afternoon and a squall line formed ahead of an approaching cold front. This helped to bring tornadoes and additional severe weather to the region during the afternoon hours.
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 Jan 1, 12:25 PM CST, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion...UPDATED
National Weather Service Jackson MS
1225 PM CST Sun Jan 1 2017
.UPDATE...
Updated for 18Z aviation discussion
&&
.AVIATION...
18Z TAF discussion: Widespread LIFR/IFR conditions were being
observed at 18Z. Poor aviation weather will continue tonight into
Monday morning with widespread LIFR/IFR ceilings and visibility due
to rain/fog. Some TSRA is possible as well mainly over the southeast
half of the area. Cigs and vsbys wl improve by 18Z but a line of
strong/severe TSRAs wl move across the area during the aftn. /22/
&&
.DISCUSSION...
Some patchy fog remains over the northwest but visibilities have
improved and the Dense Fog Advisory was allowed to expire at 10am.
Visibilities will continue to improve over the next hour or two but
the clouds will linger. Rain chances will return to the northwest
this afternoon and continue elsewhere. /22/
Prior discussion: Morning surface analysis had a low centered over
our CWA. Some areas of dense fog continued northwest of the low but
concern has shifted to our southeast where flash flood potential
today has increased. An anomalously moist airmass with PWATs in
excess of an inch and a half resides over our southern zones. The
presence of the cold front across our southwest from the surface low
combined with daytime heating and subtle shortwaves in the southwest
flow aloft, should lead to more vigorous convection today. Our
southeast received between 2 and 3 inches of rainfall yesterday and
an additional couple of inches in a short amount of time today could
lead to flash flooding. A Flash Flood Watch has been issued for our
southeast zones. /22/
Prior discussion below:
Today through tonight, The primary concerns in the near term are
with dense fog and heavy rainfall. Relatively warm and moist air
continues to advect inland across the cool ground resulting in areas
of fog and patchy dense fog early this morning. The dense fog
advisory handles the current scenario pretty well. Expect fog to
possibly reform tonight, but winds and boundary layer mixing will be
greater, so the potential for dense fog is less.
Heavy rainfall of two to three inches fell south of the Hwy 84
corridor in south central MS during the past 24 hrs. With the
bulk of guidance indicating shower regeneration and continued
precipitable water ~ 1.5 inches over the soaked ground in this area,
am concerned about additional minor flooding and will maintain a
limited threat for flooding in the HWO graphic through tonight.
Otherwise, anomalous warmth will continue in the near term with
temperatures well above normal. /EC/
Monday through Saturday Night, An active weather pattern will be the
general rule for the period. During the period there severe weather
is expected to affect the area on Monday. And there is still a risk
of a light wintry mix to affect portions of the region during the
later part of the period.
Starting on Monday a negatively tilted shortwave will cross the
region during the afternoon and evening. This will occur with a
humid and unstable airmass in place. This will be ahead of an
approaching cold front. Our convective rain chances will be high
ahead of the wave. This feature will give some height falls, some
deep layer shear of 50-70 knots, 0-1/0-3km shear of 35-50 knots,
midlevel jet of near 70 knots as well as some decent lapse rates for
instability with capes over 1000 j/kg, which is favorable for all
severe weather modes. Looks like the best risk of severe weather
will be north of a Quitman to Natchez line...where the best forcing
and instability will take place.
Model soundings shows some strong low level hodographs for some
tornadic potential. So with this in mind will introduce an elevated
risk along that line with a limited risk to the south. Will enhance
the elevated wording in the HWO. Will keep the same risk of damaging
winds, hail and some tornadoes. Some of the convective short term
models showed a bowing QLCS coming through the CWA with some discrete
cells ahead of it that will have some tornadic potential. While other
short term models showed a line of bowing segments coming across the
region. We will monitor the strong tornado potential with this system
but will leave it out of the HWO for now. SPC has put a enhanced risk
across most of the region for Monday. Our bout of severe weather
should last through early Monday evening.
The rains will exit the region by early Tuesday. Dry conditions will
come back on the wake of a cold front on Tuesday as well as another
cold front on Tuesday night into early Wednesday. This will bring
back more seasonable temperatures for the rest of the period. Our
next chance of rain will come back on Friday through the Saturday as
a series of shortwaves moves through the ArkLaMiss. For Wednesday
into the rest of the period the models are having diverging solutions
as has been the case in past runs. The operational GFS try to bring
some weak systems through on Wednesday through Thursday, while the
Euro tries to bring a stronger system for late Thursday into Thursday
night. Opted to go with the most of the GFS ensembles to keep it dry
through the period with the Superblend.
For Friday into Friday night the ensembles gives the region a chance
of rain which may become mixed with some light snow flurries for
Friday night into Saturday morning. The flurry potential was shown on
model soundings. So generally followed the blended solution with low
end pops for that period. The ensembles continue to show some rain
chances continuing for Saturday but ending by Saturday night. This
followed the blended solution as well. The GFS had low end pops for
Friday night only, while the Euro and its ensembles was dry for
Friday night through Saturday night. So with such disagreements among
the models will keep the HWO clear for the later part of the
period./17/
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Jackson 63 74 56 70 / 65 86 36 6
Meridian 63 72 58 71 / 73 88 50 7
Vicksburg 62 74 54 70 / 62 82 28 4
Hattiesburg 65 74 58 72 / 74 87 38 6
Natchez 64 74 55 70 / 65 83 25 3
Greenville 57 71 53 67 / 60 83 33 5
Greenwood 60 73 55 68 / 59 87 44 7
&&
.JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MS...Flash Flood Watch until 6 PM CST this evening for MSZ063>066-
072>074.
LA...None.
AR...None.
&&
17/22/ECHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1101 AM CST SUN JAN 1 2017 ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>057-059-060- 021715- 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-JEFFERSON-ADAMS- 1101 AM CST SUN JAN 1 2017 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...THE REST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY SEVERE WEATHER INCLUDING THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...A FEW TORNADOES...AND HAIL IS EXPECTED ON MONDAY. THE MAIN TIMEFRAME FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING. (WWW.WEATHER.GOV/IMAGES/JAN/GRAPHICAST/IMAGE1.GIF) .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 MONDAY. MSZ058-061-062-021715- CLARKE-FRANKLIN MS-LINCOLN- 1101 AM CST SUN JAN 1 2017 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...THE REST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT FLOODING THREAT...LIMITED TIMING...REMAINDER OF TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT HEAVY RAIN...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS OF SATURATED SOILS... COULD RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. THIS LIMITED THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE THE REST OF THIS MORNING THROUGH TONIGHT. (WWW.WEATHER.GOV/IMAGES/JAN/GRAPHICAST/IMAGE3.GIF) .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY SEVERE WEATHER INCLUDING THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...A FEW TORNADOES...AND HAIL IS EXPECTED ON MONDAY. THE MAIN TIMEFRAME FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BRING A CONTINUED LIMITED THREAT FOR FLOODING IN SOUTH MISSISSIPPI. (WWW.WEATHER.GOV/IMAGES/JAN/GRAPHICAST/IMAGE1.GIF) .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 MONDAY. MSZ063>066-072>074-021715- LAWRENCE-JEFFERSON DAVIS-COVINGTON-JONES-MARION-LAMAR-FORREST- 1101 AM CST SUN JAN 1 2017 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...THE REST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT FLOODING THREAT...ELEVATED TIMING...MAINLY REMAINDER OF TODAY HEAVY RAIN OF UP TO 2-3 INCHES...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS OF SATURATED SOILS...IS EXPECTED AND COULD RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING. THIS ELEVATED THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE THE REST OF THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING. (WWW.WEATHER.GOV/IMAGES/JAN/GRAPHICAST/IMAGE3.GIF) .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY SEVERE WEATHER INCLUDING THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...A FEW TORNADOES...AND HAIL IS POSSIBLE ON MONDAY. THE MAIN TIMEFRAME FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BRING A CONTINUED LIMITED THREAT FOR FLOODING IN SOUTH MISSISSIPPI. 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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jackson MS
102 PM CST SUN JAN 1 2017
MSZ072-073-011945-
Marion MS-Lamar MS-
102 PM CST SUN JAN 1 2017
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT LAMAR AND SOUTHEASTERN MARION
COUNTIES UNTIL 145 PM CST...
At 102 PM CST, Meteorologists were tracking a strong thunderstorm
near Sandy Hook, moving east at 35 mph.
Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm.
This strong thunderstorm will be near...
Pinebur around 110 PM CST.
Baxterville around 120 PM CST.
Purvis and Pine Ridge around 140 PM CST.
Oak Grove around 145 PM CST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Heavy rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
High winds can bring down trees and large limbs resulting in serious
injury or property damage. Exercise extreme caution when outdoors
during such strong winds...and be especially aware of older trees.
&&
LAT...LON 3100 8948 3100 8950 3101 8950 3101 8955
3100 8955 3100 8983 3107 8984 3108 8987
3112 8988 3141 8946 3139 8945 3135 8945
3135 8942 3121 8934 3101 8935 3101 8942
3099 8943 3099 8948
TIME...MOT...LOC 1902Z 250DEG 30KT 3107 8976
DCThe Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 122 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:01 UTC.
42 thunderstorm wind, 11 tornado, 6 flash flood, 3 hail, 2 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Water covered the road along Highway 49 between Hardy Street and Highway 42, near 4th Street.
Trees were blown down across a few roads.
Flooding occurred on Long Drive.
Hail fell in the Robinhood Community off of Highway 18 and Sanctuary Drive.
Several roads were flooded, including Pinebrook Drive and Castlewoods Boulevard.
A house on Linden Place caught on fire due to lightning.
A tree was blown down and blocked both southbound lanes of Highway 61 and trees were also blown down on Ellislie Plantation Road.
Flooding occurred on Highway 49 near Fruitland Park Road.
Trees were blown down along Liberty Road.
Numerous trees were blown down across the county.
A large tree was uprooted.
This tornado touched down along Perth Road and tracked northeast across Highway 28 in central Jefferson County. Damage was only to trees with many limbs broken and a couple dozen snapped or uprooted trees. After crossing Highway 28, the tornado mainly tracked just to the south of Old 20 Road for a couple of miles before dissipating. Maximum estimated winds were 85 mph.
A couple of trees were blown down in Meadville and in Bude.
A few trees were blown down along with a powerline and power pole.
This tornado started on Moss Down Lane and tracked northeast for just over 5 miles. The heaviest damage occurred where it crossed Highway 547. Here many trees were snapped and uprooted along with power lines down and damage to a few sheds. The remainder of the path consisted of damage to trees. Maximum estimated winds were 95 mph.
Trees and powerlines were blown down along Highway 61 South.
Trees were blown down across the Natchez Trace Parkway.
This tornado touched down southwest of Norton Assink Road in northwest Lincoln County and tracked northeast into southern Copiah County. The heaviest damage was along Jackson-Liberty Road, Old Red Star Road and Shady Grove Lane. Heavy tree damage occurred at this location. Historic Sweetwater Methodist Church was damaged where it was pushed off its foundation. Moderate wall damage occurred due to this. Further northeast along the path, several sheds were damaged and some minor roof damage was noted to a few homes. The tornado crossed Sylvarena Road where more trees were down and a mobile home had the roof blown off along Brownswell Road. The tornado dissipated just to the northeast of there. Maximum estimated winds for the entire tornado path was 110mph, but max winds in Lincoln County was 105mph. Total path length was 6.8 miles and total width was 300 yards.
A barn was destroyed on Hunsucker Lane.
Numerous trees were blown down around Brookhaven, including a tree that was blown onto a house near Cleveland and Chippewa streets. Some of these trees caused power outages.
This tornado touched down southwest of Norton Assink Road in northwest Lincoln County and tracked northeast into southern Copiah County. The heaviest damage was along Jackson-Liberty Road, Old Red Star Road and Shady Grove Lane. Heavy tree damage occurred at this location. Historic Sweetwater Methodist Church was damaged where it was pushed off its foundation. Moderate wall damage occurred due to this. Further northeast along the path, several sheds were damaged and some minor roof damage was noted to a few homes. The tornado crossed Sylvarena Road where more trees were down and a mobile home had the roof blown off along Brownswell Road. The tornado dissipated just to the northeast of there. Maximum estimated winds for the entire tornado path, as well as in Copiah County, was 110mph. Total path length was 6.8 miles and total width was 300 yards.
A shed and two barns were destroyed on Monticello Road.
A tree fell onto a mobile home and split it.
A tree was snapped.
Trees and powerlines were blown down across the southern part of the county.
Trees and powerlines were blown down across the western part of the county.
Trees and powerlines were blown down on Highway 61 North.
A tree was uprooted.
A tree was blown down on Highway 467.
This tornado started just west of Pinola and crossed Highway 28 as it tracked northeast for roughly 10 miles. The heaviest damage was along Highway 43 and Highway 13 where substantial tree damage occurred with many trees snapped and uprooted. Several homes sustained roof damage or damage due to trees on the structure. Four large sheds were heavily damaged. A chicken farm had 4 houses with moderate damage to mainly the roofs. The tornado passed just on the south side of Mendenhall and crossed Highway 49. Here more trees were damaged along with two structures sustaining roof damage. The tornado dissipated just after crossing Highway 49. The maximum estimated wind speeds were 110mph.
Trees were blown down across Highway 469 near Foster Road.
A large tree was blown down on McDowell Road.
A tree was blown down at Mississippi 35 south of Mount Olive.
This tornado touched down about a mile west of Highway 49, near Rock Hill Road, and tracked quickly northeast doing a variety of tree and structural damage along its relatively short path length. A few structures received heavy damage near the crossing point of Highway 49 with a few large chicken coops being destroyed or receiving extensive damage about a mile east of Highway 49. The tornado then continued on for a few more miles doing lesser amounts of damage to a few structures before lifting just after crossing County Road 532. The maximum estimated wind speeds were 115mph.
Trees were blown down on 10 Mile Creek Road including one on a home. A powerline was brought down as well.
Powerlines and power poles were blown down along Highway 13 at Old River Road.
Multiple trees were blown down along a mile long stretch of Highway 37 in far northeast Covington County.
Trees were blown down and blocked Highway 49 south of Collins.
Minor damage to a school along Highway 13.
This tornado touched down near County Road 33B in Smith County and continued to the east before crossing County Road 5 and County Road 713(entering Jasper County), where many large trees were snapped and downed and some minor roof damage occurred to some homes along the path. The tornado continued to the east-northeast along County Road 10, snapping and downing more trees. The tornado finally lifted near Highway 15. The total path length was 3.9 miles, with about a mile of that in Smith County. The maximum estimated wind speed for the entire track was 105 mph, which rates the tornado as an EF1. The maximum width for the tornado was 275 yards.
This tornado touched down near County Road 33B in Smith County and continued to the east before crossing County Road 5 and County Road 713(entering Jasper County), where many large trees were snapped and downed and some minor roof damage occurred to some homes along the path. The tornado continued to the east-northeast along County Road 10, snapping and downing more trees. The tornado finally lifted near Highway 15. The total path length was 3.9 miles, with about a mile of that in Smith County. The maximum estimated wind speed for the entire track was 105 mph, which rates the tornado as an EF1. The maximum width for the tornado was 275 yards.
Numerous trees and powerlines were blown down both around Bay Springs and just north of Stringer. A tree was blown down on a home on North First Street in Bay Springs, and another was blown down on a home on County Road 17 north of Stringer.
Multiple trees were blown down on Columbia-Purvis Road, including a tree that fell on a home. Trees were also blown down on Max White Road.
This tornado touched down near Highway 11, about 2 miles south of downtown Purvis and around a mile west of Interstate 59. The tornado tracked quickly east/northeast across the interstate before dissipating after going about 1.5 miles into western Forrest County. Along its track, the tornado did mostly minor to moderate tree damage, although a few structures did receive modest damage inside Lamar County. The maximum estimated winds were 105 mph. The entire path length was 8.4 miles, of which about 6.5 miles occurred in Lamar County. The maximum width was 225 yards.
This tornado touched down near Highway 11, about 2 miles south of downtown Purvis and around a mile west of Interstate 59. The tornado tracked quickly east/northeast across the interstate before dissipating after going about 1.5 miles into western Forrest County. Along its track, the tornado did mostly minor to moderate tree damage, although a few structures did receive modest damage inside Lamar County. The maximum estimated winds were 105 mph. The entire path length was 8.4 miles, of which about 6.5 miles occurred in Lamar County. The maximum width was 225 yards.
Trees were blown down on Lake Como Road and Shady Grove Moss Road.
Flooding occurred on I-59 south of Mississippi Highway 589.
A tree was blown down across Pig Town Road.
Four to six inches of water covered Hall Avenue.
Numerous trees and powerlines were blown down.
A tree was blown down across Highway 49 at Dewitt Carter Road.
Several limbs were blown down.
Several homes were damaged.
Trees were blown down on County Line Road.
A tree was blown down across Old River Road and Kennedy Road.
Trees were blown down along Highway 513 and on I-59.
A tree was blown down onto a vehicle along County Road 1681.
Trees and powerlines were blown down along Highway 45 and Mississippi Highway 145.
This brief tornado touched down along Meehan-Savoy Road and tracked north-northeast as it paralleled I-59. A handful of trees were snapped or had large limbs broken off. The majority of the tree damage was blown toward the west as the storm motion was to the north-northeast. The maximum estimated winds were 75 mph.
A tree was blown down onto a house.
A tree was blown down across the road on Highway 39.
A lightning strike caused a structure fire in Starkville.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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