A cold extending from Canada across the US to Mexico raced east across the country late on November 29th. As a warm front lifted north ahead of this boundary, a robust thunderstorm developed within the warm sector in southwest Mississippi and produced hail and damaging winds in Amite County.
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The episode as NWS LIX wrote it up.
A cold extending from Canada across the US to Mexico raced east across the country late on November 29th. As a warm front lifted north ahead of this boundary, a robust thunderstorm developed within the warm sector in southwest Mississippi and produced hail and damaging winds in Amite County. A second round of thunderstorms developed later as the actual cold front moved through and one storm was able to produce a tornado in the same county.
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 New Orleans, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 29, 12:35 PM CST, 2 hours 36 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service New Orleans LA
1235 PM CST Tue Nov 29 2022
...New AVIATION...
.UPDATE...
Issued at 1031 AM CST Tue Nov 29 2022
Deep moisture continues to stream northward across the CWA in
association with strong gradient wind flow well to the southeast
of a low pressure system moving across the midwest. The warm front
is now located over the central MS and is draped to the southeast
into coastal AL. As a result, dew point temperatures have surged
into the low 70s over much of the area and isentropic ascent
associated with the warm front has aided in development of weak
showers where surface-based CIN has already eroded in the Pearl
River Basin and out west of the CWA over southwest LA. As of
16Z, SBCAPE values were already exceeding 2000 j/kg in these areas
indicating that the atmosphere is gradually destabilizing as
surface heating increases. Thus far, a thin layer of low-level
stratus is still apparent on visible satellite imagery over much
of the area which is inhibiting significant surface heating, but
even so surface temperatures have reached the mid-70s and have
slightly overperformed guidance to this point. This lends
confidence to the higher CAPE outcomes in excess of 2500 j/kg
SBCAPE within the HREF member spread being more likely. With that
being said, the 12Z LIX sounding in addition to the 16Z ACARS LFT
and MSY derived soundings note an inversion between 850-700mb
still exists that will require some further cooling of the mid-
levels, height falls, and/or a more sufficient lifting mechanism
in addition to surface heating to steepen low-level lapse rates
and initiate more robust updrafts. Additionally, 12Z CAM guidance
has backed off on the coverage of more robust updrafts that could
become supercellular along and north of the I-10/12 corridor
which is likely due to these issues with the lack of a lifting
mechanisms in place given the greatest forcing for ascent will be
placed well north of our area. Exact placement of initiation
relative to the best wind profiles will also be a crucial aspect
to monitor in the coming hours as storms initiate as storms that
form further south and east could struggle moreso given they are
removed from the most favorable environment for supercellular
structures that exists further north over central MS today. With
all this considered, any robust updrafts that do develop and
organize into supercells north of the I-10/12 corridor will be
able to tap into steep mid-level lapse rates near 7 C/km and
sufficient 0-1km and 0-3km SRH of 125-175 and 200-250 m2/s2,
respectively. Another update will be made within the next few
hours after the 18Z special sounding has been completed.
&&
.SHORT TERM...
(This afternoon through Wednesday)
Issued at 617 AM CST Tue Nov 29 2022
The next 36 hours will be the meat of this forecast. Something
that is becoming a little more concerning is the threat for
locally heavy rain that would lead to flash flooding. As typical
most focus on the shiny object and forget to watch your
surroundings; Severe weather is that shiny object but our
surroundings is the Flooding risk. And with that possibly
occurring overnight the impact from Flash Flooding greatly
increases with overnight flooding. Now this is not to say that
severe weather is to be ignored either, that is far from the case
but the risk for severe at least for our area may actually be
mainly during the afternoon and early evening hours.
SPC now has an area outlooked for an Enhanced Risk. This region is
along and north of a line from Purvis, MS to Opelousas, LA. This
includes all of southwest MS and the adjacent LA parishes but is
just north of the Baton Rouge metro. Again as mentioned the last few
nights not extremely confident of the overall severe risk for that
area but it is more a timing issue. That highlighted area is still
focused on the overnight activity and what looks like the more
likely time frame for severe weather still could be this afternoon
and early evening and maybe more focused on areas along and north of
I-10 and perhaps areas east of a line from McComb to Thibodaux. All
of those locations in the mentioned area are under a Slight risk if
not in the Enhanced risk. This mostly focuses on the northshore and
into coastal MS. Along the immediate SELA coast, there is a Marginal
Risk and it is the location that will be furthest removed from the
support along with the impacts of the ridge trying to build across
the Gulf.
WPC has outlooked all of the CWA along and north of the I-10
corridor in at least a Slight Risk for excessive rainfall but has
introduced a Moderate Risk for portions of southeast MS and in
southwest AL. This Moderate Risk does includes potions of coastal MS
and Pearl River county and as always locations near the Moderate
Risk are generally at a higher risk as well (much like our watch
descriptions "in and around the watch area"). It is that area in and
to the west-southwest of the Moderate Risk that has us most
concerned for heavy rainfall leading to flash flooding. With that we
did issue a Flood Watch for all of coastal Ms including Pearl River
County and immediately across the Pearl River including Walthall
County along with St Tammany and Washington parishes.
At 8z the main protagonist was at starting to push across the 4
corners and turn more east as the h5 jet core was rounding the base
of the trough. This will put an end to the digging phase and now it
is more how far east does the trough get before it starts to lift
more to the ENE and NE. The ridge was centered over the Bahamas and
much of the Larger Antilles. This ridge is expected to slowly
retrograde through the day by early this evening could be centered
over Cuba. The combination of the retrograding ridge and trough
lifting we lead to little if any change in the mid lvl hghts. So
this becomes a find the needle in the haystack search as what could
be the main problem/focus for our area will likely be quite subtle
through at least this evening. Overnight the cold front will likely
be the focus but by then mode and impact focus will start to change.
By sunrise tomorrow the trough axis which remains well off to our
north the entire event should have pushed through the MS River
Valleys and just west of the OH/TN Valleys. Ridge will continue to
build into the Gulf overnight and as both of these occur hghts may
actually slowly rise after 6z. H5 winds will gradually increase
across the area today but overall from this afternoon through
tonight we remain in a 45 to 55kt range with no noticeable
punch/focus. The core continues to remain well displaced to the
north running through the Ozarks and Mid MS Valley.
At the sfc at 9z the warm front was draped across the entire LA
coast and hadn't started yet to surge north. Sfc low is still trying
to become the more dominant feature as it slides into KS but it is
the ridge centered over the Appalachians that is still controlling
the area. The sfc low will move into the Mid MS Valley late this
morning but what will finally allow the warm front to surge north
will be the sfc high moving more over the Atlantic coast and stop
blocking its path. Once that happens look for it to surge north with
dewpoints ramping up quickly and 70 degree dewpoints expected across
the entire area by 19/20z. The sfc low will continue to quickly lift
to the NNE and by mid late evening likely be entering southern
Ontario. Two key issues with this besides the fact it is that far
north. First the trailing cold front will not be in a hurry to move
through the Lower MS Valley and this could allow for a line of
convection to persist over portions of southeast/coastal MS and SELA
through the overnight and early morning hours. The other issue is
that the sfc pressure will likely remain steady if not rise and that
is generally not a favorable thing with respect to severe weather.
The cold front should finally clear the land areas around or
slightly before 18z but moisture convection will likely get nudged
off to our east a few hours earlier.
In the upper levels the main feature impacting us will be the
subtropical jet. This has always been shown to move across TX and
stretching into the TN Valley. We never really get in a so called
favorable quadrant but with the core remaining just off to our north
and northwest overnight we will see broad difluence aloft. That will
help to enhance convection especially from a heavy rain standpoint
and the strongest diffluence looks to be in that area highlighted by
WPC's Moderate Risk.
In the LL, winds will respond all day with h85 winds increasing to
around 30-40kt across much of the area by 20/21z. H85 winds may
continue to increase through the evening and overnight hours
possibly approaching 45kts over southwest MS. These are quite strong
and initially they will be out of the SSW but around 3Z winds from
h925 to h7 quickly become more unidirectional out of the southwest
and we start to lose the directional shear. The other slight
negative with these LL winds, even though these are strong the core
of the developing LL jet is still well off to the north and north-
northeast tonight. This is not favorable LL convergence that said
the areas that are under the Flash Flood watch could remain just on
the eastern fringes of the base of the LL jet and that would still
provide slightly better convergence. That area will combine with the
diffluence aloft and now we are beginning to see the features coming
together over that area for an enhancement in the rainfall
production.
As you see the kinematic field is strong with a lot of wind in the
LL all the way to the upper levels but the location of these jets
and cores are not in a favorable location. As for shear there will
be good deep layer shear pretty much the entire event. 0-6km Bulk
shear around 40-50 kt should promote organized convection as long as
storms develop. As for directional shear, initially both 0-1 and 0-3
srh will be around 200-300 and 250-350 respectively across much of
the Slight and Enhanced Risk areas but as we move into the evening
hours winds will become more and more unidirectional especially over
southwest MS and down towards the BR metro. That will begin to lead
to a mode issue with linear convection taking over. We may still see
still see discrete cells across portions of SELA and into
southeastern/coastal MS but multicell structures will probably start
to take over in that area overnight.
instability will not be a problem. We are already seeing WAA over
the region and once the warm front starts to surge north in a few
hours we will quickly move into the warm sector across the entire
area. With what looks like a lack of isentropic lift/WAA convection
we will likely see quite a few breaks in the clouds allowing the
area to warm and possibly into the upper 70s and maybe even a few
lower 80s. This will lead to a very unstable environment this
afternoon. MLCAPE values should have little problem getting above
1500 j/kg and mid lvl lapse rates will be around 6to 7 C/km and this
is plenty steep. If convection can get going then with this much
energy to tap into we could see a few explosive storms. If we see
that this afternoon and early evening then the threat for tornadoes
will be elevated but if thunderstorms struggle until overnight we
will move more into a damaging wind threat. The other issue is large
hail. With these lapse rates and thick CAPE in the hail growth
region large hail will be possible with the strongest storms.
The main thing to watch for today is if there is any subtle feature
to focus on and help initiate storms this afternoon. If this then
things could get going early and it could be a long 18 hours for our
area. Otherwise we may have to wait for something to help convection
get going this evening and overnight. if you can't tell confidence
is not great in this event. There are many features that could lead
to a very impactful event but because it could just be a subtle
feature, the lack of that could make for rather limited impacts
over much of the area. /CAB/
&&
.LONG TERM...
(Wednesday night through Monday)
Issued at 617 AM CST Tue Nov 29 2022
Focus was on today and tonight's event but overall
nothing has really changed in the extended. Still dry out behind
tonight's system and then a ridge tries to build north out of the
Gulf this weekend and dominate the region into next week. /CAB/
&&
.AVIATION...
(18Z TAFS)
Issued at 1148 AM CST Tue Nov 29 2022
Low ceilings continue to persist at most terminals although latest
satellite imagery indicates the low-level stratus deck is
attempting to gradually weaken allowing skies to break into more
scattered coverage. Some VCSH is also noted as the atmosphere
continues to destablize ahead of a frontal system expected to push
through in the morning. VCTS and TSRA tempos introduced for the
potential for storms developing across the area this afternoon
with a second round of storms expected to develop with the
boundary overnight. Some of these storms (mainly along and north
of I-10/12) may be severe and carry high winds, hail, and could
be capable of producing tornadoes. By mid-morning on Wednesday,
the front will pass leading to a switch of winds from southerly to
northerly and will clear out rain chances. However, winds will
remain 10-15 knots gusting to 20 knots.
&&
.MARINE...
Issued at 617 AM CST Tue Nov 29 2022
Conditions will begin to go downhill over the coastal water today.
The pressure gradient will tighten and winds will pick up with
all of the open waters likely seeing SCY conditions by 18z and
then the tidal lakes a little later. The Small Craft Advisory will
initially be due to frequent gusts above 20kt but sustained winds
of 20 to 25kt over the open waters should develop late this
afternoon. winds will remain hazardous even after a cold front
moves through tomorrow and likely to remain elevated into Thursday
before the finally begin to relax as high pressure builds. /CAB/
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
MCB 56 65 33 59 / 90 0 0 0
BTR 60 70 38 62 / 90 10 0 0
ASD 63 73 35 64 / 90 20 0 0
MSY 65 72 46 60 / 90 20 0 0
GPT 65 73 40 63 / 80 30 0 0
PQL 66 74 36 62 / 80 40 0 0
&&
.LIX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LA...Flood Watch through Wednesday morning for LAZ039-076-079-080.
GM...Small Craft Advisory from 3 PM this afternoon to 6 PM CST
Wednesday for GMZ530-534.
Small Craft Advisory until 6 PM CST Wednesday for GMZ532-536-538-
550-552-555-557-570-572-575-577.
MS...Flood Watch through Wednesday morning for MSZ071-077-080>082.
GM...Small Craft Advisory from 3 PM this afternoon to 6 PM CST
Wednesday for GMZ534.
Small Craft Advisory until 6 PM CST Wednesday for GMZ536-538-550-
552-555-557-570-572-575-577.
&&
SHORT TERM...CAB
LONG TERM....CAB
AVIATION...TJS
MARINE...CABThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree was reported down near the Amite and Franklin county line along Hwy 567.
Large golf ball size hail was reported near the Thompson community.
An EF1 tornado with maximum winds of 110 MPH and a maximum width of 250 yards touched down on Jim Thomas Road southeast of Liberty, MS. The entire length of the track saw extensive and widespread tree damage consisting of large uprooted trees and snapped trees near the base with many notable convergent signatures. On Kermit Road, a residential house had part of its roof removed along with a destroyed barn. At this point, the tornado exited Amite County and entered Pike County between Kermit and Church roads.
An EF1 tornado with maximum winds of 100 MPH and a maximum width of 250 yards entered Pike County from Amite County between Kermit and Church Roads. As it moved east, on Church Road, an old building was damaged. These last two locations saw the max width of the tornado. On JJ Carter Road, there was extensive damage to a few manufactured homes. One was shifted off its foundation,|rotated backwards and rolled over at least once. Another lost its entire roof and a wall. The other homes had minor damage. Drone data were analyzed to fill in damage between here and I-55 where|extensive tree damage was noted along the highway. It moved east, damaging a camp on Highway 51 before lifting on Centerville Road.
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