F0 tornado, Laurel, Mississippi, June 13, 2001

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
250 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2001

SURFACE MOISTURE RETURNING QUICKLY TO REGION TODAY AS SLY FLOW
PREVAILING IN LOWEST 10K FEET. CURRENT SEA BREEZE-INITIATED TSRA
WILL SPREAD NWD THIS EVENING AND HOPEFULLY WILL NOT GET STUCK AT ANY
ONE LOCATION LIKE LAST NIGHT IN THE SERN CWFA(A REAL MICROSCALE
EVENT). CURRENT LAPS DATA SHOWING CAPES NEAR 3000J/KG AHEAD OF THE
NWD-MOVING BOUNDARY AND OVER THE NERN COUNTIES.

TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE INCREASING WITH GROWING POTENTIAL
FOR DIURNAL TSRA INTO FRIDAY. MODELS GETTING MORE IMPRESSED WITH
INSTABILITY ON THURSDAY AS THE VALUES APPROACH 3500-4500J/KG BEFORE
SEA BREEZE WORKS NWD. WILL GO FOR ABOVE CLIMATOLOGY(30-35%) POPS
THURSDAY WITH LIFTED INDEXES ALSO PROGGED TO BE -7C TO -9C.

THE FORECAST THEN HINGES ON THE APPROACH OF A STRONG CENTRAL CONUS
LONGWAVE TROUGH/FRONTAL SYSTEM WHICH FLATTENS OUR MID LEVEL RIDGE
THURSDAY NIGHT. THE FRONT NOW EXPECTED TO REACH OUR NWRN ZONES ABOUT
MIDDAY FRIDAY AND CROSS MUCH OF THE CWFA BY MIDNIGHT WITH A BAND OF
SHRA/TSRA LIKELY. AVN/ETA BOTH LOOKING FOR K INDEXES OF 35+ ALONG
THE FRONT WITH 850MB DEWPOINTS 12-14C. SINCE PRIMARY DYNAMICS REMAIN
N OF THE AREA...THE FRONT SHOULD WEAKEN EARLY SATURDAY OVER EXTREME
S MS AND SETTLE INTO THE COASTAL WATERS.

TEMPERATURE GUIDANCE NUMBERS VERY REASONABLE AND QUITE SEASONAL WITH
SLIGHTLY COOLER NIGHTS RETURNING FOR THE WEEKEND.

IN THE EXTENDED...EXPECT A FEW DAYS OF DIFFLUENT NWLY FLOW ALOFT
WITH DRYING AIRMASS SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY. LATEST AVN DROPS MEAN
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO 15-20% RANGE AS WELL DURING THIS PERIOD AS A
MAJOR SUMMER MID-UPPER ANTICYCLONE TAKES UP RESIDENCE IN ERN NM/TX
PANHANDLE REGION. THIS RIDGE WILL DOMINATE FIRST HALF OF NEXT WEEK
WITH A SLOW RETURN OF TROPICAL AIR TOWARD MID WEEK AND THUS MORE
AFTERNOON/EVENING TSRA.

PRELIM NUMBERS
JAN 73/91/73/90/66 24363
MEI 71/91/69/90/65 23374

.JAN...
MS...NONE.
LA...NONE.
AR...NONE.

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1219 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2001

...THUNDERSTORMS...
WIDELY SCATTERED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST
ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA... AND MUCH OF MISSISSIPPI.
ALTHOUGH THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT
LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...AND PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED.

ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FORMED ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI ON TUESDAY EVENING. THIS CONVECTION FINALLY
DISSIPATED AFTER MIDNIGHT, BUT MID-LEVEL CLOUDINESS LEFT OVER
FROM THE EVENING CONVECTION HAS MADE ITS WAY INTO CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI. THE MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS MID LEVEL
CLOUDINESS MAY HELP TO FOCUS INITIAL CONVECTION BY MID AFTERNOON
ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. THE SURFACE TEMPERATURES
THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE IN THE 90S WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE LOWER 70S
SO THE AIR WILL BE UNSTABLE ENOUGH FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP.
AFTERNOON CONVECTION MAY ALSO FIRE UP ALONG THE SEA BREEZE
BOUNDARY AS IT PUSHES INTO SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI DURING THE MID
AFTERNOON HOURS. SINCE THE OVERALL MID LEVEL MOISTURE ACROSS THE
REGION WILL BE RELATIVELY DRY...THE CONVECTION THAT DOES OCCUR IS
NOT EXPECTED TO BE WIDESPREAD.

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS SHOULD NOT BE NECESSARY THROUGH
TONIGHT.

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER
OUTLOOK.

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
141 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2001

...THUNDERSTORMS...
WIDELY SCATTERED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS
EVENING ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST
LOUISIANA...AND MUCH OF MISSISSIPPI. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL
DEVELOP PRIMARILY ALONG AND SOUTH OF U.S. HIGHWAY 84 FROM ARCHIE
LOUISIANA...TO NATCHEZ...TO BROOKHAVEN...TO LAUREL. PERIODS OF
HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE IN STRONGER STORMS...ALONG WITH SMALL
HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND GUSTY WINDS. HOWEVER...SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON
OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY. WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE
90S AND DEWPOINTS GENERALLY IN THE 70S...THE AIRMASS WILL BE VERY
UNSTABLE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. WITH AFTERNOON
HEATING...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP. THE HEAVIEST
RAINFALL AND STRONGER STORMS WILL FORM OVER THE SOUTHERN ZONES OF
MISSISSIPPI AND EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA...AS A SEABREEZE MOVES
NORTH FROM LOUISIANA. THIS SEABREEZE WILL HELP TO FOCUS THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS.

SINCE THE OVERALL MIDDLE-LEVEL MOISTURE ACROSS THE REGION WILL BE
RELATIVELY DRY...THE CONVECTION THAT DOES OCCUR IS NOT EXPECTED
TO BE WIDESPREAD. MOST OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
DISSIPATE BY MIDNIGHT.

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS SHOULD NOT BE NECESSARY THROUGH
TONIGHT.

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER
OUTLOOK.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
439 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ...COUNTY LOCATION....

0433 PM    (HBG)HATTIESBURG ARPT     MS   WIND DAMAGE
06/13/01   FORREST                        TREES DOWN IN THE ROSS
                                          SPRINGS AREA ALONG HWY
                                          98 JUST WEST OF
                                          HATTIESBURG.