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Special Weather Statement:

* Special Weather Statement from the NWS in Jackson:

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
433 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007

...SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY...

A SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK IS EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...FOR LATE
TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. A STRONG STORM SYSTEM ORGANIZING OVER THE
PLAINS STATES WILL MOVE ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY REGION DURING
THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER WITH
THIS SYSTEM WILL LAST FROM ABOUT 4 AM UNTIL 2 PM THURSDAY.

AS A WARM FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT...WITH LARGE HAIL BEING THE
PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER RISK. HOWEVER...INCREASING MOISTURE IN THE
LOWER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE MAY SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF
ISOLATED TORNADOES BEFORE SUNRISE THURSDAY...ESPECIALLY IN THE DELTA
REGION TO THE NORTHWEST OF A RAYVILLE TO GRENADA LINE.

THE SEVERE WEATHER RISK WILL INCREASE EARLY THURSDAY...ESPECIALLY
EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER WHERE THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BECOME
VERY SUPPORTIVE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
STRONG TORNADOES AND LARGE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF TENNIS BALLS. THE
GREATEST COVERAGE OF SEVERE WEATHER THURSDAY IS EXPECTED OVER
EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...ALONG AND NORTHEAST OF A GRENADA TO
MERIDIAN LINE...BUT THE ENTIRE AREA WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO
EXPERIENCE VIOLENT WEATHER.

AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES EAST...SEVERE WEATHER WILL BECOME FOCUSED OVER
EASTERN MISSISSIPPI DURING THE AFTERNOON AND SHOULD COME TO AN END
BEFORE SUNSET.

THIS POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER EVENT WILL BE SOMEWHAT UNUSUAL IN
THAT THE WORST OF THE SEVERE WEATHER COULD START AS EARLY AS THE
MORNING RUSH HOURS INTO MID MORNING. PERSONS ARE URGED TO
CONSIDER THIS POSSIBILITY AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION
SHOULD TORNADO WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

Labels: Forecast Discussion

posted by Chris Whited @ 5:00 PM