For Thursday, storms could again affect areas along and east of the I-55 corridor.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 532 AM CDT WED APR 4 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY. WHILE THE EXACT EVOLUTION OF THE WEATHER SETUP STILL REMAINS UNCERTAIN...IT APPEARS AS THOUGH THE RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL INCREASE FOR AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER THROUGH MID-MORNING...AND THEN SHIFT INTO CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSISSIPPI DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH...AND ONE OR TWO TORNADOES CAN NOT BE RULED OUT. IN ADDITION...FLASH FLOODING COULD BECOME A CONCERN ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING AS TRAINING OF THUNDERSTORMS COULD OCCUR. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THERE WILL BE A RISK FOR A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO REDEVELOP THURSDAY LATE MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS... ESPECIALLY FOR AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF THE I-55 CORRIDOR. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL COMBINE WITH DAYTIME HEATING AND AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS TO BRING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. IT APPEARS THE PRIMARY RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE FOR HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. STORMS WILL END OVER THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA BY THURSDAY EVENING. .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 TODAY AND THURSDAY.
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