Hazardous Weather Outlook 4/3/12

We'll see continued chances for strong to severe weather today, Wednesday and possibly Thursday for eastern areas of the state.  The greatest risk for severe weather appears to be Wednesday.  Easter weekend should shape up nicely, with sunshine and temperatures in the 80's.

Here's today's Hazardous Weather Outlook, followed by several graphics illustrating the potential for storms over the next few days.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
513 AM CDT TUE APR 3 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE WILL BE A RISK FOR A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THE AIR MASS WILL REMAIN MOIST
AND UNSTABLE ENOUGH FOR AFTERNOON HEATING TO PRODUCE A FEW STRONG TO
SEVERE STORMS...THE PRIMARY RISK BEING DAMAGING WINDS AROUND 60 MPH
AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE LIKELY DURING A PROLONGED PERIOD
WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH EVENING ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA.
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ABOVE 60 MPH AND LARGE HAIL TO GOLF BALL SIZE
WILL BE POSSIBLE. TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...THE
FLASH FLOODING POTENTIAL WILL INCREASE AS TRAINING OF SHOWERS/STORMS
COULD OCCUR. THIS ROUND OF SEVERE STORMS SHOULD DIMINISH THROUGH
EARLY MORNING HOURS THURSDAY.

THERE WILL BE A RISK FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO REDEVELOP
THURSDAY DURING THE DAY...PRIMARILY EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 55
CORRIDOR. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL COMBINE WITH DAYTIME
HEATING AND AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS TO BRING ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY. 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 ESPECIALLY INTO WEDNESDAY.

 

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