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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
430 AM CDT THU JUN 13 2013

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MADISON LA-FRANKLIN LA-CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA-BOLIVAR-
SUNFLOWER-LEFLORE-GRENADA-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-WEBSTER-CLAY-LOWNDES-
CHOCTAW-OKTIBBEHA-WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS-HOLMES-ATTALA-WINSTON-
NOXUBEE-ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY-YAZOO-MADISON MS-LEAKE-NESHOBA-KEMPER-
WARREN-HINDS-RANKIN-SCOTT-NEWTON-LAUDERDALE-CLAIBORNE-COPIAH-
SIMPSON-SMITH-JASPER-CLARKE-JEFFERSON-ADAMS-FRANKLIN MS-LINCOLN-
LAWRENCE-JEFFERSON DAVIS-COVINGTON-JONES-MARION-LAMAR-FORREST-
430 AM CDT THU JUN 13 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL EXIST ACROSS THE REGION FOR THIS AFTERNOON.
THE COMBINATION OF TEMPERATURES PEAKING IN THE MID 90S AND HIGH
HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL BRING HEAT INDEX VALUES UP TO NEAR 105 DEGREES FOR
PERIODS OF TIME BETWEEN MIDDAY AND AFTERNOON TODAY.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIKELY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
THE MOST INTENSE STORMS WILL CONTAIN DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OF 60 TO 70
MPH...QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AS WELL AS FREQUENT LIGHTNING. STORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO INITIATE OVER NORTH MISSISSIPPI ALONG A COLD FRONT
BETWEEN 4 AND 5 PM...AND PROCEED SOUTH OVER THE ARKLAMISS AREA
THROUGH 10 PM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.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 LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING.


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