000
NOUS44 KJAN 011940
PNSJAN

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
240 PM CDT WED JUL 01 2009

...HEAT CONTINUES FOR JACKSON...

JUNE ENDED RATHER HOT AND DRY FOR MUCH OF THE REGION. AT
JACKSON...WE RECORDED 0.50 INCHES OF RAIN IN JUNE. WHILE THIS IS
MORE THAN 3 INCHES BELOW NORMAL...IT IS NOT A RECORD DRY JUNE. JUNE
OF 1930 HAD NO RAIN FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH. JUNE 2009 RANKS AS THE
FIFTH DRIEST JUNE ON RECORD.

WITH REGARD TO TEMPERATURES...THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 81.6
DEGREES FOR THE MONTH IS 3.1 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL...BUT A COOL FIRST
TEN DAYS OF THE MONTH ENSURED THAT THE MONTH OVERALL WOULD NOT BE A
RECORD WARM MONTH. HOWEVER...WITH READINGS PUSHING INTO THE UPPER
90S AND LOWER 100S...JACKSON SAW THE 11TH WARMEST JUNE ON
RECORD...BASED ON THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE. WHEN JUST TAKING INTO
ACCOUNT THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES...JUNE HAD AN AVERAGE HIGH
TEMPERATURE OF 93.2 DEGREES...WHICH PLACES 14TH FOR JUNE. THIS
AVERAGE MAX TEMP ALSO OCCURRED IN 1977. JUST 2 YEARS AGO SAW ANOTHER
WARM JUNE...MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE-WISE...WITH AN AVERAGE MAXIMUM
TEMPERATURE OF 93.6 IN 2007.

THE HEAT IS NOT OVER YET. INCLUDING TODAYS HIGH TEMPERATURE...WHICH
HAS EXCEEDED 95 DEGREES...THE JACKSON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
OBSERVING SITE HAS REACHED 95 DEGREES OR GREATER FOR 16 CONSECUTIVE
DAYS. THIS CURRENTLY RANKS 10TH OVERALL. THE RECORD FOR MOST
CONSECUTIVE 95 DEGREE DAYS IS 29 DAYS WHICH RAN FROM JULY 22 THROUGH
AUGUST 19, 1896.

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AEG/JCC

000
NWUS54 KJAN 010123
LSRJAN

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
823 PM CDT TUE JUN 30 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0740 PM     TSTM WND DMG     DERMOTT                 33.53N 91.44W
06/30/2009                   CHICOT             AR   EMERGENCY MNGR

            MULTIPLE TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN IN DERMOTT.


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