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142 NOUS44 KJAN 261440 PNSJAN PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 930 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2011 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND A WAKE LOW PRESSURE AREA CAUSES DAMAGE IN PARTS OF THE ARKLAMISS THIS MORNING... A LARGE COMPLEX OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVED ACROSS THE ARKLAMISS REGION OVERNIGHT AND INTO EARLY THIS MORNING. THIS COMPLEX OF STORMS WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR REPORTS OF THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE...AND A COUPLE OF POSSIBLE TORNADOES...PRIMARILY OVER THE DELTA AND OVER SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL BE DISPATCHING A SURVEY TEAM TO SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI TO LOOK AT DAMAGE WHICH OCCURRED IN THAT AREA. IN ADDITION...A SWATH OF STRONG WINDS SPREAD ACROSS NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI BETWEEN ABOUT 3 AND 7 AM. THESE WINDS WERE NOT DIRECTLY CAUSED BY THE THUNDERSTORMS...BUT WERE RATHER DUE TO A PHENONOMENON KNOWN AS A WAKE LOW. A WAKE LOW IS A SMALL AREA OF LOW PRESSURE THAT OCCASIONALLY FORM BEHIND A STRONG LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...AND CAN CAUSE WIDESPREAD WINDS OF 50 TO 60 MPH. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE HAVE BEEN RECEIVED WITH THIS WAKE LOW. SOME OF THE PEAK WINDS REPORTED WITH THE WAKE LOW INCLUDE... TALLULAH/VICKSBURG REGIONAL AIRPORT...53 MPH...404 AM CDT JACKSON HAWKINS AIRPORT...49 MPH...555 AM CDT... JACKSON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...41 MPH...554 AM CDT... $$ AEG