2 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Jackson, MS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Dec 12, 1:00 PM CST, 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
100 PM CST WED DEC 12 2001
MAINLY UPDATED ZONES TO REMOVE ALL BECOMING WORDING IN THE
SOUTHWEST. ALSO...REDUCED POPS IN CENTRAL ZONES AS LINE HAS BEEN
VERY SLOW TO PROGRESS EASTWARD.
.JAN...
MS...FFA ALONG/W OF A GRENADA-YAZOO CITY-VICKSBURG-BUDE LINE
TIL WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
LA...FFA ALL NE ZONES WEDNESDAY.
AR...FFA ALL EXTREME SE ZONES WEDNESDAY.
32ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 131200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1235 PM CST WED DEC 12 2001 ...THUNDERSTORMS... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD SOUTH AND EAST OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY THROUGH TONIGHT. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT WEST OF A LINE FROM ABBOTT...TO FLOWOOD...TO BUDE. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER. HOWEVER...THROUGH 4 PM TODAY...ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS WILL BECOME CONDUCIVE FOR TORNADOES TO DEVELOP WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM DAVIS ISLAND LOUISIANA...TO TENSAS BLUFF...TO WINNSBORO. A SLOW-MOVING COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS AND WILL MOVE ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND MUCH OF MISSISSIPPI THROUGH TONIGHT. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL COMBINE WITH THE FRONT...AS MIDDLE AND UPPER LEVEL JET DYNAMICS INTENSIFY OVER THE REGION. WITH ABUNDANT GULF MOISTURE AND AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS IN PLACE UNSETTLED WEATHER WILL PERSIST THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL MAY BECOME NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY FOR THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA REGION OF SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA... AND MISSISSIPPI. ...FLOODING... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR AREAS GENERALLY WEST OF A GRENADA TO YAZOO CITY TO VICKSBURG TO BUDE LINE. SINCE MANY RIVERS AND CREEKS WILL REMAIN NEAR BANK-FULL...THE THREAT FOR ADDITIONAL FLOODING IN THE DELTA REGION WILL BE ENHANCED AS THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP AND MAY OCCUR REPEATEDLY OVER THE SAME LOCATIONS THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT. OTHERWISE...THE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS ARE FORECAST TO SPREAD ACROSS EAST AND THE REST OF SOUTH MISSISSIPPI TONIGHT. A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD SLOWLY EASTWARD TODAY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY IN THE WATCH AREA THROUGH MIDNIGHT WITH LOCALLY HIGHER TOTALS POSSIBLE. ELSEWHERE...AMOUNTS SHOULD AVERAGE 1 TO 2 INCHES THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY. RAINFALL COULD PERSIST OVER MAINLY SOUTH AND EAST MISSISSIPPI DURING THE DAY THURSDAY AND ADDITIONAL WATCHES MAY BE NEEDED. IF YOU LIVE IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS...KEEP ADVISED OF THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO. BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR WARNINGS ARE ISSUED LATER TODAY. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK.
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 189 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:23 UTC.
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
County road 12 was completely submerged in water in spots. Due to the standing water, many roads had to be repaired afterwards.
Upwards to 5 inches of rain fell over the county flooding several roads. Numerous roads reported completely underwater and in need of repair. Schools were also forced to close down.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Arkansas in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, December 2001
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5273935, 5273934.