8 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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 13, 3:45 AM CST, 6 hours 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 345 AM CST THU DEC 13 2001 PREFRONTAL CONVECTION BAND STALLING OUT THIS MORNING ALONG A KMEI-KBTR LINE AND SHOWING SIGNS OF RETREATING ON LATEST RADAR/SATELLITE LOOPS. ACTUAL SURFACE FRONT ALONG A KCRP-KSHV-KMEM LINE WILL REMAIN STATIONARY TODAY AS STRONG UPPER LOW NEAR KELP LIFTS NEWD. ALL OF CWFA IN WARM SECTOR WITH 65-70F SURFACE DEWPOINTS PUSHING NWD INTO THE LOWER MS VALLEY. SHORT TERM REMAINS WET AS 250-300% OF NORMAL PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES(1.7-1.9) ENGULF THE AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING. MAIN FORECAST CONCERNS WILL BE REPOSITIONING FFA AS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2-5 ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS AREAS THAT JUST HAD 2-3 IN THE PAST 24 HRS AS PREFER THE NGM/06Z MESOETA SCENARIOS FOR SURFACE WAVE DEVELOPING ON THE QSTNRY FRONT ALONG THE TX COAST. ALREADY SEEING SUPPORT FOR THIS WAVE AS PROFILERS AT PALESTINE...WINFIELD AND LAKE CHARLES VWP BACKING THE WINDS IN LOWER 5K FEET AT 08Z. LOOK FOR SURFACE LOW FORMING NEAR KVCT TO TRACK NEAR KMLU BY LATE AFTERNOON AND KUOX BY MIDNIGHT. A MID LEVEL JET STREAK(85-95KTS) MEETS THE LOW AS IT CROSSES THE DELTA REGION BETWEEN 00Z AND 06Z. INCREASING LOW LEVEL JET OF 40-50KT AT 850MB(328K THETA-E AIR)TEAMS WITH RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION OF 150-170KT 300MB JET CORE IN THE OH VALLEY TO CREATE A CLASSIC FRONTAL/SYNOPTIC FLASH FLOOD EVENT. WILL PLACE MUCH OF CWFA IN FFA NW OF ABOUT A MERIDIAN TO MONTICELLO LINE AS MODELS OF CHOICE HAVE RAIN DEVELOPING NWWD INTO THE DELTA BEFORE NOON. WILL MENTION SEVERE TSRA FOR AREAS ROUGHLY SE OF THE NATCHEZ TRACE WHERE STORM RELATIVE HELICITIES PROGGED TO REACH 350-400 IN COMBINATION WITH CAPES OF 1000-2000J/KG BETWEEN 21Z-03Z. SPC ALSO CONSIDERING UPGRADE TO MODERATE RISK IN SERN MS. ONCE THE UPPER LOW EJECTS NEWD LATE TONIGHT...RAINFALL ENDS RATHER QUICKLY FROM WEST TO EAST LEAVING FRIDAY AND SATURDAY MOSTLY DRY. NEXT UPSTREAM SYSTEM WILL PROBABLY HOLD OFF UNTIL SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY AS MODELS TENDING TO CLOSE OFF THIS SYSTEM BY THE TIME IT REACHES THE SRN PLAINS(I.E. ANOTHER SLOWER AND STRONGER TREND THAN THE MODELS). THE EXTENDED PERIOD ENDS UP IN A TRANSITION TO ZONAL FLOW PATTERN ACROSS THE CONUS AND THUS DRYING OUT FOR A FEW DAYS. JAN 68/47/57/40/64 ++-01 MEI 70/51/59/39/66 ++100 .JAN... MS...FFA ALONG/NW OF A MERIDIAN-MONTICELLO LINE THROUGH MIDNIGHT. LA...FFA ALL NE ZONES THROUGH MIDNIGHT. AR...FFA ALL EXTREME SE ZONES THROUGH MIDNIGHT.
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 141200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 0517 AM CST THU DEC 13 2001 ...THUNDERSTORMS... RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY THROUGH FRIDAY. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY EVENING...MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE NATCHEZ TRACE OR ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM EUPORA TO KOSCIUSKO TO JACKSON TO NATCHEZ. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER. HOWEVER A FEW TORNADOES MAY BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY SOUTH AND EAST OF A MERIDIAN TO COLUMBIA LINE WHERE THE AIR WILL BE THE MOST UNSTABLE. A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE INTERACTION OF THE FRONT WITH UNSEASONABLY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR ACROSS THE REGION WILL ALLOW THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW OF WHICH MAY BECOME SEVERE IN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA...ESPECIALLY IN EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT SHOULD END BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT IN EASTERN PORTIONS OF MISSISSIPPI AS THE FRONT MOVES INTO ALABAMA. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL MAY BE NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ...FLOODING... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES TO BE IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR AREAS GENERALLY WEST OF A MERIDIAN TO RALEIGH TO MONTICELLO LINE. MANY RIVERS AND CREEKS WILL REMAIN NEAR BANK FULL AND MINOR FLOODING HAS OCCURRED AT SOME LOCATIONS. THE THREAT FOR ADDITIONAL FLOODING WILL BE ENHANCED AS MORE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND OCCURS REPEATEDLY OVER LOCATIONS WHICH ALREADY HAVE SATURATED GROUND. THE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS ARE FORECAST TO SPREAD ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF MISSISSIPPI TONIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE IN STRONGER STORMS. 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.
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 141200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 0517 AM CST THU DEC 13 2001 ...THUNDERSTORMS... RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY THROUGH THURSDAY. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY EVENING...MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE NATCHEZ TRACE OR ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM EUPORA TO KOSCIUSKO TO JACKSON TO NATCHEZ. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER. HOWEVER A FEW TORNADOES MAY BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY SOUTH AND EAST OF A MERIDIAN TO COLUMBIA LINE WHERE THE AIR WILL BE THE MOST UNSTABLE. A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE INTERACTION OF THE FRONT WITH UNSEASONABLY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR ACROSS THE REGION WILL ALLOW THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW OF WHICH MAY BECOME SEVERE IN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA...ESPECIALLY IN EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT SHOULD END BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT IN EASTERN PORTIONS OF MISSISSIPPI AS THE FRONT MOVES INTO ALABAMA. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL MAY BE NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ...FLOODING... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES TO BE IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR AREAS GENERALLY WEST OF A MERIDIAN TO RALEIGH TO MONTICELLO LINE. MANY RIVERS AND CREEKS WILL REMAIN NEAR BANK FULL AND MINOR FLOODING HAS OCCURRED AT SOME LOCATIONS. THE THREAT FOR ADDITIONAL FLOODING WILL BE ENHANCED AS MORE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND OCCURS REPEATEDLY OVER LOCATIONS WHICH ALREADY HAVE SATURATED GROUND. THE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS ARE FORECAST TO SPREAD ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF MISSISSIPPI TONIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE IN STRONGER STORMS. 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 national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
8 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Periods of heavy rain resulted in widespread flooding across the parish.
Several roads across the parish were flooded. A few homes near a levee were also flooded.
Several roads flooded throughout the parish, including numerous spots along highway 17 due to additional, heavy rainfall.
Several roads throughout the parish were flooded due to additonal, heavy rainfall. Northern portions of the parish were particularly hit hard by heavy rains and flooding.
Several trees reported down in town, with a few falling on cars and damaging them.
Many roads were underwater. The high water also threatened a few homes.
Several roads across the parish were underwater.
Heavy rainfall continued through the evening hours with eight homes flooded near the city of Tallulah.
Several streets in the town of Waterproof were underwater. One house was flooded with a few other homes being threatened by flood waters.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Louisiana in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Louisiana, 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: 5273942, 5274158, 5274159, 5274160, 5274157, 5273943, 5274162, 5274163, 5274161.