9 flash flood, 1 hail, 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 Nov 28, 3:30 PM CST, 1 hour earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 330 PM CST WED NOV 28 2001 ANOTHER MAJOR SEVERE EVENT IS COMING TOGETHER FOR THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY FOR THE NEXT 2 DAYS...ESPECIALLY FOR THURSDAY. ON THURSDAY THE STORMS PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN HAS THE NORTHERN THREE-FOURTHS OF THE FORECAST AREA IN A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH A SLIGHT RISK FOR THE SOUTHERN FOURTH. ONCE AGAIN A VERY CHALLENGING FORECAST PACKAGE TO PUT TOGETHER TONIGHT. THE LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS AS OF 2 AM SHOWS A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONTAL SYSTEM ORIENTED NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST ACROSS MISSISSIPPI. TEMPERATURES RANGE FROM 45 AT GREENVILLE TO 70 AT HATTIESBURG. RAINFALL ACTIVITY HAS DECREASED TONIGHT ACROSS MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA...BUT WILL BE ON THE INCREASE AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY. MAJOR DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ETA AND AVN ON POSITION OF A SURFACE LOW FOR THURSDAY. THE ETA HAS THE LOW OVER SOUTHERN LOUISIANA BY 12Z THURSDAY MORNING WHILE THE AVN ACCELERATES THE LOW INTO NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI BY 12Z. LATEST MESO ETA JUST IN CONTINUES TO FORECAST THE SLOWER MOVEMENT OF THE LOW. THE POSITION OF THIS LOW TRACK WILL BE CRITICAL AS TO THE TIMING AND SEVERITY OF THE WEATHER ON THURSDAY ON THURSDAY...THE UPPER LEVEL DYNAMICS WILL BE THE MOST FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER AS THE RIGHT REAR QUADRANT OF THE 300 MB JET MOVES OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY REGION...ENHANCING THE VERTICAL LIFT OVER THE AREA. IF THE ETA AND MESO ETA MODEL SOLUTIONS ARE CORRECT...ANOTHER MAJOR SEVERE OUTBREAK WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF TORNADOES COULD BE IN STORE FOR PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA ON THURSDAY. FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL BE EXTENDED THROUGH TONIGHT FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 55. THESE LOCATIONS ARE CLOSEST TO THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY AND HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IN THE PAST 24 HOURS. TEMPERATURES...A BIG DIFFERENCE IN MODEL GUIDANCE HERE FOR THURSDAY. WILL LEAN STRONGLY TOWARD THE SLOWER ETA/MESO ETA SOLUTIONS AND THE WARMER NUMBERS OF THE NGM MOS. (THE NGM IS ALSO SLOWER TO MOVE THE COLD AIR INTO THE FORECAST AREA.) WESTERN ZONES WILL BE COOLER THROUGH THE PERIOD AS THEY WILL TEND TO BE ALONG OR WEST OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY THROUGH THE SHORT TERM PERIOD. THE MILDEST TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN SOUTHEASTERN ZONES WHICH SHOULD STAY IN THE WARM SECTOR TILL THURSDAY EVENING. POPS...WILL KEEP CATEGORICAL POPS IN WESTERN ZONES FIRST FOUR PERIODS. IN EXTREME EAST CENTRAL/SOUTHEAST WILL FORECAST LIKELY POPS FIRST TWO PERIODS...THEN CATEGORICAL FOR THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. SHOULD FINALLY BE DRY EVERYWHERE BY FRIDAY. EXTENDED...EXPECT DRY AND SEASONABLY COOL FROM SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. PRELIM NUMBERS... JAN 69/61/69/52 +++8 MEI 75/64/75/58 67+9 .JAN... MS...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT GENERALLY ALONG/WEST OF A BROOKHAVEN...TO JACKSON...TO GRENADA LINE. LA...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT ALL NE LA ZONES. AR...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT ALL EXTREME SE ZONES. 15
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 291200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1122 AM CST WED NOV 28 2001 ...THUNDERSTORMS... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 4 PM CST THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR EAST-CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS ON THE INCREASE FOR THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. THIS IS AN URGENT WEATHER SITUATION LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 TO 70 MPH...AND THE POTENTIAL FOR TORNADOES EXISTS ACROSS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON. THE HIGHEST THREAT THIS AFTERNOON WILL EXIST ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-20 FROM WINNSBORO LOUISIANA TO JACKSON MISSISSIPPI...THEN SOUTH TO BROOKHAVEN AND NATCHEZ MISSISSIPPI ALONG AND WEST OF I-55. ...FLOODING... A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...AND WESTERN MISSISSIPPI ALONG AND WEST OF A GRENADA ...TO BRANDON...TO BROOKHAVEN LINE THROUGH TONIGHT. FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. MUCH OF THE FLOOD WATCH AREA HAS RECEIVED TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN SINCE YESTERDAY...WITH A FEW SPOTS RECEIVING UPWARDS TO 6 INCHES. THE GROUND OVER THE WATCH AREA IS SATURATED. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THROUGH THURSDAY WITH WIDESPREAD AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES LIKELY. LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN LOCALIZED AREAS PRODUCING FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH ACCOMPANYING HEAVY RAINFALL AT TIMES WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT AS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY REMAINS DRAPED OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. MEANWHILE...A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE IS CONTINUING TO MOVE NORTHEAST OUT OF THE GULF OF MEXICO AT THIS TIME AND WILL ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY IMMEDIATELY ALONG AND NEAR THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WHERE TORNADOES WILL BE MORE LIKELY. FARTHER TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE FRONT... THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL THIS AFTERNOON. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL INCREASE FOR THIS REGION TONIGHT AND THURSDAY AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LIFTS NORTHEAST ACROSS MISSISSIPPI ALONG THE STALLED FRONT. THIS IS A DANGEROUS...DEVELOPING SITUATION WITH A SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK LIKELY THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING PERSONS COMMUTING OR LIVING ACROSS THE REGION ARE URGED TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND THEIR LOCAL COMMERCIAL T.V AND RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER WARNING...WATCHES AND STATEMENTS. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY. 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- 291200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 406 PM CST WED NOV 28 2001 ...THUNDERSTORMS... AN OUTBREAK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH MAY PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE AND TORNADOES...IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. NUMEROUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR TONIGHT OVER NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...ALONG AND SOUTHWEST OF A WINNSBORO TO HAZLEHURST TO BROOKHAVEN LINE. SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER THE REST OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND NORTHWEST THROUGH SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WILL OCCUR ACROSS NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI ALONG AND NORTHEAST OF A WINONA TO BAY SPRINGS LINE. A WARM FRONT EXTENDING FROM NEAR GRENADA TO VIDALIA LOUISIANA WILL MOVE SLOWLY NORTHWEST TONIGHT. SOUTHEAST OF THIS FRONT...THE ATMOSPHERE HAS BECOME VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE. LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP ALONG THIS FRONT OVER LOUISIANA TONIGHT. AS THIS OCCURS...THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION FROM THE SOUTHWEST. WINDS IN THE LOWER AND MIDDLE LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL INCREASE...RESULTING IN AN INCREASING RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THE FIRST AREA TO SEE SEVERE WEATHER THIS EVENING WILL BE OVER NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND WESTERN MISSISSIPPI ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. THE THREAT OF SEVERE STORMS WILL GRADUALLY SPREAD EAST WITH TIME TONIGHT...WITH AN INCREASING RISK OF SEVERE STORMS OVER EASTERN MISSISSIPPI BY LATE TONIGHT. AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM INTENSIFIES AND MOVES NORTHEAST ACROSS WESTERN MISSISSIPPI ON THURSDAY...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO ACCOMPANY THIS FRONT. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE PRODUCING WIND DAMAGE. A FEW ISOLATED SUPERCELLS MAY ALSO DEVELOP AHEAD OF THIS LINE...POSSIBLY PRODUCING TORNADOES. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. PEOPLE ACROSS THE REGION SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS CLOSELY TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. ...FLOODING... A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...AND NORTHERN AND WESTERN MISSISSIPPI ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF A MERIDIAN...TO JACKSON...TO BROOKHAVEN LINE THROUGH THURSDAY. MUCH OF THE FLOOD WATCH AREA HAS RECEIVED TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN SINCE YESTERDAY...WITH A FEW SPOTS RECEIVING UPWARDS OF 6 INCHES. THE GROUND OVER THE WATCH AREA IS SATURATED. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THROUGH THURSDAY WITH WIDESPREAD AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES LIKELY. LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN LOCALIZED AREAS PRODUCING FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS. OVER SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE MORE ISOLATED. STILL...PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS MAY OCCUR. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY. 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.
9 flash flood, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Many roads were flooded. Numerous houses sustained flooding. A few cars were submerged in ditches.
A few roads in the county sustained flooding.
Six to seven roads in the parish were covered with water.
Over nine inches fell, causing numerous roads to flood, especially in southeastern portions of the county. Scattered spots along Interstate 20 were under water.
Additional rainfall aggravated previous flooding conditions. Many roads were flooded.
Over ten inches of rain caused extensive flooding of roads across the parish.
Over 10 inches of rain fell and produced flooding of roads across the parish. Several houses were surrounded by flood waters, but water did not enter the homes.
Several roads in the parish were covered by water since up to ten inches of rain fell across the parish.
Additional rainfall aggravated ongoing flooding.
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, November 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: 5272819, 5272817, 5272822, 5272818, 5272820, 5272824, 5272825, 5272826, 5272821, 5272823.