2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Apr 15, 1:45 PM CST, 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 245 PM CDT SUN APR 15 2001 SURFACE ANALYSIS INDICATES TWO DISTINCT BOUNDARIES THAT WILL AFFECT THE CWFA FOR THE NEXT 12 HOURS. THE FIRST IS AN OLD OUTFLOW BOUNDARY THAT CURRENTLY STRETCHES FROM NEAR HATTIESBURG TO BROOKHAVEN TO NATCHEZ. THE SECOND BOUNDARY IS THE COLD FRONT...CURRENTLY TO THE NW OF THE CWFA. CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE THE EVENING...WITH THE STRONGEST ACTIVITY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY. NOT MUCH ACTIVITY ALONG THE ACTUAL FRONTAL BOUNDARY...BUT NUMEROUS SHOWERS AHEAD OF COLD FRONT. HIGHEST POPS (CHANCE) TONIGHT WILL BE IN THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CWFA WHERE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER. ETA AND AVN ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT. COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH OVER MS TONIGHT AND BE NEAR THE GULF COAST BY 12Z MONDAY. BEHIND THE BOUNDARY...A SLIGHTLY COOLER AND DRIER AIRMASS WILL PREVAIL. ON TUESDAY...ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH OVER MS. AVN IS NOT INDICATING ANY PRECIP WITH THIS BOUNDARY...ETA HAS RATHER LARGE SWATH OF QUARTER TO HALF INCH AMOUNTS ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MS. AVN HAS BEEN PERFORMING MUCH BETTER THAN ETA WITH THE QPF FORECASTS...SO WILL LEAN TOWARDS THE MORE CONSERVATIVE MAV POPS AT THIS TIME. BEHIND TUESDAYS COLD FRONT...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE SOUTHEAST. EXTENDED LOOKS TO REMAIN DRY WITH BELOW NORMAL TEMPS AS A BLAST OF COLD AIR MAKES ITS WAY SOUTHWARD FROM CANADA. AS FAR AS GUIDANCE GOES...WILL LEAN TOWARDS THE MAV POPS...EXCEPT IN THE FIRST PERIOD IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN AREAS. TEMPS FOR THE FIRST FOUR PERIODS ARE FAIRLY SIMILAR AND WILL TAKE AVERAGE. FOR THE LAST PERIOD (TUE NIGHT) FAN HAS READINGS IN THE 30S. SOMETIMES MAV HAS TENDENCY TO BE A LITTLE TOO COOL...SO WILL GO SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN GUIDANCE. NEXT SHIFTS MAY DECIDE TO ADJUST MY NUMBERS DOWNWARD...BUT FOR NOW DONT HAVE ENOUGH CONFIDENCE TO LOWER MINS TO NEAR FREEZING. PRELIM NUMBERS... JAN 56/75/47/65 2000 MEI 55/76/46/66 2000 .JAN... MS...NONE. LA...NONE. AR...NONE. 32
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072> 074-161200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 200 PM CDT SUN APR 15 2001 ...THUNDERSTORMS... SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY EVENING SOUTH OF A WINNSBORO LOUISIANA...MAGEE...HATTIESBURG MISSISSIPPI LINE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA UNTIL 6 PM. DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS WITH THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT AND INCREASING INSTABILITY WILL SERVE TO INTENSIFY ONGING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DIMINISH BY MID EVENING. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS WILL BE NECESSARY DURING THE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. 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.
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees and large limbs were blown down. One house sustained minor roof damage.
Several trees and power lines were blown down.
Hail of up to golfball size caused roof damage to homes and businesses. Also, a number of cars were damaged as large hail fell for up to 10 minutes.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Mississippi in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Mississippi, April 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: 5240540, 5240541, 5240539.