2 thunderstorm wind, 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 Feb 27, 1:50 PM CST, 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 150 PM CST TUE FEB 27 2001 WHISKEY ECHO TANGO. ETA...AVN...AND NOGAPS ARE IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT WITH WHAT APPEARS TO BE AN UNFOLDING HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING EVENT. A STEADY PROGRESSION OF WEAK SHORTWAVES IN THE SOUTHERN STREAM WILL ZIP ACROSS OUR CWFA THROUGH 12Z WEDNESDAY...THEN AFTER A SHORT BREAK...ANOTHER STRONGER SHORTWAVE WILL PASS THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. PLENTY OF MOISTURE WILL BE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE WEEK...WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES AROUND AN INCH AND A HALF. ADDING TO THE DELUGE WILL BE A SURFACE LOW DEVELOPING IN THE GULF SATURDAY MORNING /PER AVN/ WHICH TRACKS INTO THE FL PANHANDLE BY SUNDAY MORNING. STRONG WARM ADVECTION AND ISENTROPIC LIFT WITH THIS SYSTEM...PLUS THE HIGH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES STILL FORECAST OVER THE DEEP SOUTH...WOULD MEAN HEAVY RAIN ON ALREADY-SATURATED GROUND. ANYONE WHO LIVES IN A RIVER FLOODPLAIN OR IN A POORLY DRAINED LOW-LYING AREA SHOULD STAY ABREAST OF THE WEATHER THIS WEEK. RAIN COOLED AIR FROM THE DELTA REGION IS HELPING TO PUSH THE FRONT SOUTHWARD TODAY...AND THE MODELS HAVE NOT HANDLED THIS VERY WELL...SO THEY HAVE UNDERFORECASTED THE SOUTHERN EXTENT OF THE COOLER AIR. THIS WILL PLAY HAVOC WITH TEMPERATURE FORECASTS AS THE BOUNDARY OSCILLATES AROUND THE CWFA. COOL AIR SHOULD REACH ITS SOUTHERNMOST POSITION ON THURSDAY...AND THEN BEGIN RETREATING BY FRIDAY AS WARM ADVECTION SETS UP FROM THE SOUTHEAST. SUFFICE IT TO SAY THAT TEMPERATURE FORECASTS THIS PACKAGE ARE VERY LOW CONFIDENCE. AS FAR AS PRECIP...TIMING IS ALSO A LOW CONFIDENCE ISSUE AS THE MODELS TYPICALLY HAVE PROBLEMS RESOLVING INDIVIDUAL FAST MOVING WAVES. BOTTOM LINE WILL BE PERIODS OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ALL WEEK...WITH 12-24 HOUR BREAKS IN BETWEEN WAVES. THIS SHOULD ADD UP TO QUITE A BIT OF RAIN...AND THE FLOOD POTENTIAL OUTLOOK WILL BE REPLACED WITH A FLASH FLOOD WATCH THIS PACKAGE. WILL PLACE THE WATCH ALONG AND NORTH OF I-20...AND WILL ONLY RUN IT THROUGH TONIGHT DUE TO THE EXPECTED BREAK ON WEDNESDAY. HOWEVER...THE THREAT OF FLOODING THIS WEEK WILL NOT BE LIMITED TO TONIGHT...NOR WILL IT BE LIMITED TO THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL CWFA. EXTENDED FORECAST WILL BE TRENDED IN A WET DIRECTION DUE TO FORECAST GULF LOW DEVELOPMENT. THANKS TO MEG...SHV...AND BMX FOR COORDINATION. PRELIM NUMBERS... JAN 51/60/46/57 +466 MEI 51/62/47/59 +646 .JAN... MS...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT ZONES 018-019-025>052. LA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT ZONES 007>009-015-016. AR...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT ZONES 074-075. 06
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072> 074-281200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED TIME NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1125 AM CST TUE FEB 27 2001 ...THUNDERSTORMS... ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ALONG AND WEST OF A YAZOO CITY TO BRANDON TO COLLINS TO PURVIS LINE. NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20...THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL. ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20...ISOLATED DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF LARGE HAIL. A STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDED FROM RAYVILLE LOUISIANA TO JUST SOUTH OF COLUMBUS MISSISSIPPI THIS MORNING. THE AIRMASS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THIS FRONT IS EXPECTED TO BECOME QUITE UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ALONG THE FRONT LATE THIS MORNING...AND ARE EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS WITH A FEW STORMS POSSIBLY BECOMING SEVERE ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE FRONT. THE AIRMASS WAS SOMEWHAT MORE STABLE OVER NORTHERN AND EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...SO THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER IS LESS OVER THIS AREA. ...FLOODING... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF A RAYVILLE LOUISIANA TO VICKSBURG TO KOSCIUSKO TO WINONA LINE. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THIS AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS...WITH HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLY CAUSING FLOODING OF RIVERS...CREEKS...AND LOW LYING AREAS. THE HEAVY RAIN MAY PERSIST INTO TONIGHT...AND IF SO THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL BE EXTENDED OVER THIS AREA. FARTHER TO THE SOUTH AND EAST...THE HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE LESS WIDESPREAD AND NOT AS PERSISTENT. HOWEVER...THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS OF RAIN WHICH MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS. 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> 074-281200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 600 AM CST TUE FEB 27 2001 ...THUNDERSTORMS... ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ALONG AND WEST OF A YAZOO CITY TO BRANDON TO COLLINS TO PURVIS LINE. NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20...THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL. ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20...ISOLATED DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF LARGE HAIL. A STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDED FROM RAYVILLE LOUISIANA TO JUST SOUTH OF COLUMBUS MISSISIPPI THIS MORNING. THE AIRMASS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THIS FRONT IS EXPECTED TO BECOME QUITE UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ALONG THE FRONT LATE THIS MORNING...AND ARE EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS WITH A FEW STORMS POSSIBLY BECOMING SEVERE ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE FRONT. THE AIRMASS WAS SOMEWHAT MORE STABLE OVER NORTHERN AND EAST CENTRAL MISSISIPPI...SO THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER IS LESS OVER THIS AREA. ...FLOODING... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF A RAYVILLE LOUISIANA TO VICKSBURG TO KOSCIUSKO TO WINONA LINE. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THIS AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS...WITH HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLY CAUSING FLOODING OF RIVERS...CREEKS...AND LOW LYING AREAS. THE HEAVY RAIN MAY PERSIST INTO TONIGHT...AND IF SO THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL BE EXTENDED OVER THIS AREA. FARTHER TO THE SOUTH AND EAST...THE HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE LESS WIDESPREAD AND NOT AS PERSISTENT. HOWEVER...THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS OF RAIN WHICH MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS. 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. Local standard time, as filed.
At least a dozen trees were blown down. A mobile home sustained damage to its roof and to the skirting around the home.
A few trees and power lines were blown down.
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, February 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: 5233165, 5233166.