Damaging Winds in Mississippi, January 19, 2001

Name: Damaging Winds in Mississippi, January 19, 2001
Start: 2001-01-19T01:25
End: 2001-01-19T06:15
Location: Mississippi

January 19, 2001 · NWS JAN · 7 events in 6 counties and zones

7 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $24,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 7

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.

What forecasters said that day

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 Jan 18, 4:20 PM CST, 9 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 18, 4:20 PM CST, 9 hours 5 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
420 PM CST THU JAN 18 2001

AT THIS TIME...THINKING HAS NOT CHANGED CONCERNING FLOODING AND
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. POWERFUL...WELL ADVERTISED...
SHORTWAVE WILL AFFECT THE FORECAST AREA NEXT 24 TO 48 HRS WITH ALL
INGREDIENTS COMING TOGETHER FOR EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER NW 2/3RDS OF
AREA. OF PARTICULAR CONCERN IS AREA NW OF TVR TO GWO LINE WHERE
HEAVY RAIN FELL LAST NIGHT AND THIS AFTERNOON. FFG GUIDANCE VALUES
ARE VERY LOW IN THIS REGION. NEEDLESS TO SAY...WILL CONTINUE FLOOD
WATCH. WILL HOLD OFF ON EXPANDING FLOOD WATCH TO SE ZONES WHERE
SOILS ARE NOT AS WET AND WHERE HEAVIER RAINS WILL HOLD OFF UNTIL
LATE TONIGHT.

CONCERNING SEVERE WEATHER...WITH SURFACE WARM SECTOR HAVING PUSHED
WELL INTO SOUTHEAST MS SEVERE WEATHER THREAT HAS INCREASED PER SPC
DAY ONE OUTLOOK. WILL MENTION SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POSSIBILITY FOR
SOUTHEAST ZONES FOR TONIGHT.

RAIN WILL CONTINUE THRU FRI MORNING WITH THUNDERSTORMS STILL
POSSIBLE OVER ERN SECTIONS...BUT RAIN WILL DIMINISH IN THE AFTN AS
DYNAMICS BEGIN TO SHIFT RAPIDLY NORTHEAST. SNOW POTENTIAL IS A BIT
LOWER THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT AS SURFACE TEMPS ARE FORECAST IN MODEL
SOUNDINGS TO REMAIN WELL ABOVE FREEZING. ONLY CONCERN IS VERY LOW
WET BULB ZERO HEIGHTS OF AROUND 800FT OVER NW PORTIONS OF AREA. HAVE
LEFT MENTION OF SNOW IN FORECAST...BUT TEMPERED WORDING DOWN A BIT
BASED ON LATEST MODEL TRENDS. NEW MESOETA FORECASTS SRN STREAM 500
MB VORT TO TRACK FROM EC LA TO NE MS FRI AFTN AND BEST SNOWFALL...IF
ANY WOULD OCCUR TO LEFT OF THIS TRACK. AFTER THAT...NRN STREAM VORT
APPROACHES LATE FRI/SAT AND ENOUGH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE SHOULD EXIST
FOR FLURRIES OVER NE HALF OF AREA. ALL IN ALL...QPF WILL LIGHT WITH
THE DEEP COLD ADVECTION AND SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOT
EXPECTED. TEMPS WILL BE COLD AND HAVE FOLLOWED A MAV/FWC GUIDANCE
COMPROMISE. COULD SEE A FEW TEENS BY SUNDAY MORNING.

24 HR QPF DISCUSSION...MODEL OUTPUT TO THIS POINT HAS SIGNIFICANTLY
UNDERFORECASTED QPF. ETA QPF IS VERIFYING MUCH BETTER TODAY THAN
AVN...BUT BELIEVE THAT GIVEN IMPRESSIVE FEATURES COMING TOGETHER...
ACTUAL QPF WILL CONTINUE TO BE HEAVIER THAN 1 TO 2 INCH AMOUNTS
FORECASTED BY MODELS FOR 00Z FRI TO 00Z SAT TIME FRAME.

IN THE EXTENDED...MRF/UKMET/LATEST AVN SUGGEST A PROGRESSIVE BUT RATHER
AMPLIFIED PATTERN WITH MEAN TROFFING OVER THE MS VALLEY REGION AND
PERSISTENT RIDGING OVER THE WRN CONUS. SIGNIFICANT MID LEVEL
SHORTWAVES WILL MOVE OVER THE FORECAST AREA MONDAY AND POSSIBLY
AGAIN BY THURSDAY...BUT MOISTURE RETURN WILL BE LIMITED AND WILL
CONTINUE DRY FORECAST FOR NOW. IF PRECIPITATION CAN DEVELOP...SOME
QUESTION WILL EXIST CONCERNING PRECIP TYPE AS COLD AIR THAT MOVES IN
THIS WEEKEND WILL NOT MODIFY AS QUICKLY AS PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT.

PRELIM NUMBERS...
JAN 41/42/28/38/20 +92--
MEI 49/50/30/38/20 ++3--

.JAN...
MS...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TONIGHT NORTHWEST OF BUDE TO PORT GIBSON TO
JACKSON TO GRENADA LINE.
LA...FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT.
AR...FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT.

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Event by event

7 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Jasper

When: January 19, 1:25 AM CST
Where: Jasper County, Heidelberg
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 31.883, -89.000

A few trees were blown down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Jones

When: January 19, 1:25 AM CST to 1:35 AM CST
Where: Jones County, Laurel
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 31.700, -89.133

Several trees were blown down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Clarke

When: January 19, 1:30 AM CST
Where: Clarke County, Pachuta
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 31.433, -89.500

Several trees were blown down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Covington

When: January 19, 5:50 AM CST
Where: Covington County, 5 mi SW of Sanford
Property damage: $1,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 31.417, -89.550

A few trees were blown down in a rural area.

Thunderstorm Wind, Lamar

When: January 19, 5:50 AM CST
Where: Lamar County, Sumrall
Property damage: $1,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 31.750, -89.367

A few trees were blown down in a rural area near the Covington County line.

Thunderstorm Wind, Jones

When: January 19, 6:00 AM CST
Where: Jones County, 6 mi W of Soso
Property damage: $1,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 31.067, -89.183

A few trees were blown down in a rural area.

Thunderstorm Wind, Forrest

When: January 19, 6:00 AM CST to 6:15 AM CST
Where: Forrest County, Brooklyn
Property damage: $15,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 32.033, -88.883

A Service Station canopy was blown down. Two sheds were severely damaged. A house received minor damage. Numerous trees were blown down and caused minor damage to homes and downed powerlines.

What these are

Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Mississippi in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in Mississippi, January 2001

Sources

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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5228566, 5228567, 5228568, 5228569, 5228570, 5228662, 5228663.