Mississippi, 2001

Damaging Wind in Mississippi, January 29, 2001

January 29, 2001 · NWS LIX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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

Where it happened

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  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$2,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

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 New Orleans, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 29, 10:55 AM CST, 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 29, 10:55 AM CST, 40 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS/BATON ROUGE LA
1055 AM CST MON JAN 29 2001

PREVIOUS FCST STILL ON TRACK AS COLD FRONT AND ASSOCIATED SQUALL
LINE IS CURRENTLY MOVING EAST INTO THE WESTERN FRINGES OF SLIDELL'S
CWA. LINE OF MODERATE TO STRONG TSTMS MOVING EAST 35 TO 40 MPH. MAIN
ENERGY FROM S/W TROF IS BEGINNING TO SWING NEWD ACROSS THE  LOW TO
MID MS VALLEY. AIRMASS WAS FAIRLY CAPPED AROUND 700 MB AT 12Z BUT
SOME COOLING AT MID-LEVELS APPARENTLY MAKING HEADWAY INTO WRN
FRINGES OF THE CWA LATE THIS MORNING. STRONG LOW LEVEL SLY WINDS
AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM MAKES FOR WINDY CONDS THROUGH THIS AFTN AHEAD
OF THE FRONT. PACIFIC TYPE FRONT WILL SWEEP EWD OVER THE ENTIRE
REGION BY THIS EVENING WITH COOLER AND DRIER AIR SPREADING EWD IN
THE WAKE OF THE FRONT. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WITH AMTS UP TO 2 INCHES
POSSIBLE IN A SHORT PERIOD.

.NEW...SCA PQL-ATCHAFALAYA RVE INCLUDING LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN/MAUREPAS
LA...NONE.
MS...NONE.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 29, 10:15 AM CST, 1 hour 20 minutes before
LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-292000-

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1015 AM CST MON JAN 29 2001

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 10 IS IN EFFECT FOR EAST-CENTRAL
   AND SOUTH-CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 2 PM
   CST...

A LINE OF RAINSHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS IN ASSOCIATION WITH A
COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS EASTERN LOUISIANA AND EXTREME SOUTH
MISSISSIPPI THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. THE PRIMARY THREAT
WILL BE BRIEF TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AS THIS LINE MOVES EAST AT 35 TO
40 MPH. ONE OR TWO STORMS MAY BRIEFLY ATTAIN STRONG TO SEVERE
CONDITIONS BY PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS CAPABLE OF DOWNING TREES
AND POWERLINES.

DUE TO DROUGHT DAMAGED TREES ACROSS THE AREA...WEAKENED OR DEAD
TREES MAY BE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED BY WIND SPEEDS LESS THAN 60 MPH.

THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI COASTAL
COUNTIES 3SHORTLY AFTER 3 PM.

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR HOME PAGE ON THE INTERNET AT
THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS...

HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/LIX (ALL LETTERS SHOULD BE LOWER CASE).

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The radar

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Pike

When
January 29, 11:35 AM CST
Where
Pike County, Summit
Property damage
$2,000
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
31.283, -90.467

A house was damged by thunderstorm winds.

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

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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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5228197.