19 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 Jan 29, 4:58 AM CST, 5 hours 12 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTION FOR WIND ADVYS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 345 AM CST MON JAN 29 2001 WINDY...WARM...TSRA...THEN COOLER IN THE FIRST 12-18 HOURS OF THE FORECAST. AVN/06Z MESO ETA PACKED WITH GRADIENT FLOW...ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS...POTENTIAL SEVERE SQUALL LINE AND THEN COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE AS A DEEPENING SURFACE LOW IN WRN AR HEADS INTO NERN MO. BOTH OF THESE MODELS REACH BOMBING LOW STATUS WITH 12-14MB DROPS IN A 12 HR. PERIOD ENDING AT 00-03Z TONIGHT. WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA PROBABLY WILL BE MET MOST OF CWFA BY EARLY AFTERNOON...PROFILERS ALREADY 30-50KTS IN THE LOWEST 4 GATES AT OKOLONA AND WINFIELD. UNSEASONABLY WARM CURRENT TEMPERATURES ABOVE EVERY MODEL CURVE AT THE MOMENT BUT WILL GENERALLY RAISE NGM MOS BY A CATEGORY SINCE IT HANDLES WARM ADVECTION BETTER THAN OTHERS(EVEN 06Z MESO ETA TOO COOL WITH IT'S 3 HR PROG 2M TEMPS). SQUALL LINE FORMING IN E TX BEING HANDLED BEST BY 06Z RUC/MESOETA AND THESE ARE ABOUT 2-4 HOURS SLOWER WITH THE EWD PROGRESSION THAN THE 00Z RUNS. THOSE FEW HOURS COULD BE CRITICAL FOR DESTABILIZATION AND AN 18Z RUC SOUNDING FOR CENTRAL AND SRN MS MODIFIED FOR 73/65 YIELDED THE FOLLOWING: CAPES 1500-1700J/KG ...STORM RELATIVE HELICITIES 500-700...LIFTED INDICES -5...AND LFC NEAR 2K FEET. THERE IS EXCELLENT AGREEMENT WITH MAIN SHORT TERM MODELS WITH THE PRIMARY FORCING AT 18Z ALONG MS RIVER...FEATURING 850MB S-N FLOW 60-65KTS WITH THETA E VALUES SURGING TO 326-328K...500MB JET STREAK 95-105KT AT KAEX WHICH CROSSES KMEI AT 23Z...300MB JET MAX 140-145KT MOVING FROM SE TX AT 18Z TO W CENTRAL MS AT 00Z. THE 06Z MESO-ETA BRINGS 65+F SURFACE DEWPOINTS UP TO I-20 AXIS ALSO AT 18Z. FARTHER N ...ENVIRONMENTAL/STORM RELATIVE SHEAR OVERWHELMS THE AMOUNT OF INSTABILITY AVAILABLE N OF ABOUT A WINNSBORO TO JACKSON TO MACON LINE SO SEVERE REPORTS SHOULD BE LESS COMMON IN THOSE AREAS. BACK TO THE SOUTH HOWEVER...THE SQUALL LINE WILL HAVE MUCH MORE BOWING AND THE POTENTIAL FOR EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS. WILL ENHANCE THE SEVERE WORDING FOR WIND DAMAGE SERN THIRD OF CWFA. FINALLY...PRECIPITABLE WATER WILL BE FEEDING AROUND 1.5 INCHES INTO THE LINE. ONCE THE LINE EXITS INTO AL BY ABOUT 02Z...WLY LOW LEVEL FLOW SHOULD RETURN MOST LOCATIONS CLOSE TO NORMAL TEMPERATURES FOR TUESDAY. A SHALLOW LAYER OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE COULD PERSIST ON TUESDAY WITH PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES BEFORE HIGH LEVEL MOISTURE BEGINS INVADING AGAIN TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. 24 HR QPF DISCUSSION: MODELS ARE IN EXCELLENT AGREEMENT WITH TIMING OF EXPECTED SQUALL LINE...WITH NGM TYPICALLY UNDERDONE ON AMOUNTS. EXPECT WIDESPREAD ONE TO TWO INCH RAIN TOTALS...WITH THE VAST MAJORITY FALLING IN A ONE TO TWO HOUR TIMEFRAME IN ANY GIVEN PLACE AS THE SQUALL LINE PASSES. LINE SHOULD ENTER THE WESTERN CWFA LATE THIS MORNING...CROSS THE MS RIVER AROUND NOON...AND EXIT EASTERN MS ABOUT 6 PM. EXTENDED DISCUSSION...CURSORY LOOK AT THE MEDIUM RANGE MODELS BRINGS ANOTHER UPPER TROUGH THROUGH THE LOWER MS VALLEY THURSDAY WITH MUCH LESS MOISTURE TO WORK WITH. UKMO..ECMWF...AND MRF BRING A PACIFIC AIRMASS ACROSS THE DEEP SOUTH FRIDAY AND SATURDAY BEFORE NEXT UPPER TROUGH DROPS INTO THE MEAN TROUGH AXIS IN THE CENTRAL CONUS LATER IN THE WEEKEND. DO NOT SEE ANY CHANGES TO THE EXTENDED. PRELIM NUMBERS: JAN 73/44/66/43/65 +3-00 MEI 74/45/65/42/66 98-00 .JAN... MS...WIND ADVY FOR AREA LAKES TODAY MOST ZONES. LA...WIND ADVY FOR AREA LAKES TODAY NERN LA ZONES. AR...WIND ADVY FOR AREA LAKES TODAY SERN AR ZONES.
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072> 074-301200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 600 AM CST MON JAN 29 2001 ...THUNDERSTORMS... STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY IN THE FORM OF A SQUALL LINE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY THREAT. THE THREAT FOR DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE GREATER ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM NATCHEZ TO JACKSON TO MERIDIAN...WHERE THE AIRMASS WILL BE MORE UNSTABLE. THE SQUALL LINE IS EXPECTED TO ENTER EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA BY LATE MORNING...CROSS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AROUND NOON...REACH INTERSTATE 55 BY MIDAFTERNOON...AND EXIT MISSISSIPPI AROUND 6 PM. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL WILL BE REQUIRED. ...FLOODING... THE SQUALL LINE WHICH WILL BRING THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL ALSO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. WIDESPREAD RAIN TOTALS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE LIKELY...WITH MOST OF THE RAIN FALLING IN A ONE TO TWO HOUR PERIOD AS THE SQUALL LINE PASSES. THESE HEAVY RAINFALL RATES WILL RESULT IN PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AND POORLY DRAINED AREAS...BUT WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED DUE TO THE SHORT DURATION OF THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL. ...NON PRECIPITATION... SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 55 THIS MORNING...AND WILL REACH SIMILAR SPEEDS EAST OF INTERSTATE 55 AROUND NOON. THE WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHWESTERLY AND DECREASE TO 10 TO 15 MPH AFTER THE SQUALL LINE PASSES. 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> 074-301200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1000 AM CST MON JAN 29 2001 ...THUNDERSTORMS... STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY IN THE FORM OF A SQUALL LINE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY THREAT. THE THREAT FOR DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE GREATER ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM LAKE PROVIDENCE...LOUISIANA TO YAZOO CITY TO JACKSON TO MERIDIAN...WHERE THE AIRMASS WILL BE MORE UNSTABLE. THE SQUALL LINE IS EXPECTED TO CROSS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER BETWEEN 10 AND 11 AM...REACH INTERSTATE 55 BY EARLY AFTERNOON...AND EXIT MISSISSIPPI BEFORE SUNSET. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL WILL BE REQUIRED. ...FLOODING... THE SQUALL LINE WHICH WILL BRING THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL ALSO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. WIDESPREAD RAIN TOTALS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE LIKELY...WITH MOST OF THE RAIN FALLING IN A ONE TO TWO HOUR PERIOD AS THE SQUALL LINE PASSES. THESE HEAVY RAINFALL RATES WILL RESULT IN PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AND POORLY DRAINED AREAS...BUT WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED DUE TO THE SHORT DURATION OF THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL. ...NON PRECIPITATION... SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 55 THIS MORNING...AND WILL REACH SIMILAR SPEEDS EAST OF INTERSTATE 55 BY EARLY AFTERNOON. THE WINDS WILL BECOME WESTERLY AFTER THE SQUALL LINE PASSES. 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.
19 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees were blown down near the intersection of Interstate 20 and Highway 27.
A number of large tree limbs were blown down and several limbs were blocking secondary roads.
Two trees were blown down onto a house and caused damage. A carport sustained significant damage.
Several trees were blown down. A few powerlines were knocked down by fallen trees and limbs. Several road signs were blown down.
Many trees and powerlines were blown down; mainly in the western half of the county.
Part of a tin roof was blown off of a barn. Several trees were blown down. One tree was blocking a road.
Numerous buildings in the Forest downtown area sustained significant damage to roofs, awnings, signage, and property, including one building that had a collapsed wall.
Several trees were blown down in various parts of the county.
A few trees were blown down.
Several trees and powerlines were blown down in several portions of the county.
Numerous trees were blown down.
A mobile home had its porch blown off. Three chicken houses sustained roof damage. A number of trees and powerlines were blown down.
Minor damage occurred to a church roof.
A number of trees were blown down in several parts of the county.
A few trees were blown down.
Several trees were blown down across the county.
Several signs and billboards were blown down. A small shed was blown over.
Gutters and shingles were damaged on several houses in a rural area. Several powerlines were blown down.
Several trees were blown down, including one that blocked a lane of interstate 20.
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, January 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: 5228665, 5228666, 5228667, 5228668, 5228669, 5228670, 5228673, 5228671, 5228672, 5228674, 5228829, 5228675, 5228832, 5228830, 5228831, 5228834, 5228835, 5228833, 5228836.