Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 11, 2001

Name: Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 11, 2001
Start: 2001-07-11T16:05
End: 2001-07-11T17:00
Location: Mississippi

July 11, 2001 · NWS LIX · 3 events in 2 counties and zones

Strong to severe thunderstorms developed over southwest Mississippi. Thunderstorm wind gusts downed trees and power lines in several location.

Where it happened

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Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $45,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 3

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 happened

The episode as NWS LIX wrote it up.

Strong to severe thunderstorms developed over southwest Mississippi. Thunderstorm wind gusts downed trees and power lines in several location.

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 Jul 11, 1:00 PM CST, 3 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 11, 1:00 PM CST, 3 hours 5 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS/BATON ROUGE LA
200 PM CDT WED JUL 11 2001

THE AVN SHOWS THE  500 MILLIBAR HIGH CENTERED OVER SOUTHWEST
OKLAHOMA REMAINING NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH MONDAY. AN UPPER TROF
ALONG THE ATLANTIC SEABOARD AND INTO THE NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO. A
COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE AREA BY EARLY
SUNDAY MORNING THEN BEGIN TO DISSIPATE.  IMPULSES ROTATING ACROSS
THE TOP OF THE UPPER WILL AID THE DEVELOPMENT OF CONVECTION ACROSS
THE AREA THROUGH MOST OF THE PERIOD. TEMPERATURES SHOULD BEGIN TO
MODERATE AS CLOUDINESS INCREASES AND THE ATMOSPHERE IS INFLUENCED BY
RAIN COOLED AIR. WILL LIKELY SEE AN INCREASE IN CONVECTION EARLY
THURSDAY MORNING IN THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE AREA AS AN IMPULSE
DROPS SOUTHEAST OUT OF ARKANSAS. GUIDANCE MAX TEMPERATURES LOOK
SLIGHTLY HIGH FOR THURSDAY AND WILL ADJUST DOWNWARD. GUIDANCE POPS
APPEAR REASONABLE.

MCB 76/93/75/88 3445
BTR 77/92/77/90 2445
MSY 78/93/77/90 3445
GPT 76/93/75/90 4545

.NEW...NONE
LA...NONE.
MS...NONE.

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Event by event

3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Pike

When: July 11, 4:05 PM CST
Where: Pike County, Summit
Property damage: $15,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 31.283, -90.467

Thunderstorm Wind, Pike

When: July 11, 4:20 PM CST
Where: Pike County, Magnolia
Property damage: $15,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 31.150, -90.467

Thunderstorm Wind, Amite

When: July 11, 5:00 PM CST
Where: Amite County, Countywide
Property damage: $15,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 31.183, -90.800

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, July 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5257818, 5257819, 5257820.