Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 12, 2001

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 12, 2001
Start: 2001-07-12T12:45
End: 2001-07-12T18:45
Location: Mississippi

July 12, 2001 · NWS JAN · 18 events in 15 counties and zones

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

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $60,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 18

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 Jul 12, 2:25 AM CST, 10 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 12, 2:25 AM CST, 10 hours 20 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
325 AM CDT THU JUL 12 2001

GENERAL PATTERN CONTINUES TO FEATURE HOT UPPER SUBTROPICAL RIDGE
CENTERED OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WITH INCREASING NORTHWEST FLOW
FORECASTED OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY REGION. LATEST MODEL
RUNS ARE SHOWING STRONG INDICATIONS TOWARDS A BREAK IN THE EXCESSIVE
HEAT BY THIS WEEKEND.

FOR TODAY...BASED ON LATEST TEMP TRENDS AND GUIDANCE...WILL CONTINUE
HEAT ADVISORY FOR TODAY WITH NO CHANGES MADE TO ADVISORY DETAILS.
AS IN RECENT DAYS SEVERAL OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES WERE LEFT OVERNIGHT AND
SHOULD ONCE AGAIN PROVIDE FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT...GIVEN
PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES > 2 INCHES AND PROGGED AFTN CAPES ~3500
J/KG. MID LEVEL TEMPS (~-4 DEG C AT 500MB) STILL RELATIVELY WARM AND
TSTM COVERAGE IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE MORE THAN SCATTERED.

FOR TONIGHT AND FRIDAY...THE 00Z ETA/AVN/UKMET ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT
ON BRINGING A MID LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROF WITH MODEST HEIGHT FALLS AND
ASSOC SURFACE COLD FRONT ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA BY LATE FRIDAY. AT
THIS TIME...IT APPEARS SIGNIFICANT MCS DEVELOPMENT MAY AFFECT NW
ZONES TONIGHT AND CNTRL ZONES TOWARDS FRI MORNING. SIGNIFICANT
CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE MORE LIKELY OVER SRN ZONES DURING
DAY ON FRIDAY AS BEST DYNAMICS AND SFC BASED INSTABILITY SHIFT
SOUTHWARD. WILL ALIGN BEST POPS BASED ON THE ABOVE THINKING. STILL
NOT CONFIDENT ENOUGH TO GO LIKELY CATEGORY AT ANY LOCATION.

FOR FRIDAY NIGHT AND EXTENDED...JUST AS MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT
ON SHORTWAVE/COLD FRONT PASSAGE THU NIGHT...THEY ARE IN GOOD
AGREEMENT ON STRONG DRYING TO OCCUR IN THE WAKE...WITH SURFACE
DEWPOINT TEMPS IN THE UPPER 50S APPROACHING NRN COUNTIES BY FRI
NIGHT. THIS WILL BRING AT LEAST A TEMPORARY END TO DEEP MOIST
CONVECTIVE CHANCES AND WILL NEED TO MAKE A FEW CHANGES TO THE
EXTENDED.

JAN 95/74/89/70 4452
MEI 95/72/89/67 4451

.JAN...
MS...HEAT ADVISORY ALONG AND WEST OF A GREENWOOD TO BRANDON TO
COLUMBIA LINE.
LA...HEAT ADVISORY TODAY.
AR...HEAT ADVISORY TODAY.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 12, 11:01 AM CST, 1 hour 44 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1201 PM CDT THU JUL 12 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ...COUNTY LOCATION....

0550 PM    2 W ADATON                MS   WIND DAMAGE
07/12/01   OKTIBBEHA                      S.O. REPORTED TREES
                                          DOWN.

0600 PM    RICHLAND                  MS   WIND DAMAGE
07/12/01   RANKIN                         P.D. REPORTED TREES
                                          DOWN AS WELL AS A ROOF
                                          BLOWN OFF OF A BARN.

0600 PM    RICHLAND                  MS   FLOOD
07/12/010   RANKIN                         P.D. REPORTED 3 HOUSES
                                          FLOODED.

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Event by event

17 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Scott

When: July 12, 12:45 PM CST
Where: Scott County, Lake
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: AMATEUR RADIO
Coordinates: 32.350, -89.333

A few trees were blown down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Jasper

When: July 12, 1:00 PM CST
Where: Jasper County, 3 mi S of Bay Spgs
Property damage: $1,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 31.917, -89.300

A few trees were blown down in a rural area.

Thunderstorm Wind, Bolivar

When: July 12, 1:00 PM CST
Where: Bolivar County, Merigold
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 33.833, -90.733

Several trees and powerlines were blown down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Jones

When: July 12, 2:15 PM CST
Where: Jones County, Laurel
Property damage: $25,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 31.700, -89.133

Several trees were blown down. One tree landed on a house and caused significant damage.

Thunderstorm Wind, Leake

When: July 12, 2:30 PM CST
Where: Leake County, 8 mi S of Carthage
Property damage: $1,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 32.617, -89.533

A few trees were blown down in a rural area.

Thunderstorm Wind, Neshoba

When: July 12, 2:45 PM CST to 2:50 PM CST
Where: Neshoba County, 5 mi N of Philadelphia
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 32.833, -89.117

Several trees were blown down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Yazoo

When: July 12, 2:50 PM CST to 2:55 PM CST
Where: Yazoo County, Satartia
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 32.667, -90.550

Several trees were blown down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson

When: July 12, 3:00 PM CST
Where: Jefferson County, 6 mi E of Fayette
Property damage: $1,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 31.717, -90.967

Several trees were blown down in a rural area.

Thunderstorm Wind, Scott

When: July 12, 3:00 PM CST
Where: Scott County, Countywide
Property damage: $7,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 32.383, -89.550

Trees were blown down in various parts of the county.

Thunderstorm Wind, Madison

When: July 12, 3:00 PM CST
Where: Madison County, Flora
Property damage: $1,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 32.550, -90.317

A few trees were blown down.

Hail, Rankin

When: July 12, 3:07 PM CST
Where: Rankin County, Brandon
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 32.267, -89.983

Thunderstorm Wind, Warren

When: July 12, 3:15 PM CST
Where: Warren County, Vicksburg
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 32.350, -90.883

A few trees and powerlines were blown down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Simpson

When: July 12, 3:15 PM CST
Where: Simpson County, Magee
Property damage: $1,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 31.867, -89.733

Several large limbs were blown down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Claiborne

When: July 12, 4:15 PM CST
Where: Claiborne County, Port Gibson
Property damage: $1,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 31.967, -91.000

Several trees were blown down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Copiah

When: July 12, 4:40 PM CST
Where: Copiah County, 5 mi E of Hazlehurst
Property damage: $1,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 31.867, -90.317

Several trees were blown down along Highway 28.

Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson

When: July 12, 5:30 PM CST
Where: Jefferson County, Harriston
Property damage: $1,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 31.717, -91.033

A few trees were blown down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Adams

When: July 12, 6:15 PM CST
Where: Adams County, Natchez
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 31.567, -91.400

A wind gust of 58 mph was measured at the Adams Civil Defense office.

Thunderstorm Wind, Adams

When: July 12, 6:45 PM CST
Where: Adams County, Natchez
Property damage: $10,000
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 31.567, -91.400

Strong winds knocked down several trees and large limbs in the downtown area. Several powerlines were knocked down by fallen limbs. A house sustained damage from a fallen tree.

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.
Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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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: 5257488, 5257277, 5257489, 5257490, 5257479, 5257481, 5257483, 5257480, 5257482, 5257484, 5257485, 5257486, 5257487, 5257491, 5257492, 5257493, 5257494, 5257495.