Thunderstorm Wind, Lowndes
- When
- July 20, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lowndes County, 8 mi N of Columbus
- Property damage
- $8,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 33.617, -88.433
Numerous trees and powerlines were blown down.
Damaging Wind in Mississippi, July 20, 2001
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
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $8,000
- 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 Jackson, MS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 20, 1:15 PM CST, 4 hours 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 20, 1:15 PM CST, 4 hours 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 215 PM CDT FRI JUL 20 2001 TREND FOR GRADUAL WEAKENING OF MID&UPPER LEVEL SUMMER RIDGE CENTER IN AR CONTINUES TONIGHT WITH SLOW WWD RETREAT OF THE SYSTEM OVER THE WEEKEND. STILL SEEING MINIMAL CONVECTION UNDER WARM DOME ALTHOUGH WIDELY SCATTERED SHRA/TSRA FIRING UP ALONG A GRENADA-KMEI LINE. LATEST SATELLITE AND LOW LEVEL THETA-E ANALYSIS INDICATING THAT THE ERN PORTIONS OF CWFA WILL HAVE BEST OVERNIGHT THREAT FOR SHRA/TSRA AS NEXT MCS IN WRN TN HEADS SEWD INTO WRN AL. WILL KEEP POPS IN THOSE AREAS THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. FARTHER WEST AND SOUTH...EXPECT ANY LINGERING SEA BREEZE GENERATED ACTIVITY IN S MS TO DIE OFF A FEW HOURS AFTER SUNDOWN THIS EVENING. PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES ON THE UPSWING TONIGHT AND SATURDAY PEAKING NEAR 2-2.2" SATURDAY AFTERNOON. EXPECT NUMEROUS MESOSCALE BOUNDARIES INTERACTING OVER CENTRAL AND ERN MS SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT AS A HIGH ALTITUDE TROF/DIVERGENCE ZONE MIGRATES SWWD AROUND THE RETREATING RIDGE. K INDEXES PUSH TO NEAR 35 AND CAPES PROGGED TO REACH 3000-4000J/KG IN COOLING N FLOW ALOFT DURING PEAK SURFACE HEATING SATURDAY AFTERNOON. EXPECT RAIN AMOUNTS OF .5-1.0" WILL COVER MOST TOTALS BY LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. THEN AN EVENTUAL WESTWARD PROPAGATION OF THE CONVECTION SHOULD PUSH MOST OF IT ALONG AND W OF THE MS RIVER FOR SUNDAY WHEN: PRECIPITABLE WATER AMOUNTS DECREASE FROM EAST TO WEST TO AROUND 1.5-1.7" RANGE...THE AXES OF INSTABILITY/MOISTURE MOVE W AND MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES DROP TO 4C OR LOWER. PREFER A BLEND OF MOS TEMPERATURE GUIDANCE WHILE LEANING TOWARD MAV POPS FOR THE SHORT TERM. .EXTENDED FORECAST... ENSEMBLE SUITES CONTINUE TO ADVERTISE THAT UPPER ANTICYCLONE CENTER RETROGRADES TOWARD THE FOUR CORNERS REGION OF CONUS EARLY NEXT WEEK LEAVING A FLAT MEAN TROF OVER THE ERN U.S. THERE IS ALSO MUCH SUPPORT FOR THE BERMUDA RIDGE TO FINALLY PUSH INTO SERN STATES FROM THE EAST WHICH KEEPS A WEAK N-S SHEAR AXIS IN THE MS VALLEY REGION BETWEEN THE RIDGE AXES. THE END RESULT WILL BRING A DECENT RETURN LOW LEVEL FLOW ON TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY. THEREFORE...LOOK FOR TYPICAL SUMMER-TIME CHANCES OR BETTER OF AFTERNOON SHRA/TSRA DURING THE LATTER HALF OF NEXT WEEK AND NEAR CLIMATOLOGY TEMPERATURES. PRELIM NUMBERS:(1ST PERIOD POPS SUBJECT TO CHANGE) JAN 075/095 073/094 071 25321 MEI 074/093 072/092 070 4521- .JAN... MS...NONE. LA...NONE. AR...NONE.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Heat in Wisconsin, July 20, 2001
- Tornadoes and Hail in Montana, July 20, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, July 20, 2001
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Georgia, July 20, 2001
- Hail in South Dakota, July 20, 2001
- Flash Flooding in Indiana, July 20, 2001
- Flash Flooding in Montana, July 20, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 20, 2001
- High Surf in Hawaii, July 20 to 23, 2001
- Damaging Wind in North Dakota, July 20, 2001
- Damaging Wind in North Dakota, July 20, 2001
- Hail in North Dakota, July 20, 2001
More
Every storm in Mississippi in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings 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: 5257164.