4 flash flood, 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 Jul 26, 2:00 AM CST, 5 hours 50 minutes earlier.
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
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 271200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 509 AM CDT THU JUL 26 2001 ...THUNDERSTORMS... TROPICAL AIRMASS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE PREVALENT OVER MUCH OF MISSISSIPPI AND PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS THROUGH TONIGHT. NO ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP IN THE NORTHWARD MOVING SCATTERED TROPICAL AIRMASS SHOWERS IN COMBINATION WITH AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE TODAY. THE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AS DAYTIME HEATING DEVELOPS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER INTO THE EVENING HOURS. THE GREATEST COVERAGE OF STORMS SHOULD BE ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF THE NATCHEZ TRACE PARKWAY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. ALSO EXPECT OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING STRIKES. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. ...FLOODING... TROPICAL RAINS WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND NORTHWARD ACROSS THE REGION FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO OVER AREAS MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF THE NATCHEZ TRACE PARKWAY THROUGH THIS EVENING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE AND MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION AND DO NOT DRIVE INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. 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.
4 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Up to eight inches of rain fell in about 3 to 4 hours. Many roads were flooded, and several residences and businesses sustained water damage. One culvert under a road was completely washed out by flood waters.
Various portions of the county had significant flooding. In Pearl, at least three homes were flooded and water covered a number of roads. Several roads had to be closed. Several cars became nearly submerged by the flood waters. Flooding also caused road closures in the Florence and Flowood areas. Water also covered several roads and came over the top of drainage ditches in portions of Brandon where up to six inches of rain fell in a few hours.
Several roads were flooded, and flood waters entered a home in Utica. A bridge was washed out on old Highway 3 north of Utica due to the rapidly rising waters of a creek. Flooding occurred in several neighborhoods in Byram, but no water in homes was reported.
Flood waters covered Old Brandon Road at Rankin Square.
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, July 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: 5257345, 5257343, 5257344, 5257346.