Name: Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 4, 2001
Start: 2001-07-04T19:12
End: 2001-07-04T19:47
Location: Mississippi

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $6,000
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 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 4, 1:40 PM CST, 5 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 1:40 PM CST, 5 hours 32 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
240 PM CDT WED JUL 4 2001

LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS INDICATES A HINT OF A SURFACE TROUGH ROUGHLY
ALONG THE NATCHEZ TRACE. THIS AREA ALSO COINCIDES WITH A 500MB
SHORTWAVE AXIS. IN ADDITION...VISIBLE IMAGERY SHOWS AN OUTFLOW
BOUNDARY MOVING SOUTHWARD OVER NORTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWFA.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE SITUATED ALONG BOTH OF THESE SURFACE
FEATURES.

ETA AND AVN ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT THIS RUN. BOTH MODELS INITIALIZED
THE 500MB VORT AXIS REALLY WELL OVER THE CWFA. THIS FEATURE HAS BEEN
FAIRLY PERSISTENT FOR THE PAST FEW DAYS...AND BOTH MODELS ARE
INDICATING THIS FEATURE TO BEGIN MOVING SOUTHWARD TONIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY. CROSS SECTIONS SHOW GOOD MID LEVEL DRYING THROUGH THE
REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST PERIOD AS THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE TO THE
WEST BUILDS EASTWARD. DRIER MID LEVEL AIR SHOULD BEGIN SETTLING IN
OVER THE NORTHERN CWFA TONIGHT AND STEADILY FILTERING IN OVER THE
SOUTHERN ZONES LATER TOMORROW. MOISTURE WILL THEN BE MAINLY CONFINED
TO BELOW 700MB. WITH SLIGHTLY WARMER MID LEVEL TEMPS...THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY SHOULD BE SOMEWHAT MORE LIMITED IN COVERAGE THAN THE PAST
FEW DAYS.

A SURFACE FRONT CURRENTLY OVER THE PLAINS STATES WILL SLOWLY MAKE
ITS WAY SOUTHWARD TOMORROW...AND APPROACH THE NORTHERN CWFA DURING
THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. WITH MOISTURE CONFINED MAINLY TO THE LOW
LEVELS...AND NO UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT...DON'T EXPECT A LOT OF ACTIVITY
ALONG THE FRONT THURSDAY NIGHT/EARLY FRIDAY. THIS BOUNDARY COULD
HELP TO FIRE CONVECTION OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN AREAS ON
FRIDAY...COMBINED WITH DAYTIME HEATING. WITH LIMITED UPPER
SUPPORT...ACTIVITY SHOULD REMAIN ONLY SCATTERED IN NATURE. THERE IS
STILL SOME QUESTION ON EXACTLY HOW FAR SOUTH THIS BOUNDARY WILL MAKE
IT...THE AVN IS AGAIN INDICATING THE FRONT WILL MAKE IT AS FAR SOUTH
AS THE SOUTHERN ZONES...ALBEIT A VERY DIFFUSE BOUNDARY. THE ETA
STILL TAKES IT TO THE COAST BEFORE WASHING IT OUT. WILL DEFINITELY
LEAVE AT LEAST SLIGHT POPS IN THE EXTENDED FOR THE SOUTHERN
ZONES...ESPECIALLY IF WHATEVER IS LEFT OF THE BOUNDARY DECIDES TO
BECOME STATIONARY ALONG THE COAST.

CURRENT EXTENDED LOOKS FINE AND NO MAJOR CHANGES WILL BE MADE.
ANOTHER BOUNDARY IS FORECAST TO MOVE SOUTHWARD OVER THE CWFA ON
SUNDAY/MONDAY. BUT AGAIN...UPPER RIDGING SHOULD LIMIT THE CONVECTIVE
ACTIVITY. WILL KEEP CURRENT WORDING OF AFTERNOON/EVE THUNDER FOR NOW.

GUIDANCE...TEMPS LOOK FINE AND WILL TAKE BLEND. MAV POPS TRENDS LOOK
PRETTY GOOD. HIGHER POPS IN THE SOUTH...WITH THE SHORTWAVE/SHEAR
AXIS. LOWER POPS IN THE NORTH...WITH THE DRIER MID LEVEL AIR
SETTLING IN OVER THE REGION LATER TONIGHT. POPS SHOULD RETURN TO A
MORE LOW END CHANCE/WIDELY SCATTERED NATURE AS THE UPPER RIDGE
BUILDS EAST. MAV POP TRENDS SEEM TO HAVE THIS HANDLED FAIRLY WELL
AND WILL ONLY MAKE MINOR ADJUSTMENTS.

JAN 73/94/72/95 3323
MEI 72/94/72/94 3323

.JAN...
MS...NONE.
LA...NONE.
AR...NONE.
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Event by event

3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Lowndes

When: July 4, 7:12 PM CST
Where: Lowndes County, Caledonia
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 33.683, -88.333

Several trees and powerlines were blown down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Lowndes

When: July 4, 7:40 PM CST
Where: Lowndes County, Columbus
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 33.500, -88.433

Several trees and powerlines were blown down on Highways 12 and 82 in the Columbus area.

Thunderstorm Wind, Noxubee

When: July 4, 7:47 PM CST
Where: Noxubee County, Macon
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 33.117, -88.400

A few trees were blown down in the Macon area, including some trees blown onto Highway 388.

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.

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More

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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: 5257263, 5257264, 5257265.