1 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 Jun 10, 8:45 AM CST, 4 hours 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 945 AM CDT SUN JUN 10 2001 HAVE UPDATED TO REMOVE MORNING WORDING AND CARVE OUT ONE SET OF ZONES W-E NORTH OF I-20 TO LOWER POPS. SATELLITE VISIBLE IMAGERY ALREADY SHOWING SOME TOWERING CU FORMING ALONG I-20 WITH A SHRA OR TWO POSSIBLE BY LATE MORNING. STILL NOT LOOKING FOR MUCH INLAND SURGE OF ALLISON MOISTURE UNTIL LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. THE 06Z RUNS OF MESOETA AND AVN TAKE THE REMNANTS OF ALLISON INTO SERN MS EITHER LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON/NIGHT AND THE 12Z RUNS OF MESOETA AND ARE AGAIN SPEEDING UP THE 00Z RUNS. PREFER THE SLOWER SCENARIO MORE IN LINE WITH 00Z TRENDS. .JAN... MS...NONE. LA...NONE. AR...NONE.
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 111200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 230 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2001 ...THUNDERSTORMS... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR THROUGH TONIGHT FROM NORTHEAST LOUISIANA ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...HOWEVER NO SEVERE WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED. A STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL REMAIN OVER EXTREME NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF MISSISSIPPI THROUGH TONIGHT. THIS FRONTAL BOUNDARY COMBINED WITH A TROPICAL AIRMASS..WILL ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY THROUGH ABOUT 10 PM. ACTIVITY WILL BE CONFINED TO AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A PHILADELPHIA TO BASTROP...LOUISIANA LINE. LIMITED INSTABILITY INLAND SHOULD KEEP THE STRONGEST STORMS FARTHER SOUTH OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD NOT BE REQUIRED THROUGH TONIGHT. ...FLOODING... HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. THE REMNANTS OF ALLISON SHOULD MOVE TOWARD SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA TONIGHT BRINGING RAIN AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR COULD OCCUR IN THE HEAVIER STORMS REACHING SOUTH MISSISSIPPI. THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS AND PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. MOTORISTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO EXERCISE CAUTION AND 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.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Portions of the county experienced flash flooding as three inches of rain fell in just 1.5 hours over saturated ground. Several homes in the Laurel area were flooded when nearby creeks overflowed.
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, June 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: 5250497.