4 flash flood, 3 thunderstorm wind, 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 11, 2:00 AM CST, 2 hours 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 300 AM CDT MON JUN 11 2001 SURFACE LOW LOCATED NEAR NEW ORLEANS. CIRCULATION IS INDICATED VERY WELL IN THE LATEST 88D AND RADAR IMAGES. RAIN IS FALLING OVER THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST CWFA...WITH THE HEAVIEST ACTIVITY OVER FOREST...LAMAR AND MARION COUNTIES. ONE HOUR AMOUNTS ARE UNDER HALF AN INCH AN HOUR...WHICH IS WELL BELOW FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE FOR THAT AREA. THERE ARE SOME SLIGHT DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE ETA AND AVN THIS PERIOD IN RESPECT TO HOW THEY HANDLE THE SHORTWAVE ENERGY ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMNANTS OF T.D. ALLISON...WITH THE AVN FASTER IN SHUNTING THE BEST ENERGY NORTHEAST. OTHERWISE...MODELS ARE IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT THIS RUN. SURFACE AND UPPER LEVEL LOW...BOTH CURRENTLY OVER SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...WILL MOVE EAST/NORTHEAST THROUGH THE PERIOD...ENDING UP OVER EXTREME NORTHEAST GA BY 60 HOURS. BOTH MODELS KEEP THE DEEPEST MOISTURE AND BEST UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT OVER SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI TODAY...AND OVER THE EAST ON TUESDAY. THE DELTA WILL BE THE FIRST TO RETURN TO A MORE NORMAL-LIKE SUMMER PATTERN TODAY...WITH MAINLY AFTERNOON CONVECTION FIRING DURING THE GREATEST DAYTIME HEATING. THE WESTERN HALF OF THE CWFA SHOULD RETURN TO THIS PATTERN TOMORROW...WITH THE EFFECTS OF THE SURFACE AND UPPER LEVEL LOW BEGINNING TO LOOSEN THEIR HOLD ON THE EASTERN HALF OF THE CWFA LATE TUESDAY. BY WEDNESDAY...THE ENTIRE CWFA SHOULD RETURN TO A MORE DIURNAL CONVECTION REGIME...WHICH WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EXTENDED FORECAST UNTIL THE NEXT FRONTAL BOUNDARY APPROACHES LATE FRIDAY. GUIDANCE: TEMP GUIDANCE LOOKS FINE AND WILL ONLY MAKE SLIGHT CHANGES ACCORDING TO CLOUD COVER. AS FAR AS POPS GO...TRENDING WITH HIGHEST POPS IN THE SOUTHEAST AND LOWEST IN THE NORTHWEST. MAV GUIDANCE FOR THE SOUTHEAST ZONES LOOKS KINDA FLAKY AS ONLY LOW END CHANCE POPS ARE FORECAST FOR TODAY...NEEDLESS TO SAY...WILL UP TO CATEGORICAL AS PRECIP WILL BE ONGOING AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PERIOD...AND WILL REMAIN LIKELY THROUGH TONIGHT AS SURFACE LOW TRACKS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN MERIDIAN AND THE COAST. WILL HAVE THE HIGHEST POPS OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE CWFA ON TUESDAY AS SYSTEM TRACKS NORTHEASTWARD AND SHORTWAVE ENERGY LINGERS OVER THIS AREA. BY LATE TUESDAY...CONVECTION SHOULD DIE OFF SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET IN THE WEST AND BEGIN WANING IN THE EAST AS SYSTEM MOVES FURTHER AND FURTHER AWAY. THE ONGOING EXTENDED FORECAST LOOKS OK AND WILL ONLY MAKE COSMETIC CHANGES. NO NEED FOR FLASH FLOOD WATCH OVER SOUTHEAST ZONES AS HEAVIEST PRECIP IS SHOULD STAY TO THE SOUTH. LATEST RAINFALL ESTIMATES ARE WELL BELOW FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE AND LOOK TO STAY THAT WAY THROUGH 24 HOURS. NCEP GUIDANCE...AND MODELS...KEEP THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL TO OUR SOUTH...WITH 24 HOUR QPF TOTALS BELOW AN INCH IN THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST CWFA. PRELIM NUMBERS... JAN 86/69/89/71 5332 MEI 84/68/868/70 6443 .JAN... MS...NONE. LA...NONE. AR...NONE. 32
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 flash flood, 3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Many trees were blown down in both the Hattiesburg area and in Brooklyn. At least four houses sustained damage from fallen trees.
Heavy rain over saturated ground caused flooding of several roads.
A number of trees were blown down, mainly in central and southwestern portions of the county. One house in the central part of the county sustained significant damage when a tree fell on it. A mobile home in the southwestern part of the county sustained damage from a fallen tree.
Several homes were flooded. A number of roads were flooded and several were washed out.
A mobile home was nearly destroyed when wind lifted up the roof and blew it off. Emergency management official believes roof was damaged in a previous storm earlier in the morning, then "finished off" by sustained winds of around 40 mph. (No trees were damaged around the mobile home.)
Continued heavy rain over saturated ground caused continued flooding of roads in portions of the county. At least four roads had to be temporarily closed due to the flooding.
Several additional homes were flooded. A total of about 15 roads were washed out in the county.
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: 5250498, 5250501, 5250499, 5250503, 5250500, 5250502, 5250504.