6 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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.
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 2, 10:50 AM CST, 2 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...SECOND UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1150 AM CDT SAT JUN 2 2001 FRONTAL BOUNDARY HAS BACK NORTH A BIT LAST FEW HRS PER MSAS WITH SCATTERED CONVECTION STILL MOVING EAST ACROSS EXTREME NRN TIER ZONES ALONG A BOUNDARY NOW OUT AHEAD OF THE MAIN COLD FRONT OVER CENTRAL AR INTO W TN. CLOUDS BECOMING MORE DISPERSED OVER NW ZONES WHICH SHOULD HELP KEEP THE ATMOSPHERE VERY UNSTABLE (2000-4000 J/KG) PER LAPS SOUNDINGS IN THAT AREA WITH 500 MB BAROCLINIC ZONE JUST TO THE NORTH...THUS WILL LEAVE ISOLATED SEVERE IN ZONES AS SHEAR IS FAIRLY WEAK. ADJUSTING NW ZONES FOR CLOUDS AND TEMPS...BUT WILL LEAVE SCATTERED POPS IN WITH MOISTURE/INSTABILITY IN PLACE AND MOISTURE CONVERGENCE INCREASING AHEAD OF FRONTAL BOUNDARY JUST TO THE NW OF THE MS DELTA REGION. NO OTHER CHANGES ANTICIPATED. .JAN... MS...NONE. LA...NONE. AR...NONE. 05/
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 031200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1016 AM CDT SAT JUN 02 2001 ...THUNDERSTORMS... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI THROUGH TONIGHT. ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A CROSSETT ARKANSAS...YAZOO CITY TO MACON LINE. DAMAGING WIND AND HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT FROM ANY SEVERE STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP. AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT...COMBINED WITH AN EASTWARD MOVING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE...WILL ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE FRONT WILL PROVIDE A FOCUSING MECHANISM AT THE SURFACE FOR THUNDERSTORMS...AND WITH DAYTIME HEATING...ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS ALREADY IN PLACE...STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF REACHING SEVERE LIMITS. SEVERE STORMS SHOULD REMAIN ISOLATED IN NATURE...AS THE BEST ENERGY FROM THE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL BE ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI/TENNESSEE BORDER. ELSEWHERE...THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON AND LAST INTO THE EVENING HOURS. DAYTIME HEATING AND A MARGINALLY UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL ALLOW STORMS TO DEVELOP...BUT WITH A LACK OF UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT...OR A SPECIFIC BOUNDARY TO FOCUS UPON AT THE SURFACE... SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK.
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 031200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 200 PM CDT SAT JUN 02 2001 ...THUNDERSTORMS... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI THROUGH TONIGHT. ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A CROSSETT ARKANSAS...YAZOO CITY TO MACON LINE. DAMAGING WIND AND HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT FROM ANY SEVERE STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP. AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT...COMBINED WITH AN EASTWARD MOVING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE...WILL ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE FRONT WILL PROVIDE A FOCUSING MECHANISM AT THE SURFACE FOR THUNDERSTORMS...AND WITH DAYTIME HEATING...ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS ALREADY IN PLACE...STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF REACHING SEVERE LIMITS. SEVERE STORMS SHOULD REMAIN ISOLATED IN NATURE...AS THE BEST ENERGY FROM THE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL BE ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI/TENNESSEE BORDER. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE NIGHTTIME AS THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY STALLS ALONG THE HIGHWAY 82 CORRIDOR. ELSEWHERE...THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP WILL DIMINISH SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET...WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. DUE TO LACK OF UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT OR A SPECIFIC BOUNDARY TO FOCUS UPON AT THE SURFACE...SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED. 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.
6 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Lots of quarter size hail fell in a mostly rural area causing minor damage to the roofs of a few cars and buildings.
Hail of up to golfball size caused damage to cars and building roofs in the vicinity of Camden.
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: 5249402, 5249403, 5249404, 5249405, 5249406, 5249407.