Funnel Clouds in Mississippi, June 4, 2001

Name: Funnel Clouds in Mississippi, June 4, 2001
Start: 2001-06-04T16:53
End: 2001-06-04T18:34
Location: Mississippi

June 4, 2001 · NWS LIX · 3 events in 1 county or zone

Sheriffs Office personnel sighted funnel clouds in several locations, some extending to near the tree top level. No damage was reported.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
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 happened

The episode as NWS LIX wrote it up.

Sheriffs Office personnel sighted funnel clouds in several locations, some extending to near the tree top level. No damage was reported.

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 New Orleans, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 4, 2:00 PM CST, 2 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 2:00 PM CST, 2 hours 53 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS/BATON ROUGE LA
300 PM CDT MON JUN 4 2001

AWIPS MAINT AND TROUBLESHOOTING THIS AFTERNOON WILL KEEP THIS
FORECAST ELABORATION BRIEF. STRONG SLY FLOW THIS MORNING HELPED TO
PUSH THE SEA BREEZE FURTHER INLAND THAN ORIGINALLY THOUGHT HELPING
TO KEEP MUCH OF EXTREME SE LA AND COASTAL MS RELATIVELY DRY WHILE
DRIVING AFTERNOON TEMPS INTO PREDOMINANTLY THE LOWER 90S. CURRENT
88D THOUGH IS BEGINNING TO SHOW SPOTTY CONVECTION REDEVELOPING
ACROSS MUCH OF THE CWA/PWA IN RESPONSE TO STRONG LATENT HEATING AND
THE AIR MASS DESTABILIZING ONCE AGAIN. THEREFORE...WILL NOT DEVIATE
FROM CURRENT FORECAST WITH RAIN TAPERING OFF THIS EVENING AND
REDEVELOPING OVERNIGHT WITH THE HEAVIER ACTIVITY PROGGED FOR TUE AND
WED. AVN AND ETA CONTINUES TO INDICATE THE UPPER LOW OVER THE W GULF
PUSHING N AND DRIVING STRONG MID LEVEL VORTICES AHEAD AND TO THE E
OF THIS SYSTEM. IN ADDITION...A FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS STILL PROGGED TO
DESCEND ON THE LOWER MS VALLEY ON WED HELPING TO FURTHER ENHANCE THE
RAIN ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. GIVEN CURRENT TRENDS...WILL TREND
DAYTIME HIGHS CLOSE TO FWC GUIDANCE WHILE RAISING OVERNIGHT LOWS IN
RESPONSE TO EXPECTED PRECIP. SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS WILL ALSO EXIST
W OF THE MS RIVER STARTING TONIGHT.

PRELIM NUMBERS...

MCB 72/85/71/82 5778  BTR 74/85/73/83 5778
MSY 78/84/75/84 5678  GPT 75/83/73/82 5678

.NEW...SCA FROM THE ATCHAFALAYA BAY TO THE MS RIVER OUT 60 NM
LA...NONE.
MS...NONE.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 4, 2:37 PM CST, 2 hours 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS, LA
337 PM CDT MON JUN 4 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0254 PM    MC COMB                   MS   .75 INCH HAIL
06/04/01   PIKE                           REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

0300 PM    MC COMB                   MS   WIND DAMAGE
06/04/01   PIKE                           TREE DOWNED BY
                                          THUNDERSTORM WIND
                                          GUST REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

0310 PM    MC COMB                   MS   WIND DAMAGE
06/04/01   PIKE                           ROOF DAMAGE TO RESIDENTIAL
                                          HOME REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

3 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.

Funnel Cloud, Pearl River

When: June 4, 4:53 PM CST
Where: Pearl River County, 12 mi SW of Poplarville
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 30.769, -89.590 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Funnel Cloud, Pearl River

When: June 4, 4:55 PM CST
Where: Pearl River County, Cybur
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 30.769, -89.590 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Funnel Cloud, Pearl River

When: June 4, 6:34 PM CST
Where: Pearl River County, Picayune
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 30.769, -89.590 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Funnel Cloud: A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Mississippi in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in Mississippi, June 2001

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: 5256527, 5256528, 5256529.