7 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 Mar 31, 3:00 PM CST, 4 hours 51 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 300 PM CST SAT MAR 31 2001 TROUGHING OVER THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE CONUS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP EASTWARD THROUGH PERIOD. BY 24 HOURS THE MID LEVEL FLOW ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA WILL BE FROM THE NORTHWEST...AS THE SHORTWAVE TROUGH AXIS WILL BE EAST OF THE STATE. IN THE FIRST 12 HOURS...THE UPPER LOW OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS WILL START TO SHEAR OUT AS 130KT SPEED MAX DIVES SOUTHEAST TONIGHT. THE COLD FRONT CURRENTLY APPROACHING NORTHWEST ARKANSAS WILL BE THE MAIN WEATHER CONCERN THROUGH 15Z SUNDAY. THE COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI BORDER AROUND 00Z SUNDAY AND ENTER SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI BY 09Z. MOISTURE CONVERGENCE WILL BE WEAK ALONG AND JUST AHEAD OF THE FRONT. THE BEST SHORTWAVE ENERGY...LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE...AND UPPER DIVERGENCE WILL BE ACROSS THE NORTH THIRD OF THE FORECAST AREA. THE APPROACHING MID LEVEL COLD POOL WILL HELP TO INCREASE INSTABILITY IN THIS AREA. THE STEEPEST LAPSE RATES WILL BE NORTH OF HIGHWAY 82 BETWEEN 00-12Z SUNDAY. BEHIND THE FRONT...THE AIRMASS WILL DRY OUT...AS SUBSIDENCE TAKES OVER. WINDS WILL ALSO BE ON THE INCREASE AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT TIGHTENS IN THE EAST. MODELS ALSO INDICATE WINDS AT 850MB TO AVERAGE 25 TO 35 KTS ON SUNDAY. SURFACE WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH (WEST TO EAST) NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION. A BATCH MID LEVEL MOISTURE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTH HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA ON SUNDAY...AVN INDICATING MAINLY CLOUDS FOR SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. THE ETA IS A LITTLE STRONGER AND SHOWS A CHANCE FOR SOME RAIN LATE SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. AS THE WEAK WAVE MOVES THROUGH NORTHWEST FLOW AND SKIRTS THE EXTREME NORTHERN ZONES...WILL NOT MENTION RAINFALL AT THIS TIMES. PER MRF AND NOGAPS...THE NEXT CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE AROUND MID WEEK. 24 HOUR QPF FORECAST...MODELS IN FAIR AGREEMENT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL A VEREAGE ONE TENTH INCH IN THE NORTH AND LESS THAN ONE TENTH CENTRAL AND SOUTH DURING THE FIRST 12 HOURS. PRELIM NUMBERS JAN 45/67 46/75 50 300-1 MEI 43/65 42/75 51 2000- .JAN... MS...NONE. LA...NONE. AR...NONE.
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072> 074-011200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 200 PM CST SAT MAR 31 2001 ...THUNDERSTORMS... WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND PORTIONS OF MISSISSIPPI LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND LINGER UNTIL LATE EVENING. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO APPROACH THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE EAST THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BREAK OUT ALONG AND AHEAD OF THIS FRONTAL BOUNDARY. IN ADDITION TO THE COLD FRONT...AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF MISSISSIPPI DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THIS UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL LEND TO INCREASED INSTABILITY ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF THE NATCHEZ TRACE LINE...BUT MOISTURE WILL BE LIMITED OVER THE AREA AND ANY ACTIVITY SHOULD REMAIN SCATTERED IN NATURE. FOR AREAS SOUTHEAST OF THE NATCHEZ TRACE...LIMITED MOISTURE AND MINIMAL INSTABILITY WILL ONLY LEND TO WIDELY SCATTERED ACTIVITY. 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.
7 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A large amount of up to quarter sized hail caused roof damage in northern portions of county. A spotter report indicated hail was covering the ground.
An official NWS cooperative observer reported hail of up to quarter size covering the ground. The hail caused damage to roofs and cars in the area.
Minor roofing damage was reported in the Gore Springs area from large amounts of dime sized hail.
Hail of up to 1 inch in diameter caused minor roofing damage in the Center community.
Hail of up to 1 inch in diameter caused minor roofing damage.
Hail of up to golfball size caused damage to roofs and cars in the Brooksville area.
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, March 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: 5238246, 5238247, 5238341, 5238342, 5238343, 5238344, 5238345.