Thunderstorm Wind, Bolivar
- When
- May 23, 11:24 PM CST
- Where
- Bolivar County, Gunnison
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 33.950, -90.950
Several large tree limbs were blown down.
Damaging Winds in Mississippi, May 23 to 24, 2001
4 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $6,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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 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 Jackson, MS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 23, 11:01 PM CST, 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 23, 11:01 PM CST, 23 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1201 AM CDT THU MAY 24 2001 ANOTHER UPDATE TO BUMP POPS UP AND ADD SEVERE WORDING NORTHEAST ZONES. .JAN... MS...NONE. LA...NONE.% AR...NONE. 16
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 23, 10:27 PM CST, 57 minutes before
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 241200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1127 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2001 ...THUNDERSTORMS... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. ALSO ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM CROSSETT ARKANSAS TO HOLLANDALE TO SILVER CITY MISSISSIPPI . SOME OF THE ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS COULD PRODUCE SOME LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. ALSO EXPECT BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES WITH ANY STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL APPROACH THE DELTA AFTER MIDNIGHT AND MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. A COLD FRONT WILL ALSO APPROACH NORTHERN AREAS TONIGHT AND IS FORECAST TO BE ALONG THE HIGHWAY 82 CORRIDOR BY DAYBREAK TOMORROW. THESE TWO FEATURES WILL COMBINE TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY INGREDIENTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE NIGHTTIME HOURS. STORMS SHOULD MAINLY STAY NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 20...WITH THE GREATEST COVERAGE ALONG THE HIGHWAY 82 CORRIDOR. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK.
Special weather statement, May 23, 10:51 PM CST, 33 minutes before
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 241200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1151 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2001 ...THUNDERSTORMS... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AS WELL AS NORTH AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. ALSO SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTH MISSISSIPPI...GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM CROSSETT ARKANSAS TO LEXINGTON AND MACON MISSISSIPPI . SOME OF THE SEVERE STORMS COULD PRODUCE SOME LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. ALSO EXPECT BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES WITH ANY STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL APPROACH THE DELTA AFTER MIDNIGHT AND MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. A COLD FRONT WILL ALSO APPROACH NORTHERN AREAS TONIGHT AND IS FORECAST TO BE ALONG THE HIGHWAY 82 CORRIDOR BY DAYBREAK TOMORROW. THESE TWO FEATURES WILL COMBINE TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY INGREDIENTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE NIGHTTIME HOURS. STORMS SHOULD MAINLY STAY NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 20...WITH THE GREATEST COVERAGE ALONG THE HIGHWAY 82 CORRIDOR. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Grenada
- When
- May 24, 12:35 AM CST
- Where
- Grenada County, Grenada
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 33.783, -89.817
Several power lines were blown down in the Grenada area.
Thunderstorm Wind, Webster
- When
- May 24, 12:46 AM CST
- Where
- Webster County, Eupora
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 33.533, -89.283
Numerous large limbs were blown down.
Thunderstorm Wind, Lowndes
- When
- May 24, 1:34 AM CST
- Where
- Lowndes County, Caledonia
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 33.683, -88.333
Several large tree limbs were blown down.
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat in California, May 23 to 25, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Oregon, May 23, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 23, 2001
- Hail in Michigan, May 23, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, May 23, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 23, 2001
- Wildfire in Florida, May 23, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, May 23, 2001
- Hail in Indiana, May 23, 2001
- Wildfire in Oregon, May 23 to 25, 2001
- Extreme Cold in Alabama, May 23, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, May 23, 2001
More
Every storm in Mississippi in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Mississippi, May 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: 5245253, 5245312, 5245313, 5245314.