1 flash flood, 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 Sep 1, 2:15 AM CST, 6 hours 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 315 AM CDT SAT SEP 1 2001 MODELS CONTINUE TO BE IN GOOD AGREEMENT ON MAINTAINING A WET PATTERN ACROSS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY REGION THROUGH LABOR DAY. THEY ARE ALSO IN GOOD GENERAL AGREEMENT THAT HEAVY RAIN WILL DEVELOP OVER THE NORTHWEST HALF OF THE AREA TODAY...AND WILL EXTEND THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH ACCORDINGLY. 00Z RUNS OF AVN/ETA INDICATE A MID LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROF WILL SLOWLY TRANSLATE EASTWARD FROM CNTRL TX TO THE ARKLAMISS REGION BY LATE SUNDAY. THE AVN IS A BIT FARTHER NORTH WITH 850-700MB CLOSED LOW...BUT SEEMS A BIT TOO BULLISH WITH QPF (SO SURPRISE WITH AVN). IN ANY CASE...GOOD INFLOW FROM THE WRN GULF WILL EXIST AHEAD OF THE MID LEVEL TROF AXIS WITH PRECIP WATER CONTINUING AOA 2 INCHES. GOOD UPPER DIVERGENCE ASSOC WITH RIGHT ENTRANCE OF UPPER LEVEL JET OVER THE TN VALLEY WILL PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPMENT OVER NE LA/SE AR/NWRN MS TODAY. IN ADDITION...MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE VORTEX (ON SMALLER SCALE THAN PRIMARY SHORTAVE TROF) NOTED ON KSHV 88-D NOTED ATTM ENTERING WRN LA WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT AS IT MOVES EASTWARD IN CONFLUENT FLOW...AND SHOWER/TSTMS ARE CURRENTLY INCREASING OVER WRN CO/PARISHES OF FORECAST AREA. ANTECEDENT SOIL CONDITIONS CONTINUE TO WORSEN AND FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE NUMBERS ARE GENERALLY DOWN TO 1.5 TO 2.5 IN/HR IN WATCH AREA. THANKS TO SHV AND LZK FOR COORDINATION ON WATCH. EXPECT CONVECTION TO BE MORE BROKEN IN COVERAGE OVER SE PORTIONS OF THE AREA WITH LESSER CHANCE FOR TSTM TRAINING. WILL GO WITH HIGHEST (CATEGORICAL) POPS NW GROUPINGS THRU TONIGHT...WITH MENTION OF THREAT FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IN ALL ZONES TODAY. BY LATE SUNDAY INTO LABOR DAY...EXPECT BEST DYNAMICS WILL SHIFT FARTHER SOUTHEAST (MODELS CONSISTENT IN THIS FORECAST) AND WILL PLACE HIGHER POPS SE ZONES. IN THE EXTENDED...00Z RUNS OF AVN/MRF/UKMET PROVIDE NO REASON TO CHANGE THE CURRENT WET EXTENDED FORECAST. PRELIM NUMBERS... JAN 85/73/85/72 9774 MEI 85/72/85/72 7684 .JAN... MS...FFA TODAY ZNS 018-019-025>029-034>037-040>042-047-053-059>061 LA...FFA TODAY ALL ZONES. AR...FFA TODAY ALL ZONES. 43
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 021200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 521 AM CDT SAT SEP 01 2001 ...THUNDERSTORMS... THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR TODAY AND TONIGHT OVER THE JACKSON FORECAST AREA. THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE...BUT SOME MAY PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES...AND WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH. THE AIRMASS OVER THE REGION CONTINUES TO BE VERY MOIST AND SOMEWHAT UNSTABLE...AND SUPPORTIVE OF SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT. ...FLOODING... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...NEAR THREE INCHES PER HOUR...MAY OCCUR OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...ALONG WITH WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL PORTIONS OF MISSISSIPPI. THIS WILL INCLUDE LOCATIONS GENERALLY WEST AND NORTH OF A BUDE...TO MAYERSVILLE...TO KOSCIUSKO...TO WALTHALL LINE. SOILS IN THIS REGION ARE NEAR SATURATION...AND SUCH HEAVY RAINFALL COULD CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND LOW-LYING AREAS. ELSEWHERE...ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF MISSISSIPPI...RAINFALL WILL NOT BE AS WIDESPREAD...BUT LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND LOW-LYING AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION ON ROADWAYS AND NOT DRIVE INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT...WHEN IT IS DIFFICULT TO GAUGE THE DEPTH OF WATER. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. 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.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flooding occurred in low lying areas in various portions of 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, September 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: 5267610.