Name: Damaging Wind in Mississippi, April 8, 2002
Start: 2002-04-08T05:30
End: 2002-04-08T06:00
Location: Mississippi

Where it happened

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Heat and drought
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Fire, smoke and dust
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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $2,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

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 New Orleans, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 8, 1:00 AM CST, 4 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 8, 1:00 AM CST, 4 hours 30 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS/BATON ROUGE LA
200 AM CDT MON APR 8 2002

MODELS SIMILAR WITH AVN A TAD SLOWER THAN ETA. PREFER ETA MOVEMENT
THIS MORNING. ETA FITS SATELLITE POPSITIONS AT 06Z FOR UPPER LOW.
STRONG LOW LEVEL JET OF 45 KT COUPLED WITH 250MB JET ACROSS EAST
TEXAS PUTS WESTERN AND CENTRAL LA IN RIGHT REAR QUAD THIS MORNING
AND EASTERN LA THIS AFTERNOON. ALREADY HAVE TWO BOXES OUT AND EXPECT
SOUTHERN BOX TO BE SHIFTED EAST THIS MORNING FOR HAIL AND STRONG
WINDS. WILL KEEP WESTERN ZONES OUT OF BOX INITIALLY THIS MORNING,
BUT EXPECT TO UPDATE ZONES AFTER 11Z TO INCLUDE THEM.

TIME HEIGHT CROSS SECTION FOR ETA SHOWS MAIN BANG OCCURRING FROM 12Z
TO 22Z TODAY WITH MAXIMUM OMEGA VALUES CENTERING AROUND 18Z NEAR
BTR.  WITH SQUALL LINE MOVEMENT OF 25 TO 30 KTS EXPECT RAINFALL
AMOUNTS TO AVERAGE IN THE 2 TO 3 INCH RANGE WITHIN 3 HOURS WITH
LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS TO 5 INCHES. WILL HOLD OFF ON FLASH FLOOD
WATCH FOR NOW.
STRONG LOW LEVEL JET AND TIGHT SURFACE GRADIENT WILL BE SUFFICIENT
FOR SUSTAINED WINBDS OD 25 KTS WITH GUSTS TO 40 KTS. WILL GO OUT
WITH WIND ADVISORY FOR ENTIRE CWA FOR IST PERIOD. SOME BREAK IN
ACTIVITY EXPECTED TONIGHT WITH SECONDARY SHORT WAVE MOVING THRU
TUESDAY TO BRING ADDITIONAL CONVECTION TUESDAY. WILL REFLECT THIS IN
POPS. WILL LEAVE EXTENDED AS IS FOR NOW.  ON MARINE SIDE...TIDES LOOK
OK FOR NOW AT 1 TO 1.5 FT ABOVE NORMAL. DONT NEED COASTAL FLOOD
WATCH AT THIS TIME. PRELIMINARY NUMBERS ARE:

MCB 76/66/79/61 9572    BTR 79/68/81/63 9472
MSY 79/70/81/66 8572    GPT 78/69/76/64 7573

.NEW...SMALL CRAFT ADVZY...COASTAL WATERS KPQL TO ATCHAFALAYA RVR
       OUT 60 NM INCLUDING LAKES PONTCHARTRAIN AND MAUREPAS.
LA.....WIND ADVISORY FOR ALL LA CWA ZONES.
MS.....WIND ADVISORY FOR MSZ68>71-77-80>82.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 8, 4:40 AM CST, 50 minutes before

LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-081700-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
540 AM CDT MON APR 8 2002

.SYNOPSIS...
COMBINATION OF A STRONG RIDGE TO THE EAST AND A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
OVER TEXAS IS PRODUCING STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW OF MOISTURE OFF THE
GULF. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS LOUISIANA
TODAY AND TRIGGER THE FORMATION OF NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS.

.THUNDERSTORMS...
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE
ACROSS THE AREA TODAY WITH WITH HAIL TO NICKEL SIZE AND STRONG WIND
GUSTS TO 50 MPH.

.WINDS...
SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS 0CCASIONALLY 40 MPH CAN BE
EXPECTED TODAY. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR TODAY.

.MARINE HAZARDS...
A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL WATERS FROM
PASCAGOULA MISSISSIPPI TO THE LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER OUT 60 NM
INCLUDING THE SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA TIDAL LAKES. TIDES ARE RUNNING ONE
TO TWO FEET ABOVE NORMAL.

.ACTIONS...
EMERGENCY MANAGERS...STORM SPOTTERS AND HAM RADIO NETWORKS ARE URGED
TO STAY ABREAST OF THE LATEST INFORMATION REGARDING THE DEVELOPMENT
OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY.

FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/LIX
(ALL LOWER CASE).

The radar

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Pike

When: April 8, 5:30 AM CST to 6:00 AM CST
Where: Pike County, Countywide
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 31.183, -90.400

Several trees were blown down at various locations across the county

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

More

Every storm in Mississippi in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in Mississippi, April 2002

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: 5292781.