2 flash flood, 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 Aug 1, 1:30 AM CST, 9 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 230 AM CDT THU AUG 1 2002 MAIN FORECAST PROBLEM THIS PERIOD WILL AGAIN BE THE TIMING AND COVERAGE OF CONVECTION OVER THE CWFA. TODAYS CHALLENGE WILL BE A SOUTHWARD MOVING SHORTWAVE CURRENTLY OVER ARKANSAS. THIS FEATURE WILL MOVE SOUTH AROUND THE PERIPHERY OF THE UPPER HIGH DURING THE MAX HEATING HOURS OF THE DAY. FEATURE COULD BARELY BE PICKED OUT ON THE WATER VAPOR LOOP...BUT PROBABLY ASSOCIATED WITH THAT QUICK FLARE UP OF THUNDER OVER EXTREME NORTHERN ARKANSAS A FEW HOURS EARLIER. ETA HAS THIS FEATURE PRETTY WELL HANDLED SO WILL LEAN TOWARDS ITS SOLUTION ESPECIALLY IN THE SHORT TERM. ETA HAS THIS FEATURE OVER THE NORTHERN THIRD OF THE CWFA BETWEEN 12 AND 18Z IN THE BASE OF THE 500MB TROUGH SINKING SOUTHWARD. THE ASSOCIATED TROUGH AND ENERGY SHOULD BE ALONG THE COAST SOMETIME AFTER 00Z AND HANG OUT THERE UNTIL EARLY FRIDAY WHEN THE NOSE OF THE 500MB RIDGE BEGINS EDGING EASTWARD. 500MB RIDGE NEVER REALLY GETS A GOOD FOOTHOLD ON THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE CWFA AS THE UPPER LOW AND ASSOCIATED SURFACE LOW CURRENTLY NEAR SAVANNAH MEANDERS EASTWARD AROUND THE PERIPHERY OF THE RIDGE. MODELS DO INDICATE SOME DRYING IN THE NORTHERN CWFA WITH PW VALUES DECREASING BELOW 2 INCHES BY EARLY TONIGHT. IN THE SOUTH...SHOULD SEE MORE ACTION AS THIS AREA STAYS IN THE DISTURBED EASTERLY FLOW AT LEAST UNTIL THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK. THE ONLY CAVEAT TO THIS...IS THE WESTERLY MOVING INVERTED TROUGH AND LOW OFF THE ATLANTIC COAST. THE AVN MOVES THE ASSOCIATED SURFACE LOW WEST OVER THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO THROUGH 120 HOURS...BUT ON SATURDAY...THE CWFA IS ON THE WEST SIDE OF THIS FEATURE...WHICH SHOULD HELP LIMIT MOISTURE AVAILABILITY FOR THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE CWFA. BY LATE SUNDAY...THE CWFA SHOULD BE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE LOW...AND THE AVN IS INDICATED A RISE IN THE PWS TO OVER 2 INCHES AGAIN ESPECIALLY OVER AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE 20 CORRIDOR. BY MONDAY...THE UPPER RIDGE BEGINS BUILDING SOUTHWARD AS THE UPPER LOW IS WEST OF THE CWFA. OVERALL...NOT A WHOLE LOT OF CHANGES ARE PLANNED TO THE ONGOING FORECAST PACKAGE. WILL PLAN POPS TODAY ACCORDING TO THE ETAS PLACEMENT OF THE APPROACHING SHORTWAVE. THE GUIDANCE SEEMS TO REFLECT THIS TREND WELL...AND WILL NOT STRAY TOO FAR. OTHERWISE...NO OTHER MAJOR CHANGES ARE PLANNED. WILL TWEAK POPS UP SLIGHTLY IN THE EXTENDED CENTRAL ZONES FOR SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. PRELIM NUMBERS... JAN 91/72/95/72/96 63322 MEI 90/71/95/72/95 63322 .JAN... AR...NONE. LA...NONE. MS...NONE. 32 (GOOD LUCK 10 MIA)
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 021200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 730 AM CDT THU AUG 01 2002 ...THUNDERSTORMS... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA TODAY. THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF TODAY...THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS AS THEY MOVE TO THE SOUTH ACROSS PORTIONS OF MISSISSIPPI. LATER THIS AFTERNOON...AS SURFACE TEMPERATURES RISE TO AROUND 90 DEGREES...ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS TO 60 MPH AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. THE STRONGEST ACTIVITY WILL GENERALLY OCCUR BETWEEN 1 AND 7 PM...WITH ALL OF THE STORM ACTIVITY DIMINISHING BY 9 PM. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON...GENERALLY FOR AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI. ...FLOODING... LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY UNTIL 11 AM...ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. THIS HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE AS THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOP BACK TO THE NORTH AND MOVE SOUTH OVER LOCATIONS THAT HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL. THROUGH 11 AM...AREAS EAST OF INTERSTATE 55...AND WEST OF A LINE FROM BRANDON TO PRENTISS TO COLUMBIA...WILL POSSIBLY RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1027 AM CDT THU AUG 01 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0415 PM LAKE PROVIDENCE LA WIND DAMAGE
07/31/02 EAST CARROLL ROOF DAMAGED TREES AND
POWERLINES DOWN REPORTED
BY COOP OBSERVERThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorms producing heavy rainfall moved over much of the county, resulting in the flooding of streets and homes in the Richland and Brandon areas.
Thunderstorms producing heavy rainfall resulted in the flooding of streets and homes in the Raymond, Terry, Clinton, and South Jackson areas. Parts of the fairground complex, in downtown Jackson, were also flooded.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Mississippi in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Mississippi, August 2002
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: 5317038, 5317039.