22 thunderstorm wind, 8 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Jackson, MS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 24, 3:00 AM CST, 3 hours 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 300 AM CST THU JAN 24 2002 A VERY ACTIVE/WET PATTERN EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. POSITIVE TILTED UPPER TROUGH SEEN MOVING SLOWLY INTO THE OK/TX PANHANDLES AS OF 08Z ...WITH A GOOD TAP OF MID LVL PACIFIC MOISTURE STREAMING RAPIDLY NEWD ACROSS THE SRN PLAINS/LWR MS VALLEY. A COLD FRONT EXTENDS ACROSS CENTRAL AR...SWD INTO CENTRAL TX FROM A SURFACE LOW OVER SE MO/W KY. A NEW SURFACE WAVE IS FORMING ON THE FRONT NEAR KDRT(SW TX). A SQUALL LINE IS SLOWLY MOVING SEWD TOWARDS AREAS ALONG FRONT WITH A FEW RENEGADE SHOWERS/STORMS MOVING RAPIDLY NEWD AROUND 60 KTS WITH THE MEAN MID LVL FLOW. ETA/AVN GENERALLY IN LINE WITH THIS SYSTEM AND WILL USE A BLEND. LOOK FOR COLD FRONT/ASSOCIATED CONVECTION TO SLOWLY PROGRESS SEWD AS UPPER SYSTEM MOVES SLOWLY TOWARDS THE ARKLATEX REGION WITH RRQ OF BOTH 100-120KT UPPER LVL JET/60-70KT MID LVL JET SET UP OVER THE REGION AND ENHANCING DEEP VERTICAL LIFT BY 18Z AND AFTER. ISENTROPIC FORCING/UPGLIDE ALSO WILL BE STRONG THROUGH TONIGHT AS ASSOCIATED 40-50 KT LLJ IS JUST OFF TO THE WEST...REDEVELOPS ALONG GULF COAST IN RESPONSE TO DEVELOPING SURFACE LOW OVER S-CENTRAL TX ATTM. THE LOW WILL MOVE ALONG THE GULF COAST REGION TOWARDS THE FL PANHANDLE THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH COLD FRONT CLEARING SE ZONES BY 06Z FRI. AFTERWARDS...WILL MAINTAIN CLOUDY SKIES THROUGH FRI MOST AREAS AND KEEP THINGS PRETTY COOL AS UPPER COOL POOL/850 MB THERMAL TROUGH REMAIN TO OUR WEST. WILL SEE CLOUDS DECREASING WEST ZONES BY FRI AFTERNOON...THEN THE REST OF THE AREA FRI NIGHT. AS FOR THE EXTENDED ...LITTLE CHANGE EXPECTED. WEEKEND WILL BE SEASONAL UNDER THE EFFECTS OF HIGH PRESSURE. NEXT SYSTEM ON TAP FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK AS NEXT SYSTEM MOVES OUT ONTO THE PLAINS. CURRENT RAIN CHANCES ON TUES/WED LOOK GOOD AND WILL LEAVE AS IS. SEVERE WORDING WILL REMAIN IN ZONES FOR TODAY/TONIGHT(SE ZONES) AS A 06Z SOUNDING WAS DONE HERE AT KJAN. THERES PLENTY OF DRY AIR AT MID LVLS AND STRONG SHEAR/HELICITY ONGOING...MORE SO THAN MODELS LEND. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING STRAIGHTLINE WINDS ARE THE MAIN CONCERNS... YET ISOLATED TORNADOES CANT BE RULED OUT LATER THIS AFTERNOON WITH APPROACH OF SURFACE LOW ALONG GULF COAST LATER TODAY AND ENHANCING UPPER DIVERGENCE WITH UPPER JET (SEE SWODY1 FOR FURTHER DISC). COULD BE A VERY WET AND ACTIVE THURSDAY. OTHERWISE...ISSUING A FLASH FLOOD WATCH ACROSS THE DELTA TODAY DUE TO POSSIBLE TRAINING OF STORMS... LOW FFG VALUES AND PWATS RISING TO NEAR 1.5 IN. >2.00 LOCALIZED AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE. *THANKS MOB FOR COORD*. .PRELIMS... JAN 72/47/52/38 +510 MEI 75/50/55/36 +810 .JAN... AR...FFA THROUGH MIDDAY. LA...FFA WATCH LA ZONES 007>009 (FAR NE LA). MS...FFA WATCH MS ZONES 018-019-025>027-034-035-040-041(DELTA). 05/
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 172 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:24 UTC.
22 thunderstorm wind, 8 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Several roads across the county were flooded due to rainfall exceeding 4 inches in spots. A few roads had to be closed as well.
Many roads reported underwater. One road southeast of the city of Grenada had been washed out with flood waters threatening a few homes in the area.
Over 5 inches of rain fell over northern portions of the county. Several roads were impassable near the Itta Bena area.
Local T.V station, WXVT in Greenville recorded 4.73 inches of rainfall. The whole county received several inches of rainfall with many roads underwater and closed. Many cars became stranded on flooded roads, but no one was injured.
Several roads were flooded and had to be closed across the county.
Numerous roads across the county were closed due to very heavy rainfall exceeding 4 inches in spots.
A few trees were blown down near the town of Mc Cool.
A line of severe thunderstorms with destructive, straight-line winds moved through the county. A few homes had roof damage. Also, several trees and power lines were blown down across the county.
A line of severe thunderstorms with destructive, straight-line winds moved through the county. Hardest hit areas were the cities of Raymond and Terry. A large swath of damage occurred between Highway 18 and Interstate 55, south of Metro Jackson. A total of four homes were totally destroyed. Thirty homes sustained major damage and 100 homes sustained minor damage. Numerous trees were also blown down across a large area.
A line of severe thunderstorms with destructive, straight-line winds moved through the county. Hardest hit areas were the cities of Richland and Brandon along the Interstate 20 corridor. One house sustained major damage with 4 homes having minor damage. Two businesses in the area sustained minor damage. Finally, Numerous trees, power lines, fences, and large tree limbs were knocked down.
Numerous trees blown down across the county.
Several trees were blown down in and near the town.
A few trees werre knocked down in and near town.
Three large trees were blown down in town.
Very heavy rainfall caused Adaton Dam to overflow into a low-lying area. No structures were threatened.
Several trees were knocked down north of Raleigh.
A line of severe thunderstorms with destructive, straight-line winds moved through the county. The communities of Forest and Morton were particularly hit hard with winds estimated to be 80 to 90 mph. A total of 3 homes sustained major damage with 27 other homes sustaining minor damage. Ten businesses sustained major damage, while 10 others had minor damage. Four mobile homes were destroyed with one sustaining major damage. Finally, 5 agricultural buildings were destroyed with 16 others sustaining major damage. Numerous trees were also blown down. The estimated cost of the damage in the area was 2 million dollars.
Four major roads were flooded. Two of the roads had to be closed to traffic. A portion of 2nd Avenue near Columbus was washed out.
A few trees were blown down in the southern portion of the county.
Trees were blown down along Highway 21 and Highway 339.
Numerous trees were knocked down across the county due to severe, straight-line winds from a squall line moving through the area.
Numerous trees were blown down across northeast portions of the county.
Numerous tress were blown down along Highway 39 South.
A few trees were knocked down on Old Pearl Road and JD Welch Road.
Several trees were blown down in and near the town of Mize.
Numerous trees and power lines blown down on Interstates 20 and 59.
A few trees were blown down across southern portions of the county.
Several trees were blown down in and near town.
Several trees were blown down on Highway 15 South in Bethel.
A squall line moved through the area producing damaging straight-line winds that blew down a barn.
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, January 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: 5277815, 5277817, 5277818, 5277819, 5277820, 5277816, 5277821, 5277942, 5277822, 5277941, 5277823, 5277936, 5277937, 5277939, 5277943, 5277940, 5277938, 5277944, 5277948, 5277945, 5277946, 5278069, 5278071, 5278073, 5278070, 5278072, 5278075, 5278074, 5277947, 5278076.