2 thunderstorm wind, 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 Jan 31, 3:00 PM CST, 3 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 300 PM CST THU JAN 31 2002 CORRECTED CITY WORDING FOR PARAGRAPH ABOUT SEVERE THREAT FOR TONIGHT A WIDESPREAD RAIN EVENT IS EXPECTED FOR TONIGHT...THEN MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES AND DECREASING CLOUDS THROUGH THE SHORT TERM PERIOD. THE ETA AND AVN MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH SUNDAY AS A COOL HIGH PRESSURE CENTER MOVES OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THROUGH SATURDAY. BY SUNDAY...A FRONT WILL QUICKLY MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN UNITED STATES...BUT SHOULD HAVE LITTLE EFFECT THIS FAR SOUTH. MOST INTERESTING WEATHER SITUATION IN THE SHORT TERM IS FOR TONIGHT AS A STRONG WINTER FRONT RAPIDLY MOVES EASTWARD ACROSS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. THE LATEST AVN AND ETA MODEL RUNS AS WELL AS THE LATEST RUC SHOW THE SURFACE LOW MOVING RAPIDLY NORTH-NORTHEAST TO A POSITION IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS BY 00Z. BEST UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY REMAIN FAR NORTH OF THE FORECAST AREA. A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS COULD BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING...MAINLY IN WESTERN AND NORTHERN SECTIONS WEST OF A STARKVILLE TO JACKSON TO BROOKHAVEN LINE. A FEW STORMS AHEAD OF THE MAIN FRONTAL SQUALL LINE AND WITHIN THE SQUALL LINE MAY REACH SEVERE CRITERIA FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS. AFTER THE MAIN LINE OF STORMS PUSHES THROUGH TONIGHT...EXPECT MODERATE RAINFALL AND RAPIDLY COOLING TEMPERATURES. FOR TEMPERATURES...WILL STAY CLOSEST TO AVN GUIDANCE NUMBERS THROUGH SUNDAY...BUT WILL INCREASE THE MIN TEMPS FOR SUNDAY NIGHT SLIGHTLY DUE TO EXPECTED INCREASING HIGH CLOUDINESS. EXTENDED (MON - THURS)...THE LATEST MRF RUN IS FORECASTING A LOW TO DEVELOP IN THE NORTHERN GULF BY TUESDAY WITH MOISTURE SPREADING NORTHWARD INTO MUCH OF OUR FORECAST AREA ON TUESDAY. COULD BE COLD ENOUGH TO CHANGE OVER TO LIGHT SNOW IN NORTHERN SECTIONS TOWARD THE END OF THE EVENT...BUT WILL ONLY MENTION CHANCE OF RAIN AT THIS TIME. LOOKS LIKE HEAVIER PRECIPITATION WITH THIS EVENT WILL BE FARTHER SOUTH AND EAST OF OUR FORECAST AREA. TEMPERATURES IN THE EXTENDED PERIOD WILL GENERALLY BE AT OR SLIGHTLY BELOW SEASONAL NORMS. JAN 47/51/28/56 9000 MEI 50/53/27/56 9100 .JAN... AR...NONE. LA...NONE. MS...NONE. 15
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 011200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 411 PM CST THU JAN 31 2002 ...THUNDERSTORMS... A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA LATE THIS AFTERNOON WILL SWEEP EASTWARD INTO NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI THIS EVENING. A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH PRIMARILY DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED ANYWHERE ALONG THE SQUALL LINE UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE GREATEST RISK OF SCATTERED SEVERE STORMS SHOULD REMAIN OVER AREAS WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. THERE IS A RISK OF ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF A EUPORA TO FOREST TO A MONTICELLO LINE. THE WARM MOIST AIRMASS OVER THE REGION HAS BECOME MOST UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING OVER NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF MISSISSIPPI. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD LIE CLOSE TO THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER BETWEEN 5 AND 6 PM. AS THE SQUALL LINE RUNS INTO THIS AIRMASS...THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REACH THEIR PEAK INTENSITY WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE. ANY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THAT CAN FORM AHEAD OF THE MAIN LINE COULD ALSO ROTATE ENOUGH TO PRODUCE A TORNADO. THE OVERALL STORM INTENSITIES SHOULD BEGIN TO WEAKEN BY AFTER MIDNIGHT AS THE SQUALL LINE MARCHES THROUGH EASTERN MISSISSIPPI BEFORE SUNRISE FRIDAY. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL MAY BE NEEDED LATER THIS EVENING. 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.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous trees were blown down across the eastern portion of the county.
A few trees were blown down in the area.
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: 5278080, 5278081.