Damaging Winds and High Wind in Mississippi, July 10, 2002

Name: Damaging Winds and High Wind in Mississippi, July 10, 2002
Start: 2002-07-10T17:15
End: 2002-07-10T20:05
Location: Mississippi

July 10, 2002 · NWS MEG · 4 events in 3 counties and zones

2 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $26,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 4

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 Memphis, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 10, 1:58 PM CST, 3 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 1:58 PM CST, 3 hours 17 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
258 PM CDT WED JUL 10 2002

TSTMS HAVE FIRED ALONG A NW/SE ORIENTED BNDRY THIS AFTN ACROSS SRN MO
INTO SRN KY WHILE SCTD TSTMS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS MS. EXPECT THE
TSTMS TO THE NORTH TO PROPAGATE SEWD THIS EVENING AFFECTING THE
NORTHERN HALF OF THE FA PRIMARILY. OTHERWISE WARM AND HUMID CONDS
TONITE.

THE SFC BNDRY TO THE NORTH WILL SAG SOUTHWARD DURING THE NEXT 12 TO
18 HRS BEFORE BECOMING STATIONARY. AN UPR LVL SW TROF WILL DROP SEWD
THRU THE MID MS VALLEY AND BECOME ELONGATED ACROSS THE REGION
THRU THE WEEKEND. WILL ADD A MENTION OF SCTD TSTMS TO SUNDAY WITH MON
THRU WED BEING ISOLATED AT BEST...WILL KEEP DRY FOR NOW. TEMPS WILL
BE A LITTLE COOLER WITH AN INCREASE IN CLD CVR THE NEXT FEW DAYS AND
THEN WARMING FOR NEXT WEEK. WILL FOLLOW FWC/MAV TEMPS...ETA APPEARS
TOO WARM FOR MAX TEMPS.

PRELIMINARY NUMBERS...

MEM 077/091 074/088 072 343
MKL 073/089 071/087 069 543
JBR 076/090 071/087 069 543
TUP 075/092 074/088 071 343

.MEG...NONE.

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 75 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:15 UTC.

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Event by event

2 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Marshall

When: July 10, 5:15 PM CST to 5:20 PM CST
Where: Marshall County, Holly Spgs
Property damage: $10,000
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 34.767, -89.450

A small grocery store lost part of its roof. Some tree were blown down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Tippah

When: July 10, 7:35 PM CST to 7:40 PM CST
Where: Tippah County, Dumas
Property damage: $10,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 34.633, -88.833

Several trees and power lines were blown down.

Lightning, Tippah

When: July 10, 7:35 PM CST to 7:40 PM CST
Where: Tippah County, Dumas
Property damage: $1,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 34.768, -88.909 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

One structure was damaged by a fire started by lightning.

High Wind, Lee

When: July 10, 7:58 PM CST to 8:05 PM CST
Where: Lee forecast zone
Measured: 35 kt (40 mph)
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 34.290, -88.680 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Gusty winds along an outflow boundary knocked down a few trees on the west side of Tupelo. One of the trees fell on a house.

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.
Lightning: A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
High Wind: Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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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: 5311682, 5311679, 5311680, 5311681.