4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 funnel cloud, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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 Jul 8, 2:10 PM CST, 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 310 PM CDT MON JUL 08 2002 THE MAIN FORECAST PROBLEM CONTINUES TO BE THE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES. IN THE SHORT TERM PERIOD (THROUGH THURSDAY) ISOLATED TO SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE A DAILY OCCURRENCE. AT THE 500 MB LEVEL...A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE IS IN PLACE ACROSS THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES. THIS PATTERN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. FROM WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY...A LOW PRESSURE CENTER AND ASSOCIATED TROUGH IS FORECAST TO MOVE SOUTHEASTWARD AROUND THE RIDGE WITH A 500 MB LOW PRESSURE CENTER OVER THE DAKOTAS BY WEDNESDAY. AHEAD OF THIS TROUGH...A WEAK FRONT SHOULD PUSH AS FAR SOUTH AS TENNESSEE WHERE IT WILL BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY. THIS BOUNDARY COULD HELP TO ENHANCE RAIN CHANCES BY THURSDAY...ESPECIALLY IN NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. ANOTHER INTERESTING FEATURE IS A BROAD LOW PRESSURE AREA IN THE GULF OF MEXICO...ABOUT 280 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS. THIS SYSTEM MAY DEVELOP INTO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS AND WOULD BE THE FIRST TROPICAL DEPRESSION OF THE SEASON. HOWEVER...SO FAR IT APPEARS THIS SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK WESTWARD TOWARDS SOUTH TEXAS AND NORTHEASTERN MEXICO. THIS PATH WOULD MEAN THE SYSTEM SHOULD HAVE NO SIGNIFICANT AFFECT ON OUR WEATHER THIS WEEK. FOR POPS...AT THIS POINT BELIEVE TUESDAY WILL BE THE DRIEST DAY IN THE SHORT TERM. HOWEVER WILL STILL GO WITH ISOLATED CONVECTION IN NORTHERN SECTIONS AND SCATTERED IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH. THEN WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE POPS...INTO THURSDAY AS THE WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY APPROACHES. FOR TEMPERATURES...NOT MUCH CHANGE EXPECTED WITH LOWS OF 70 TO 75 AND HIGHS OF 90 TO 95 THROUGH THURSDAY. THERE ARE ONLY MINOR DIFFERENCES IN THE MODEL GUIDANCE. IN THE EXTENDED...FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY... THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL MOVE EASTWARD INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST BY MONDAY ACCORDING TO THE LATEST AVN EXTENDED MODEL FORECAST. A SURFACE BOUNDARY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN U.S. SHOULD BE SLOW TO MOVE SOUTH OF THE AREA WHICH MEANS SCATTERED CONVECTION SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH THE PERIOD...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. JAN 72 94 73 93/ 10 30 10 30 MEI 71 94 71 94/ 10 30 10 30 .JAN... AR...NONE. LA...NONE. MS...NONE. 15
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 091200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 306 PM CDT MON JUL 08 2002 ...THUNDERSTORMS... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER PORTIONS OF THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS UP TO 60 MPH AND LARGE HAIL. THE BEST CHANCES FOR ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE IN TWO AREAS...IN THE VICINITY OF NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...EXTREME NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...AND OVER SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL REMAIN VERY UNSTABLE AND MOIST OVER THE REGION. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE WESTWARD. LEFTOVER OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM ACTIVITY THAT OCCURRED SUNDAY EVENING...WILL ALSO HELP FOCUS THE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE STORMS SHOULD DIMINISH THIS EVENING BETWEEN 9 PM AND MIDNIGHT. THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL MAY BE NEEDED FOR A TIME LATER TODAY AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS. 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.
4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Several large limbs were blown down in the northwestern part of the county.
A funnel cloud was sighted near Interstate 59.
A few trees were reported down in the area.
One tree was blown down.
Numerous powerlines were blown over.
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, July 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: 5309185, 5309186, 5309187, 5309188, 5309189, 5309190.