6 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 Jun 19, 12:30 PM CST, 2 hours 49 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 130 PM CDT WED JUN 19 2002 MAIN CONCERNS WILL CONTINUE TO BE WITH RAIN CHANCES THROUGH THE ENTIRE FORECAST. ON SATELLITE UPPER TROUGH/SHEAR AXIS WAS POSITIONED OVER SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...WHERE THERE WAS SOME GOOD UPPER DIVERGENCE ALOFT AND INSTABILITY. VISIBLE IMAGERY SHOWED THE SEA BREEZE FRONT MARCHING NORTHWARD...WHILE SCATTERED CONVECTION WAS NOTED OVER THE SOUTH HALF OF THE REGION. IN THE LOW LEVELS SOUTHERLY FLOW WAS PREVALENT. LOOKING AT THE SHORT TERM UPPER TROUGH/SHEAR AXIS WILL REMAIN OVER THE SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH THURSDAY....WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO PUT THE REGION UNDER CONTINUED UPPER DIVERGENCE AND LEFT QUAD OF WEAK UPPER JET. THE UPPER CIRCULATION TO THE EAST WILL CLOSE OFF OVER THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS ON THURSDAY EVENING. BY FRIDAY MORNING THE AXIS OF THE UPPER TROUGH WILL MOVE OFF INTO THE GULF...WHICH WAS SHOWN BY BOTH THE ETA/AVN. THE CLOSED LOW WILL MOVE SOUTH INTO THE FLORDIA PANHANDLE PER ETA AND NORTH CAROLINA PER AVN...PUTTING THE REGION IN THE DRY SECTOR. 850 WINDS WILL COME AROUND TO THE NORTHEAST...CUTTING OFF DEEP LOW LEVEL MOISTURE FROM THE GULF BY EARLY FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. THIS WILL MEAN THAT THE BEST RAIN CHANCES WILL BE CONFINED TO THE SE THROUGH THURSDAY...WITH VERY LITTLE...IF ANY RAIN CHANCES NW. RAIN CHANCES SHOULD BE RATHER SLIM ON FRIDAY. OVERALL THE MODELS ARE STILL HAVING PROBLEMS POSITIONING THE UPPER LOW...BUT BOTH PUSH THE SHEAR AXIS INTO THE GULF ON FRIDAY. THE MODELS ARE TRYING TO SHOW SOME LIMITED CONSISTENCY WITH THE UPPER FEATURES...BUT CONFIDENCE IS STILL RATHER LOW. WILL USE GENERAL MOS TEMPS AND GO A LITTLE HIGHER THAN MOS POPS IN THE SOUTH. EXTENDED FORECAST DISCUSSION SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY DRY NORTHEASTERLY FLOW WILL BE OVER THE REGION ON SATURDAY. THE AVN HAS THE CLOSED LOW DIPPING SLOWLY SOUTHWARD TOWARD THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...WHILE THE UPPER RIDGE CONTINUES OVER THE CENTRAL US. THE UPPER LOW WILL BEGIN TO MOVE WEST ON SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY INTO THE REGION. THIS WILL BRING IN MEAN MOISTURE FOR CONVECTION ON SUNDAY. ALSO A WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARY WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION AS WELL. THE CLOSED LOW WILL WEAKEN AND BECOME A SHEAR AXIS FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. SO WILL KEEP CHANCES OF CONVECTION IN THE EXTENDED AND GO CLOSE TO MEX TEMPS. THE EUROPEAN/UK AND NOGAPS WERE GENERALLY SIMILAR TO THE AVN...WHILE THE CANADIAN MODEL PUSHED THE CLOSED LOW UP THE EASTERN SEABOARD. PRELIMINARY NUMBERS: JAN 69/92/67/92/68 2310 MEI 67/93/65/93/67 3321 .JAN... AR...NONE. LA...NONE. MS...NONE. 17
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 201200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1240 PM CDT WED JUN 19 2002 ...THUNDERSTORMS... ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE HIGHWAY 84 CORRIDOR FROM A MONTICELLO TO LAUREL MISSISSIPPI LINE. THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS UP TO 60 MPH... AS WELL AS VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED SOUTH AND EAST OF A HARRISONBURG LOUISIANA... YAZOO CITY... DUCK HILL MISSISSIPPI LINE. NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED... HOWEVER THE STRONGER STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH. THE COMBINATION OF A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS ALONG WITH AFTERNOON HEATING WILL ALLOW FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOST NUMEROUS SOUTH OF A MONTICELLO... LAUREL LINE WHERE THE PRESENCE OF THE SEA BREEZE FRONT WILL FOCUS THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. ALL ACTIVITY WILL DIMINISH AROUND 9 PM. THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS MAY BE NECESSARY THROUGH TONIGHT FOR AREAS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. 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.
6 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A large tree was blown down near the Sheriff's Office, resulting in damage to a chain link fence.
Numerous large limbs were blown down around the area.
Several trees were blown down across Cado Road.
Several trees were blown down across St. John's Road.
Several trees were blown down over Florence-Byram Road.
One tree and one powerpole was blown down in the city.
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, June 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: 5294407, 5294408, 5294409, 5294410, 5294411, 5294412.