Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 30, 2002

Name: Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 30, 2002
Start: 2002-06-30T12:45
End: 2002-06-30T21:05
Location: Mississippi

June 30, 2002 · NWS MEG · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

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

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $2,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 2

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 Jun 30, 8:40 AM CST, 4 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 8:40 AM CST, 4 hours 5 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
940 AM CDT SUN JUN 30 2002

THE UPPER RIDGE OVER THE MDL MS VLY WILL CONTINUE TO EXTEND INTO THE
LOWER MS VLY TODAY. A BROAD SFC HIGH WILL COVER THE SE QUARTER OF
THE COUNTRY INCLUDING OUR AREA. SEASONABLY HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED TODAY.

A WEAK SFC TROUGH WAS LOCATED NEAR THE TN RVR. A NARROW BAND OF MID
LEVEL CLOUDS AND A FEW SHOWERS WERE INDICATED NEAR THIS BOUNDARY.
EXPECT THIS BOUNDARY TO MOVE SLOWLY TO THE E DURING THE DAY. IN THE
MEANTIME...A FEW TSTMS ARE EXPECTED NEAR THIS BOUNDARY EVEN BEFORE
NOON. ELSEWHERE...ISOLATED PM TSTMS ARE POSSIBLE FROM DAYTIME
HEATING.

PLAN ON UPDATING THE FCSTS TO INCLUDE TSTM CHCS BEFORE NOON IN THE
ERN GROUPS. THE REST OF THE FCST IS ON TRACK.

.MEG...NONE.

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The radar

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Event by event

2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Lee

When: June 30, 12:45 PM CST to 12:50 PM CST
Where: Lee County, Plantersville
Property damage: $1,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 34.217, -88.667

Many large tree limbs were blown down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Chickasaw

When: June 30, 9:00 PM CST to 9:05 PM CST
Where: Chickasaw County, Okolona
Property damage: $1,000
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 34.000, -88.750

Several large tree limbs were knocked down.

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.

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

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Mississippi in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in Mississippi, June 2002

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: 5303186, 5303187.