2 ice storm, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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.
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 Feb 25, 11:01 PM CST, 59 minutes earlier.
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</html>ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 261200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 314 PM CST TUE FEB 25 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... ...WINTER WEATHER... LIGHT RAIN WILL BEGIN INCREASING THIS EVENING OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI LATER THIS EVENING. LIGHT RAIN SHOULD BEGIN CHANGING OVER TO A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET AFTER MIDNIGHT. LIGHT ICING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A CROSSETT ARKANSAS TO GREENWOOD TO EUPORA LINE. A GLAZE ACCUMULATIONS ON TREES...POWER LINES...VEHICLES...AND BRIDGES AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... ...DAYS TWO AND THREE... WIDESPREAD RAINFALL IS EXPECTED OVER THE OUTLOOK AREA FOR MOST OF WEDNESDAY AS ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL PROLONG THE FLOOD CONDITIONS ALREADY OCCURRING OVER MUCH OF THE AREA. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST ON THURSDAY MORNING. ...DAYS FOUR THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... FROM SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS INTO NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI...THE ONGOING WINTER WEATHER EVENT WILL REQUIRE REPORTS OF ICE OR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WEDNESDAY MORNING. OTHERWISE...ACTIVATION OF SPOTTER GROUPS IS NOT NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. 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 ice storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Additional light ice accumulation, the 2nd night, caused a few more trees and powerlines to be knocked down.
Freezing rain caused light ice accumulation, less than 1/4 inch, and knocked down a few trees and powerlines.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Mississippi in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Mississippi, February 2003
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5342930, 5342931.