1 flash flood, 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 26, 9:25 PM CST, 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1025 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2003 WILL UPDATE THE ZONES TO LOWER THE RAIN CHANCES FOR ALL GROUPS...LINE CONTINUES TO WEAKEN AS IT MOVES EAST. WILL ADD LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WORDING FOR AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF I-55. RAINFALL ESTIMATES WERE FROM 1-2 INCHES PER HOUR...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS. WILL ALSO REMOVE ANY EVENING WORDING. BASED ON WINDS/DPT FRONT SEEMS TO STILL BE NORTHWEST OF THE AREA...DO NOT EXPECT MUCH DEVELOPMENT BEHIND OUTFLOW...MAYBE A FEW SHOWERS. LEFT A SLIGHT CHANCE IN BEYOND MIDNIGHT. UPDATED GRIDS FOR TEMPS. OTHERWISE FORECAST OK. .JAN... AR...NONE. LA...NONE. MS...NONE.
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 272006- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 306 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND FRIDAY... ...THUNDERSTORMS... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EARLY THIS EVENING ACROSS NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...AND WEST MISSISSIPPI...GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF THE NATCHEZ TRACE. EXPECT THE THUNDERSTORMS TO SPREAD OVER THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI LATE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING WEST AND NORTHWEST OF THE NATCHEZ TRACE. WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH...PENNY SIZED HAIL...HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. A COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS ARKANSAS AND LOUISIANA...WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA THIS EVENING AND DRIFT SLOWLY SOUTH EASTWARD. MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL INCREASE AHEAD OF THE FRONT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE THROUGH THE AREA OVERNIGHT AS THE FRONT PASSES. BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON...EXPECT THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO BE NEAR HATTIESBURG. ...FLOODING... INSTABILITY ALONG THE SLOW...SOUTH EASTWARD MOVING COLD FRONT COUPLED WITH HIGH MOISTURE AVAILABILITY WILL ALLOW FOR HEAVY RAIN TO FALL THIS EVENING IN LOCATIONS MAINLY WEST AND NORTHWEST OF THE NATCHEZ TRACE. LOCAL PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADS AND IN FIELDS IS POSSIBLE WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS AND RAIN SHOWERS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS...IS NOT ANTICIPATED 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.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rains caused a portion of Star road to flood.
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, June 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5359145.