2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Nov 23, 6:20 PM CST, 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 620 PM CST SUN NOV 23 2003 .DISCUSSION... DID A QUICK UPDATE TO REMOVE ALL SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS COUNTIES...SEVERAL NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA COUNTIES FROM THE WATCH. THE WATCH WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 7...SO ANOTHER UPDATE WILL BE ISSUED SHORTLY TO REMOVE THE REST OF THE COUNTIES FROM THE WATCH. && .JAN WATCHES/WARNING/ADVISORIES... MS...NONE LA...NONE AR...NONE &&
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 242108- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 308 PM CST SUN NOV 23 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND MONDAY... ...THUNDERSTORMS... ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND PARTS OF WEST MISSISSIPPI THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL PUSH EASTWARD AT 30 MPH WHILE WITHIN THIS LINE...ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH AND HAIL. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY THIS EVENING. THE NARROW BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE COLD FRONT SHOULD WEAKEN AFTER 9 PM AS IT REACHES THE NATCHEZ TRACE PARKWAY CORRIDOR. THE FRONT WILL BE PUSHING INTO SOMEWHAT DRIER AND MORE STABLE AIR IN THE LOW LEVELS AND CAUSE THE STORMS TO WEAKEN AS UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT PULLS AWAY TO THE NORTH OF THE REGION. ...NON PRECIPITATION... GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT AS A STRONG COLD FRONT PASSES. SOUTH WINDS BETWEEN 10 AND 20 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS NEAR 30 MPH. THEN WINDS WILL SHIFT AND HOLD FROM THE WEST AND NORTHWEST BETWEEN 15 AND 20 MPH MUCH OF THE NIGHT AFTER THE FRONT PASSES. A WIND GUST OF 30 TO 40 MPH MAY OCCUR WITH THE FRONT ITSELF. ...SEASONAL THREATS... PATCHY FROST WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND PORTIONS OF WEST MISSISSIPPI LATE TONIGHT. ARCTIC AIR WILL FILTER INTO THE REGION TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL QUICKLY DROP TO NEAR 33 DEGREES BY SUNRISE MONDAY MORNING OVER THE DELTA. PATCHY FROST WILL BE POSSIBLE PRIMARILY IN AREAS ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF GRENADA TO ROLLING FORK TO RAYVILLE LINE. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY... ...DAYS TWO AND THREE...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY... AN UNSEASONABLY COLD AIRMASS WILL SETTLE OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY ON MONDAY. CLEAR SKIES AND CALM WINDS WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO DROP BELOW FREEZING OVER THE ENTIRE AREA. ...DAYS FOUR THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY... 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...MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK.
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 241030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 415 PM CST SUN NOV 23 2003 ...FIRST WIDESPREAD FREEZE OF THE SEASON EXPECTED MONDAY NIGHT... AN UNSEASONABLY COLD AIRMASS WILL MOVE INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY TONIGHT AND MONDAY AS A STRONG COLD FRONT CROSSES THE REGION THIS EVENING. BEHIND THIS FRONT...WINDS WILL TURN TO THE NORTHWEST AND USHER IN AN ARCTIC AIRMASS. THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND CLOUD COVER WILL PREVENT SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES TONIGHT. HOWEVER...SKIES WILL BEGIN TO CLEAR MONDAY MORNING AND THE NORTHERLY WINDS WILL WEAKEN. RADIATIONAL COOLING CONDITIONS WILL BE IN PLACE MONDAY EVENING AND FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE ANTICIPATED AREA WIDE BY AROUND MIDNIGHT. THE LOW TEMPERATURES MONDAY NIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY ARE EXPECTED TO DIP TO BETWEEN 27 TO 31 DEGREES. HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS COULD INVADE THE AREA FROM THE WEST EARLY TUESDAY AND MAY ALLOW READINGS TO ACTUALLY RISE SLIGHTLY TOWARD DAYBREAK. PERSONS ACROSS SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI SHOULD PREPARE TO PROTECT OUTDOOR WATER PIPES...AND KEEP PETS INDOORS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. IF THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE...MAKE SURE OUTDOOR PETS HAVE WARM DRY SHELTER. BE PARTICULARLY CAREFUL WITH PORTABLE HEATERS...ENSURE PORTABLE HEATERS ARE IN PROPER WORKING CONDITION AS THERE IS DANGER OF FIRE OR POISONOUS FUMES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR THE LATEST ON THIS FREEZE SITUATION.
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>028-034>036- 040>042-047-240100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 0605 PM CST SUN NOV 23 2003 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 972 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: IN ARKANSAS... ASHLEY CHICOT IN LOUISIANA... CATAHOULA EAST CARROLL FRANKLIN MOREHOUSE RICHLAND WEST CARROLL IN MISSISSIPPI... BOLIVAR LEFLORE SUNFLOWER WASHINGTON SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 972 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: IN LOUISIANA... CONCORDIA MADISON TENSAS IN MISSISSIPPI... CARROLL GRENADA HOLMES HUMPHREYS ISSAQUENA MONTGOMERY SHARKEY WARREN YAZOO
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Many large limbs and small trees were blown down near the Highway 463 and 22 intersection.
A few trees were blown down.
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, November 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: 5336602, 5336603.