Damaging Wind in Mississippi, May 31, 2004

Name: Damaging Wind in Mississippi, May 31, 2004
Start: 2004-05-31T13:35
End: 2004-05-31T13:35
Location: Mississippi

May 31, 2004 · NWS LIX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

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 New Orleans, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 31, 1:31 PM CST, 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 31, 1:31 PM CST, 4 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS/BATON ROUGE LA
231 PM CDT MON MAY 31 2004

.DISCUSSION...

EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THERE WAS A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE CENTER OVER
MINNESOTA WITH A FRONTAL BOUNDARY STRETCHING SOUTHEAST TO OHIO THEN
SOUTHWEST TO CENTRAL TEXAS.  THERE WAS WARM...MOIST AIR ALONG THE
MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA.  THE RAIN
COOLED AIR OVER SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AND EAST-CENTRAL LOUISIANA HAS
DROPPED HIGH TEMPS IN THAT AREA.  ALTHOUGH THIS MORNINGS KSIL
SOUNDING SHOWED ONLY 1.52 INCHES OF PRECIP WATER...DEEPER MOISTURE
OF WITH VALUES OVER 2 INCHES WAS SINKING SOUTHWARD INTO OUR PCWA
WITH A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.  VERY UNSTABLE AIR WAS
ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA AND COASTAL MISSISSIPPI.  THE LOW OVER
MINNESOTA WAS STACKED WITH A STRONG SHORTWAVE OVER THE OHIO VALLEY/
WESTERN GREAT LAKES AND THE RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION OF THE JET OVER
THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.

MODELS SHOW THE FRONT SINKING SOUTH INTO CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND
MISSISSIPPI LATER TODAY...BECOMING NEARLY STATIONARY AND
WEAKENING.   BOTH THE GFS AND ETA SHOW A SERIES OF SHORTWAVES MOVING
ACROSS THE AREA FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS...KEEPING AT LEAST A CHANCE OF
PRECIP FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.  THE NEXT FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS
EXPECTED TO DROP INTO LOUISIANA AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ON
THURSDAY...BRINGING ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS TO THE
AREA.

WINDS HAVE WEAKENED OVER THE COASTAL WATERS...THEREFORE THE SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY HAS BEEN LIFTED.

&&

PRELIMINARY POINT NUMBERS...
MCB 70 90 73 90 / 50 50 20 30
BTR 73 90 76 90 / 40 50 20 30
MSY 77 89 76 90 / 40 60 10 30
GPT 75 87 75 87 / 40 60 10 30

&&

.LIX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LA...TORNADO WATCH LAC005-007-033-037-047-051-063-071-075-077-
     087-089-091-093-095-103-10 5-117-121-125.
MS...TORNADO WATCH MSC005-045-047-059-113-147-157.
LA AND MS COASTAL WATERS...NONE.

&&

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 31, 10:00 AM CST, 3 hours 35 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1100 AM CDT MON MAY 31 2004

LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-011200-
AMITE-ASCENSION-ASSUMPTION-EAST BATON ROUGE-EAST FELICIANA-HANCOCK-
HARRISON-IBERVILLE-JACKSON-LIVINGSTON-LOWER JEFFERSON-
LOWER LAFOURCHE-LOWER PLAQUEMINES-LOWER ST BERNARD-LOWER TERREBONNE-
ORLEANS-PEARL RIVER-PIKE-POINTE COUPEE-ST CHARLES-ST HELENA-ST JAMES-
ST JOHN THE BAPTIST-ST TAMMANY-TANGIPAHOA-UPPER JEFFERSON-
UPPER LAFOURCHE-UPPER PLAQUEMINES-UPPER ST BERNARD-UPPER TERREBONNE-
WALTHALL-WASHINGTON-WEST BATON ROUGE-WEST FELICIANA-WILKINSON-
1100 AM CDT MON MAY 31 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST...SOUTH CENTRAL AND COASTAL
MISSISSIPPI.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER
SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AND SPREAD SOUTHWARD THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE AND BE ACCOMPANIED BY
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH AFTERNOON AND
EARLY EVENING. ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...
AN ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH DAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS AND EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS...IS
NOT REQUESTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 31, 10:00 AM CST, 3 hours 35 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1100 AM CDT MON MAY 31 2004

MSZ070-071-311700-
PIKE-WALTHALL-
1100 AM CDT MON MAY 31 2004

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST THROUGH PORTIONS OF
   PIKE AND WALTHALL COUNTIES...

AT 1058 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST ABOUT 25 TO 30 MPH THROUGH CENTRAL
PORTIONS OF PIKE COUNTY TOWARDS WALTHALL COUNTY. STRONG GUSTY WINDS
TO 45 MPH...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL TELEVISION OR RADIO
STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS
AND WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS FLOOD POTENTIAL.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Hancock

When: May 31, 1:35 PM CST
Where: Hancock County, 5 mi N of Kiln
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 30.483, -89.433

Thunderstorm wind gusts blew down powerlines.

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 2004 Every state in 2004 This day in weather history Warnings in Mississippi, May 2004

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: 5397670.