1 lightning, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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 23, 10:43 AM CST, 2 hours 52 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...MESOSCALE AND AVIATION UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1043 AM CST WED FEB 23 2005 ...A QUICK UPDATE TO THE TEXT FORECAST WILL BE COMING... .DISCUSSION...MORNING SUBJECTIVE ANALYSIS HAS A STATIONARY FRONT DRAPED ACROSS SOUTH MISSISSIPPI...JUST NORTH OF THE U.S. HIGHWAY 84 CORRIDOR. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS A STRONG SHORTWAVE MOVING INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AT LATE MORNING. I EXPECT THIS FEATURE TO AID IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SURFACE LOW ALONG THE FRONT...WHICH WILL PROBABLY RESULT IN THE FRONT LIFTING A LITTLE BIT NORTH TOWARD INTERSTATE 20. THE APPROACHING SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL AID IN THE DESTABILIZATION OF MID-TROPOSPHERIC LAPSE RATES ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THAT CIRRUS IS JUST ABOUT THE ONLY DAMPENING FACTOR TO SOLAR INSOLATION IN MANY PLACES. THE LATEST NUMERICAL MODELS HAVE SOMEWHAT SHIFTED THEIR THINKING FROM YESTERDAYS MORNING RUN...ESPECIALLY WITH THE KINEMATIC FIELDS. WE THINK THAT SOME OF THIS MAY BE DUE TO CONVECTION OCCURRING IN THE MODELS. FOR THE MOST PART...OUR THINKING HASNT REALLY CHANGED FROM YESTERDAY. OUR GRIDDED FORECAST LOOKS TO BE IN DECENT SHAPE...AND NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES WERE MADE TO THE PACKAGE AT THIS TIME. I WILL UPDATE THE TEXT FORECAST IN ORDER TO REMOVE ANY MORNING WORDING. && .AVIATION...THE BIG PROBLEM FOR THE 1800 UTC TAF PACKAGE WILL BE THE TIMING WITH REGARD TO THE RAIN ENDING. AT THIS POINT...IM NOT TOO CONFIDENT ON THE TIMING AS MY GUT FEELING TELLS ME THAT THERELL PROBABLY BE SOME PRECIPITATION LINGERING BEHIND THE FRONT. FOR NOW...ILL KEEP SOME LIGHT RAIN IN THE TAFS THROUGH 24/1800 UTC AND LET LATER SHIFTS DECIDE. IN GENERAL LOOK FOR MVFR TO IFR CONDITIONS...WITH SOME LOWER CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES POSSIBLE. && .JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MS...NONE. LA...NONE. AR...NONE. && BUTTS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1133 AM CST WED FEB 23 2005 ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 241733- ADAMS-ASHLEY-ATTALA-BOLIVAR-CARROLL-CATAHOULA-CHICOT-CHOCTAW- CLAIBORNE-CLARKE-CLAY-CONCORDIA-COPIAH-COVINGTON-EAST CARROLL- FORREST-FRANKLIN LA-FRANKLIN MS-GRENADA-HINDS-HOLMES-HUMPHREYS- ISSAQUENA-JASPER-JEFFERSON-JEFFERSON DAVIS-JONES-KEMPER-LAMAR- LAUDERDALE-LAWRENCE-LEAKE-LEFLORE-LINCOLN-LOWNDES-MADISON LA- MADISON MS-MARION-MONTGOMERY-MOREHOUSE-NESHOBA-NEWTON-NOXUBEE- OKTIBBEHA-RANKIN-RICHLAND-SCOTT-SHARKEY-SIMPSON-SMITH-SUNFLOWER- TENSAS-WARREN-WASHINGTON-WEBSTER-WEST CARROLL-WINSTON-YAZOO- 1133 AM CST WED FEB 23 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... ...THUNDERSTORMS... SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...GENERALLY SOUTH OF A HARRISONBURG...LOUISIANA...TO BROOKHAVEN...TO LAUREL LINE. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...HAIL TO THE SIZE OF HALF DOLLARS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. FARTHER TO THE NORTH ACROSS NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...AND CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI...ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS WILL BE THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT ACROSS SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI...WHILE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF HALF DOLLARS AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT ACROSS NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. A LARGE COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER PARTS OF LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN ARKANSAS LATE THIS MORNING. THIS COMPLEX WILL SPREAD EAST ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. OTHER SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF THIS COMPLEX ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. A STATIONARY FRONT WAS ALONG A HARRISONBURG...TO BROOKHAVEN...TO LAUREL LINE. ALONG AND SOUTH OF THIS LINE...THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BECOME QUITE UNSTABLE...AND COMBINED WITH FAVORABLE SHEAR...A THREAT OF ORGANIZED SEVERE STORMS WILL EXIST. FARTHER TO THE NORTH...THE COVERAGE OF SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO BE SOMEWHAT MORE ISOLATED. ACROSS SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI...THE AIR NEAR THE GROUND WILL BE QUITE STABLE...AND THIS WILL MINIMIZE THE RISK OF ANY DAMAGING WINDS OR TORNADOES. ...FLOODING... RAIN MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON...RESULTING IN THE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. SOUTHERLY FLOW IN THE LOW LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE CONTINUES TO ADVECT COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF MOISTURE INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. AS THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP TODAY...LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL BE POSSIBLE. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE COMMON ACROSS THE AREA...HOWEVER ISOLATED 3 TO 4 INCH AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...WHERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MORE COMMONPLACE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTER GROUPS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS...MAY BE NEEDED ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR THIS AFTERNOON. OTHERWISE...ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH THE EVENING OF TUESDAY MARCH 1. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
940 AM CST WED FEB 23 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0932 AM HAIL DREW 33.81N 90.53W
02/23/2005 1.00 INCH SUNFLOWER MS LAW ENFORCEMENT
POLICE AND PUBLIC REPORT HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZED
COVERING THE GROUND.
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GERARDPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1034 AM CST WED FEB 23 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0350 PM HAIL 7 WSW NEWELLTON 32.03N 91.35W
02/22/2005 0.75 INCH TENSAS LA EMERGENCY MNGR
0505 PM HAIL 4 W GALLMAN 31.93N 90.46W
02/22/2005 1.25 INCH COPIAH MS EMERGENCY MNGR
ON DENTVILLE ROAD.
0540 PM HAIL 3 S SICILY ISLAND 31.81N 91.66W
02/22/2005 0.75 INCH CATAHOULA LA COUNTY OFFICIAL
0603 PM HAIL 1 E BROOKHAVEN 31.58N 90.43W
02/22/2005 1.00 INCH LINCOLN MS TRAINED SPOTTER
REPORTED THROUGH WAPT TV
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GERARDThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 lightning, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning killed 11 cows as they stood around a hay ring.
The co-op building in Monterey was damaged. A portion of the eave was pealed off and blown out into a field.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Louisiana in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Louisiana, February 2005
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: 5438153, 5438152.