16 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 6 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 Apr 10, 1:00 PM CST, 14 hours 48 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 200 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2005 ...A SEVERE WEATHER EVENT REMAINS LIKELY MONDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT... .SHORT TERM...THE MAIN WEATHER STORY OVER THE NEXT 36 HOURS WILL BE THE POWERFUL SPRINGTIME STORM SYSTEM EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. TONIGHT THOUGH SHOULD REMAIN DRY AS MOST OF THE ACTIVITY STAYS OFF TO OUR WEST. SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS SHOULD INCREASE ACROSS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TONIGHT IN RESPONSE TO THE STORM SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. THIS WILL RESULT IN RISING DEWPOINTS ACROSS OUR AREA TONIGHT AS GULF MOISTURE IS USHERED INTO THE REGION. THIS RAPID INCREASE IN MOISTURE ON THE NOSE OF THE LOW-LEVEL JET MAY RESULT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOME STRATOCUMULI AFTER MIDNIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TONIGHT TO OUR SOUTHWEST...THEN GRADUALLY SPREAD NORTHEAST THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AS MORE DEVELOPMENT OCCURS JUST TO THE WEST OF OUR FORECAST AREA. THERE IS SOME QUESTION AS TO THE STRENGTH AND TIMING OF THIS CONVECTION BY THE TIME IT REACHES OUR WESTERN COUNTIES/PARISHES. REGARDLESS OF THIS...THESE SHOWERS/STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PLACE SOME BOUNDARIES IN OUR FORECAST AREA. WITH THE INITIAL UNCERTAINTY OF THIS AREA OF PRECIPITATION...I WILL LEAVE THE CURRENT RAIN CHANCES IN CHANCE TERRITORY. CONSIDERING THE DYNAMICAL SUPPORT UPSTREAM...MENTIONING OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE STORMS SEEMS PRUDENT FOR AREAS WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER OVERNIGHT. BY THE TIME MONDAY MORNING ROLLS AROUND...THE CENTER OF THE UPPER-LEVEL LOW IS EXPECTED TO MIGRATE INTO WESTERN KANSAS. AN INITIAL LOBE OF VORTICITY...NOW OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS...IS EXPECTED TO EJECT INTO THE MID-MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. THIS VORTICITY LOBE WILL BE PUSHED CLOSE TO THE AREA BY THE NOSE OF A ROUGHLY 100 KNOT UPPER-LEVEL JET. WHEN THIS OCCURS...THE SHORTWAVE TROUGH IS EXPECTED TO BECOME NEGATIVELY TILTED...AND RESULT IN AN INCREASINGLY DIFFLUENT FLOW THROUGH A DEEP LAYER OF THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE. THE INCREASED DIFFLUENCE WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR UPWARD VERTICAL MOTION AS A DRYLINE MOVES TOWARD THE SABINE RIVER. THE LOW-LEVEL FLOW ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM IS QUITE IMPRESSIVE...WITH A SOUTHERLY FLOW UPWARDS TO 60 KNOTS EXPECTED AT 850 MB. LOW-LEVEL THETA-E VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE THROUGHOUT THE DAY...APPROACHING 340K OVER PARTS OF OUR REGION BY MONDAY NIGHT. WITH STRONG 0 TO 3 KM MOISTURE CONVERGENCE...AND PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES HOVERING AROUND 2 INCHES THROUGH THE DAY...HEAVY RAINFALL/POSSIBLE FLOODING THANKS TO CELL TRAINING WILL BE AN ADDITIONAL CONCERN WITH THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. FOR NOW...ILL CONTINUE MENTIONING THIS IN THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...BUT WILL HOLD OFF ISSUING ANY SORT OF FLOOD OR FLASH FLOOD WATCH AT THIS TIME. IT LOOKS LIKE THE DEWPOINT FIELDS ON SOME OF THE COMPUTER MODELS MAY BE CONTAMINATED BY CONVECTION AND COULD BE UNDERCUTTING THIS PARTICULAR FIELD. OBSERVATIONALLY...DEWPOINTS IN THE GULF ARE ALREADY AROUND 70 DEGREES...AND I SEE NO PROBLEM IN GETTING MIDDLE TO UPPER 60 DEWPOINTS INTO OUR AREA BY MONDAY. MORE THAN AMPLE INSTABILITY...BUOYANCY...AND SHEAR ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN OUR NECK OF THE WOODS THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. FOR WHAT THEYRE WORTH... MODEL-DERIVED INSTABILITY...BUOYANCY...AND SHEAR PARAMETERS POINT TOWARD A LIFTED INDEX AROUND -4 DEGREES... 0 TO 3 KM CAPE AROUND 1500 JOULES/KG...AND 0 TO 3 KM HELICITIES WELL OVER 150 M2/S2. ALL THESE PARAMETERS POINT TOWARD THE POSSIBILITY OF TORNADOES...IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. SUPERCELLS WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IF ANY CONVECTION DEVELOPS AHEAD OF THE SQUALL LINE. TIMING-WISE...WERE THINKING MOST OF THE ACTION FOR THE FORECAST AREA WILL BEGIN SOMETIME BETWEEN 1000 AM AND 200 PM. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME LIKELY SEVERE...ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE PRETTY MUCH OFF-AND-ON INTO MONDAY NIGHT UNTIL THE COLD FRONT SWINGS THROUGH. THIS MORNINGS RUN OF THE COMPUTER MODELS REMAIN REMARKABLY CONSISTENT...BOTH WITHIN THEMSELVES AND BETWEEN EACH OTHER. ALL THINGS STILL APPEAR TO BE ON TARGET FOR A LARGE-SCALE SEVERE WEATHER EVENT MONDAY. CONSIDERING HOW THIS HAS EVOLVED OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS...WE MUST URGE EVERYONE NOT TO TAKE THIS EVENT LIGHTLY. WE WILL ISSUE ANOTHER SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT LATE THIS AFTERNOON IN ADDITION TO THE REGULARLY-SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK. A BIG THANK YOU GOES OUT TO THE CREW AT THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER FOR THEIR COLLABORATION TODAY. /#10/ .LONG TERM...AFTER THE SIGNIFICANT SEVERE OUTBREAK ENDS LATE TUESDAY NIGHT (WITH THE SYSTEM MOVING OFF TO THE NORTHEAST)...CLOUDS ARE EXPECTED TO LINGER OVER THE AREA AS THE UPPER LOW LINGERS OVER THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY. SPOTTY SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY ACROSS THE NORTH AS THE UPPER LOW BEGINS TO DIVE SOUTHEASTWARD TOWARD GEORGIA. SINCE THE CORE OF THE UPPER LOW IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN WELL EAST OF THE AREA...THINKING THAT THE BETTER LAPSE RATES...AND THUS THE CHANCES OF ELEVATED THUNDERSTORMS...WILL ALSO REMAIN EAST OF THE AREA. ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...RIDGING ( IN BOTH THE LOW AND MID LEVELS) WILL BUILD INTO THE AREA FROM THE WEST. THIS SHOULD ALLOW FOR SOME CLEARING OF THE SKIES AS DRIER AIR WORKS ITS WAY INTO THE REGION. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY AS ANOTHER SYSTEM APPROACHES THE REGION FROM THE WEST. HOWEVER...THE RUN TO RUN CONSISTENCY HAS NOT BEEN VERY GOOD WITH THIS SYSTEM AND SUCCESSIVE RUNS HAVE CONTINUED TO DELAY ITS ARRIVAL. && .LONG TERM...AFTER THE SIGNIFICANT SEVERE OUTBREAK ENDS LATE TUESDAY NIGHT (WITH THE SYSTEM MOVING OFF TO THE NORTHEAST)...CLOUDS ARE EXPECTED TO LINGER OVER THE AREA AS THE UPPER LOW LINGERS OVER THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY. SPOTTY SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY ACROSS THE NORTH AS THE UPPER LOW BEGINS TO DIVE SOUTHEASTWARD TOWARD GEORGIA. SINCE THE CORE OF THE UPPER LOW IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN WELL EAST OF THE AREA...THINKING THAT THE BETTER LAPSE RATES...AND THUS THE CHANCES OF ELEVATED THUNDERSTORMS...WILL ALSO REMAIN EAST OF THE AREA. ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...RIDGING (IN BOTH THE LOW AND MID LEVELS) WILL BUILD INTO THE AREA FROM THE WEST. THIS SHOULD ALLOW FOR SOME CLEARING OF THE SKIES AS DRIER AIR WORKS ITS WAY INTO THE REGION. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY AS ANOTHER SYSTEM APPROACHES THE REGION FROM THE WEST. HOWEVER...THE RUN TO RUN CONSISTENCY HAS NOT BEEN VERY GOOD WITH THIS SYSTEM AND SUCCESSIVE RUNS HAVE CONTINUED TO DELAY ITS ARRIVAL. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... JACKSON 63 78 58 75 / 10 80 80 20 MERIDIAN 60 81 58 78 / 10 70 90 30 && .JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MS...NONE. LA...NONE. AR...NONE. && BUTTS/HENRY
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED TIMES NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 722 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2005 ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 120022- 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- 722 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2005 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 BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 600 AM WEST OF A JONESVILLE LOUISIANA TO LAKE VILLAGE ARKANSAS LINE. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER RISKS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...ALTHOUGH ISOLATED TORNADOES CANNOT BE RULED OUT. NUMEROUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY AND MONDAY EVENING GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 55. THIS AREA INCLUDES LAKE VILLAGE AND CROSSETT ARKANSAS...TALLULAH...WINNSBORO...AND VIDALIA LOUISIANA...AND NATCHEZ...GREENVILLE...AND JACKSON. EAST OF INTERSTATE 55...SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED. THIS AREA INCLUDES THE CITIES OF COLUMBUS...PHILADELPHIA...MERIDIAN...AND HATTIESBURG. TORNADOES...HAIL GREATER THAN THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES AN HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TONIGHT ACROSS THE ARKLATEX...THEN BEGIN TO MOVE EAST. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE AS THEY APPROACH AREAS WEST OF A JONESBORO LOUISIANA TO LAKE VILLAGE ARKANSAS LINE PRIOR TO SUNRISE. A POTENT SPRINGTIME STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY MONDAY. MOISTURE...LIFT...AND INSTABILITY IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE AS LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS TO OUR WEST. WITH POWERFUL JET STREAM DYNAMICS POISED TO MOVE INTO THE REGION...AND STRONG WIND SHEAR (OR THE CHANG IN WIND DIRECTION AND/OR SPEED WITH HEIGHT) IN PLACE...MANY OF THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY BECOME SEVERE. TOGETHER...THESE FEATURES RESEMBLE A CLASSIC SEVERE WEATHER SETUP FOR THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. A GREATER RISK FOR SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER...INCLUDING ISOLATED STRONG TORNADOES...SEEMS TO BE POINTED AT THE AREA ALONG AND WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER...WHERE THE STRONGEST COMBINATION OF SEVERE WEATHER PARAMETERS WILL EXIST. ...FLOODING... HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...EAST LOUISIANA...AND MUCH OF MISSISSIPPI MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. A POWERFUL SPRINGTIME STORM SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. WITH COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF MOISTURE IN PLACE...HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS. BETWEEN TWO AND FOUR INCHES OF RAIN MAY BE SEEN OVER PARTS OF THE REGION. RAINFALL AMOUNTS SUCH AS THESE MAY RESULT IN THE PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS...AND LOCALIZED FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AND OTHER FLOOD-PRONE AREAS. THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN WILL ONLY EXASPERATE ANY ONGOING RIVER FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY... ...DAYS TWO AND THREE...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY NIGHT FOR MOST OF THE OUTLOOK AREA...ESPECIALLY IN THE AREA EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE IN THE EARLY EVENING WHEN INSTABILITY SHOULD BE GREATER. LATER IN THE NIGHT...THE COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH AND BRING AN END TO THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY...PROBABLY SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. ...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 SPOTTER GROUPS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS...WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. OTHERWISE...ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH THE EVENING OF SUNDAY APRIL 17. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK.
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 85 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:52 UTC.
16 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 6 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A swath of penny to quarter sized hail occurred across Central Warren county as a storm moved east-northeast into Northwest Hinds county.
A few trees and a power line were blown down in the city.
A swath of quarter sized hail fell across Northern Hinds county as a storm moved east-northeast into Southwest Madison county.
A swath of quarter sized hail occurred across a large portion of Southwest and Western Madison county. The storm dumped hail from the Flora area to around Sharpsburg.
A swath of penny to quarter sized hail occurred from around the Sallis community to near Possumneck.
A swath of quarter to golf ball sized hail occurred from around Thornton to Tchula.
Penny to nickel sized hail was covering the ground.
Heavy rainfall, between 3 and 6 inches, occurred across portions of northwest Holmes county. This caused area roads to flood as well as a few homes.
A few trees were blown down across a couple of roads.
Several streets were flooded on the east side of Greenwood, including the intersection of Highway 7 and 82.
Several area streets and highways were flooded as several rounds of thunderstorms moved across the Delta. Two to four inches of rain fell across portions of Washington county.
Several streets were flooded in the Deer Park subdivision and part of Highway 8 was washed out.
One home had a portion of its roof pealed off near Moon Lake. Additionally several trees were blown down all across the Moon Lake Community.
Several trees were blown down around Cary along with several homes having shingles blown off. A few homes had the corner of the roof peeled off and one home had a large tree down on it. Additionally, numerous large limbs were blown down.
Locally heavy rain caused many streets in the Cleveland area to flood.
Several streets were flooded in Vicksburg.
A few trees were blown down.
Several large trees were blown down just north of Highway 50 as well as along county road 182 northeast of Cumberland. Additionally, a few homes had shingles blown off around the Clarkson Community.
A very large limb was blown down and hit a pedestrian walking on the sidewalk. Additionally, this limb took down a live power line which also landed on the pedestrian. A combination of the large limb and electricity caused the fatality.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind, Hinds | 2005-04-11 | 55 | Male | Under Tree | Direct |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Mississippi in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Mississippi, April 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: 5450755, 5450756, 5450757, 5450758, 5450760, 5450759, 5450762, 5450761, 5450764, 5450763, 5450765, 5450766, 5450831, 5450767, 5450768, 5450832, 5450769, 5450833, 5450834, 5450835, 5450836, 5446993, 5450837, 5446994, 5446995, 5446996, 5446997, 5446999, 5446998.