43 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flash flood, 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 Jan 13, 3:40 AM CST, 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 340 AM CST THU JAN 13 2005 ...SEVERE WEATHER EVENT TAKEN PLACE ACROSS FORECAST AREA THIS MORNING... .SHORT TERM... CURRENTLY...IR SAT IMAGERY DEPICTS A VIGOROUS...POSITIVELY TILTED UPPER TROUGH CARVING IT/S WAY INTO THROUGH THE SOUTHERN PLAINS ...MOVING TOWARD THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY REGION. IN RESPONSE...SFC LOW PRESSURE IS DEVELOPING AND DEEPENING OVER THE MID TO UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. IR SAT AND AREA RADARS SHOW THE INTENSE SQUALL LINE MOVE THROUGH THE WESTERN END OF THE FORECAST AREA...EXTENDING FROM NEAR GREENWOOD TO APPROACHING THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER WITH SOME STRONG CELLS TRACKING NORTHEAST AHEAD OF THE LINE. THERE HAVE BEEN SOME BOW SEGMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS INTENSE LINE. TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM FOR THE WEST HALF OF THE REGION...EXPECT WATCHES TO EXTEND ACROSS THE EAST HALF THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING HOURS...BEFORE THE LINE EXITS TO THE REGION BY AFTERNOON. THE ASSOCIATED STRONG COLD FRONT WAS NOTED FROM WESTERN ARKANSAS INTO NORTHEAST TEXAS. BROAD SOUTHERLY FLOW ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTH AHEAD OF THE LINE OF STORMS HAS TEMPS IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 60S WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE 60S. MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGE...WILL BE SQUALL LINE TIMING AND POTENTIAL FOR PRE-LINE SUPERCELLS FOR THIS MORNING. FOR THIS AFTERNOON WILL KEEP CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS...DECREASING FROM WEST TO EAST AS THE COLD FRONT PASSES THROUGH TODAY. THE HIGHEST TEMPS FOR TODAY WILL BE EARLY THIS MORNING AS TEMPS FALL THROUGH THE 60 TO 50S. FOR TONIGHT WILL KEEP SOME POST FRONT LIGHT RAIN ENDING FROM THE WEST SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. FOR FRIDAY HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED TO OUR NORTH WILL PLACE THE LOWER MS RIVER VALLEY IN A COLD AND DRY AIR ADVECTION REGIME. THIS WILL SET TEMPS BACK TO SEASONAL AVERAGES. .LONG TERM... NOT MUCH TO BELABOR IN THE EXTENDED TODAY. FAVORED THE COMBO OF GFS/ECMWF FOR THE PARTICULARS. QUIET...CONDITIONS TYPICAL FOR JANUARY ARE ON TAP FOR THE WEEKEND AND FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK. A LONG WAVE TROUGH WILL POSITIONED OVER THE EASTERN CONUS THIS WEEKEND FLATTENING TO A MORE ZONAL ORIENTATION BY EARLY NEXT WEEK. WITH HIGH PRESSURE CENTERS REMAINING TO OUR NORTH OVER THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY...HIGH TEMPS WILL BE NEAR SEASONAL AVERAGES. LOW TEMPS WILL VARY DEPENDENT UPON THE AMOUNT OF DRYING/CLEARING EXPECTED. DEWPOINTS WILL CERTAINLY BE CUT IN THE WAKE OF THURSDAY/S FRONTAL PASSAGE...HOWEVER THE SUBTROPICAL JET WILL REMAIN WEST SOUTHWEST AND CUT ACROSS THE REGION. THIS WOULD LEAVE OUR AREA PRONE TO BOUTS WITH OCCASIONAL CIRRUS. GIVEN THE AFOREMENTIONED SYNOPTIC SET UP...FAVORED LOW TEMPS IN THE LOWER 30S MOST AREAS. LITTLE IF ANY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED THROUGH NEXT WEDNESDAY. && .AVIATION... WILL SEE ISOLATED SITES FALL TO IFR IN HEAVIER RAINFALL WITH STRONGEST STORMS BUT CEILINGS GENERALLY IN MVFR RANGE ALONG SQUALL LINE THAT WILL SHIFT EWD ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THIS MORNING. WILL SEE VFR CONDITIONS TO REAR OF SQUALL LINE BEFORE LOW CLOUDS FILL BACK IN COLD AIR ADVECTION BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. GENERALLY MVFR STRATOCU IN PLACE LATER IN THE AFTERNOON...ERODING FROM THE WEST TONIGHT. PRESSURE GRADIENT REMAINS RELATIVELY TIGHT SO WILL MAINTAIN GUSTY NLY WIND BEHIND THE BOUNDARY TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... JACKSON 69 37 52 30/ 100 20 0 0 MERIDIAN 70 36 54 30/ 100 40 0 0 && .JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .MS...NONE. .LA...NONE. .AR...NONE. && 17
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 242 PM CST WED JAN 12 2005 ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 132042- 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- 242 PM CST WED JAN 12 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... ...THUNDERSTORMS... SEVERE WEATHER IS LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. NUMEROUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT AND LASTING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON ON THURSDAY AS AN INTENSE SQUALL LINE...WITH EMBEDDED BOWING SEGMENTS MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. THE EASTERN PARISHES AND SE ARKANSAS WILL SEE THE FIRST OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE SYSTEM WILL THEN SPREAD EAST DURING THE MORNING HOURS ON THURSDAY AND WILL AFFECT THE REMAINDER OF THE OUTLOOK AREA BY LATE MORNING. THERE IS SOME CONCERN FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOME ISOLATED TORNADIC SUPERCELLS AHEAD OF THE MAIN SQUALL LINE AS THE SYSTEM BEGINS TO MOVE INTO SE MISSISSIPPI DURING THE MID MORNING HOURS. THE OVERALL PRIMARY CONCERNS WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL BE FOR STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. ANOTHER CONCERN WILL BE FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES. THE ATMOSPHERIC SET UP FOR THIS EVENT IS AS FOLLOWS. AN INTENSE UPPER LONG WAVE TROUGH WITH AN ASSOCIATED STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE TO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY REGION AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF RECENT MILD DAYS WITH GOOD RICH GULF MOISTURE AND ASTRONG COLD FRONT WITH COLD AIR ALOFT FROM THE APPROACHING UPPER TROUGH WILL SET THE STAGE FOR THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION. AS THE SYSTEM APPROACHES... LOWER AND UPPER JET DYNAMICS WILL INCREASE WIND SHEAR ALOFT AND WILL BECOME QUITE STRONG. STAY TUNED FOR UPDATED INFORMATION ON THIS POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER EVENT FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON. ...FLOODING... GIVEN THE NEAR SATURATED STATE OF THE SOILS...PONDING ON AREA ROADS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP. MINOR STREET FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AS WELL. ...NON PRECIPITATION... A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND THE NORTHWEST PORTION OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...WHERE WIND GUSTS OF AROUND 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING UNTIL 6 AM THURSDAY. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM THURSDAY FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE OUTLOOK AREA....WHERE SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY... 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 WILL BE NEEDED LATE TO NIGHT AND THURSDAY IN SUPPORT OF HAZARDOUS WEATHER OPERATIONS. 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
353 AM CST THU JAN 13 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0258 AM TSTM WND DMG 3 E START 32.49N 91.81W
01/13/2005 RICHLAND LA LAW ENFORCEMENT
A FEW POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN EAST OF START.
0300 AM TSTM WND DMG MANGHAM 32.31N 91.78W
01/13/2005 RICHLAND LA LAW ENFORCEMENT
POWER LINES AND TREES DOWN ON HOUSES.
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CMEThe Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 85 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 10:10 UTC.
43 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A few trees and several power lines were blown down from just north of Vicksburg to around Redwood.
A pilot reported wind gusts to 60 mph just off Highway 49.
Several trees were blown down north of Yazoo City on Rebecca Road.
Numerous large limbs and several power lines were blown down.
Fifty trees were blown down at the golf course in Annandale along with a portion of the cart building having a portion of it blown away.
A power pole was blown down at the entrance of Sanderson Farms.
WAPT reported a 75 mph wind gust at the station.
Several trees were blown down around the city.
Numerous trees were blown down.
Numerous trees were blown down near Highway 16 and Ratliff Ferry Road and along Robinson and Sharon Roads.
Two trees and 4 power poles were blown down along Highway 80 at Crossgates East.
One large tree was blown down and some awning was pealed off a garage along Highway 471. Numerous large limbs were also blown down in the area.
A few trees were blown down across Vaiden-Kilmichael Road.
A couple of trees were blown down.
Several trees were blown down around the Williamsville Community.
Damaging thunderstorm winds tore a path across southern Leake county from near Lena to near Tuscola. Four chicken houses were severely damaged and four out buildings were destroyed. Seven residential homes and one church sustained major roof damage. In addition, dozens of trees were blown down with several across area roads and several more downing power lines.
A few trees were blown down on power lines.
Several trees and power lines were blown down between the Pinola and Merit Communities.
A swath of damaging winds occurred across northern Smith county from just west of Harperville to near the Steel Community. On Clifton Road, several trees were blown down and one home had its roof blown off. The damaging winds continued east and downed more trees around Harperville on Talabouge Road, Reynolds Road and Highway 21 in the Steel Community.
Several trees were blown down.
Several trees were blown down along the Natchez Trace.
A few trees were blown down across Highway 15 N.
A couple of trees and a power line were blown down on Blackwell Road.
Several trees and large limbs were blown down in northeast Simpson county around the Upton Community.
Several trees were blown down along the Natchez Trace.
A few trees were blown down around town.
Numerous trees and a few power lines were blown down from Polkville to Raleigh.
Several trees were blown down just north of Conehatta with one tree falling on a house causing major damage. Several other homes sustained minor roof damage. One chicken house was destroyed near Prospect at Highway 492 and Andrew Fredrick Road.
Ten to fifteen trees were blown down around town and in the county.
Several trees were blown down on county road 642.
One tree was blown down on a home near Spring Hill Road and Highway 489. Several other trees were blown down the same general area just south of Union. Just to the west of Little Rock, a mobile home had part of its roof pealed off.
A barn was damaged.
Damaging straight line winds tore a path across southwest Starkville during the early morning of January 13th. A large portion of the Mississippi State University Raspet Flight Research Lab was blown off and debris was scattered around for a few hundred yards. The Palmer Thrift Store had a portion of its roof blown off. A few other residential homes in the area sustained minor roof damage, numerous trees and power lines were also blown down. There were also reports of lawn furniture getting blown away and a trampoline getting blown into a tree.
A portion of a roof was blown off a home.
Severe thunderstorm winds caused major damage to one home where two people sustained injuries. Six other homes sustained minor damage.
A mobile home was rolled over and destroyed on Baldwyn Road where two people were injured. On Cooksville Road a barn was destroyed.
A few trees were blown down across a few roads.
A few trees and a power line were blown down.
Two trees were blown down and destroyed a house in the Harmony Community along Highway 18.
A few trees were blown down on power lines.
A roof was blown off an out building along with several trees blown down around the area.
Two to three inches of rain in about an hour and a half caused nearly a foot of water to cover portions of Highway 11. This heavy rain also flooded a few secondary roads around town.
A few trees were blown down on a power line.
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, January 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5433126, 5433127, 5433128, 5433129, 5433130, 5433131, 5433132, 5433133, 5433134, 5433135, 5433136, 5433137, 5433236, 5433237, 5433238, 5433239, 5433241, 5433242, 5433243, 5433244, 5433240, 5433245, 5433246, 5433247, 5433248, 5433249, 5433250, 5433251, 5433355, 5433356, 5433357, 5433358, 5433359, 5433360, 5433361, 5433362, 5433363, 5433364, 5433365, 5433366, and more.