Flash Flood and Hail in Mississippi, July 27, 2005

Name: Flash Flood and Hail in Mississippi, July 27, 2005
Start: 2005-07-27T13:30
End: 2005-07-27T18:00
Location: Mississippi

July 27, 2005 · NWS MEG · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

1 hail, 1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
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Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
Other

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $1,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 2

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 Memphis, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 27, 9:17 AM CST, 4 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 27, 9:17 AM CST, 4 hours 13 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1017 AM CDT WED JUL 27 2005

.DISCUSSION...
WILL UPDATE TO MAKE SOME SMALL CHANGES TO THE CURRENT FORECAST /
GRIDS FOR THIS AFTERNOON. A RATHER STRONG COLD FOR THIS TIME OF THE
YEAR CONTINUES TO PUSH INTO THE MIDSOUTH. LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS
INDICATES THAT THE FRONT STRETCHES FROM NEAR PARIS TN TO
AROUND MEMPHIS TN TO STUGGART AR. THE FRONT WILL PUSH INTO NORTH MS
BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. WIDESPREAD CLOUDS EXTEND MAINLY BEHIND THE
FRONT WITH A BAND OF SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS PUSHING INTO
NORTHEAST AR. CUMULUS CLOUDS ARE ALSO INCREASING AHEAD OF THE FRONT
AND THINK THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE AHEAD OF THE FRONT
WITH FURTHER HEATING. WILL MENTION THE CHANCE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK AHEAD OF THE FRONT
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF WEST TN INTO
NORTH MS AS CAPES PUSH TO BETWEEN 2000 AND 3000 J/KG...MAINLY THE
THREAT OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. IN THE UPDATE WILL
CHANGE SKY TO PARTLY CLOUDY ACROSS NORTHEAST MS WHERE WILL TAKE
LONGER FOR THE MORE EXTENSIVE BAND OF CLOUDS TO MOVE INTO.
TEMPERATURES HAVE BEEN FALLING SLOWLY THROUGH THE 70S IN EXTREME
NORTHEAST AR. WILL LOWER MAX TEMPS FOR NORTHEAST AR THIS AFTERNOON
AND RAISE THEM SLIGHTLY ACROSS NORTHEAST MS. WILL NOT ARGUE
WITH LIKELY POPS FOR THE ENTIRE MIDSOUTH FOR THIS AFTERNOON.

.PREV DISCUSSION...
ISSUED 245 AM CDT WED JUL 27 2005

COLD FRONT APPROACHING THE FORECAST AREA EARLY THIS MORNING WITH
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BEHIND THE FRONT ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI
AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.

.SHORT TERM (THROUGH FRIDAY)...
THE COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEAST TODAY AND TONIGHT.
STILL APPEARS THAT WE WILL SE SOME RAIN IN THE FORECAST AREA SO HAVE
KEPT LIKELY POPS FOR TODAY. THE BIG STORY WILL BE TEMPERATURES AS
READINGS WILL SOME 5-10 DEGREES COOLER THAN THEY WERE ON TUESDAY.
COLD FRONT WILL REMAIN ACROSS REGION TONIGHT SO WILL SEE SOME
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HAVE KEPT CHANCE POPS IN THE
FORECAST FOR TONIGHT. COLD FRONT SHOULD HAVE MOVED INTO NORTH
MISSISSIPPI BY THURSDAY SO RAIN CHANCE SHOULD DIMINISH OVER NORTHERN
AREAS. THE FRONT SHOULD CONTINUE TO PUSH FURTHER SOUTH AND WEAKEN BY
THURSDAY NIGHT SO ONLY HAVE CHANCE POPS IN SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE
FORECAST AREA. FRIDAY SHOULD REMAIN DRY AS WHAT IS LEFT OF THE FRONT
IS SOUTH OF FORECAST AREA. TEMPERATURES SHOULD REMAIN BELOW NORMAL
FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

.LONG TERM (AFTER FRIDAY)...
GRADUAL WARMUP SHOULD START OVER THE WEEKEND AS UPPER LEVEL RIDGE
ATTEMPTS TO REESTABLISH ITSELF. DRY WEATHER SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH
THE WEEKEND INTO THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK. ANOTHER COLD FRONT
TRIES TO MOVE INTO THE REGION ON TUESDAY SO THERE MAY BE SOME RAIN
WITH THIS SYSTEM.

&&

.MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
AR...NONE
MO...NONE
MS...NONE
TN...NONE

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 27, 9:13 AM CST, 4 hours 17 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1013 AM CDT WED JUL 27 2005

ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001>017-
020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-281000-
ALCORN-BENTON-CALHOUN-CARROLL-CHESTER-CHICKASAW-CLAY-COAHOMA-
CRAIGHEAD-CRITTENDEN-CROCKETT-CROSS-DECATUR-DESOTO-DUNKLIN-DYER-
FAYETTE-GIBSON-GREENE-HARDEMAN-HARDIN-HAYWOOD-HENDERSON-HENRY-
ITAWAMBA-LAFAYETTE-LAKE-LAUDERDALE-LAWRENCE-LEE(AR)-LEE(MS)-MADISON-
MARSHALL-MCNAIRY-MISSISSIPPI-MONROE-OBION-PANOLA-PEMISCOT-PHILLIPS-
POINSETT-PONTOTOC-PRENTISS-QUITMAN-RANDOLPH-SHELBY-ST. FRANCIS-
TALLAHATCHIE-TATE-TIPPAH-TIPTON-TISHOMINGO-TUNICA-UNION-WEAKLEY-
YALOBUSHA-
1013 AM CDT WED JUL 27 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTH
MISSISSIPPI...WEST TENNESSEE AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL.

.DAY ONE...

A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO PROGRESS THROUGH THE MIDSOUTH TODAY.
AS IT MOVES TOWARD THE SOUTH...IT WILL INTERACT WITH A WARM AND
UNSTABLE AIRMASS TO PRODUCE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. A FEW
STRONG STORMS MAY DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS NORTH
MISSISSIPPI AND PORTIONS OF WEST TENNESSEE...MAINLY SOUTHEAST OF
JACKSON AND LEXINGTON. HEAVY DOWNPOURS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...WIND
GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH ANY OF THE
STRONGER STORMS. HOWEVER...THE RISK OF WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS
LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

JFB

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 96 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:31 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Tippah

When: July 27, 1:30 PM CST to 1:35 PM CST
Where: Tippah County, 3 mi NW of Walnut
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Property damage: $10
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 34.983, -88.917

Flash Flood, Panola

When: July 27, 3:56 PM CST to 6:00 PM CST
Where: Panola County, 6 mi E of Batesville
Property damage: $1,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 34.317, -89.850

Several lanes on Highway 6 were flooded.

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
Flash Flood: Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Mississippi in 2005 Every state in 2005 This day in weather history Warnings in Mississippi, July 2005

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: 5465744, 5465745.