18 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Jackson, MS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 7, 3:30 PM CST, 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 330 PM CST MON MAR 7 2005 SHORT TERM... LATEST SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS PARAMETERS COMING TOGETHER FOR SEVERE WEATHER THIS EVENING. VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS A SPEED MAX COMING TOWARD THE REGION OUT OF BAJA. IR IMAGERY HAS BEEN SHOWING CONVECTION OVER EAST TEXAS INTO LOUISIANA WITH A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES EXTENDING INTO NORTHERN AND WESTERN LOUISIANA AS WELL AS ARKANSAS. DEWPOINTS HAVE RISEN TO THE LOWER 60S OVER MOST OF THE REGION. FOR TONIGHT ...AS A STRONG UPPER TROUGH DROPS SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE NORTHERN STREAM STRONG HEIGHT FALLS WILL OCCUR LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. AT THE SAME TIME UPPER JET DYNAMICS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY FAVORABLE ACROSS THE COUNTY WARNING AREA. AS THE UPPER TROUGH MOVES SOUTH THE NORTHERN STREAM JET WILL INCREASE ACROSS NORTHERN MS/TN/KY AT THE SAME TIME THE STHRN STREAM JET WILL BE INCREASING AS A 130 KT JET CORE BEGINS TO COME AROUND THE CUTOFF LOW OVER THE BAHA. THIS IS PROVIDING A COUPLED JET OVER THE AREA GREATLY ENHANCING THE DIVERGENCE ALOFT THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING. THE LOW LEVEL JET WILL BE AROUND 30KTS OUT OF THE WEST AND H5 WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 70KTS OUT OF THE WEST. 0-6KM SHEAR WILL BE IN THE 60 TO 65KT RANGE DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS AND INCREASING TO AS MUCH AS 80KTS BY 06Z. ALL OF THIS IS AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT WHICH WILL PROVIDE THE NECESSARY FORCING.AHEAD OF THE FRONT THERE WILL BE THE POSSIBILITY OF A FEW SUPERCELLS TO DEVELOP WITH STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND HAIL BEING THE PRIMARY THREAT BUT AS THE FRONT MOVES CLOSER A SQUALL LINE WILL DEVELOP. THIS IS FAVORABLE AS MODEL SOUNDINGS SHOW STRONG LAPSE RATES AND MIDLEVEL COOLING. WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT...MENTIONED IN THE NEXT PARAGRAPH...WILL BE QUITE STRONG AND SHOULD NOT HAVE MUCH OF A PROBLEM COMING DOWN TO THE SFC WITH THE SQUALL LINE AND THIS WILL PROVIDE A DECENT STRAIGHT LINE WIND THREAT WITH EVEN THE POSSIBILITY OF ISOLATED TORNADOES. THE BEST CHANCE FOR WINDS IN THE LAKE WIND ADV CRITERIA WILL BE AFTER THE FRONT PASSES. WINDS WILL BE MORE UNIDIRECTIONAL UP TO H85 AND CAA AT H7 WILL BE STRONG WHICH WILL HELP FORCE WINDS FROM H85 AND LOWER...DOWN TO THE SURFACE. BOTH GFS/NAM HAS H925 WINDS OF AROUND 35 KNOTS...WHICH WILL BE CLOSE TO LAKE WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. SO WILL PUT A LAKE WIND ADVISORY OUT FOR THE REGION TONIGHT BEHIND THE COLD FRONT PASSAGE. OTHERWISE THE RAINS SHOULD TAPER OFF FROM THE NORTHWEST AFTER MIDNIGHT. SO WILL PUT IN DECREASING POPS AT THAT TIME. FOR TUESDAY...THE RAINS WILL PUSH OFF TO THE EAST BY 12Z TUESDAY. COLD AIR ADVECTION THAT DEVELOPS TO THE REAR OF THE FRONT CONTINUES INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON WITH 850 TEMPS BELOW ZERO BY 18Z TUESDAY. SKIES WILL BE PARTLY CLOUDY DURING THE DAY. HIGHS WILL BE BELOW SEASONAL AVERAGES WITH READINGS IN THE LOWER TO UPPER 50S. /17/ TUESDAY NIGHT AS THE SFC HIGH SLIDES EAST OF OUR CWA ANOTHER POTENT NORTHERN STREAM SHORTWAVE WILL DROP SOUTH THROUGH THE CENTRAL PLAINS. THE ASSOCIATED SFC LOW WILL BE CENTERED OVER ARKANSAS BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THERE IS SOME DISAGREEMENT IN THE MODELS WITH THE POSITION AND MOVEMENT OF THIS LOW AND THE PCPN GENERATED OVER OUR CWA. HAVE LEANED TOWARD GFS/UKMET AND WENT WITH THE LOW TRACKING SLOWLY TO THE SOUTHEAST ACROSS OUR AREA THROUGH THE DAY WEDNESDAY. WITH THE LOW TRACKING OVERHEAD...WENT WITH LIKELY POPS. RAINFALL SHOULD BE LIGHT BUT EVERYONE SHOULD GET WET. THE LIGHT RAIN SHOULD BE ENDING IN THE SE DURING THE EVENING HOURS AND MUCH COLDER AND DRIER AIR WITH BRIEFLY DROP INTO THE REGION. SOME NORTHERN COUNTIES MAY SEE LOWS NEAR FREEZING THURSDAY MORNING. /22/ .LONG TERM... A SFC RIDGE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE CWA THURSDAY AND SW FLOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF BY THURSDAY EVENING. VERY LITTLE MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO BE AVAILABLE WHEN THE NEXT NORTHERN STREAM SHORTWAVE AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT. GFS CONTINUES TO CONSISTENTLY GENERATE QPF ACROSS OUR NORTHERN TIER COUNTIES AND WL INCLUDE SLIGHT CHANCE POPS THERE. AGAIN VERY LITTLE RAIN IS EXPECTED AND THE MENTION OF SPRINKLES MAY BE THE BEST WAY TO HANDLE THE SITUATION IN FUTURE PACKAGES. IT WILL BE COOL AND DRY FRIDAY AS NORTHWEST WINDS HOLD MOST SITES IN THE 50S. IT WILL REMAIN DRY WITH A GRADUAL WARMING TREND THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE LARGE UPPER RIDGE OVER THE WESTERN CONUS WILL BEGIN BREAKING DOWN LATE FRIDAY AND SCOOT THE LARGE UPPER TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN CONUS INTO THE ATLANTIC. AFTERNOON HIGHS WILL REACH INTO THE LOWER 70S SOUTHERN HALF SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. WITH NEAR ZONAL FLOW ALOFT MONDAY...A COLD FRONT WILL LOOSE ITS MOMENTUM AS IT DROPS INTO NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI. THIS FRONT IS EXPECTED TO STALL LATE MONDAY BEFORE RETURNING NORTH AS A WARM FRONT TUESDAY. THE DGEX BRING THE FRONT A LITTLE FURTHER SOUTH THAN THE GFSLR. WL CARRY CHANCE POPS IN THE NORTH AND TAPER TO SLIGHT CHANCE IN THE SOUTH MONDAY. /22/ && .AVIATION...EXPECT MVFR AND IFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITYS IN THUNDERSTORMS FOR TONIGHT. EXPECT CONDITIONS TO IMPROVE AFTER MIDNIGHT FROM THE NORTHWEST WITH VFR CONDITIONS AND LOCAL MVFR CONDITIONS PRIOR TO 12Z. AFTER 12Z EXPECT FULL VFR CONDITIONS FOR PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES. WINDS WILL BE A PROBLEM AFTER THE FRONTAL PASSAGE ESPECIALLY AFTER MIDNIGHT AS COLD AIR ADVECTION SETS IN WITH GUSTS OF AROUND 30 KNOTS. THE GUSTS SHOULD EASE UP AFTER 12Z OF AROUND 20 KNOTS. /17/ && .JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MS...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT FOR ALL ZONES. LA...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT FOR ALL ZONES. AR...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT FOR ALL ZONES. && MM/MME
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 303 PM CST MON MAR 07 2005 ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 081626- 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- 303 PM CST MON MAR 07 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND TUESDAY... ...THUNDERSTORMS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE TOWARD THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. THIS WILL BRING A STRONG COLD FRONT INTO THE REGION LATE THIS EVENING. AS THE SURFACE LOW ASSOCIATED WITH THE COLD FRONT DEEPENS WINDS WILL BECOME STRONGER OUT OF THE SOUTH AND HELP TRANSPORT MORE MOISTURE INTO THE OUTLOOK AREA. THIS WILL INCREASE THE INSTABILITY AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THIS WILL BE CONDUCIVE FOR SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. DECENT WIND SHEAR AND GOOD LAPSE RATES WILL ALSO FAVOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS OF UP TO 60 MILES AN HOUR AND LARGE HAIL AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES CLOSER...A SQUALL LINE WILL DEVELOP. THE WINDS BEHIND THE COLD FRONT WILL BE STRONG AND WITH A SQUALL LINE MOVING THROUGH...STRONG STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES WILL ONCE AGAIN BE THE PRIMARY THREAT. THERE WILL ALSO BE THE OUTSIDE RISK OF TORNADOES WITH THE SQUALL LINE. ...FLOODING... LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED AS THUNDERSTORMS MOVE ACROSS THE REGION FOR TONIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL AVERAGE FROM ONE TO ONE AND HALF INCHES WITH LOCAL TWO INCH AMOUNTS...MAINLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20. ...NON PRECIPITATION... SURFACE WINDS BEHIND THE COLD FRONT WILL BE BREEZY...BUT JUST ABOVE THE SURFACE...WINDS MAY APPROACH 35 MPH. AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT TIGHTENS...WINDS WILL PICK UP TO JUST BELOW 20 MPH WITH WIND GUSTS AROUND 30 MPH OUT OF THE NORTHWEST. THIS HAS PROMPTED THE ISSUANCE OF A LAKE WIND ADVISORY FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. THE WINDS WILL DECREASE ON TUESDAY MORNING TO BELOW LAKE WIND CRITERIA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY... 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 THIS EVENING. OTHER THAN THAT... ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TO BE NEEDED THROUGH NEXT MONDAY MARCH 14TH. 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), 18 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:56 UTC.
18 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous trees were blown down in the city, with a few down on a house. Just off Interstate 55, a large billboard was blown over. Additionally, several power lines were blown down.
A couple of trees and a power lines were blown down. A tree and power line were blown down at Rice Road and the Natchez Trace and another tree was blown down at West Jackson and North Wheately Streets.
A couple of trees and many large limbs were blown down.
A few trees were blown down off Sharon Road.
A few trees were blown down.
Several trees and a few power lines were blown down.
A roof was blown off a large shed on Alton Graham Road.
A significant downburst occurred from just NE of Conehatta to around Union. Across this area, several hundred trees were blown down along with damage to several structures. Six miles NE of Conehatta, a mobile home was destroyed as two trees were blown down onto it. Four miles NW of Decatur, a roof was blown off a house. In Union, one home had tin and shingles pealed off the roof with two other homes having trees blown down on them. One home was on Carver Street and the other was near County Line Road.
The significant downburst continued out of northern Newton county and moved across southern portions of Neshoba county from near Neshoba to around Tucker and Bethsaida. Along the path, dozens of trees were blown down as well as numerous power lines. Near Bethsaida, a barn was destroyed as several trees were blown down onto it. Also in this area, two metal car ports were damaged.
On Pine Bluff Road, a few trees and power lines were blown down.
A roof was blown off a barn just north of Damascus along with several trees blown down 3 miles south of town.
A few trees were blown down near US Highway 80.
A portion of a roof was damaged to a Laundromat.
Numerous trees were blown down with a few blocking roads. Four homes had shingles pealed off the roof and two out sheds were destroyed.
One tree was blown down and landed on a vehicle. Another tree was blown down across Highway 39 and blocked both lanes.
A few trees were blown down along with lawn furniture blown across a field.
A tree and a power line were blown down near the Clarkdale community.
A tree and a power line were blown down.
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, March 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: 5441081, 5441082, 5441083, 5441084, 5441146, 5441147, 5441148, 5441149, 5441150, 5441151, 5441152, 5441153, 5441154, 5441155, 5441156, 5442022, 5442023, 5442024, 5442025.