15 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 flash flood, 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 May 29, 10:45 AM CST, 42 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1145 AM CDT SUN MAY 29 2005 .DISCUSSION...A WELL-DEFINED SURFACE BOUNDARY EXTENDS FROM BASTROP TO ROLLING FORK TO NEAR DEKALB LATE THIS MORNING. A MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM/MCS/ IS CURRENTLY SPREADING WIDESPREAD SHOWER/TSTM ACTIVITY INTO SOUTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. THE AREA SOUTH OF THE BOUNDARY AND AHEAD OF THE MCS IS RELATIVELY CLOUD-FREE AND IS DESTABILIZING. AN 18Z RAOB SHOULD GET A NICE SAMPLING OF THE PRE-MCS ENVIRONMENT. EXPECT MCS TO CONTINUE NE PROGRESSION ACROSS ALL OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES. THE AREA RECEIVING GREATER SURFACE HEATING IS CURRENTLY UNDER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH...A GREATER RISK FOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS EXISTS THERE BECAUSE OF GREATER INSTABILITY...BUT THE AREA JUST NORTH OF THE WATCH ALONG THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR IS NOT EXEMPT FROM RECEIVING STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL OCCUR WITH THE STORMS AS WELL. IN THE PAST 12 TO 18 HRS...THE AREA ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF A JONESVILLE TO MAYERSVILLE TO DEKALB LINE RECEIVED A WIDESPREAD ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN. IT APPEARS THE HEAVIER RAINFALL THIS AFTERNOON WILL STAY SOUTH OF THAT AREA...SO NOT EXPECTING A SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOOD RISK. MINOR UPDATES WERE MADE TO TODAYS AND THIS EVENINGS FORECAST GRIDS TO ADUST FOR THE LATEST TEMP/CLOUD/WEATHER TRENDS. && .JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MS...NONE. LA...NONE. AR...NONE. && EC
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 442 AM CDT SUN MAY 29 2005 ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 300942- 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- 442 AM CDT SUN MAY 29 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... ...THUNDERSTORMS... ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY AND THIS EVENING ACROSS NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A BASTROP TO CANTON TO DE KALB LINE. NORTH OF THAT LINE THERE IS THE THREAT OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE IN THE FORM OF STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AND DEVELOP OVER MUCH OF THE OUTLOOK AREA TODAY AS A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. AS THESE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES MOVE OVER A WARM MOIST ATMOSPHERE SOUTH OF A STATIONARY BOUNDARY THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AND A FEW MAY BECOME SEVERE. THESE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OF DEVELOPING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH WITH SMALL HAIL SMALLER THAN THE SIZE OF A PENNY. NORTH OF THE BOUNDARY THE INSTABILITY WILL BE LESS AND ONLY A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS AROUND 40 TO 50 MPH. ANY SEVERE WEATHER WILL LIKELY BEGIN TO END AFTER SUNSET BUT NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG...ARE STILL EXPECTED OVER NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI THROUGH THE NIGHT. ...FLOODING... WITH A STALLED BOUNDARY OVER NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA AND NUMEROUS UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES MOVING THROUGH...WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE. THIS IS ESPECIALLY SO CLOSE TO THE FRONT MAINLY ALONG THE HIGHWAY 82 CORRIDOR. RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE LIKELY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING IN THAT AREA WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS POSSIBLY APPROACHING 3 INCHES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... ...DAYS TWO AND THREE...MONDAY AND TUESDAY... A WET AND STORMY WEATHER PATTERN IS EXPECTED FOR THE MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY PERIOD. A VERY MOIST AIRMASS AND INCREASING UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT WILL TEAM UP WITH A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO PROVIDE A FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL. TOTAL RAINFALL DURING THIS PERIOD SHOULD RANGE FROM TWO TO FOUR INCHES AREA WIDE...WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL UP TO SIX INCHES POSSIBLE. MINOR FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE...BUT BECAUSE OF THE DRY WEATHER IN RECENT WEEKS...SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED. IN ADDITION...ORGANIZED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL TEND TO ENHANCE THE RISK FOR A FEW SEVERE WIND GUSTS...ESPECIALLY MEMORIAL DAY WHEN A SIGNIFICANT UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE IS FORECAST TO TRAVERSE THE REGION. ...DAYS FOUR THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT MAY BE NEEDED TODAY AND ON MEMORIAL DAY. PERSONNEL SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST FORECASTS. AFTER THAT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY JUNE 5TH. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 802 AM CDT SUN MAY 29 2005 LAZ026-MSZ060>066-072>074-292100- CONCORDIA LA-ADAMS MS-COVINGTON MS-FORREST MS- FRANKLIN MS-JEFFERSON DAVIS MS-JONES MS-LAMAR MS- LAWRENCE MS-LINCOLN MS-MARION MS- THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 347 IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN LOUISIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 1 PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA CONCORDIA IN MISSISSIPPI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 10 COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI JEFFERSON DAVIS LAWRENCE LINCOLN MARION IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI COVINGTON FORREST JONES LAMAR IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI ADAMS FRANKLIN THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PRENTISS...BASSFIELD...MONTICELLO... NEW HEBRON...LAUREL...WEST HATTIESBURG...LUMBERTON...PURVIS... COLLINS...MOUNT OLIVE...BUDE...ROXIE...MEADVILLE...BROOKHAVEN... HATTIESBURG...NATCHEZ...VIDALIA...FERRIDAY... WEST FERRIDAY AND COLUMBIA. CAB
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 73 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:37 UTC.
15 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A swath of wind damage occurred from near the Big Black Community northward across Highway 27 to about 5 miles east of Vicksburg. Dozens of trees were blown down across this area along with several power lines.
Penny to quarter sized hail fell across Vicksburg and caused minor damage to vehicles around town.
Numerous trees were blown down across the southeast portion of Lincoln county.
Several trees and a few power lines were blown down around Monticello.
Numerous trees and power lines were blown down south of Prentiss.
Several trees were blown down across Eastern Lamar county.
A few trees and power lines were blown down. One tree and power line fell on a car and caused significant damage.
Numerous pine trees were blown down along Highway 13, 8 miles south of Mendenhall.
Quarter to golfball sized hail fell across Hattiesburg causing some damage to vehicles.
Numerous trees were blown down.
Numerous trees were blown down around Ellisville and many other locations scattered around the county.
A few power lines were blown down at the intersection of Lakeland Drive and Ridgewood Road. The downed power lines caused a small fire at a nearby gas station.
Numerous trees and large limbs were blown down across the city of Ridgeland and across areas of Madison.
Numerous trees were blown down.
A couple of trees were blown down.
A swath of wind damage occurred across portions of Clarke county from Pachuta to Quitman to Stonewall. Within this area several dozen trees were blown down with many blocking area roads. In Pachuta 1 tree damaged a vehicle and in Quitman 1 tree caused major damage to a house.
On route 129, a portion of the road was washed out and the road had to be closed.
Three hangers sustained damage at the airport as a portion of the tin roofs were blown off and small sections of the tin siding was pealed away. Additionally a few trees were blown down around the area.
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, May 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: 5451058, 5451059, 5451060, 5448806, 5451061, 5448803, 5448810, 5451062, 5451063, 5448802, 5448804, 5448805, 5448807, 5448808, 5448809, 5448811, 5448812, 5448813, 5448814.