Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 19, 2006

Name: Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 19, 2006
Start: 2006-07-19T17:15
End: 2006-07-19T17:15
Location: Mississippi

July 19, 2006 · NWS JAN · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

Several trees, power lines and numerous large limbs were blown down across a road. The damage occurred just north of the Stewart Community along the Webster/Montgomery County line.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $30,000
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 happened

The episode as NWS JAN wrote it up.

Several trees, power lines and numerous large limbs were blown down across a road. The damage occurred just north of the Stewart Community along the Webster/Montgomery County line.

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 Jackson, MS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 19, 2:15 PM CST, 3 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 2:15 PM CST, 3 hours before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
315 PM CDT WED JUL 19 2006

.DISCUSSION...ACTIVE AFTERNOON ONGOING AS ANTICIPATED. THE WORST OF
THE ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-20 AS BOUNDARIES
COLLIDE. THE REAL UNTAPPED AREA IS ALONG AND W OF THE MS RIVER AND
THAT AREA WILL GET THEIR TURN BEFORE THE NIGHT IS OUT AS BOUNDARIES
ARE HEADING THAT WAY ALONG WITH STORM PROPAGATION. HAIL...SIG WIND
GUSTS AND TONS OF LIGHTING WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE MAIN CONCERN
THROUGH 7-8 PM.

AS FAR HEAT ADV GOES...WILL JUST LET IT RIDE AS IT WILL EXPIRE AT 7
PM. THU WILL BE ANOTHER HOT DAY WITH SIMILAR TYPE HIGH TEMPS THAT WE
HAVE BEEN SEEING. THE BIG DIFFERENCE ON THU FROM TODAY IS THAT WE
SHOULD MIX DOWN SOME DRIER AIR AND THE SFC DEWPTS WILL FALL TO 67-69
DEGREES WHICH WILL KEEP HEAT INDEX VALUES BETWEEN 100-105. THIS WILL
FALL SHORT OF ADV CRITERIA AND WILL NOT EXTEND INTO THU.

ON THU...CONVECTION SHOULD BE SUBSTANTIALLY LESS THAN TODAY AS THERE
WILL BE LESS INSTABILITY AND LESS FAVORABLE LIFT. TO START...MID
LEVEL TEMPS WILL BE A TAD WARMER AND THE UPPER JET WILL DIRECTLY
OVER THE CWA WHICH IS UNFAVORABLE. GUIDANCE POPS ARE RATHER LOW AND
WILL FOLLOW. THE NEXT ISSUE WILL BE HOW HOT WILL THE AREA GET ON
THU. FOLLOWING PERSISTENCE...WILL CONTINUE WITH THE N HALF 97-101
AND S HALF 95-98. AS MENTIONED ABOVE...LOWER RH VALUES WILL RESULT
IN SLIGHTLY LOWER HEAT INDEX VALUES AND NO ADV IS EXPECTED.  /CME/

FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...ON FRIDAY THE GFS/EURO AND THE NAM
INDICATE THAT THE RIDGE OVER THE PLAINS WILL BEGIN TO LOSE ITS GRIP
OVER THE ARKLAMISS AS IT BEGINS TO SHIFT WEST THE TROUGH SWINGING
DOWN OVER THE OHIO VALLEY DEEPENS OVER THE EAST. THE LATEST RUN OF
THE GFS IS A LITTLE FASTER WITH THE BOUNDARY ON SATURDAY...BUT THERE
COULD BE SOME FEEDBACK ISSUES. THE NAM IS A LITTLE SLOWER WITH THE
FRONT...BUT IT SHOULD PUSH THROUGH THE AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON
HOURS. PWATS WILL BE ABOVE 2 INCHES ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA AND WITH
THE FOCUS OF THE BOUNDARY...SATURDAY CONTINUES TO LOOK LIKE THE BEST
CHANCE OF WIDESPREAD RAINS WE HAVE HAD IN A WHILE. THE SEVERE
POTENTIAL FOR SATURDAY LOOKS A LITTLE LOWER THAN PREVIOUS RUNS WITH
SBCAPES OF LESS THAN A 1000 J/KG...MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES OF NEAR 5.5
C/KM AND A K-INDEX OF NEAR 35. WENT SLIGHTLY ABOVE POP GUIDANCE NEAR
THE I-2O CORRIDOR OVER CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI WERE THE BEST POTENTIAL
FOR RAIN LOOKS...BUT WENT WITH ELSEWHERE FOR SATURDAY. ALSO WENT
ABOVE GUIDANCE FOR THE SOUTH IN THE EVENING AS THE FRONT PUSHES
SOUTH INTO SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI DURING THE EVENING.

THE LATEST COUPLE OF GFS RUNS PUSH THE BOUNDARY TO THE SOUTH OF THE
AREA AND BRING IN MUCH DRYER AIR. BY SUNDAY A SURFACE HIGH/RIDGE
LOCATED OVER THE OHIO VALLEY WILL BEGIN TO BUILD ACROSS THE
ARKLAMISS AND THIS SHOULD HOLD THROUGH MONDAY. THE HIGH WILL SHIFT
TO THE EAST COAST ON TUESDAY AND ONCE AGAIN THE AREA WILL BEGIN TO
HAVE MORE SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW WITH PWATS ABOVE 2 INCHES ACROSS MOST
OF THE AREA.

WITH THE DRYER SOLUTION OF THE GFS WILL CUT BELOW 00Z GUIDANCE AND
GO WITH 12Z GUIDANCE WHICH IS MUCH DRYER FOR SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY
NIGHT...BUT WENT WITH 00Z GUIDANCE FROM TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY.

AS FAR AS TEMPERATURES GO GUIDANCE HAS PERSISTENTLY BEEN TO LOW FOR
HIGHS ACROSS THE ARKLAMISS AND THIS TREND LOOKS TO HAVE CONTINUED.
850MB TEMPERATURES LOOK TO REMAIN IN THE LOW 20S ACROSS THE AREA AND
THIS TRANSLATES TO THE UPPER 90S AT LEAST THROUGH FRIDAY...SO WILL
CONTINUE TO INCREASE WELL ABOVE GUIDANCE FOR AFTERNOON HIGHS THROUGH
FRIDAY. WILL STICK A LITTLE CLOSER TO GUIDANCE FOR THE REMAINDER OF
THE PERIOD...BUT WILL STILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE A GENERAL 1 TO 2
DEGREES. /15/

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
JACKSON       73  99  73  99 /  21  16   7  15
MERIDIAN      72 100  73  99 /  37  24   6  12
VICKSBURG     73  99  73  99 /  18   7   5  15
HATTIESBURG   74  98  73  95 /  25  31  16  29
NATCHEZ       74  95  74  95 /  21  24   9  34
GREENVILLE    73 101  74 100 /  10   5   4  11
GREENWOOD     73 100  74 100 /  10   5   5  11

&&

.JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MS...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR MSZ018-MSZ019-
     MSZ025-MSZ026-MSZ027-MSZ028-MSZ029-MSZ030-MSZ031-MSZ032-
     MSZ033-MSZ034-MSZ035-MSZ036-MSZ037-MSZ038-MSZ039-MSZ040-
     MSZ041-MSZ042-MSZ043-MSZ044-MSZ045-MSZ046-MSZ047-MSZ048-
     MSZ049-MSZ050-MSZ051-MSZ052-MSZ053-MSZ054-MSZ055-MSZ056-
     MSZ057-MSZ058.

LA...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR LAZ007-LAZ008-
     LAZ009-LAZ015-LAZ016-LAZ023-LAZ025.

AR...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR ARZ074-ARZ075.

&&

SHORT TERM: CME
LONG  TERM: 15

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 19, 8:01 AM CST, 9 hours 14 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
901 AM CDT WED JUL 19 2006

ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074-
201401-
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-
901 AM CDT WED JUL 19 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

...THUNDERSTORMS...
ANOTHER ROUND OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY WITH
A BIT MORE COVERAGE THAN YESTERDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED
SEVERE STORMS GENERALLY SOUTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM VICKSBURG
TO RALEIGH TO COLLINS. ELSEWHERE...ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE. THE MAIN RISK FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE DEADLY
LIGHTING...SMALL HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 60 AND 70
MPH. MOST OF THE ACTIVITY WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 1 AND 8 PM WITH THE
STORMS GENERALLY MOVING TO THE SOUTHWEST.

THE MAIN CULPRIT IN THIS INCREASED SEVERE ACTIVITY WILL BE THE
COMBINATION OF VERY HOT SURFACE CONDITIONS...INCREASING LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE AND COOLER TEMPERATURES ALOFT. THIS IS LEADING TO STEEP
LAPSE RATES AND HIGH LEVELS OF INSTABILITY. THE DISTURBANCE THAT
WILL HELP TRIGGER THE AFTERNOON STORMS WILL BE QUITE POTENT FOR
THIS TIME OF YEAR AND WILL BRING WITH IT FASTER WINDS ALOFT WHICH
WILL HELP ORGANIZE THE STORMS AND ALLOW THEM TO BECOME STRONGER
THAN USUAL.

...SEASONAL THREATS...
EXPECT HEAT INDEX VALUES TO RANGE FROM 103 TO 108 DEGREES TODAY
ACROSS THE ENTIRE ARKLAMISS REGION. DUE TO THIS...A HEAT ADVISORY
HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR WEDNESDAY.

A HEAT INDEX OF 105 IS THE VALUE WHERE THE BODY CAN BEGIN TO
SUCCUMB TO HEAT-RELATED HEALTH PROBLEMS.

PERSONS VENTURING OUTDOORS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO AVOID HEAT
RELATED ILLNESSES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...

...DAYS TWO AND THREE...THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...
THE HOT CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY WITH THE AREA
REACHING 96 TO 100 DEGREES EACH DAY. PLENTY OF HEAT COMBINED WITH
THE RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL LEAD TO HEAT INDEX VALUES FROM 100
TO 107. IF THESE CONDITIONS HOLD...HEAT ADVISORIES WILL LIKELY BE
EXTENDED FOR SOME LOCATIONS UNTIL THE WEEKEND.

...DAYS FOUR THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...
A MOIST UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL BE IN PLACE SATURDAY AS A FRONTAL
BOUNDARY AND UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE PLOW SOUTH EASTWARD INTO THE
REGION SETTING OFF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. A FEW OF THESE STORMS
WILL BE ON THE STRONG TO SEVERE SIDE DEPENDING ON THE EXACT
TIMING AND POSITION OF THE FRONT. THE FRONT SHOULD SETTLE NEAR
THE GULF COAST BY EARLY NEXT WEEK. CHECK LATER FORECASTS FOR
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE SEVERE POTENTIAL.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER
OPERATIONS WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED FOR TODAY OR AT SOME POINT ON
SATURDAY. OTHERWISE ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH NEXT
WEDNESDAY.

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS
WEATHER OUTLOOK.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 19, 3:50 PM CST, 1 hour 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
450 PM CDT WED JUL 19 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0440 PM     HAIL             8 WSW BROOKLYN          31.02N 89.32W
07/19/2006  M0.88 INCH       FORREST            MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            REPORTED AT INTERSECTION OF JOE LEE ROAD AND HWY 13 NEAR
            THE INTERSECTION OF THE BORDERS OF FORREST...LAMAR AND
            PEARL RIVER COUNTIES

&&

GERARD

Local storm report, Jul 19, 4:10 PM CST, 1 hour 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
510 PM CDT WED JUL 19 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0245 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 W RALEIGH             32.03N 89.61W
07/19/2006                   SMITH              MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            A FEW TREES DOWN ON HWY 18.

&&

BYRD

Local storm report, Jul 19, 4:18 PM CST, 57 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
518 PM CDT WED JUL 19 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0225 PM     HAIL             1 NW RALEIGH            32.04N 89.54W
07/19/2006  E0.75 INCH       SMITH              MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            PENNY SIZE HAIL REPORTED JUST NORTHWEST OF CITY.

0300 PM     TSTM WND DMG     POLKVILLE               32.19N 89.69W
07/19/2006                   SMITH              MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            A FEW TREES DOWN AROUND THE CITY. POWER IS OUT.

0350 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 S PETAL               31.32N 89.25W
07/19/2006                   FORREST            MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            SEVERAL TREES DOWN 2 MILES SOUTH OF PETAL.

0350 PM     TSTM WND DMG     NATCHEZ                 31.55N 91.39W
07/19/2006                   ADAMS              MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            SEVERAL TREES BLOWN DOWN AROUND THE CITY OF NATCHEZ. TREE
            FELL ON A CAR AND ANOTHER FELL ON A HOUSE. NO INJURIES.
            SEVERAL TREES REPORTED BLOWN DOWN ACROSS ADAMS CO.

&&

BYRD

Local storm report, Jul 19, 4:27 PM CST, 48 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
527 PM CDT WED JUL 19 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0436 PM     TSTM WND DMG     PETAL                   31.34N 89.25W
07/19/2006                   FORREST            MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            NUMEROUS TREES DOWN AROUND THE CITY.

0441 PM     HAIL             HATTIESBURG             31.31N 89.31W
07/19/2006  E0.75 INCH       FORREST            MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            PENNY SIZE HAIL COVERING THE GROUND ON JAMES ST IN
            DOWNTOWN HATTIESBURG.

0441 PM     TSTM WND DMG     HATTIESBURG             31.31N 89.31W
07/19/2006                   FORREST            MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            NUMEROUS TREES DOWN AROUND THE CITY.

&&

BYRD

Local storm report, Jul 19, 4:36 PM CST, 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
536 PM CDT WED JUL 19 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0255 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MENDENHALL              31.96N 89.87W
07/19/2006                   SIMPSON            MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            A FEW TREES DOWN AROUND MENDENHALL.

0515 PM     TSTM WND DMG     WINNSBORO               32.16N 91.72W
07/19/2006                   FRANKLIN           LA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO HOMES...NUMEROUS TREES AND
            POWERLINES DOWN PARISH WIDE.

0335 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 E SALLIS              33.02N 89.71W
07/19/2006                   ATTALA             MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            A FEW TREES DOWN AND A DESTROYED FENCE IN MCADAMS.

&&

BYRD

Local storm report, Jul 19, 4:42 PM CST, 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
542 PM CDT WED JUL 19 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0511 PM     TSTM WND DMG     HARRISONBURG            31.77N 91.82W
07/19/2006                   CATAHOULA          LA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            SEVERAL TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN AROUND THE CITY.

&&

BYRD

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 113 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:16 UTC.

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Event by event

2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Webster

When: July 19, 5:15 PM CST
Where: Webster County, 4 mi WSW of Tomnolen
Measured: 55 kt (63 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $20,000
Reported by: POST OFFICE
Coordinates: 33.467, -89.433

Thunderstorm Wind, Montgomery

When: July 19, 5:15 PM CST
Where: Montgomery County, Stewart
Measured: 55 kt (63 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $10,000
Reported by: POST OFFICE
Coordinates: 33.450, -89.433

What these are

Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Mississippi in 2006 Every state in 2006 This day in weather history Warnings in Mississippi, July 2006

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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5523443, 5523444.