2 tornado, 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 Mar 13, 10:35 AM CST, 3 hours 43 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1035 AM CST MON MAR 13 2006
.DISCUSSION...STRONG CAP OVER THE AREA WILL HOLD DOWN CONVECTION
UNTIL THE FRONT GETS CLOSER. ONE BAD THING ABOUT THAT IS THAT WITH A
SLIGHTLY SLOWER LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WE WILL BE ABLE TO
HEAT UP EVEN MORE AND SOME AREAS COULD BECOME VERY UNSTABLE. ALREADY
SEEING SOME LOCATIONS APPROACH 80. STILL LOOKS LIKE THE BEST CHANCE
FOR SEVERE WILL LIE UP ACROSS THE NORTHEAST WHILE AREAS ACROSS THE
SOUTHWEST MAY HAVE A HARD TIME SEEING MUCH OF ANYTHING. WILL NEED TO
UPDATE THE FORECAST TO INCREASE TEMPS IN A FEW LOCATIONS AND MAY
ALSO LOWER POPS IN THE SOUTHWEST. THE LINE WILL PUSH INTO THE
JACKSON METRO AROUND 20-21Z TIME FRAME AND ACROSS EASTERN MS AROUND
21-23Z. LAKE WIND ADV LOOKS GOOD AS IS WITH GLH AND GWO BOTH EASILY
GUSTING ABOVE 30 MPH AND HAVE EVEN BEEN SUSTAINED ABOVE 20 MPH. GTR
AND TVR BOTH HAVE ALSO MET CRITERIA STATUS. ZONES AND GRIDS OUT
SHORTLY.
&&
.JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MS...LAKE WIND ADVISORY FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON FOR MSZ018-MSZ019-MSZ025-MSZ026-MSZ027-MSZ028-
MSZ029-MSZ030-MSZ031-MSZ032-MSZ033-MSZ034-MSZ035-MSZ036-
MSZ037-MSZ038-MSZ039-MSZ040-MSZ041-MSZ042-MSZ047.
LA...LAKE WIND ADVISORY FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON FOR LAZ007-LAZ008-LAZ009-LAZ015-LAZ016.
AR...LAKE WIND ADVISORY FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON FOR ARZ074-ARZ075.
&&
CABHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 203 PM CST MON MAR 13 2006 ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 142003- 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- 203 PM CST MON MAR 13 2006 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 OVER EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THE MAIN RISK FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL. ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. THE MAIN AREA OF CONCERN FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE NORTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM GRENADA TO PICKENS TO DE KALB. JUST SOUTH OF THAT LINE AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM JACKSON TO MENDENHALL TO QUITMAN A FEW ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE AND THEN SOUTH OF THAT THERE IS THE THREAT OF A FEW STRONG AND MAYBE EVEN APPROACHING SEVERE LEVEL. A STRONG COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO PUSH ACROSS THE REGION AND IT WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS HAVE BROUGHT ABUNDANT AMOUNT OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE INTO THE REGION AND WITH TEMPS IN THE UPPER 70S AND LOWER 80S THE ATMOSPHERE HAS BECOME FAIRLY UNSTABLE. AS THE FRONT PUSHES CLOSER IT WILL ACT AS THE FORCE TO HELP STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS DEVELOP. RIGHT NOW THE MAIN THREAT APPEARS TO BE DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND MAYBE SOME LARGE HAIL BUT WITH LOW LEVEL SHEAR THE GREATEST OVER NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI THERE WILL BE THE RISK FOR SOME ISOLATED TORNADOES. ...NON PRECIPITATION... THE TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL REMAIN SOUTH AROUND 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS OF AROUND 30 MPH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO WEAKEN TO BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA BEFORE SUNSET. .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 SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS MAY BE NEEDED TODAY. OTHERWISE ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH NEXT SATURDAY. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK.
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 94 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:16 UTC.
2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
This weak tornado was witnessed by several people briefly touching down near Legion Lake then dissipating as the storm moved off to the east-northeast.
This weak tornado briefly touched down just north of the Clarkson Community and caused minor roof damage to one home and downed a few trees.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Mississippi in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Mississippi, 2006Warnings in Mississippi, March 2006
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: 5490632, 5490633.