Damaging Wind in Mississippi, May 10, 2006

Name: Damaging Wind in Mississippi, May 10, 2006
Start: 2006-05-10T04:08
End: 2006-05-10T04:08
Location: Mississippi

May 10, 2006 · NWS JAN · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

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 Jackson, MS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 10, 4:05 AM CST, 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 10, 4:05 AM CST, 3 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
505 AM CDT WED MAY 10 2006

.DISCUSSION...
SHORT TERM(TODAY AND TONIGHT)...WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK
LOOKS LIKELY TODAY AS THE COLD FRONT FINALLY SHIFTS THIS WAY FOR THE
CONVECTIVE GRAND FINALE. THE AIR MASS REMAINS HIGHLY UNSTABLE AS IT
HAS FOR THE PAST FEW DAYS AND WILL BE RIPE FOR THE SHORTWAVES AND
SURFACE BOUNDARIES THAT WILL AFFECT THE AREA TODAY. STRONG TO SEVERE
CONVECTION WAS ONGOING THIS MORNING AS A CONVECTIVE COMPLEX MOVES
ACROSS NRN AREAS...LAYING DOWN YET ANOTHER POSSIBLE OUTFLOW TO FOCUS
AFTERNOON CONVECTION FARTHER SOUTH. SATELLITE PIX SHOW THE SRN EDGE
OF THE CONVECTIVE COMPLEX LIFTING NEWD AT A PRETTY GOOD CLIP...
SUPPORTING THE IDEA THAT THE MS RIVER DELTA REGION WILL SEE
SUFFICIENT MOISTURE RECOVERY FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF SEVERE STORMS BY
THE AFTERNOON. LOW LEVEL WIND FIELDS ARE FORECAST TO INTENSIFY THIS
AFTERNOON WITH THE RUC DEVELOPING A 50 KT 850 MB JET INTO CENTRAL AND
NRN ZONES BY 18Z. LOW LEVEL INDICES INTENSIFY SIGNIFICANTLY BY THE
AFTERNOON TODAY. 0-1KM FIELDS INCLUDE HELICITY VALUES FROM 150-
250...3000+CAPE AND VGP VALUES FROM .5-.8. WOULD POINT TOWARD A
SIGNIFICANT RISK FOR TORNADOES ALONG WITH HIGHER WINDS AND VERY LARGE
HAIL...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE I-20 CORRIDOR.

VERY DEEP CONVECTION IN AN AIR MASS OF PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES
BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2 INCHES WILL PRODUCE PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL.
REGIONAL FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE NUMBERS LOOK RELATIVELY LOW. SIX
HOURLY GUIDANCE NUMBERS REMAIN BELOW 3 INCHES AT MANY LOCATIONS WITH
A FEW BELOW 2 INCHES. WILL ISSUE A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR SE AR AND
NRN MS FOR THIS AFTERNOON CONSIDERING WIDESPREAD CONVECTION THAT HAD
OCCURRED ACROSS THAT AREA THIS MORNING.

THE FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE DELTA DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON AND
SWING EAST OF THE FORECAST AREA DURING THE EVENING. NOTICEABLY
COOLER TEMPS WILL BE ON TAP FOR TONIGHT IN THE WAKE OF THIS VIGOROUS
COLD FRONT. /03/

LONGER TERM(THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT)...A CUTOFF LOW OVER THE
GREAT LAKES REGION ON SATURDAY NOW BEING PROGGED TO SINK SSEWD INTO
THE TN VALLEY BY SUNDAY EVENING. THIS LOW WILL BE THE CONTROLLING
FACTOR FOR OUR CWFA AS NWLY FLOW ALOFT DOMINATES THE FIRST HALF OF
NEXT WEEK.

PWATS DRY UP FROM THE NW THURSDAY TO LESS THAN 1/2 INCH AND REMAIN
THAT WAY UNTIL FRIDAY NIGHT TO NOON SATURDAY WHEN A SWATH OF 1 INCH
PWATS SWEEP THROUGH THE REGION. DRY AIR THEN RETURNS SATURDAY NIGHT
AS THE UPPER LOW APPROACHES WITH A DRY SLOT BEFORE ADDITIONAL
MOISTURE WRAPS IN SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH A CHANCE OF SOME
HAIL PRODUCING STORMS. CANADIAN SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE(1017MB) WILL
MOVE FROM CENTRAL TX FRIDAY EAST ALONG THE GULF COAST TO FL BY
SATURDAY(1014MB). ANOTHER SURFACE RIDGE DIVES SWD THROUGH THE CENTRAL
CONUS ON SUNDAY BUT WILL BE SLOW TO MOVE EAST UNTIL THE UPPER LOW
CENTER LIFTS OUT OF ERN TN.

EXPECT OVERNIGHT LOWS TO DIP INTO THE U40S AND 50S FRIDAY THROUGH
MONDAY AS HIGH TEMPS IN THE 70S WILL BE LIKELY LASTING FOR POSSIBLY A
5 DAY STRETCH DEPENDING ON DIURNAL TIMING OF CLOUD COVER EACH DAY SATURDAY
THROUGH TUESDAY. LIMITED RETURNING MOISTURE FRIDAY NIGHT COULD
RESULT IN A CHANCE FOR SHRA SATURDAY...ESPECIALLY LATER IN THE DAY
OVER SRN PORTIONS. ANOTHER IMPULSE COULD RESULT IN MORE SCATTERED
SHRA/TSRA SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A MORE STOUT REX BLOCK PATTERN CONTINUES
ON THE ECMWF WITH UPPER FLOW FOR THE LOWER MS VALLEY MORE WNW AND THE
LOW CENTER STAYING IN KY. SHORTWAVES IN THIS REGIME YIELD UNCERTAINTY
AND LESS CONFIDENCE IN THE FORECAST SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY AS THESE
SETUPS CAN LEAD TO SEWD-MOVING HAILSTORMS THIS TIME OF YEAR./40/

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
JACKSON       87  54  77  51 /  81  50   0   0
MERIDIAN      84  54  77  48 /  80  68   2   0
VICKSBURG     87  54  78  52 /  83  37   0   0
HATTIESBURG   88  59  80  50 /  80  65   4   0
NATCHEZ       85  55  79  50 /  80  36   0   0
GREENVILLE    82  50  76  50 /  90  29   0   0
GREENWOOD     84  51  74  49 /  90  42   0   0

&&

.JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MS...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM NOON CDT TODAY THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON FOR
     MSZ018-MSZ019-MSZ025-MSZ026-MSZ027-MSZ028-MSZ029-MSZ030-
     MSZ031-MSZ032-MSZ033-MSZ034-MSZ035-MSZ036-MSZ037-MSZ038-
     MSZ039.

LA...NONE.
AR...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM NOON CDT TODAY THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON FOR
     ARZ074-ARZ075.

&&

03/40

Hazardous weather outlook, May 9, 3:02 PM CST, 13 hours 6 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
402 PM CDT TUE MAY 09 2006

ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074-
102102-
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-
402 PM CDT TUE MAY 09 2006

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...

...THUNDERSTORMS...
ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE UNTIL ABOUT 7 PM FOR
AREAS NORTHEAST OF A GRENADA TO NEWTON LINE. LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN RISK.

AFTER 7 PM...THE REGION WILL LIKELY SEE A QUIET PERIOD AS STORMS
EXIT TO THE EAST AND NEW STORMS DEVELOP OUT TO OUR WEST. IT WILL
BE THAT ACTIVITY THAT WILL HAVE A MAJOR IMPACT ON THE SEVERE
WEATHER POTENTIAL FOR WEDNESDAY. AT THIS TIME...I EXPECT A
WEAKENING LINE OF STORMS TO ENTER THE DELTA EARLY IN THE MORNING.
THIS LINE MAY HAVE SOME SEVERE STORMS ASSOCIATED WITH IT. THE
MORE ACTIVE PERIOD LOOKS TO EXIST BETWEEN LATE MORNING AND
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS THE STRONGER UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM MOVES IN
AND CLASHES WITH AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN RISKS. HOWEVER...THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING
INCREASED LOW LEVEL SHEAR AND IF SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS CAN
DEVELOP AND SUSTAIN THEMSELVES...ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE
POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...

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...WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED ON WEDNESDAY...OTHERWISE
SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED THURSDAY THROUGH NEXT TUESDAY.

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, May 10, 12:33 AM CST, 3 hours 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
133 AM CDT WED MAY 10 2006

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

0103 AM     HAIL             2 N ROSEDALE            33.88N 91.03W
05/10/2006  M0.88 INCH       BOLIVAR            MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            DIME TO NICKEL SIZED HAIL REPORTED ON HIGHWAY 1 BY
            SHERIFFS DEPUTY

0105 AM     HAIL             CLEVELAND               33.74N 90.73W
05/10/2006  M0.75 INCH       BOLIVAR            MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            PENNY SIZED HAIL REPORTED NEAR BISHOP AND HIGHWAY 8 BY
            STORM SPOTTER

&&

LM

Local storm report, May 10, 12:36 AM CST, 3 hours 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
136 AM CDT WED MAY 10 2006

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

0130 AM     HAIL             RULEVILLE               33.72N 90.55W
05/10/2006  M0.75 INCH       SUNFLOWER          MS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            PENNY SIZED HAIL REPORTED BY SHERIFFS OFFICE

0130 AM     HAIL             DREW                    33.81N 90.53W
05/10/2006  E0.75 INCH       SUNFLOWER          MS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            PENNY SIZED HAIL REPORTED BY SHERIFFS OFFICE

&&

LM

Local storm report, May 10, 2:28 AM CST, 1 hour 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
328 AM CDT WED MAY 10 2006

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

0235 AM     HAIL             GRENADA                 33.78N 89.81W
05/10/2006  M0.25 INCH       GRENADA            MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            PEA HAIL REPORTED BY EMT NEAR GRENADA HOSPITAL

0235 AM     HAIL             1 N GRENADA             33.79N 89.81W
05/10/2006  M1.00 INCH       GRENADA            MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            QUARTER SIZED HAIL REPORTED ON HWY 1 NEAR GEESLAND.

0325 AM     HAIL             MINTER CITY             33.75N 90.29W
05/10/2006  M0.25 INCH       LEFLORE            MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            PEA SIZED HAIL REPORTED NEAR MINTER CITY BY STORM SPOTTER

&&

LM

Special weather statement, May 10, 2:50 AM CST, 1 hour 18 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
350 AM CDT WED MAY 10 2006

MSZ027-028-035-036-101035-
CARROLL-HOLMES-HUMPHREYS-MONTGOMERY-
350 AM CDT WED MAY 10 2006

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST ACROSS HUMPHREYS...
HOLMES...CARROLL AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES EARLY THIS MORNING...

AT 350 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH
MOVING GENERALLY EAST AT 35 MPH ACROSS HUMPHREYS...HOLMES...
CARROLL AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.
IN ADDITION TO GUSTY WINDS...THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE SMALL
HAIL...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING THROUGH 530 AM
CDT. KEEP IN MIND THAT MINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE CAN EASILY
DOWN LIMBS OR KNOCK DOWN WEAK OR DECAYING TREES. STAY TUNED TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON FOR FURTHER UPDATES.

50

Local storm report, May 10, 3:08 AM CST, 1 hour before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
408 AM CDT WED MAY 10 2006

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

0335 AM     HAIL             GREENWOOD               33.52N 90.19W
05/10/2006  M0.25 INCH       LEFLORE            MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            PEA SIZED HAIL REPORTED BY STORM SPOTTER

0400 AM     HAIL             GRENADA                 33.78N 89.81W
05/10/2006  M0.50 INCH       GRENADA            MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            DIME SIZED HAIL REPORTED BY EMA

0400 AM     TSTM WND DMG     HOLCOMB                 33.76N 89.98W
05/10/2006                   GRENADA            MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN NEAR HWY 35 IN HOLCOMB

&&

LM

Local storm report, May 10, 3:42 AM CST, 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
442 AM CDT WED MAY 10 2006

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

0435 AM     HAIL             ETHEL                   33.12N 89.46W
05/10/2006  M1.00 INCH       ATTALA             MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            QUARTER SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED BY THE EMA

&&

LM

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 108 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 10:09 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Winston

When: May 10, 4:08 AM CST
Where: Winston County, Louisville
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 33.133, -89.050

A few trees were blown down on the north side of the city.

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.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Mississippi in 2006 Every state in 2006 This day in weather history Warnings in Mississippi, May 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5505813.