The last two days of August saw scattered thunderstorms around the area. A couple storms became severe and produced damaging winds.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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The episode as NWS JAN wrote it up.
The last two days of August saw scattered thunderstorms around the area. A couple storms became severe and produced damaging winds.
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 Aug 30, 2:22 PM CST, 38 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 322 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2007 .SHORT TERM... AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING INTO A JUICY AND UNSTABLE (2+ INCH PW 2000+ J/KG CAPE) AIRMASS THIS AFTERNOON HELPED TO TRIGGER NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF MISSISSIPPI. NORTHWEST AREAS ALSO RECEIVED SOME GOOD RAINS...BUT THOSE CELLS TOOK ADVANTAGE OF STRONG ATMOSPHERIC FORCING AND ABUNDANT MOISTURE MORE THAN USING INSTABILITY. ALAS...SOME SECTIONS OF SOUTHWEST MS AND NORTHEAST LA SOUTH OF I-20 HAVE BEEN LARGELY VOID OF THE PRECIP THUS FAR. ANY AREAS THAT HAVE MANAGED TO STAY DRY THUS FAR TODAY STILL HAVE A CHANCE AT GETTING WET THROUGH THIS EVENING AS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO OUR NORTH IS STILL HEADED SOUTH INTO THE REGION. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE GETTING BETTER ORGANIZED ALONG THIS BOUNDARY OVER NORTHERN AR AND FAR NORTH MS RIGHT NOW AND IT IS MOVING SOUTH AS WELL. THINKING THAT A GOOD DEAL OF THIS ACTIVITY WILL LOSE STEAM AS IT HEADS INTO THE CWA SINCE SURFACE INSTABILITY HAS BEEN GREATLY USED UP BY EARLIER CONVECTION. ANY FURTHER STRONG STORMS WOULD PROBABLY BE CONFINED TO FAR WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA (MAINLY WEST OF THE BIG RIVER) WHERE TEMPS HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO HEAT UP A BIT AFTER CLOUD AND SHOWERS DEPARTED EARLIER. ELSEWHERE...FORCING ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FRONT WILL STILL HAVE A CHANCE TO KICK OFF SOME SHOWERS AND A FEW ISOLATED STORMS DESPITE LESSER LOWER ATMOSPHERIC INSTABILITY. ANY SHOWERS SHOULD BE CONFINED TO SOUTHERN ZONES BY THE EARLY MORNING HOURS WITH MOST OF THE CONVECTIVE DEBRIS TRYING TO CLEAR OUT FROM NORTH TO SOUTH. POSSIBLE SCENARIO OF RAD COOLING AND WET GROUND COULD SET THE STAGE FOR DENSE FOG FORMATION...BUT POTENTIAL FOR LINGERING OVERNIGHT WINDS AND INFILTRATION OF DRIER AIR FROM THE NORTH INTRODUCES ENOUGH OF A QUESTION MARK FOR ME NOT TO MENTION SUCH IN THE HWO QUITE YET. I WILL LET THE EVENING SHIFT MONITOR THE SITUATION AND UPDATE AS NEED BE. TOMORROW...A LOW PRESSURE WAVE IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TO OUR EAST ALONG THE WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY SAGGING SOUTH TOWARD THE COAST. NORTHERLY FLOW ON THE BACKSIDE OF THIS LOW WILL BE INVIGORATED ENOUGH TO PUSH A GOOD DEAL OF THE TROPICAL SOUP TO THE SOUTH OF OUR CWA. THIS SHOULD CONFINE MAINLY AFTERNOON SHOWER AND STORM CHANCE TO FAR SOUTHERN/SOUTHEAST ZONES WITH ACTIVITY ELSEWHERE BEING VERY ISOLATED. ENDED UP GOING STRAIGHT WITH PESSIMISTIC LATEST MAV POPS AS THE GFS TREND TOWARD A RELATIVELY DRY FRIDAY SEEMS TO BE UNFOLDING AS PLANNED. WITH DRIER AIR WILL COME LESS CLOUD COVER AND HIGHER TEMPERATURES. STUCK WITH MAV TEMPS AS WELL WITH A RANGE OF 90 TO 95 ON TAP FOR THE REGION TOMORROW. RAIN CHANCES COULD BE ON THE INCREASE AGAIN AS EARLY AS LATE TOMORROW NIGHT AS RETROGRADING LOW PRESSURE TO OUR SOUTHEAST TRIES TO BACKDOOR MOISTURE INTO EASTERN MISSISSIPPI. /BB/ .LONG TERM... OVERALL...THE MED RANGE/LONG TERM PORTION OF THE FORECAST IS SIMILAR TO THE PREV. THE FRONT THAT MAKES IT INTO THE CWA WILL BECOME A KEY FEATURE AS THE MID/UPPER LEVELS RELAX AND LEAVE A SOLID WEAKNESS OVER THE REGION. THIS WEAKNESS WILL SUPPORT A WEAK SFC LOW(WAVE) ALONG THE OLD FRONT WHICH WILL RETROGRADE WITH TIME. THESE FEATURES WILL BRING THE MOISTURE BACK INTO THE CWA BY SAT/NIGHT-SUN WITH GOOD MOISTURE LINGERING THROUGH THE WEAK. THESE FEATURES WILL PROVIDE A GOOD FOCUS FOR CONVECTION EACH DAY. WHICH DAY WILL BE THE BEST IS HARD TO PINPOINT AS SMALL MESOSCALE FEATURES WILL LIKELY DOMINATE THAT. HOWEVER...CONDITIONS LOOK TO REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR CLOUDS/RAIN WELL INTO NEXT WEEK. FOR SAT...LIMITED MOISTURE WILL STILL BE IN PLACE WITH SOME TRYING TO RETURN BY LATE AFTERNOON ACROSS THE FAR E/SE. THIS MAY BE ENOUGH TO SUPPORT SOME ISO CONVECTION...AND WILL FOLLOW GUID FOR POPS WHICH FOCUS THIS ACTIVITY ACROSS THE E/SE CWA. TEMPS LOOK TO BE AROUND CLIMO VALUES AND GUID IS OFFERING GOOD NUMBERS AND WILL FOLLOW AS WELL. FOR SUN...REALLY GOOD MOISTURE ADV LOOKS TO RETURN WHICH WILL SPARK SCT AFTERNOON CONVECTION. HAVE INCREASED POPS A BIT FOR THE E/SE AREAS. CLOUDS AND STORMS WILL LIKELY PLAY HARDBALL WITH TEMPS AND HAVE TAKEN TEMPS BACK TOWARD 00Z GUID WHICH WAS OFFERING VALUES 87-91 WITH THE COOLEST ACROSS THE E. MONDAY WILL BE TOUGH AND COULD BE SUBSTANTIALLY COOLER THAN WHAT IS IN THE FORECAST. AT THIS TIME...WILL FOLLOW PREV FORECASTER THINKING AND GO A FEW DEGREES COOLER THAN GUID AS CLOUDS/PRECIP WILL MAKE WARMING TOUGH. GUID LOWS LOOKED TOO COOL WITH CLOUDS/WINDS POTENTIALLY KEEPING THINGS UP. FOR TUE-THU...HAVE BASICALLY STUCK WITH GUID FOR TEMPS/POPS. VALUES WERE CLOSE TO CLIMO AND WITH ABOVE NORMAL PRECIP CHANCES EXPECTED...IT WILL BE JUST TOO TOUGH TO TRY AND TIME WHICH DAY WILL BE WARM/COOL. I DID TWEAK UP LOWS A FEW DEGREES AS GOOD LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL REMAIN. LATEST 12Z GUID SUPPORTS THIS ALONG WITH ENSEMBLE DATA. /CME/ && .AVIATION... WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND STORMS PRODUCING IFR CONDITIONS SHOULD BE DWINDLING OVER EASTERN AND SOUTHERN MS THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING...ALTHOUGH SOME ISOLATED STORMS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS TIME OVER WESTERN MS...EXTREME SOUTHEAST AR AND NORTHEAST LA. ALTHOUGH ALL SHOWERS WILL TAKE SOME TIME TO CLEAR OUT OF THE REGION OVERNIGHT...EVENTUALLY PATCHY FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF THE I-20 CORRIDOR. SOME OF THIS FOG (AND/OR LOW CLOUD) COULD BE THICK AROUND SUNRISE...PRODUCING WIDESPREAD IFR CONDITIONS. EXPECT SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TOMORROW TO GENERALLY BE LIMITED TO LOCATIONS AROUND HBG AND HEZ. /BB/ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... JACKSON 69 92 68 92 / 37 18 16 16 MERIDIAN 70 93 69 90 / 35 20 26 30 VICKSBURG 70 91 68 93 / 42 21 9 12 HATTIESBURG 71 93 71 91 / 36 30 26 36 NATCHEZ 71 89 67 90 / 41 25 13 13 GREENVILLE 68 92 67 93 / 25 7 7 5 GREENWOOD 68 94 68 92 / 22 6 10 6 && .JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MS...NONE. LA...NONE. AR...NONE. && SHORT TERM: BB LONG TERM: CME
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 331 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2007 ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 312045- ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND- MADISON-FRANKLIN-CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA-BOLIVAR-SUNFLOWER- LEFLORE-GRENADA-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-WEBSTER-CLAY-LOWNDES-CHOCTAW- OKTIBBEHA-WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS-HOLMES-ATTALA-WINSTON-NOXUBEE- ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY-YAZOO-LEAKE-NESHOBA-KEMPER-WARREN-HINDS-RANKIN- SCOTT-NEWTON-LAUDERDALE-CLAIBORNE-COPIAH-SIMPSON-SMITH-JASPER- CLARKE-JEFFERSON-ADAMS-LINCOLN-LAWRENCE-JEFFERSON DAVIS-COVINGTON- JONES-MARION-LAMAR-FORREST- 331 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND FRIDAY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS UP TO 45 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE ARKLAMISS BEFORE MIDNIGHT. MOST OF THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD BE LIMITED TO EASTERN SECTIONS OF MISSISSIPPI THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING...ALTHOUGH ISOLATED STRONG STORMS CANNOT BE RULED OUT IN ANY AREAS THROUGH AT LEAST THE MID EVENING HOURS. IN ADDITION TO GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL RATES WELL IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH PER HOUR...EXPECT SOME STORMS TO GENERATE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES. A MAJORITY OF THE HEAVY SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SHOULD BE CONFINED TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF OUR REGION ON FRIDAY...ALLOWING AREAS THAT RECEIVED COPIOUS RAINFALL AMOUNTS TODAY TO DRY OUT A BIT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH NEXT WEDNESDAY. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK. 50
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 233 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2007 MSZ074-302035- FORREST MS- 233 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2007 A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF RAWLS SPRINGS AT 233 PM CDT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. HIGH WINDS CAN BRING DOWN TREES AND LARGE LIMBS RESULTING IN SERIOUS INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE. EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN OUTDOORS DURING SUCH STRONG WINDS...AND BE ESPECIALLY AWARE OF OLDER TREES. PEOPLE IN FORREST COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF HATTIESBURG AND PETAL...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. WILKINSON
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 241 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2007 MSZ072-302040- MARION MS- 241 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2007 A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED OVER PICKWICK AT 241 PM CDT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. HIGH WINDS CAN BRING DOWN TREES AND LARGE LIMBS RESULTING IN SERIOUS INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE. EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN OUTDOORS DURING SUCH STRONG WINDS...AND BE ESPECIALLY AWARE OF OLDER TREES. PEOPLE IN MARION COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF COLUMBIA AND SANDY HOOK...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. WILKINSON
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 259 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2007 MSZ073-302100- LAMAR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST HATTIESBURG...LUMBERTON...PURVIS 259 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO SOUTHERN LAMAR COUNTY... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING INTO SOUTHERN LAMAR COUNTY...ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTH OF BAXTERVILLE. WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO A MILE OR LESS AND CAUSE WATER TO COLLECT ON ROADWAYS. WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 30 MPH CAN BRING DOWN SMALL TREES AND LIMBS. THE STORM WILL REMAIN OVER RURAL LAMAR COUNTY.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 312 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2007 MSZ051-302115- NEWTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...UNION...DECATUR...CONEHATTA 312 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2007 ...CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN OVER NEWTON COUNTY... A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAS DEVELOPED OVER EASTERN NEWTON COUNTY. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED. HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO A MILE OR LESS AND CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM LITTLE ROCK TO DECATUR. 7
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 326 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2007 MSZ052-302130- LAUDERDALE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MERIDIAN 326 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2007 ...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL OVER LAUDERDALE COUNTY... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE SLOWLY DRIFTING SOUTH ACROSS LAUDERDALE COUNTY. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE LIKELY. HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO A MILE OR LESS AND CAUSE WATER TO COLLECT ON ROADWAYS AND IN OTHER LOW LYING AREAS. WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL ALSO BE LIKELY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MEEHAN TO ZERO TO ALAMUCHA. 7
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 339 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2007 MSZ063-302245- LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTICELLO...NEW HEBRON 339 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2007 ...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL OVER SOUTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY... VERY SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL OVER SOUTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY. RAINFALL RATES WERE NEAR 2 INCHES PER HOUR AND WILL LIKELY LEAD TO PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND IN OTHER LOW LYING AREAS. HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY ALSO REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO A MILE OR LESS. FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND OCCASIONAL WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. 7
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 108 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:01 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Two separate lighting strikes struck two different homes in Louisville, both causing fires which resulted in damage to the homes.
A couple of trees were blown down in Rawls Springs.
A few trees and phone lines were blown down on Old Highway 494 near Little Rock.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Mississippi in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Mississippi, August 2007
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: 53546, 53548, 53549.