Scattered afternoon showers and thunderstorms developed each day and produced isolated severe weather across the region. The severe weather was a mix of damaging wind and hail.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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 episode as NWS JAN wrote it up.
Scattered afternoon showers and thunderstorms developed each day and produced isolated severe weather across the region. The severe weather was a mix of damaging wind and hail. A few small clusters of storms developed during the early morning hours and produced locally heavy rainfall.
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 4, 8:20 AM CST, 3 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 920 AM CDT FRI JUL 4 2008 .UPDATE...LATEST SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS NORTHWEST FLOW REGIME WITH A SERIES OF SHORT WAVES. JET MAXES ASSOCIATED WITH THE SHORTWAVES WERE STAYING NORTH OF THE REGION. A COMPLEX WAS NOTED OVER NORTHERN ARKANSAS...WHICH HAD SENT AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY INTO THE NORTHWEST DELTA REGION. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE NORTH FOR THIS AFTERNOON. ALSO TO THE SOUTH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OFF THE COAST. EXPECT SOME SEA BREEZE ACTIVITY TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE SOUTH...BUT LOW LEVEL SOUTHWEST FLOW MAY LIMIT HOW FAR INLAND IT GOES. DO NOT EXPECT ANYTHING IN THE SOUTH UNTIL ABOUT MID AFTERNOON. AREA SOUNDINGS THIS MORNING SHOWS THAT WE HAVE LOST OUR INVERSION WITH SOME LIMITED LAPSE RATES. PRECIPITABLE WATER HAS INCREASED FROM 1.2 TO AROUND 1.4 INCHES...WHICH IS TOO DRY FOR ANY MORNING ACTIVITY. PRECIPITABLE WATER AT KLIX WAS NEAR 1.8 INCHES. OUR SOUNDING SHOWED LIGHT WESTERLY FLOW IN THE LOW TO MID LEVELS...WHICH WILL CONTINUE OUR 1.4 INCHES OF PRECIPITABLE WATER FROM THE WEST. RUC AND SHORT RANGE MODELS SHOWS THE BEST COVERAGE IN THE NORTH AND SOUTH FOR THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WAS ALSO AGREED WITH BY THE LOCAL WRF ENSEMBLES. STILL EXPECT PLENTY OF SUNSHINE TO WARM TEMPS QUICKLY INTO THE LOWER 90S FOR THIS AFTERNOON. VERTICAL AND CROSS TOTALS WILL ONLY BE INTHE LOWER TO MIDDLE 20S...BUT AN ISOLATED STRONG STORM IN THE NORTH...MAINLY AND ALONG AND NORTH OF THE HIGHWAY 82 CORRIDOR WILL NOT BE OUT OF THE QUESTION. SO WITH THIS IN MIND WILL TAKE OUT MORNING POPS AND WEATHER GRIDS AND KEEP CURRENT POPS FOR THIS AFTERNOON. KEEP FORECAST AS WRITTEN WITH THE BEST POPS NORTH AND SOUTH WITH HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S./17/ && .AVIATION...DISCUSSION COMING AT 18Z. && ./PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...330 AM CDT FRI JUL 4 2008/ .SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY...STILL LOOKING FOR BETTER RAIN CHANCES ACROSS MORE OF OUR AREA GOING INTO THE WEEKEND. LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS PLACES A QUASI-STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS THE OZARKS AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. EARLIER CONVECTION ALONG THIS BOUNDARY HAS SENT AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY SOUTH TOWARD OUR CWA AND ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE STILL DEVELOPING JUST NORTHWEST OF BOLIVAR COUNTY. THIS ACTIVITY MAY MOVE ACROSS OUR NORTHERN TIER ZONES LATER THIS MORNING. OTHERWISE...BEST CHANCES FOR RAIN WILL OCCUR LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING DUE TO HEATING. MOISTURE WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE TODAY AND SATURDAY. LAST TWO JAN SOUNDINGS HAD A PW NEAR AN INCH AND A QUARTER. MOST SITES WERE REPORTING DEW POINTS IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S EARLY THIS MORNING. WITH SURFACE RIDGING JUST OFF THE GULF COAST LOW LEVEL SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL WORK TO INCREASE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE. SURFACE DEW POINTS WILL BE BACK IN THE LOWER 70S SATURDAY AND PWS WILL BE BACK ABOVE AN INCH AND A HALF. FOR TODAY...BEST RAIN CHANCES WILL BE IN THE SOUTH WITH THE SEA BREEZE AND IN OUR NORTH DUE TO THE CLOSE PROXIMITY OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY. THE MAV GUIDANCE POPS WERE A LITTLE TOO LOW FOR THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE CWFA TODAY AND AMONG THE LOWEST ENSEMBLE MEMBERS...SO HAVE GONE ABOVE GUIDANCE POPS TO INCLUDE ISOLATED WORDING AT LEAST IN OUR CENTRAL ZONES. LOCAL WRF ENSEMBLE RUNS DID SHOW ISOLATED CONVECTION ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA TODAY AS WELL. MODELS STILL PROG SEVERAL SHORTWAVES DEEPENING THE UPPER TROUGH OVER THE NORTHEAST CONUS IN THE SHORT TERM. THIS WILL HELP THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY SAG CLOSER TO OUR CWFA THROUGH SATURDAY. THE NAM BRINGS THE BOUNDARY THE FARTHEST SOUTH INTO OUR CWA SATURDAY BUT THE BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO STALL ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 82 BEFORE DISSIPATING SUNDAY. MUCH OF THE ACTIVITY WILL DISSIPATE THIS EVENING IN THE SOUTH BUT ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO LINGER THROUGH THE NIGHT IN THE NORTH. SCATTERED CONVECTION IS EXPECTED AREAWIDE SATURDAY. INCREASED CLOUDS AND RAIN CHANCES SHOULD HOLD MOST SITES IN THE UPPER 80S SATURDAY BUT AFTERNOON HIGHS SHOULD TOP OUT IN THE LOWER 90S THIS AFTERNOON. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL BE CLOSE TO NORMAL TONIGHT. GUIDANCE TEMPS WERE CLOSE AND MAV GUIDANCE WAS GENERALLY ACCEPTED. /22/ .LONG TERM...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...THE AREA WILL CONTINUE TO BE UNDER NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT THROUGH THE WEEKEND UNTIL THE FLOW BECOMES LESS AMPLIFIED BY THE BEGINNING OF THE WORK WEEK. SEVERAL IMPULSES ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE FLOW TOWARD THE AREA DURING THE LONG TERM PERIOD. THE BOUNDARY COMBINED WITH DECENT MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL KEEP SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY LINGERING OVER THE ARKLAMISS REGION INTO AT LEAST SATURDAY EVENING WITH SOME ISOLATED ACTIVITY POSSIBLE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE REMNANTS OF THE BOUNDARY WILL AGAIN COMBINE WITH DECENT MOISTURE OF PWATS APPROACHING 1.9 INCHES TO GIVE ANOTHER DECENT CHANCE FOR RAIN FOR MUCH OF THE REGION. THE BOUNDARY WILL BEGIN TO WASH OUT OVER THE CWFA BY SOUTHERLY FLOW ON SUNDAY AND INTO THE BEGINNING OF THE WORK WEEK. FOR THE WORK WEEK ACTIVITY SHOULD BECOME MORE TYPICAL OF SUMMERTIME WITH MOST OF THE CONVECTION IN THE AFTERNOON BEING A RESULT OF THE SEA BREEZE. OVERALL HAVE REMAINED RATHER CLOSE TO GUI POPS THROUGH THE LONG TERM AND FOR AT LEAST THE WORK WEEK HAVE SHOWN A DIURNAL TREND TO CONVECTION. TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD WILL CONTINUE TO BE NEAR CLIMATOLOGY WITH LOWER 90S FOR HIGHS AND LOWER 70S FOR LOWS EXPECTED FOR THE ARKLAMISS REGION. ENSEMBLE GUI IS IN DECENT AGREEMENT FOR THE REGION WITH TEMPERATURES. HAVE REMAINED WITH GUI THROUGH THE LONG TERM FOR TEMPERATURES. /14/ .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... JACKSON 92 72 89 70 / 12 18 42 27 MERIDIAN 92 70 88 67 / 12 22 40 39 VICKSBURG 93 72 89 71 / 12 12 39 19 HATTIESBURG 91 70 89 69 / 26 18 51 37 NATCHEZ 90 70 89 70 / 26 17 51 30 GREENVILLE 93 71 88 71 / 23 28 42 31 GREENWOOD 93 71 86 71 / 24 37 48 35 && .JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MS...NONE. LA...NONE. AR...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 505 AM CDT FRI JUL 4 2008 ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 051015- ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND- MADISON LA-FRANKLIN LA-CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA-BOLIVAR- SUNFLOWER-LEFLORE-GRENADA-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-WEBSTER-CLAY-LOWNDES- CHOCTAW-OKTIBBEHA-WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS-HOLMES-ATTALA-WINSTON- NOXUBEE-ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY-YAZOO-MADISON MS-LEAKE-NESHOBA-KEMPER- WARREN-HINDS-RANKIN-SCOTT-NEWTON-LAUDERDALE-CLAIBORNE-COPIAH- SIMPSON-SMITH-JASPER-CLARKE-JEFFERSON-ADAMS-FRANKLIN MS-LINCOLN- LAWRENCE-JEFFERSON DAVIS-COVINGTON-JONES-MARION-LAMAR-FORREST- 505 AM CDT FRI JUL 4 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 82. SEVERAL STRONG OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ALONG A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONT TO OUR NORTH MAY ENHANCE STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF OUR OUTLOOK AREA. THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR THIS TO OCCUR IS LATER THIS AFTERNOON DURING MAXIMUM HEATING AND THEN AGAIN TONIGHT SHOULD A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP NORTH OF THE AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY 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 THURSDAY. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK. 22
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 40 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:12 UTC.
7 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 1 strong wind, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A dead tree was blown down on a fence along with a few other dead trees.
A few trees and power lines blown down along Noblin Hill Road.
A few trees were blown down.
A few power lines were blown down.
Numerous trees were blown down along Halburt and Spurlock Roads.
Several trees were blown down, one destroyed a shed.
Several farm roads were under water along with all drainage ditches at bankfull. More than 4 inches of rain fell at Round Lake in just 2 hours.
A few trees were blown down along Highway 14.
A few trees were blown down.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Mississippi in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Mississippi, July 2008
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: 123376, 123377, 123382, 123384, 123386, 123388, 123389, 123391, 123393, 123394, 123398, 123409, 123402, 123405, 123411, 123412.