Thunderstorm Wind, Stone
- When
- March 26, 2:55 AM CST to 2:57 AM CST
- Where
- Stone County, Perkinston
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $12,000
- Reported by
- Emergency Manager
- Coordinates
- 30.780, -89.130
Damaging Wind in Mississippi, March 26, 2009
A line of slow moving thunderstorms moved across southeast Mississippi and produced wind damage along with very heavy rain that caused flash flooding.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $12,000
- 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 happened
The episode as NWS MOB wrote it up.
A line of slow moving thunderstorms moved across southeast Mississippi and produced wind damage along with very heavy rain that caused flash flooding.
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 Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 25, 10:58 PM CST, 3 hours 57 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 25, 10:58 PM CST, 3 hours 57 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1158 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2009
.AVIATION UPDATE FOR 26/06Z...MVFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS MOST
OF THE AREA THROUGH THURSDAY. MOST OF THE RAIN AND POSSIBLE IFR IN
RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE OVER THE INTERIOR
SECTIONS...GENERALLY NORTH OF A FLORALA TO WIGGINS LINE UNTIL LATER
TONIGHT. EXPECT IFR IN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE IN FROM THE
WEST AND SPREAD EAST ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING. WINDS TO REMAIN BREEZY AND SOUTHERLY. /11
*************************PARTIAL PREVIOUS DISCUSSION************
.HYDROLOGY...HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA OVER THE
NEXT TWO DAYS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT RISES ON MANY AREA RIVERS.
SEVERAL AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS ARE ALREADY AT ELEVATED LEVELS AND
THIS RAINFALL WILL LIKELY CAUSE RAPID RISES ON MANY RIVERS LATE THIS
WEEK. WIDESPREAD BASIN AVERAGED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES
WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 8 INCHES MAY CAUSE MANY AREA RIVERS AND
STREAMS TO RISE TO OR ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY LATE THIS WEEK. RIVER
FLOOD WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR THE CHICKASAWHAY RIVER AT
LEAKESVILLE...THE TOMBIGBEE RIVER AT COFFEEVILLE AND AT LEROY. THERE
IS A POTENTIAL FOR MORE RIVER FLOODING ESPECIALLY OVER THE WESTERN
FLORIDA PANHANDLE BASED ON THE DAY TWO QPF VALUES. PLEASE SEE
BHMFLWMOB/BHMFLSMOB AND BHMRVSMOB FOR FURTHER DETAILS. /04
&&
.CLIMATE...THE HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL SHOULD
HELP THE RAINFALL DEFICITS ACROSS THE AREA. AS OF 1 AM THIS
MORNING...MOBILE RAINFALL FOR THE YEAR STANDS AT 10.95 INCHES OR
5.57 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. PENSACOLA RAINFALL FOR THE YEAR STANDS AT
8.38 INCHES OR 6.71 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. /04
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
MOBILE 63 72 61 77 / 80 80 80 70
PENSACOLA 64 72 63 77 / 70 80 80 70
DESTIN 63 72 63 74 / 60 70 70 60
EVERGREEN 61 74 60 77 / 90 80 80 70
WAYNESBORO 58 76 60 78 / 90 70 80 80
CAMDEN 59 74 61 78 / 90 80 80 80
&&
.MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 AM SATURDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
BUTLER...CHOCTAW...CLARKE...CONECUH...COVINGTON...
CRENSHAW...ESCAMBIA...LOWER BALDWIN...LOWER MOBILE...
MONROE...UPPER BALDWIN...UPPER MOBILE...WASHINGTON...AND
WILCOX.
FL...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 AM SATURDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
COASTAL ESCAMBIA...COASTAL OKALOOSA...COASTAL SANTA ROSA...
INLAND ESCAMBIA...INLAND OKALOOSA...AND INLAND SANTA ROSA.
MS...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 AM SATURDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
GEORGE...GREENE...PERRY...STONE...AND WAYNE.
GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 5 PM THURSDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: COASTAL WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL OUT 20
NM...COASTAL WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS OUT
20 NM...MOBILE BAY...WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL
FROM 20 TO 60 NM...AND WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO
PASCAGOULA MS FROM 20 TO 60 NM.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 25, 10:47 PM CST, 4 hours 8 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1147 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2009 ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-GMZ630-650-655-670-675-MSZ067-075-076-078- 079-270500- CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE- LOWER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-MOBILE BAY- COASTAL WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM-WAYNE-PERRY- GREENE-STONE-GEORGE- 1147 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE...AND THE ADJACENT GULF COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY LATE TONIGHT. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI BETWEEN 3 AND 4 AM AND INTO SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AFTER 4 AM. A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS...ISOLATED TORNADOES AND THE POSSIBILITY OF FLASH FLOODING. THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL INCREASE AS THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PASSES. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE. THIS COULD CREATE FLASH FLOODING....ESPECIALLY IN AREAS THAT RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN WEDNESDAY...IN PARTICULAR PARTS OF GREENE...WASHINGTON AND CLARKE COUNTIES LATER TONIGHT. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT. A MODERATE TO STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WIND WILL MAINTAIN HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT THROUGH THURSDAY...CONTINUING THE RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL STALL NEAR THE AREA ON THURSDAY...PROVIDING THE FOCUS FOR ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS AND STRONG...POSSIBLY SEVERE STORMS. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN THURSDAY NIGHT AND LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. THE LATEST GUIDANCE SUGGESTS TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES IS POSSIBLE OVER MUCH OF THE REGION THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. ISOLATED AREAS MAY RECEIVE MORE RAINFALL. DUE TO THE LONG DURATION OF FORECAST HEAVY PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE AREA...FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS...SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE WEEK. SEVERAL AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS ARE ALREADY AT ELEVATED LEVELS AND THIS RAINFALL WILL LIKELY CAUSE MANY RIVERS ACROSS THE AREA TO GO ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATE THIS WEEK. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. A MODERATE TO OCCASIONAL STRONG SOUTHERLY WIND WILL CONTINUE...ALONG WITH SEAS OF 6 TO 9 FEET. A RISK FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE ALONG AREA BEACHES THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION FROM LATER TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY FOR FLASH FLOODING AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 86 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:55 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in New Mexico, March 26 to 27, 2009
- Blizzard in Texas, March 26 to 28, 2009
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Alabama, March 26, 2009
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, March 26, 2009
- Blizzard in Oklahoma, March 26 to 28, 2009
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Alabama, March 26, 2009
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, March 26, 2009
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, March 26, 2009
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, March 26, 2009
- High Wind in Arizona, March 26, 2009
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, March 26, 2009
- Strong Wind in Arizona, March 26, 2009
More
Every storm in Mississippi in 2009Every state in 2009This day in weather historyWarnings in Mississippi, March 2009
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: 158429.