A vigorous storm system, with strong low level moisture and solid instability, combined to produce scattered severe storms during the morning hours of March 11th. Hail along with a couple tornadoes occurred from this activity.
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The episode as NWS JAN wrote it up.
A vigorous storm system, with strong low level moisture and solid instability, combined to produce scattered severe storms during the morning hours of March 11th. Hail along with a couple tornadoes occurred from this activity.
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 10, 6:09 PM CST, 2 hours 51 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 609 PM CST WED MAR 10 2010 .UPDATE...FOR 00Z AVIATION. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 332 PM CST WED MAR 10 2010/ ..SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE TONIGHT (ESPECIALLY AROUND AND AFTER MIDNIGHT)... DISCUSSION...EVERYTHING IS STILL ON TRACK AS PREV THINKING. THE AFTERNOON SO FAR HAS BEEN VERY QUIET AS MID LEVEL DRY AIR AND CAPPING HAS PUT A LID ON CONVECTION AS OUR AREA REMAINS IN BETWEEN DISTURBANCES. WE DO HAVE A TOR WATCH OUT FOR A PORTION OF THE EAST. THIS IS REALLY CONDITIONAL AS THERE IS HIGH POTENTIAL FOR SVR STORMS...BUT LIMITATIONS ARE ALSO HIGH. I'M NOT SURE IF THERE WILL BE CONVECTION FIRE IN THE CWA BETWEEN NOW AND 6-8 PM. BUT IF SOMETHING CAN FIRE...IT SHOULD BECOME SVR WITH LARGE HAIL AND DMG WINDS THE INITIAL THREAT. THE ENVIRONMENT OVER THE AREA IS BASICALLY A "LOADED GUN" AND WHAT IS NEEDED IS A TRIGGER TO GET STORMS GOING. WE WILL HAVE STRONGER ASCENT MOVE INTO THE AREA LATER...BUT THE PRIMARY QUESTION IS...WILL THERE BE SOME SMALLER AREA LIFT TO GENERATE STORMS FROM LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF THE EVENING. SOME MODELS INDICATE THIS AND OTHERS DO NOT. I WILL COVER THE POTENTIAL AND KEEP THE ISO/SCT STORM RISK GOING THROUGH 8 PM. THE BEST LIFT ALONG WITH THE BEST COMBINATION OF LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE AND EROSION OF THE MID LEVEL DRY AIR/CAP WILL OCCUR FROM LATE EVENING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HRS. IT'S DURING THIS TIME I EXPECT THE GREATEST SVR RISK ALONG WITH THE GREATEST COVERAGE OF OVERALL STORMS. THE PRIMARY MODE OF STORMS LOOKS TO BE SUPERCELLS. QUARTER TO GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL...ALONG WITH LARGER HAIL WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS...APPEARS POSSIBLE. ADDITIONALLY...DRY AIR ALOFT WILL PROMOTE STRONGER DOWNDRAFTS WHICH COULD RESULT IN A DMG WIND THREAT. LOW LEVEL SHEAR WILL INCREASE BY LATE EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND THIS WILL SUPPORT THE GREATEST THREAT FOR TORNADOES. ALL LOCATIONS ACROSS THE AREA HAS THIS RISK...WITH A POSSIBLE GREATER RISK OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE CWA. AREAS ACROSS THE E/SE PORTION OF THE CWA COULD SEE A COUPLE ROUNDS OF STORMS BEFORE THE ACTIVITY SHIFTS E OUT OF THE REGION. THE W/NW AREAS WILL LIKELY HAVE A ONE SHOT AT THE STORMS WITH THAT WINDOW OCCURRING BETWEEN 8 PM AND 3 AM. THE E/SE COULD SEE ACTIVITY ANYTIME WITH THE PRIMARY TIME BEING BETWEEN 10 PM AND 6 AM. THE REST OF THE FORECAST WILL OFFER MORE QUIET CONDITIONS. THE TRUE COOL FRONT WILL NOT PUSH THROUGH UNTIL SOME TIME FRI...WHAT THE AREA WILL SEE TOMORROW WILL BE SOMETHING LIKE A DRY LINE. TEMPS WILL BE QUITE WARM WITH SFC DEWPTS FALLING INTO THE UPPER 40S IF NOT LOWER. THERE WILL EXIST SOME SLIGHT PRECIP CHANCES LATE THU NIGHT AND LINGERING INTO SAT. THESE CHANCES WILL BE SLIGHT CHANCES AND ONLY EXIST BECAUSE OF A FEW STRONG LIFT ZONES THAT ROTATE AROUND THE LARGE UPPER LOW THAT WILL BE POSITIONED IN THE CENTRAL PART OF THE CONUS. GUID VALUES FOR TEMPS WERE ACCEPTED. AS FOR POPS...I DID LOWER SOME OF THE NEW POP VALUES FROM THE GFS WHICH SEEMED OVERDONE FROM OTHER FORECAST MODELS DURING THE LATE THU NIGH/EARLY FRI TIMEFRAME. /CME/ && .AVIATION...GENERALLY VFR CONDS XPCTD EARLY THIS EVENING WITH IFR CONDS PERSISTING IN THE GTR AREA...AND OCCSNL MVFR XPCTD AT HBG AND MEI AS SHWRS PASS. OCCSNL GUSTY SRLY/SERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THRU THE NIGHT AS A STRONG PRES GRADIENT REMAINS DRAPED OVER THE REGION. A GRADUAL TRANSITION TO WRLY WINDS FROM W TO E XPCTD LATE TONIGHT /TOMORROW MORNING. WENT AHEAD AND REMOVED WIND SHEAR MENTION AS VAD WIND PROFILES/LOCAL SOUNDING DATA SUGGEST MODELS HAVE OVERDONE LOW LVL WIND SPEEDS. WITH THAT SAID...WILL KEEP CLOSE EYE ON VAD WIND PROFILES AND ANY FURTHER SOUNDING DATA AS ENVIRONMENT WILL QUICKLY BECOME FAVORABLE FOR WIND SHEAR IF LOW LEVEL WINDS STRENGTHEN THIS EVENING. STILL XPCTING TS COVERAGE TO INCREASE FROM W TO E EARLY TONIGHT AS LOW PRES APPROACHES FROM THE W. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...STRONG WINDS...AND TORNADOES ARE XPCTD. PREVAILING MVFR CONDS XPCTD AS TS COVERAGE INCREASES WITH INTERMITTENT IFR/LIFR CONDS XPCTD INVOF SHWRS/TS. VFR CONDS XPCTD TO DEVELOP FROM W TO E STARTING TOMORROW MORNING. /BK/ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... JACKSON 57 77 52 69 / 90 0 17 14 MERIDIAN 57 79 49 73 / 97 17 15 22 VICKSBURG 56 77 48 66 / 77 0 18 10 HATTIESBURG 61 80 53 74 / 97 13 15 12 NATCHEZ 56 75 49 66 / 72 0 16 10 GREENVILLE 57 73 49 63 / 84 0 22 14 GREENWOOD 57 75 50 66 / 89 0 22 16 && .JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MS...NONE. LA...NONE. AR...NONE. && BK
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 315 PM CST WED MAR 10 2010 ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 112100- 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- 315 PM CST WED MAR 10 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND THURSDAY THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...THERE WILL BE A SMALL CHANCE FOR AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS OR LARGER...DAMAGING WINDS...AND POSSIBLY A TORNADO. THE LOCATION AT GREATEST RISK FOR THESE STORMS IS ACROSS EASTERN MISSISSIPPI. WHILE IT IS ENTIRELY POSSIBLE THAT NO STORM WILL FORM...IF ONE DOES...IT WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO RAPIDLY BECOME SEVERE. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS THE ARKLAMISS REGION LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT TONIGHT...MAINLY BETWEEN 800 PM AND 600 AM CST. THE PRIMARY HAZARDS WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE HAIL FROM QUARTER TO GOLF BALL SIZE...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...ALONG WITH TORNADOES. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL EVEN LARGER THAN GOLF BALL SIZE...ALONG WITH WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH...AND EVEN A STRONG TORNADO. CONTINUOUS AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL ALSO OCCUR WITH ALL THUNDERSTORMS. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ACCOMPANY THE STORMS...AND FLASH FLOODING COULD BECOME A PROBLEM ACROSS PORTIONS OF EASTERN MISSISSIPPI IF STORMS REPETITIVELY MOVE OVER THE SAME LOCATION. MODERATE INSTABILITY AND INCREASING WIND SHEAR WILL COMBINE AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM TO BRING THIS THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER TO THE REGION. THE EXACT LOCATION OF THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS REMAINS UNCERTAIN...AND ALL RESIDENTS ACROSS THE ARKLAMISS REGION SHOULD REMAIN AT A HIGH STATE OF READINESS FOR SEVERE WEATHER DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY 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 WILL BE LIKELY FOR THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK. COHEN
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
602 PM CST WED MAR 10 2010
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0550 PM HAIL WNW UNION 32.57N 89.12W
03/10/2010 E1.00 INCH NEWTON MS FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
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DLPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
614 PM CST WED MAR 10 2010
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0605 PM HAIL W BETHSAIDA 32.68N 89.03W
03/10/2010 M1.25 INCH NESHOBA MS LAW ENFORCEMENT
HALF DOLLAR SIZED HAIL REPORTED IN BETHSAIDA ALONG
HIGHWAY 19 SOUTH.
0600 PM HAIL 5 S PHILADELPHIA 32.70N 89.11W
03/10/2010 M0.88 INCH NESHOBA MS LAW ENFORCEMENT
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MMEPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
626 PM CST WED MAR 10 2010
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0610 PM HAIL SCOOBA 32.83N 88.48W
03/10/2010 E0.50 INCH KEMPER MS TRAINED SPOTTER
HAIL COVERING THE GROUND IN THE TOWN OF SCOOBA.
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DLSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 653 PM CST WED MAR 10 2010 MSZ057-058-066-110120- JONES MS-CLARKE MS-JASPER MS- 653 PM CST WED MAR 10 2010 A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL WAS LOCATED 3 MILES WEST OF MILL CREEK AT 652 PM CST...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. PEOPLE IN SOUTHEASTERN JASPER...SOUTHWESTERN CLARKE AND NORTHEASTERN JONES COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. BYB
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
710 PM CST WED MAR 10 2010
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0655 PM HAIL 4 W MILL CREEK 31.70N 89.04W
03/10/2010 E0.25 INCH JONES MS EMERGENCY MNGR
ALSO 50 MPH WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ONGOING. REPORTED AT US
84 AND MAGNOLIA RD EAST OF LAUREL.
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DLSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 821 PM CST WED MAR 10 2010 MSZ046-110240- KEMPER MS- 821 PM CST WED MAR 10 2010 A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DE KALB AT 820 PM CST...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. DOWNPOURS OCCURING OVER SATURATED GROUND MAY LEAD TO MINOR TO MODERATE PONDING OF WATER ISSUES...ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AREAS. PEOPLE IN KEMPER COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. BYB
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 129 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:00 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 flash flood, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A Cocorahs observer reported that several creeks just south of Dekalb were flooded out of their banks. The area received 3 to 4 inches of rainfall. The observer measured 3.28 inches.
Several small and large limbs were blown down just north of Port Gibson.
A few trees were blown down just east of Highway 13.
The tornado started in the Bienville National Forest, just to the southwest of Federal Road 508A. As it crossed the road, it snapped and uprooted large numbers of pine trees. This was where the tornado reached its maximum intensity, EF-1 with 100 mph winds, and width of 400 yards. The tornado continued northeast, crossing Clifton Road. The tornado was narrower and somewhat weaker here, but was still topping numerous pine trees and uprooting several hardwood trees. The tornado then continued northeast and crossed Clifton-Hillsboro Road. Numerous trees were downed near a home along this road, and fences were damaged in a field behind the home. Several large pine trees were downed across the road, and power lines were downed as well. The tornado continued northeast as it weakened, downing a few trees and damaging a carport before diminishing at Hillsboro-Ludlow Road.
The same parent supercell thunderstorm spawned a second path of tornadic damage to the northwest of the first tornado. This tornado started along Clifton Road, where a number of pine trees were topped and several others were snapped or uprooted. The tornado tracked northeast across Tadpole Road, where numerous trees were snapped and uprooted, including several large hardwood trees downed across the road itself. The tornado dissipated as it crossed Clifton Hillsboro Road. It was determined to be an EF1 with maximum sustained winds of 100 mph.
A few trees were blown down along Highway 35.
A few trees were blown down along Conehatta-Prospect Road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Mississippi in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Mississippi, 2010Warnings in Mississippi, March 2010
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: 219891, 218348, 218345, 219889, 215576, 215577, 219890, 215578.