Showers and thunderstorms developed during the afternoon and evening hours across portions of central and southern Mississippi. Some of the storms produced strong wind gusts.
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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.
Showers and thunderstorms developed during the afternoon and evening hours across portions of central and southern Mississippi. Some of the storms produced strong wind gusts.
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 Sep 20, 2:05 PM CST, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 305 PM CDT MON SEP 20 2010 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THE PRIMARY WEATHER CONCERNS WILL BE THE UNSEASONABLY WARM SEPTEMBER DAYTIME TEMPS FOR THE PERIOD WITH MILD NIGHTS. ALSO FOLLOWED BY SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS IN THE SOUTH FOR WEDNESDAY. WARM MOSTLY DRY CONDITIONS FOR THIS AFTERNOON AS HAS BEEN THE CASE OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS. LATEST SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS A OLD PERSISTENT 590 DKM RIDGE OVER THE REGION...WHICH HAS BEEN PROVIDING WARM DAYS AND MILD NIGHTS. HOWEVER AN MID TO UPPER DISTURBANCE UNDER THE RIDGE HAD SET OFF SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS WITH A FEW RUMBLES OF THUNDER OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE ARKLAMISS REGION. ON THE SURFACE A WEAK TROUGH WAS NOTED NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20...WHICH HAD SOME 50S DEWPOINTS IN THE NORTHWEST DELTA REGION. THE SHOWERS WERE OCCURRING OVER AN AREA OF WEAK STREAMLINE CONVERGENCE AND ON THE EDGE OF THE THETAE RIDGE AXIS. PRECIPITABLE WATER HAD BEEN RUNNING AROUND 1.6 INCHES IN THE SOUTH HALF. LOOKING AT THE SHORT TERM. FOR TONIGHT WRF AND RUC SHOWS THAT THE ISOLATED SHOWERS IN THE SOUTH HALF SHOULD BE SHORT LIVE AS THEY END BY AROUND SUNSET EARLY THIS EVENING. EXPECT MORE PATCHY HIGH CLOUDS TO CROSS THE REGION OVERNIGHT. THE SREF DOES NOT SHOW MUCH IN THE WAY OF PATCHY FOG COVERAGE FOR LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY. SO WILL KEEP THE MENTION OF PATCHY FOG OUT OF THE GRIDS. WENT CLOSE TO MAV GUIDANCE WITH LOWS FROM THE MIDDLE 60S TO AROUND 70. FOR TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...THE MEAN RIDGE CENTER WILL BEGIN TO MOVE EAST OF THE REGION FOR TUESDAY. THIS WILL HELP TO PROVIDE BETTER INFLOW COMING FROM THE GULF. IT WILL NOT HAVE MUCH AFFECT ON PRECIP WATER FOR THIS PERIOD. SO EXPECT MORE MOSTLY DRY CONDITIONS FOR TUESDAY. 925 TEMPS WILL RANGE FROM 23C SOUTH TO 27C NORTH...WHICH WILL EQUATE TO HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 90S UNDER MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES. WENT CLOSE TO MAV GUIDANCE. EXPECT THE WARMER TEMPS IN THE NORTH. FOR TUESDAY NIGHT IT WILL BE ANOTHER MILD HUMID NIGHT WITH LOWS FROM THE MID 60S TO AROUND 70 UNDER MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES. ALSO WENT CLOSE TO A COMBO OF MAV AND GMOS GUIDANCE. FOR WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW WILL GRADUALLY BECOME BETTER ORGANIZED. PWATS ACROSS THE SOUTH WILL BE AROUND 1.6 INCHES. SHORT TERM MODELS SHOWS SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS ACROSS THE SOUTH FOR WEDNESDAY. PUT IN LOW 10-13 POPS ACROSS THE SOUTH. DO NOT EXPECT THE SHOWERS TO LINGER BEYOND 00Z WEDNESDAY EVENING. WITH THE GULF INFLOW 925 MB TEMPS WILL BE FROM 23 TO 26C...A SLIGHT COOL DOWN. THIS WILL EQUATE TO HIGHS MAINLY IN THE LOWER 90S WITH SOME MIDDLE 90S IN THE DELTA REGION. WENT CLOSE TO GMOS GUIDANCE. FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT LOWS WILL BE FROM THE MIDDLE 60S TO AROUND 70 ONCE AGAIN...WHICH IS CLOSE TO MAV GUIDANCE. OF ONE MORE NOTE WENT WITH GMOS ON MORNING HOURLY TEMPS AS OUR DIURNAL TEMP CURVE DOES NOT CATCH THE RAPID RISE OF TEMPS IN THE MORNING./17/ /PREVIOUS LONG TERM...405 AM CDT THURSDAY THROUGH NEXT SUNDAY... THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE WILL REMAIN IN CONTROL OF THE WEATHER OVER THE ARKLAMISS THROUGH LATE WEEK ACCORDING TO GLOBAL MODEL GUIDANCE...THUS KEEPING THE HOT AND MOSTLY DRY CONDITIONS AROUND FOR AT LEAST A FEW MORE DAYS...BUT A PATTERN CHANGE IS FORECAST BY NEXT WEEKEND TO MORE OF A POSITIVE PNA TYPE WITH A WESTERN CONUS RIDGE AND EASTERN CONUS TROUGH. IT APPEARS THAT IN THE THU-FRI TIME FRAME...THE BEST CHANCE FOR PRECIP WILL BE ALONG AND WEST OF THE MS RIVER WHERE SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL MAINTAIN PRECIPITABLE WATER NEAR OR IN EXCESS OF 1.5 INCHES. DIURNAL SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SHOULD FIZZLE OUT BY LATE IN THE EVENING. PORTIONS OF THE ARKLAMISS SHOULD SEE AN INCREASE IN SHOWER/TSTM CHANCES LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY AS HEIGHTS FALL ALLOWING A COLD FRONT TO MOVE SOUTH ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. THERMODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE AIRMASS AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL NOT BE IMPRESSIVE WITH MIXED LAYER CAPE < 1000 J/KG...BUT THERE SHOULD BE PLENTY OF LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE CONVERGENCE TO AID IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION RIGHT ALONG THE FRONT. DRY NORTHERLY FLOW BEHIND THE FRONT SHOULD BRING SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES FOR NEXT WEEKEND AND EVENTUALLY INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. A FEW MOS MEMBERS IN THE GEFS INDICATE LOWS GETTING DOWN INTO THE MID TO UPPER 50S NEXT SUNDAY MORNING WITH HIGHS NOT GETTING OUT OF THE MID TO UPPER 80S...ESPECIALLY BEYOND SUNDAY. /EC/ && .AVIATION...LOOK FOR SOME ISO AFTERNOON CONVECTION ACROSS THE S/SW PORTION OF THE CWA...BUT THIS IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE NEAR ANY TAF SITES. AS A RESULT...VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL WITH SOME CU BASED AT 7-9 KFT. FOR TONIGHT...A BIT HIGHER SFC MOISTURE WILL PUSH NORTHWARD AND COVER A GREATER PORTION OF THE CWA. AS A RESULT...ALL SITES ARE EXPECTED TO HAVE SOME PERIOD OF MVFR VIS CONDITIONS BETWEEN 10-13Z. VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BEYOND 13Z. /CME/ && .FIREWEATHER...DUE TO THE RECENT DRY CONDITIONS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN THE AFTERNOON IN THE LOW TO MID 20S. FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BECOME AN ISSUE IF WE DO NOT GET ANY SIGNIFICANT RAINS IN THE COMING WEEKS. KEETCH BYRAM INDEXS WERE RUNNING FROM 500 TO NEAR OR EXCEEDING 700 IN SOME LOCATIONS. THESE CONDITIONS WILL BE MONITORED IN THE COMING WEEKS...ESPECIALLY FOR BREEZY DRY CONDITIONS. .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... JACKSON 69 95 67 93 / 4 4 3 6 MERIDIAN 67 96 65 92 / 4 3 4 6 VICKSBURG 67 94 68 94 / 3 4 4 6 HATTIESBURG 71 96 69 91 / 7 4 8 13 NATCHEZ 69 92 70 90 / 10 5 10 13 GREENVILLE 69 96 69 94 / 0 4 0 6 GREENWOOD 68 97 68 93 / 0 4 0 6 && .JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MS...NONE. LA...NONE. AR...NONE. && 17/CME/EC
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 150 PM CDT MON SEP 20 2010 ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 211900- 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- 150 PM CDT MON SEP 20 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND TUESDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY 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 SUNDAY. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK. CME
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 304 PM CDT MON SEP 20 2010 MSZ061-202035- FRANKLIN MS- 304 PM CDT MON SEP 20 2010 A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED OVER LITTLE SPRINGS AT 304 PM CDT...MOVING WEST AT 5 MPH. DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. PEOPLE IN EASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. BK
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 340 PM CDT MON SEP 20 2010 MSZ061-202110- FRANKLIN MS- 340 PM CDT MON SEP 20 2010 A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTH OF BUDE AT 341 PM CDT...MOVING WEST AT 15 MPH. DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. PEOPLE IN FRANKLIN COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. BK
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 353 PM CDT MON SEP 20 2010 MSZ053-054-059-202125- JEFFERSON MS-CLAIBORNE MS-COPIAH MS- 353 PM CDT MON SEP 20 2010 A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED OVER BARLOW AT 353 PM CDT...MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH. DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. PEOPLE IN SOUTHWESTERN COPIAH...SOUTHEASTERN CLAIBORNE AND EAST CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. BK
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 419 PM CDT MON SEP 20 2010 MSZ060-061-202150- FRANKLIN MS-ADAMS MS- 419 PM CDT MON SEP 20 2010 A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED OVER GARDEN CITY AT 419 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH FREQUENT 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 CENTRAL ADAMS AND SOUTHWESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. COHEN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 429 PM CDT MON SEP 20 2010 MSZ053-202200- CLAIBORNE MS- 429 PM CDT MON SEP 20 2010 A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED OVER PATTISON AT 429 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH. DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. PEOPLE IN CENTRAL CLAIBORNE COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. BK
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree was blown down across Hutchins Landing and Carmel Church Roads.
Four consecutive power poles were snapped and several trees were blown down on Oakhurst Drive. Two homes were damaged, 1 on Laurel Avenue and 1 on Peachtree Road.
A tree was down on a power line along Duke Avenue in Purvis.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Mississippi in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in Mississippi, September 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: 258819, 258822, 258829.