Abundant low level moisture and hot afternoon temperatures allowed plenty of instability to develop during the afternoon and evening hours of June 13th, 2011. Severe storms affected portions of central Mississippi as a result producing wind damage in the form of tree damage, roof damage, and damaged power lines.
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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.
Abundant low level moisture and hot afternoon temperatures allowed plenty of instability to develop during the afternoon and evening hours of June 13th, 2011. Severe storms affected portions of central Mississippi as a result producing wind damage in the form of tree damage, roof damage, and damaged power lines. An intense outflow boundary produced some of the damage. The storms also produced some quarter sized hail.
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 Jun 13, 2:12 PM CST, 48 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 312 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2011 .UPDATE...DID A QUICK UPDATE TO ADD SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 473 UNTIL 9PM/02Z FOR JUST ABOUT THE ENTIRE CWA. MCS ABOUT TO MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN PARTS OF THE CWA. THIS SYSTEM HAS HAD A HISTORY OF DAMAGING WINDS WITH A REPORTED 75MPH WIND GUST AT MEMPHIS EARLIER. COMPLEX IS PROGGED TO MOVE INTO THE JACKSON METRO AROUND 6PM/23Z. /28/ && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1223 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2011/ UPDATE...DID A QUICK UPDATE TO INCREASE POPS FURTHER IN THE EAST. LOOKS LIKE THE MCS UPSTREAM IS LIKELY TO HOLD TOGETHER AS IT BARRELS SOUTH/SOUTHEAST AROUND THE RIDGE. SLIGHT RISK HAS NOW BEEN EXTENDED ALL THE WAY TO THE MS COAST WITH THE PRIMARY CONCERN BEING WIND AND HAIL. EXPECT THE BOUNDARY LAYER TO BE SUFFICIENTLY DESTABILIZED WITH TEMPS EXPECTED TO BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S AND DEWPOINTS IN THE UPPER 60S AND LOWER 70S ACROSS THE AREA. INCREASED POPS TO NUMEROUS CATEGORY IN THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE AREA AND TAPERED LESS THE FURTHER SOUTH AND ESPECIALLY WEST YOU GO. AGAIN FEEL THE WEST IS THE LEAST LIKELY TO SEE SIGNIFICANT CONVECTION GIVEN INFLUENCE OF THE RIDGE. UPDATED PRODUCTS OUT. /28/ PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1059 AM CDT MON JUN 13 2011/ UPDATE...INTERESTING FORECAST FOR TODAY AS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THE SPC DAY 1 SLIGHT RISK. THIS COMES AS AN MCS ONGOING ACROSS MISSOURI AND INTO NORTHERN ARKANSAS LOOKS TO SLIDE DOWN THE EASTERN PERIPHERY OF THE BUILDING SUBTROPICAL RIDGE. IN FACT PORTIONS OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI...JUST TO THE NORTH OF MY CWA...HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN A SVR THUNDERSTORM WATCH. IT IS A BIT UNCLEAR AS TO IF THIS MCS WILL STAY TOGETHER OR BE DISSIPATING BY THE TIME IT REACHES THE CWA. MUCH OF THE MODEL GUIDANCE AS WELL AS LOCAL AND NATIONAL HI-RES WRF SHOW THAT THE MCS SHOULD BE MOSTLY DISSIPATING BUT OUTFLOWS FROM THIS WILL LIKELY INTERACT WITH THE MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS OVER THE REGION TO BRING SCATTERED STORMS TO THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE CWA(AND THIS IS WELL INDICATED BY LOCAL WRF RUNS). GIVEN GOOD LAPSE RATES AND DECENT DCAPE...BETTER WIND SHEAR THAN PREVIOUS DAYS AND ABUNDANT MOISTURE...THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG TO SVR STORMS WITH THIS COMPLEX OR STORMS GENERATED FROM THE OUTFLOW. THE MAIN CONCERNS WITH THIS WOULD BE FROM HAIL AND WIND....THOUGH WITH POTENTIAL SLOW MOVEMENT OF STORMS THERE COULD ALSO BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. FURTHER TO THE WEST...THE 590DM RIDGE WILL BE STRONGEST GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. THIS AREA WILL LIKELY NOT SEE AS MUCH CONVECTION BUT THERE STILL COULD BE AN ISOLATED STORM. KEPT POPS AROUND 10% HERE WHILE UPPING THE EAST TO AROUND 30%. LOOKS LIKE STORMS COULD BEGIN AS EARLY AS 18Z BUT OTHER MODELS WAIT UNTIL CLOSER TO 20Z AND LAST THROUGH 02Z. OTHER WEATHER ELEMENTS...TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL BE WARM AGAIN WITH THE BUILDING HEIGHTS AND WARMER LOW LEVEL TEMPS. HIGHS COULD BE TRICKY TODAY DEPENDING ON HOW QUICKLY CONVECTION DEVELOPS. WITH READINGS THIS MORNING RUNNING IN THE MID TO UPPER 80S...HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S SEEM LIKELY. ANY EARLY CLOUD COVER OR CONVECTION COULD CERTAINLY HAMPER THESE HIGHS. MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO CLOUD COVER AND HOURLY GRIDS BUT OTHERWISE UPDATED PRODUCTS ON THE WAY OUT. /28/ && .AVIATION... GWO AND MEI REPORTED MVFR CONDITIONS EARLY THIS MORNING BUT THE FOG HAS DISSIPATED...ALTHOUGH SOME HAZE WAS HANGING AROUND GWO AT 14Z. VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THIS EVENING AT MOST LOCATIONS BUT A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS ORGANIZING OVER THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THIS MORNING MAY COME DOWN INTO THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF OUR AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING BEFORE DISSIPATING. ELSE...ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AGAIN BY MID AFTERNOON MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF I-55 AND CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. MVFR CONDITIONS DUE TO PATCHY GROUND FOG DEVELOPMENT WILL MAKE A RETURN AGAIN TUESDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTH WHERE HEAVY RAINS FALL WITH THE POSSIBLE MCS. /22/ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... JACKSON 71 97 72 94 / 29 18 17 28 MERIDIAN 69 97 69 97 / 32 18 24 28 VICKSBURG 69 97 70 93 / 16 11 11 26 HATTIESBURG 72 98 71 95 / 33 18 19 11 NATCHEZ 71 96 70 92 / 16 11 12 11 GREENVILLE 73 97 73 95 / 24 12 11 29 GREENWOOD 70 97 71 95 / 32 16 18 28 && .JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MS...NONE. LA...NONE. AR...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1205 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2011 MSZ018-019-025>052-054>058-062>066-072>074-141715- 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-COPIAH-SIMPSON- SMITH-JASPER-CLARKE-LINCOLN-LAWRENCE-JEFFERSON DAVIS-COVINGTON- JONES-MARION-LAMAR-FORREST- 1205 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND TUESDAY SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 MPH AND QUARTER SIZED HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING ESPECIALLY EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. IN ADDITION TO THE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING DUE TO PEAK HEATING...A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS ORGANIZING OVER THE MID MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY WILL LIKELY DROP INTO THE AREA FROM THE NORTH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND SPREAD INTO SOUTH MISSISSIPPI BEFORE DISSIPATING. .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 HAS BEEN REQUESTED FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ053-059>061-141715- ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND- MADISON LA-FRANKLIN LA-CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA-CLAIBORNE- JEFFERSON-ADAMS-FRANKLIN MS- 1205 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND TUESDAY ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH AND QUARTER SIZED HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL DROP INTO MISSISSIPPI BY LATE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE MOVING SOUTH. SOME OF THE ACTIVITY MAY SPREAD INTO THE OUTLOOK AREA BEFORE DIMINISHING THIS EVENING. .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 WILL LIKELY BE REQUESTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. 22
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1143 AM CDT MON JUN 13 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0235 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 E GLUCKSTADT 32.52N 90.04W
06/12/2011 MADISON MS TRAINED SPOTTER
A UTILITY POLE WAS SNAPPED ALONG OLD CANTON RD IN THE
DEERFIELD AREA. PEA SIZED HAIL ALSO OCCURRED DURING THE
STORM.
&&
DLSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
310 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2011
MSZ033-038-132110-
OKTIBBEHA MS-WINSTON MS-
310 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2011
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL
AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED OVER CRAIG SPRINGS AT 310 PM
CDT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
VERY HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
PEOPLE IN NORTHEASTERN WINSTON AND SOUTHWESTERN OKTIBBEHA COUNTIES
SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.
LAT...LON 3329 8881 3322 8881 3310 8881 3304 8897
3337 8909 3345 8889 3329 8878
TIME...MOT...LOC 2010Z 336DEG 7KT 3333 8894
OLBSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
310 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2011
MSZ018-019-025>030-032-033-132040-
BOLIVAR MS-SUNFLOWER MS-GRENADA MS-LEFLORE MS-CLAY MS-WEBSTER MS-
CARROLL MS-MONTGOMERY MS-OKTIBBEHA MS-CHOCTAW MS-
310 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2011
A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE
HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED FROM 20 MILES NORTH OF DEESON
TO 22 MILES NORTH OF EMBRY AT 310 PM CDT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 60
MPH.
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 NORTHERN CHOCTAW...OKTIBBEHA...MONTGOMERY...NORTHERN
CARROLL...WEBSTER...CLAY...NORTHERN LEFLORE...GRENADA...NORTHERN
SUNFLOWER AND BOLIVAR COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THESE STORMS CLOSELY.
LAT...LON 3382 9044 3378 9016 3370 9028 3390 8992
3387 8951 3373 8949 3382 8872 3330 8869
3358 9117 3372 9120 3367 9111 3367 9107
3400 9110 3409 9088 3413 9094 3413 9067
TIME...MOT...LOC 2010Z 309DEG 62KT 3430 9091 3397 8931
MMEThe Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 178 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:59 UTC.
35 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Multiple trees were blown down around Drew.
Numerous trees were blown down in the Grenada area. A large tree was blown down across Duncan Road near Holcomb.
Several trees were blown down in the area. Some of the trees were blocking roadways, one of which was blocking Highway 404.
Several trees and power lines were blown down county wide. Canopies were blown off of businesses in the city of Eupora.
Trees were blown down across Highway 17 in Carrollton.
Several trees were blown down. Two of the trees were blown onto houses.
A power line was blown down along County Road 2826 northeast of Philadelphia.
Trees were blown down across Highway 35 by an outflow boundary.
A couple of trees and power lines were blown down in Moorhead. Power lines were blown down in Indianola as well.
A roof was blown off a grocery store and water entered the building.
Several trees and power lines were blown down in Holmes County due to outflow winds. This included areas along Highway 12 and Highway 17 near Lexington.
Trees were blown down on Self Creek Road, Longview-Adaton Road, and Oktoc Road in Starkville. A tree fell on a power line along Blackjack Road.
Several trees were blown down west of Louisville.
Trees were blown down along Mississippi Highway 39.
Trees and power lines were blown down due to an outflow boundary.
Numerous trees were blown down in Yazoo City due to an outflow boundary.
Power lines were blown down along County Road 2826 northeast of Philadelphia.
Trees were blown down across roads, and a tree was blown onto a house in the Ludlow and Branch communities due to an outflow boundary.
A tree was blown down at Meadow Ridge Drive and Timber Lane Road.
Power poles were blown down along Spillway Road, causing a grass fire.
Several trees were blown down around Morton due to an outflow boundary.
Power outages were reported around Bailey due to winds from an outflow boundary.
A very large tree fell through the roof of a house in Brandon. Another tree was partially blocking Interstate 20 westbound near mile marker 60.
ASOS at the Jackson-Evers International Airport measured a 50 mph gust.
Several trees were blown down in western Smith County due to an outflow boundary. This included the Raleigh and Polkville communities.
Power lines were blown down across Interstate 55 due to an outflow boundary.
Damaging winds from an outflow boundary blew trees down onto power lines just east of Bay Springs, as well as between Bay Springs and Louin. Trees were blown down across the the road along Highway 531 near Highway 18. A canopy was blown off a chicken plant loading dock just north of Stringer.
Damaging winds from a thunderstorm outflow blew down trees around Braxton, Pinola and Mendenhall.
Several trees and some power lines were blown down across Clarke County. Most of the city of Quitman was without power.
Power lines were blown down and a tree had blown down onto a house in Sandersville. A roof was partially removed from a house just south of Stringer.
Quarter size hail fell in Sandersville.
A tree was blown down on Jones Ford Road in the northwest part of the county.
Trees and power lines were blown down on Shady Oak Church Road east of Collins.
Trees were blown down in Silver Creek due to outflow boundary winds.
A tree was blown down on Airport Road due to outflow boundary winds.
A tree was blown down on Hinton Drive.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Mississippi in 2011Every state in 2011This day in weather historyWarnings in Mississippi, June 2011
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: 313335, 313314, 313339, 313353, 313320, 313332, 313795, 313324, 313338, 313328, 313334, 313796, 313345, 313350, 313361, 313342, 313349, 313698, 313699, 313700, 313707, 313706, 313355, 313359, 313709, 313716, 313713, 313708, 313720, 313710, 313785, 313778, 313723, 313762, 313777, 313781.