Severe storms affected portions of central Mississippi during the afternoon and early evening hours. Primarily thunderstorm wind damage occurred 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.
Severe storms affected portions of central Mississippi during the afternoon and early evening hours. Primarily thunderstorm wind damage occurred 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 dime to half dollar 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 16, 10:43 AM CST, 2 hours 47 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1143 AM CDT THU JUN 16 2011 .UPDATE...THE BOUNDARY WAS DRAPED ACROSS THE CENTER OF THE CWA. SOUTHERLY WINDS WERE BRINGING PLENTY OF MOISTURE INTO THE AREA...ESPECIALLY THE WEST WHERE DEWPOINTS WERE NEARLY 75. PW VALUES FROM THIS MORNING WERE AROUND 1.75 INCHES. MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES WERE ALSO GOOD AGAIN TODAY. MODELS SUGGESTED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WOULD START EARLY TODAY...BUT THINGS HAVE BEEN SLOW AGAIN TODAY. LOOKS LIKE ACTIVITY IS STARTING IN THE EAST/SOUTHEAST...SO MAY SEE SOME BACKBUILDING INTO THE AREA OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. POPS ACROSS THE CWA WERE AROUND 20 PERCENT...WHICH IS GOOD FOR NOW. LOOKING FOR ISOLATED ACTIVITY AT BEST. WITH GOOD LAPSE RATES AND THE POTENTIAL FOR WET MICROBURST TODAY...WILL MAINTAIN STRONG TO SEVERE WORDING...MAY HAVE TO EXPAND THE AREA. KEEPING A CLOSE WATCH ON THE MCS MOVING THROUGH ARKANSAS ALSO. STILL CONCERNED ABOUT OUTFLOW MOVING SOUTHEAST INTO THE DELTA REGION THIS AFTERNOON. WHILE THERE HAVE BEEN A FEW WEAK BOUNDARIES SPAWNED...NONE LOOK STRONG ENOUGH AT THIS TIME TO REACH THE CWA. THE TEMPS WERE GOOD...MADE SOME SMALL TWEAKS TO THE HOURLY VALUES. THE ZONES/STATE ARE ALREADY OUT. && .AVIATION...ISOLATED TSTMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT ANY LOCATION THE BEST CHANCE FOR STORMS WILL OCCUR N OF A LINE FROM GLH-JAN-HBG. SOME STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. HAIL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. TSTMS WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING AND END BY 10 PM. VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... JACKSON 96 72 95 74 / 16 15 5 5 MERIDIAN 97 68 97 72 / 16 23 5 5 VICKSBURG 95 71 95 71 / 16 13 6 5 HATTIESBURG 96 74 96 73 / 16 17 5 5 NATCHEZ 95 74 93 74 / 16 11 5 5 GREENVILLE 97 74 95 75 / 16 15 10 5 GREENWOOD 97 72 96 74 / 16 20 10 5 && .JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MS...NONE. LA...NONE. AR...NONE. && 07/03
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 230 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011 ARZ074-075-MSZ018-019-025>046-048>052-054>058-063>066-072>074- 171930- ASHLEY-CHICOT-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-HINDS-RANKIN-SCOTT-NEWTON- LAUDERDALE-COPIAH-SIMPSON-SMITH-JASPER-CLARKE-LAWRENCE- JEFFERSON DAVIS-COVINGTON-JONES-MARION-LAMAR-FORREST- 230 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND FRIDAY ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THUNDERSTORMS WILL DIMINISH IN COVERAGE AFTER SUNSET WITH ACTIVITY ENDING BY 10 PM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY 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 WEDNESDAY. LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ047-053-059>062-171930- MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND-MADISON LA- FRANKLIN LA-CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA-WARREN-CLAIBORNE-JEFFERSON- ADAMS-FRANKLIN MS-LINCOLN- 230 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND FRIDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY 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 WEDNESDAY. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. 03
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1236 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011
MSZ039-046-161805-
KEMPER MS-NOXUBEE MS-
1236 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER NOXUBEE AND KEMPER
COUNTIES...
A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME
SIZE HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED JUST EAST OF SHUQUALAK
AT 1236 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
PEOPLE IN SOUTHEASTERN NOXUBEE AND NORTHEASTERN KEMPER COUNTIES
SHOULD MONITOR THESE STORMS CLOSELY.
LAT...LON 3260 8839 3273 8859 3292 8867 3308 8858
3307 8833
TIME...MOT...LOC 1736Z 283DEG 7KT 3295 8853
DLSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
103 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011
MSZ039-046-161830-
KEMPER MS-NOXUBEE MS-
103 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING ALONG THE KEMPER-NOXUBEE COUNTY
BORDER...
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND
40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WERE LOCATED NEAR SHUQUALAK AT 103 PM CDT...
MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
PEOPLE IN SOUTHEASTERN NOXUBEE AND NORTHEASTERN KEMPER COUNTIES
SHOULD MONITOR THESE STORMS CLOSELY.
LAT...LON 3289 8834 3281 8836 3286 8867 3304 8865
3305 8833
TIME...MOT...LOC 1802Z 276DEG 9KT 3294 8855
DLSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
134 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011
MSZ039-046-161900-
KEMPER MS-NOXUBEE MS-
134 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS KEMPER AND NOXUBEE COUNTIES...
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND
40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED NEAR MACON AT 134 PM CDT...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED JUST
SOUTHEAST OF SHUQUALAK...ALSO MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
PEOPLE IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN NOXUBEE AND NORTHEASTERN KEMPER
COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THESE STORMS CLOSELY.
LAT...LON 3277 8836 3286 8857 3302 8866 3318 8859
3318 8831
TIME...MOT...LOC 1832Z 305DEG 12KT 3304 8851
DLSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
205 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011
MSZ030-161935-
CLAY MS-
205 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND
40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED OVER MONTPELIER AT 205 PM CDT...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
PEOPLE IN WESTERN CLAY COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.
LAT...LON 3372 8871 3358 8874 3359 8899 3368 8902
3376 8898 3376 8893 3381 8893 3382 8892
3381 8871
TIME...MOT...LOC 1905Z 295DEG 12KT 3372 8890
DLThe Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 62 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:30 UTC.
9 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A small tree and tree branches were blown down. The tree was partially blocking Highway 46.
Nickel sized hail fell in Montpelier.
Quarter sized hail covered the ground along Jones Road west of Shuqualak.
Quarter size hail fell on Collier Road.
A couple of trees were blown down northeast of Ackerman.
A tree was blown down onto a house along Skyland Drive. Trees were also blown down at the intersection of Highway 45 and Highway 145.
A few trees were blown down along Stewart Lodi Road.
Quarter size hail covered the ground on the south side of McCool. Penny size hail also fell just west of McCool.
Half dollar size hail fell west southwest of Ackerman.
A swath of quarter size hail fell generally along Highway 19. Quarter sized hail was reported along County Road 397.
Half dollar size hail fell in Edinburg.
Nickel sized hail was reported at Little Rock.
A swing was overturned and and a few small branches were blow off trees.
Quarter sized hail fell for 15 minutes, and was covering the ground.
A few trees were blown down on power lines south of Lena.
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: 313962, 313824, 313836, 313891, 313898, 313819, 313907, 313915, 313930, 313828, 313953, 313830, 326089, 313955, 313959.