A powerful cold front brought widespread severe thunderstorms to southeast Mississippi. damaging winds and tornadoes.
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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 MOB wrote it up.
A powerful cold front brought widespread severe thunderstorms to southeast Mississippi. These thunderstorms produced many reports of large hail...damaging winds and tornadoes. The thunderstorms also produced heavy rain which caused flash flooding.
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 9, 2:53 AM CST, 2 hours 37 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
250 AM CST WED MAR 2011
.UPDATE...NEW TORNADO WATCH ISSUED TO REPLACE THE ONE THAT WAS
EXPIRING AT 3AM. ONLY DIFFERENCE IS NEW WATCH ADDS CLARKE COUNTY IN
ALABAMA. ZONES WILL BE ISSUED SHORTLY AFTER 3 AM WITH THE NEW WATCH
EXPIRING AT 8 AM. /11
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.MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM WEDNESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
BUTLER...CHOCTAW...CLARKE...CONECUH...COVINGTON...
CRENSHAW...ESCAMBIA...LOWER BALDWIN...LOWER MOBILE...
MONROE...UPPER BALDWIN...UPPER MOBILE...WASHINGTON...AND
WILCOX.
FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM WEDNESDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: BUTLER...CHOCTAW...CLARKE...CONECUH...
COVINGTON...CRENSHAW...ESCAMBIA...LOWER BALDWIN...LOWER
MOBILE...MONROE...UPPER BALDWIN...UPPER MOBILE...
WASHINGTON...AND WILCOX.
FL...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM NOON THURSDAY TO 5 PM THURSDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: COASTAL ESCAMBIA...COASTAL OKALOOSA...
COASTAL SANTA ROSA...INLAND ESCAMBIA...INLAND OKALOOSA...
AND INLAND SANTA ROSA.
FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM WEDNESDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: COASTAL ESCAMBIA...COASTAL OKALOOSA...
COASTAL SANTA ROSA...INLAND ESCAMBIA...INLAND OKALOOSA...
AND INLAND SANTA ROSA.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM WEDNESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
COASTAL ESCAMBIA...COASTAL OKALOOSA...COASTAL SANTA ROSA...
INLAND ESCAMBIA...INLAND OKALOOSA...AND INLAND SANTA ROSA.
HIGH SURF ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM WEDNESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
COASTAL ESCAMBIA...COASTAL OKALOOSA...AND COASTAL SANTA
ROSA.
MS...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM WEDNESDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: GEORGE...GREENE...PERRY...STONE...AND
WAYNE.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM WEDNESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
GEORGE...GREENE...PERRY...STONE...AND WAYNE.
GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL NOON 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...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 300 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2011 ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-GMZ630-650-655-670-675-MSZ067-075-076-078- 079-092100- 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- 300 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...THE COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...REST OF TODAY INTO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. AS A STRONG UPPER SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE WEST...THERE WILL BE AN INCREASE IN THE COVERAGE OF SHOWERS FROM THE WEST INTO THIS EVENING...AND WITH AN INCREASE IN INSTABILITY OVER THE AREA TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MIXING IN. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN TO APPEAR IN THE LATE EVENING TO OVERNIGHT HOURS...AND WITH AN INCREASE IN UPPER DYNAMICS STARTING TO APPROACH THE AREA... A FEW MAY BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE...MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE AREA WILL SEE THE INITIAL INCREASE IN THE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER...WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY THREAT...BOTH FROM SMALL CELLS MOVING NORTH-NORTHEAST OVER THE AREA AHEAD OF A SQUALL LINE EXPECTED TO START MOVING OVER SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AROUND SUNRISE...AND THE SQUALL LINE ITSELF. THE SQUALL LINE IS EXPECTED TO START MOVING ACROSS INLAND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI JUST BEFORE SUNRISE WEDNESDAY. WINDS GUSTING TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH ANY STORM THAT MAY BECOME SEVERE. ISOLATED TORNADOES CAN NOT BE RULED OUT WITH THE SEVERE CELLS. WITH THE LIKELIHOOD THAT SOME LOCALITIES MAY SEE SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CROSSING THEM...RAINFALL TOTALS FOR WEDNESDAY MAY APPROACH 5 TO 7 INCHES...CREATING FLOODING PROBLEMS. A GENERAL 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED OVER THE AREA. A STRONG SOUTHEASTERLY WIND FLOW WILL MAKE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT THROUGH TONIGHT. THIS STRONG ONSHORE FLOW WILL ALSO CREATE A HAZARDOUS SURF ALONG AREA BEACHES AHEAD OF THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...REST OF WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY AS THE SURFACE FRONT STARTS MOVING OVER THE AREA MID MORNING ON... ANOTHER ROUND OF MAINLY SHOWERS WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL GET PUSHED EAST OVER THE AREA WITH THE FRONT. THERE IS A MUCH SMALLER RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER...THOUGH DAMAGING WINDS CAN NOT BE RULED OUT IF A THUNDERSTORM BECOMES STRONG TO SEVERE. THE STRONG ONSHORE FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO BE A HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT OVER AREA WATERS...ALONG WITH A ROUGH SURF ALONG AREA BEACHES. BEHIND THE FRONT...STRONG OFFSHORE FLOW WILL FOLLOW...AGAIN CREATING HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT. THIS STRONG OFFSHORE FLOW IS EXPECTED TO LAST INT THURSDAY EVENING...THEN BEGIN TO SETTLE AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES TOWARDS THE AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THERE WILL BE AN INCREASING CHANCE FOR THE NEED OF SPOTTER AND EMA ACTIVATION AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...STARTING WITH SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...AND LASTING THROUGH WEDNESDAY. STAY TUNED TO FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER PATTERN.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
300 AM CST WED MAR 09 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0220 AM HAIL PENNINGTON 32.21N 88.06W
03/09/2011 E0.25 INCH CHOCTAW AL LAW ENFORCEMENT
PEA SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN PENNINGTON
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KCPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
503 AM CST WED MAR 09 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0445 AM FLASH FLOOD 2 W PENNINGTON 32.21N 88.09W
03/09/2011 CHOCTAW AL LAW ENFORCEMENT
WATER COVERING HWY 156 WEST OF PENNINGTON
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KCThe Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 125 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:32 UTC.
7 flash flood, 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain caused a section of Eucutta Road to be temporarily closed due to high water.
Winds estimated at 60 mph downed tree limbs around the area.
Heavy rain caused widespread flooding along Highway 84 near the Wayne and Jones county line.
An NWS storm survey revealed straight line wind damage off of highway 26 just west of highway 49. Sporadic damage continued to the northeast to just north of College Avenue. Along the path...numerous hardwood and softwood trees were either snapped or uprooted. Four homes suffered significant damage when trees fell onto them.
Winds estimated at 60 mph downed tree limbs on roads across the area.
Winds estimated at 60 mph downed several trees and power lines. A tree also fell on a house on College Avenue.
Heavy rain caused water to cover Freeman Road.
Heavy rain caused damage to several county roads across the county.
Heavy rain caused water rises on the Buckatunna Creek at Frost Bridge that resulted in water over 200 yards out of both sides of the creek. A camp ground is under water. Several buildings are likely water damaged but the extent will not be known until the water subsides.
Winds estimated at 70 mph caused damaged at 4 houses.
Heavy rain caused flooded streets around Richton.
Winds estimated at 70 mph part of tin roof ripped off.
Winds estimated at 80 mph blew a roof off of a house at Highway 63 and Beecher Road.
Heavy rain caused numerous water covered roadways in the area.
Heavy rain caused water to cover roads near the intersection of Highway 57 west and Mixon Lake Road.
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, March 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: 291376, 291624, 291330, 291404, 291405, 291420, 291336, 291658, 291660, 291661, 291351, 291403, 291628, 291367, 291378, 291622.