An upper level disturbances that passed over the region on the 18th interacted with a very warm and humid air mass allowing a couple severe thunderstorms to develop during the afternoon. Damage due to strong winds occurred as a result of these storms, in addition to some flash flooding that occurred due to slow storm motions.
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The episode as NWS JAN wrote it up.
An upper level disturbances that passed over the region on the 18th interacted with a very warm and humid air mass allowing a couple severe thunderstorms to develop during the afternoon. Damage due to strong winds occurred as a result of these storms, in addition to some flash flooding that occurred due to slow storm motions. Lightning caused some additional damage in a couple areas.
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 Aug 18, 2:22 AM CST, 38 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 322 AM CDT SAT AUG 18 2012 ...WET WEEKEND TO BOOST RAIN TOTALS WELL ABOVE NORMAL FOR MONTH... .DISCUSSION...SHORT TERM(TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT) FOCUS FOR THE SHORT TERM WILL BE THE ONGOING MCS CROSSING OUR NRN TIER THIS MORNING AS FRONTAL BOUNDARY POSITIONED JUST N OF THE CWFA. MORE SHRA/TSRA WILL BE ACTIVE AS WEAK SHORTWAVES PASS THROUGH THE BASE OF THE LONGWAVE TROUGH AXIS PARKED ACROSS THE ERN THIRD OF THE CONUS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THEN FINALLY...A SHARP TROUGH FEATURING 30-40DM 500MB HEIGHT FALLS SWEEPS THROUGH THE GULF STATES SUNDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING BRINGING POTENTIAL FOR HEAVIER RAINFALL IN EWD TRAINING STORMS. A FEW STRONG TO ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH EACH PASSING COMPLEX THAT DEVELOPS THROUGH TONIGHT. THE MORE IMPRESSIVE UVV ASSOCIATED WITH TROUGH LATER SUNDAY SHOULD TRIGGER REPEAT TSRA ROUNDS FOR OUR CENTRAL AND SRN PORTIONS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL TOTALS. MODELS SHOW A QUICK ONE TO TWO INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS AND FLASH FLOOD RISK WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED IN THESE AREAS. FOR TODAY...EXPECT THE FRONT FROM CLARKSDALE TO KTUP TO SAG TO SOMEWHERE BETWEEN HWY 82 AND I-20 LATE THIS AFTERNOON. SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY WILL EXIST WITH LOW LEVEL WLY FLOW TO BE SENDING SHRA/TSRA EWD THROUGH 1.8-2.0" PWAT ENVIRONMENT. THE STALLED FRONT FOR TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING WILL KEEP POPS WELL ABOVE NORMAL ALL ACROSS OUR CWFA WITH INCREASING POTENTIAL FOR HEAVIER RAINS BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. STORM MOTIONS WILL BE INCREASING SUNDAY EVENING AS MID LEVEL FLOW AT 500MB REACHES 30-35KTS RIGHT ALONG I-20 CORRIDOR. 7-500MB LAPSE RATES WILL ONLY BE IN THE 5C RANGE WITH MLCAPES AOB 1000J/KG AND SHOULD LIMIT THE STORM INTENSITIES SOMEWHAT. THE FRONTAL ZONE SHOULD MOVE ABOUT A NATCHEZ TRACE AXIS BY MIDNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT BEFORE SLIDING THROUGH SERN MS EARLY ON MONDAY. KEPT HIGH POPS FOR THIS MORNING IN NRN AREAS AND THEN FLIPPED BEST POPS FOR THIS AFTN TO S/SW AREAS. MAV TEMPS GENERALLY FOLLOWED BUT MAY NEED TO BE REDUCED IF MIDDAY RAIN DEVELOPMENT GETS WIDESPREAD ENOUGH. HIGHS IN THE U80S APPEAR MOST LIKELY SUNDAY AS WELL. POPS WERE ALSO BUMPED UPWARD FOR SUNDAY AFTN PERIOD TO CATEGORICAL FOR MOST AREAS./40/ .LONG TERM...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...THE GFS/ECMWF ARE IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT OF THE LONGWAVE TROUGH DEEPENING OVER THE EASTERN CONUS ON MONDAY AND PUSHING THE COLD FRONT WELL SOUTH AND EAST OF THE AREA. ALONG WITH THIS WILL BE COOLER/DRIER AIR AS HIGH PRESSURE RIDGING BUILDS IN FROM A HIGH CENTERED OVER THE EASTER PLANES. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL RUN ANYWHERE FROM ABOUT 5-10 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY ALONG WITH MORNING LOWS IN THE LOW/MID 60S. THE SURFACE HIGH WILL SHIFT INTO THE OHIO VALLEY ON TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY...WITH THE DRIER/COOLER CONDITIONS CONTINUING ACROSS THE ARKLAMISS. WEAK UPPER RIDGING WILL BUILD OVER THE AREA ON THURSDAY ALONG WITH MORE SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES...BUT EXPECT THE AREA TO REMAIN DRY WITH PWATS REMAINING BELOW AN INCH OVER MOST OF THE AREA. MOISTURE WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY ALONG WITH INCREASED CHANCES FOR ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. STUCK PRETTY CLOSE TO GUIDANCE TEMPS/POPS THROUGH THE PERIOD./15/ && .AVIATION...AREAS OF MVFR CONDITIONS ERY THIS MORNING WILL RETURN TO VFR CONDITIONS BY 14-15Z WITH BROKEN CLOUDS ABOVE 4K FEET BY THIS AFTERNOON. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS TSRA CURRENTLY CROSSING OUR NRN PORTIONS DEVELOP AGAIN 16Z THROUGH 01Z ESPECIALLY NRN AND CENTRAL CWFA. GENERAL SURFACE WINDS OUTSIDE OF TSRA WILL BE WLY AT 5-10KTS WITH SOME BRIEF HIGHER GUSTS BECOMING NLY BEHIND FRONTAL ZONE ACROSS THE HIGHWAY 82 CORRIDOR. MVFR TO AREAS OF IFR CONDITIONS SHOULD BE MORE WIDESPREAD LATER TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT WITH FRONT SPRAWLED THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE CWFA./40/ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... JACKSON 88 71 88 68 / 72 57 90 64 MERIDIAN 89 70 88 68 / 62 53 89 80 VICKSBURG 88 71 89 65 / 72 61 90 52 HATTIESBURG 91 73 90 71 / 59 51 90 73 NATCHEZ 88 71 86 67 / 66 52 90 48 GREENVILLE 85 71 85 67 / 61 64 80 42 GREENWOOD 86 71 86 66 / 62 57 81 54 && .JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MS...NONE. LA...NONE. AR...NONE. && 15/40
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 302 PM CDT FRI AUG 17 2012 MSZ029>033-037>039-044>046-182015- WEBSTER-CLAY-LOWNDES-CHOCTAW-OKTIBBEHA-ATTALA-WINSTON-NOXUBEE- LEAKE-NESHOBA-KEMPER- 302 PM CDT FRI AUG 17 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI NEAR THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND SATURDAY A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AS A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT BEGINS TO EDGE SOUTH INTO THE AREA. ANY STRONG STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH...SMALL HAIL...OCCASIONAL TO FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY EXPECT A FEW ROUNDS OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE SUNDAY AS THE SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT VERY SLOWLY PUSHES PUSHES SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE AREA. A SEVERE SEVERE STORM OR TWO IS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION...ESPECIALLY LATE SUNDAY. THE MOST INTENSE STORMS COULD CONTAIN WIND GUSTS FROM 50 TO 60 MPH AS WELL AS HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS. MANY STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. IN ADDITION...SPOTTY TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS LASTING UP TO AN HOUR WILL BE CAPABLE OF BRINGING A QUICK ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN...ESPECIALLY ON SUNDAY. IF STORMS MOVE OVER THE SAME GROUND REPEATEDLY THEN FLASH FLOODING COULD BECOME MORE LIKELY. OTHERWISE...LOW SPOTS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS SHOULD BE THE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO HIGH WATER ISSUES. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS...MAY BE NEEDED SUNDAY. ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>028-034>036- 040>042-047-053-059-060-182015- ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND- MADISON LA-FRANKLIN LA-CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA-BOLIVAR- SUNFLOWER-LEFLORE-GRENADA-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS- HOLMES-ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY-YAZOO-WARREN-CLAIBORNE-JEFFERSON-ADAMS- 302 PM CDT FRI AUG 17 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...NORTHEASTERN LOUISIANA AND THE ARKLAMISS DELTA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND SATURDAY A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING...MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE HIGHWAY 82 CORRIDOR. ANY STRONG STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH...SMALL HAIL...OCCASIONAL TO FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY EVENING AS A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT BEGINS TO EDGE SOUTH INTO THE AREA. ANY SEVERE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH...HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS...OCCASIONAL TO FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY EXPECT A FEW ROUNDS OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE SUNDAY AS THE SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT VERY SLOWLY PUSHES PUSHES SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE AREA. A SEVERE SEVERE STORM OR TWO IS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION...ESPECIALLY LATE SUNDAY. THE MOST INTENSE STORMS COULD CONTAIN WIND GUSTS FROM 50 TO 60 MPH AS WELL AS HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS. MANY STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. IN ADDITION...SPOTTY TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS LASTING UP TO AN HOUR WILL BE CAPABLE OF BRINGING A QUICK ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN...ESPECIALLY ON SUNDAY. IF STORMS MOVE OVER THE SAME GROUND REPEATEDLY THEN FLASH FLOODING COULD BECOME MORE LIKELY. OTHERWISE...LOW SPOTS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS SHOULD BE THE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO HIGH WATER ISSUES. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS...MAY BE NEEDED SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SUNDAY. MSZ043-048>052-054>058-061>066-072>074-182015- MADISON MS-HINDS-RANKIN-SCOTT-NEWTON-LAUDERDALE-COPIAH-SIMPSON- SMITH-JASPER-CLARKE-FRANKLIN MS-LINCOLN-LAWRENCE-JEFFERSON DAVIS- COVINGTON-JONES-MARION-LAMAR-FORREST- 302 PM CDT FRI AUG 17 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND SATURDAY A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY EVENING AS A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT BEGINS TO EDGE SOUTH INTO THE AREA. ANY STRONG STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH...SMALL HAIL...OCCASIONAL TO FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY EXPECT A FEW ROUNDS OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE SUNDAY AS THE SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT VERY SLOWLY PUSHES PUSHES SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE AREA. A SEVERE SEVERE STORM OR TWO IS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION...ESPECIALLY LATE SUNDAY. THE MOST INTENSE STORMS COULD CONTAIN WIND GUSTS FROM 50 TO 60 MPH AS WELL AS HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS. MANY STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. IN ADDITION...SPOTTY TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS LASTING UP TO AN HOUR WILL BE CAPABLE OF BRINGING A QUICK ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN...ESPECIALLY ON SUNDAY. IF STORMS MOVE OVER THE SAME GROUND REPEATEDLY THEN FLASH FLOODING COULD BECOME MORE LIKELY. OTHERWISE...LOW SPOTS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS SHOULD BE THE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO HIGH WATER ISSUES. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS...MAY BE NEEDED SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. 50
MSZ018-019-180535-
SUNFLOWER MS-BOLIVAR MS-
1138 PM CDT FRI AUG 17 2012
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1138 PM CDT FRI AUG 17 2012
...CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS MOVING SOUTHEAST
INTO THE SHELBY TO CLEVELAND AREAS THROUGH 100 AM...
A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 40 MPH WINDS
AND HEAVY RAINS UP TO ONE INCH WAS CENTERED ABOUT 7 MILES WEST OF
DEESON AT 1135 PM CDT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
VERY HEAVY RAINS...PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY HEAD
INTO THE SHELBY TO CLEVELAND AREAS.
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 BOLIVAR AND NORTHEASTERN SUNFLOWER COUNTIES SHOULD
MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.
LAT...LON 3410 9065 3399 9065 3399 9047 3353 9046
3376 9102 3379 9099 3380 9102 3399 9101
3396 9098 3402 9099 3403 9090 3408 9088
3412 9095 3413 9079
TIME...MOT...LOC 0435Z 309DEG 14KT 3404 9097
40MSZ019-025-026-180705-
SUNFLOWER MS-LEFLORE MS-GRENADA MS-
108 AM CDT SAT AUG 18 2012
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
108 AM CDT SAT AUG 18 2012
...BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS
MOVING EAST ALONG HIGHWAY 8 FROM RULEVILLE TO GRENADA...
A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 30 TO 40 MPH WINDS...
HEAVY RAINS AND LIGHTNING STRIKES WAS LOCATED FROM 9 MILES NORTHEAST
OF MINTER CITY TO RULEVILLE AT 108 AM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
VERY HEAVY RAINS UP TO ONE INCH ALONG WITH FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE ALSO LIKELY WITH THE STORMS AS THEY MOVE INTO
THE GRENADA AND LEFLORE AREAS BY 200 AM.
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 GRENADA...NORTHERN LEFLORE AND NORTHEASTERN SUNFLOWER
COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.
LAT...LON 3399 9045 3382 9044 3382 9020 3379 9017
3376 9019 3375 9028 3372 9031 3370 9030
3374 9024 3373 9014 3382 9013 3383 8994
3390 8992 3390 8977 3387 8976 3386 8950
3369 8953 3366 9062 3399 9064
TIME...MOT...LOC 0605Z 284DEG 25KT 3385 9015
40MSZ026>030-032-033-037-038-180830-
ATTALA MS-WINSTON MS-WEBSTER MS-OKTIBBEHA MS-MONTGOMERY MS-GRENADA MS-
CLAY MS-CHOCTAW MS-CARROLL MS-
233 AM CDT SAT AUG 18 2012
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
233 AM CDT SAT AUG 18 2012
...BAND OF STORMS CROSSING WINONA HEADING EAST AT 30 MPH...
A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 30 TO 40 MPH
WINDS WAS LOCATED FROM 5 MILES WEST OF GORE SPRINGS TO BLACK HAWK AT
232 AM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH THROUGH THE WINONA AND GRENADA
AREAS. .
VERY HEAVY RAINS UP TO ONE INCH ALONG WITH CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
STRIKES ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS.
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 SOUTHERN CARROLL...CHOCTAW...WEST CENTRAL CLAY...EASTERN
GRENADA...MONTGOMERY...WESTERN OKTIBBEHA...WEBSTER...NORTHWESTERN
WINSTON AND NORTHEASTERN ATTALA COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THESE STORMS
CLOSELY.
LAT...LON 3373 8950 3373 8920 3374 8919 3365 8880
3332 8881 3304 8921 3333 9012 3354 8979
3387 8978 3387 8951
TIME...MOT...LOC 0732Z 285DEG 37KT 3376 8967 3351 8967
3329 8999
40MSZ027>033-036>039-180925-
ATTALA MS-WINSTON MS-WEBSTER MS-OKTIBBEHA MS-NOXUBEE MS-MONTGOMERY MS-
LOWNDES MS-HOLMES MS-CLAY MS-CHOCTAW MS-CARROLL MS-
326 AM CDT SAT AUG 18 2012
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
326 AM CDT SAT AUG 18 2012
...BAND OF STORMS CROSSING EUPORA AND ACKERMAN HEADING EAST 30 MPH...
A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 30 TO 40 MPH
WINDS WAS LOCATED FROM 3 MILES EAST OF PHEBA TO 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF
HESTERVILLE AT 324 AM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH THROUGH EUPORA AND
ACKERMAN HEADING INTO STARKVILLE AND COLUMBUS AREAS.
VERY HEAVY RAINS UP TO ONE INCH ALONG WITH CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
STRIKES ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS THROUGH 400 AM IN THE WEST
POINT...STARKVILLE AND COLUMBUS AREAS.
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 SOUTHEASTERN CARROLL...CHOCTAW...CLAY...EXTREME EAST
CENTRAL HOLMES...LOWNDES...SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY...NOXUBEE...
OKTIBBEHA...WEBSTER...NORTHERN WINSTON AND NORTHERN ATTALA COUNTIES
SHOULD MONITOR THESE STORMS CLOSELY.
LAT...LON 3296 8834 3315 8979 3320 8975 3322 8979
3373 8931 3374 8904 3376 8903 3376 8894
3378 8893 3380 8871 3368 8871 3367 8846
3369 8837 3375 8832 3374 8824
TIME...MOT...LOC 0824Z 278DEG 38KT 3359 8885 3319 8969
40The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 96 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:57 UTC.
3 strong wind, 2 lightning, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A lightning strike sparked a fire at a church on Tank Hill Road. The building was a total loss.
A tree was blown down on Whatley Road.
Trees were blown down near Highway 433 and Scotland Road.
A tree was blown down along Halls Ferry Road.
A house was struck by lightning on Oak Street causing a brief fire.
Minor shingle damage occurred to a house and the tops of a few pine trees were blown off.
A portion of Highway 469 near Florence was under water. Skylane Drive in Pearl was completely covered in water.
A couple of trees were blown onto a power line.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Mississippi in 2012Every state in 2012This day in weather historyWarnings in Mississippi, August 2012
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: 398896, 398907, 398915, 398922, 398935, 398940, 398949, 398955.