Showers and thunderstorms developed each afternoon in association with weak low pressure and stalled frontal boundary just northwest of the region. A few of the storms produced damaging winds and frequent lightning.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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 each afternoon in association with weak low pressure and stalled frontal boundary just northwest of the region. A few of the storms produced damaging winds and frequent lightning. Slow storm motion led to some flash flooding as well.
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 Jul 11, 2:20 PM CST, 0 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 320 PM CDT WED JUL 11 2012 .DISCUSSION...TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD SHOWERS...ALONG WITH SOME ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THIS EVENING. DUE TO THE VERY MOIST AIR MASS OVER THE REGION...HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS ACTIVITY WHICH COULD LEAD TO THE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AS WELL AS IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. THIS WILL ESPECIALLY BE THE CASE ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE CWA WHERE LITTLE MOVEMENT WITH SHOWERS IS OCCURRING AS THEY REPEATEDLY MOVE ACROSS THE SAME LOCATIONS. HERE...LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING CAN'T BE RULED OUT. ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA...A BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN...ASSOCIATED WITH OUTFLOW FROM A BURST OF CONVECTION FROM LATE LAST NIGHT OVER THE TEXAS COAST...CONTINUES TO GENERALLY RACE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS ON THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS BAND COULD GUST UP BETWEEN 30-40 MPH AS IT CONTINUES MOVING NORTHEAST. WE'VE BEEN COVERING THIS FEATURE WITH AN "SPS" AS IT'S SUB-SEVERE...AND WILL CONTINUE TO DUE SO DOWNSTREAM UNTIL IT EITHER EXITS THE CWA OR WASHES OUT. ACTIVITY IN GENERAL ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES...BUT SHOWERS COULD BEGIN TO REDEVELOP TOWARD DAY BREAK THURSDAY MORNING. OTHERWISE... LOOK FOR MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES TONIGHT AS LOWS FALL INTO THE LOWER 70S. FOR THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT...LOOK FOR MUCH OF THE SAME AS A WEAK DISTURBANCE REMAINS NEAR THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE CWA...WITH A STALLED BOUNDARY TO THE NORTH. NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD SHOWERS... ALONG WITH SOME ISOLATED STORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON...WILL AGAIN DEVELOP AND MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE DAY BRINGING A CONTINUATION TO SOME MUCH NEEDED AND APPRECIATED RAINFALL OVER THE ARKLAMISS REGION. THE AIR MASS OVER THE REGION WILL REMAIN VERY MOIST. THERFORE AGAIN...HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE. WITH HELP FROM THE CLOUDS AND RAIN... HIGHS WILL REMAIN ON THE COOL SIDE AS THEY ONLY TOP OUT IN THE LOW AND MIDDLE 80S...WHILE LOWS THURSDAY NIGHT FALL DOWN AROUND 70. THE OVERALL ASPECT OF THE FORECAST REMAINS UNCHANGED FRIDAY THROUGH THE REST OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. THEREFORE...THE PREVIOUS LONG TERM FORECAST DISCUSSION FOLLOWS. /19/ FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...COME FRIDAY MORNING OUR CWA WILL STILL BE IN A WEAKNESS BETWEEN A MID LEVEL HIGH CENTERED OVER THE FOUR CORNERS REGION AND THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE NOSING FROM THE WESTERN ATLANTIC ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST STATES. THIS SUBTROPICAL RIDGE WILL STRENGTHEN ACROSS OUR CWA THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND SHIFT THE WEAKNESS WEST OF OUR REGION. THIS WILL BRING A CHANGE FROM THE WET PATTERN THAT WE HAVE BEEN IN WITH ABOVE NORMAL CHANCES OF RAIN AND COOLER THAN NORMAL HIGHS...BY THE END OF THE WEEKEND TO A WARMER AND DRIER PATTERN. FRIDAY THE AXIS OF MID LEVEL TROUGH WILL BE NEAR THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. MUCH OF THE WESTERN HALF OF OUR CWA WILL BE UNDER AN AIR MASS WITH PWS ABOVE TWO INCHES. THIS RICH MOISTURE COMBINED WITH DAYTIME HEATING WILL RESULT IN A DECENT AMOUNT OF CLOUD COVER AND RAIN CHANCES ACROSS OUR CWA AGAIN FRIDAY. PWS IN EXCESS OF TWO INCHES WILL LIKELY RESULT IN LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. ANOTHER DAY OF COOLER THAN NORMAL HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S TO NEAR 90 DEGREES IS EXPECTED FOR FRIDAY. HEIGHTS RISE THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE STRENGTHENS OVER THE REGION AND SURFACE RIDGING FROM THE EAST NOSES INTO OUR AREA AS WELL. THIS WILL LEAD TO WARMER TEMPERATURES AND WORK TO INHIBIT CONVECTION BUT HIGH OUR MOIST AIR MASS WITH TWO INCH PWS IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS OUR CWA THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL FUEL MAINLY DIURNALLY DRIVEN CONVECTION EACH DAY. A POTENT NORTHERN STREAM SHORTWAVE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE UPPER AND MID MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEYS OVER THE WEEKEND BUT LOOKS TO REMAIN A LITTLE TOO FAR NORTH TO HAVE MUCH AFFECT ON OUR WEATHER. NORMAL AFTERNOON HIGHS RUN IN THE LOWER 90S. HIGHS WILL TOP BACK IN THE MID 90S AT MOST SITES FOR THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT WEEK. PEAK HEAT INDEXES WILL ALSO BE ON THE RISE NEXT WEEK TOPPING OUT AGAIN JUST ABOVE 100 EACH AFTERNOON. /22/ && .AVIATION...AREAS OF MVFR CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST WITH NUMEROUS TROPICAL SHRA ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THURSDAY. TSRA SHOULD BE ISOLATED MAINLY FROM 16-03Z EACH DAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL SHEAR AXIS HOLDS ABOUT STATIONARY JUST NW OF THE CWFA. OVERALL SURFACE WINDS WILL BE SLY 5-10KT WITH GUSTS TO 15KTS AT TIMES THEN BECOMING NEAR CALM DURING THE OVERNIGHT TIME PERIODS. AREAS OF IFR CEILINGS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS 08-14Z. /40/ && .FIRE WEATHER...MANY COUNTIES/PARISHES AROUND THE ARKLAMISS REMAIN UNDER BURN BANS AS MANY LOCATIONS ARE WELL BELOW NORMAL IN RAINFALL FOR THE PAST MONTH (~50%). HOWEVER...RAINFALL HAS BEEN ON THE INCREASE AND THE NUMBER OF LOCATIONS RECEIVING SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK. THE LONGER RANGE FORECAST CONTINUES TO HOLD GOOD POTENTIAL FOR A PERIOD OF ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL AND COOLER TEMPERATURES. IF WEATHER CONDITIONS UNFOLD AS EXPECTED INTO THE UPCOMING WEEK...IT IS POSSIBLE THAT FIRE DANGER WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED. /19/ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... JACKSON 70 82 69 91 / 72 77 35 43 MERIDIAN 70 86 68 91 / 70 69 39 47 VICKSBURG 71 81 70 89 / 75 84 41 45 HATTIESBURG 70 88 70 92 / 37 71 30 49 NATCHEZ 70 81 69 88 / 55 87 37 48 GREENVILLE 73 81 70 88 / 88 84 46 45 GREENWOOD 72 81 69 89 / 92 84 41 44 && .JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MS...NONE. LA...NONE. AR...NONE. && 19/40
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 222 PM CDT WED JUL 11 2012 ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 121930- 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- 222 PM CDT WED JUL 11 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND THURSDAY A VERY MOIST AIRMASS WILL SUPPORT MORE TROPICAL DOWNPOURS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ALONG WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALIZED PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND MINOR STREET FLOODING IN URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY 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 TUESDAY. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. 40
LAZ026-MSZ059>061-111750-
ADAMS MS-JEFFERSON MS-FRANKLIN MS-CONCORDIA LA-
1151 AM CDT WED JUL 11 2012
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1151 AM CDT WED JUL 11 2012
...SHOWERS WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS IMPACTING NATCHEZ AREA...
A LINE OF HEAVY SHOWERS WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS UP TO ONE INCH WAS LOCATED FROM VIDALIA AND
NATCHEZ TO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BUDE AT 1149 AM CDT...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
A FEW CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND WIND GUSTS OF 35 MPH ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE SHOWERS THROUGH 100 PM ALONG WITH PONDING
OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
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 FRANKLIN...JEFFERSON AND ADAMS COUNTIES...AND EAST CENTRAL
CONCORDIA PARISH SHOULD MONITOR THESE STORMS CLOSELY.
LAT...LON 3152 9163 3175 9131 3174 9127 3176 9126
3178 9127 3185 9116 3181 9090 3166 9073
3161 9074 3161 9068 3158 9065 3135 9070
3136 9122 3137 9122 3136 9142
TIME...MOT...LOC 1649Z 232DEG 21KT 3159 9143 3164 9105
3141 9088
40LAZ016-025-MSZ040-042-043-047>049-053>055-059-062>064-111845-
WARREN MS-SIMPSON MS-RANKIN MS-MADISON MS-LINCOLN MS-LAWRENCE MS-
JEFFERSON DAVIS MS-JEFFERSON MS-ISSAQUENA MS-HINDS MS-COPIAH MS-
CLAIBORNE MS-YAZOO MS-TENSAS LA-MADISON LA-
1235 PM CDT WED JUL 11 2012
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1235 PM CDT WED JUL 11 2012
...SHOWERS WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS CROSSING BROOKHAVEN TO PORT GIBSON
AREAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH...
A BAND OF HEAVY SHOWERS WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS UP TO ONE INCH WAS LOCATED FROM 3 MILES
NORTHWEST OF LAKE BRUIN TO RUTH AT 1232 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
25 MPH.
A FEW CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND WIND GUSTS OF 35 MPH ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE SHOWERS THROUGH 200 PM ALONG WITH PONDING
OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AS THEY PUSH INTO CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.
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 EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN YAZOO...CLAIBORNE...COPIAH...HINDS...
SOUTHEASTERN ISSAQUENA...NORTHEASTERN JEFFERSON...NORTHWESTERN
JEFFERSON DAVIS...LAWRENCE...NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN...EXTREME
SOUTHWESTERN MADISON...SOUTHWESTERN RANKIN...SIMPSON AND WARREN
COUNTIES...AND EASTERN MADISON AND NORTHERN TENSAS PARISHES SHOULD
MONITOR THESE STORMS CLOSELY.
LAT...LON 3165 9056 3198 9146 3266 9090 3266 9086
3264 9081 3234 8999 3193 8972 3134 9021
3134 9036
TIME...MOT...LOC 1732Z 215DEG 29KT 3202 9130 3172 9050
3139 9028
40LAZ016-025-MSZ042-043-047>050-053>056-063>066-072>074-111935-
WARREN MS-SMITH MS-SIMPSON MS-SCOTT MS-RANKIN MS-MARION MS-MADISON MS-
LAWRENCE MS-LAMAR MS-JONES MS-JEFFERSON DAVIS MS-HINDS MS-FORREST MS-
COVINGTON MS-COPIAH MS-CLAIBORNE MS-YAZOO MS-TENSAS LA-MADISON LA-
123 PM CDT WED JUL 11 2012
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
123 PM CDT WED JUL 11 2012
...SHOWERS WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND GUSTY WINDS OF 40 MPH CROSSING
COLUMBIA TO CRYSTAL SPRINGS TO SOMERSET AREAS...
A BAND OF HEAVY SHOWERS WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS UP TO ONE INCH AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH
WINDS WAS LOCATED FROM 3 MILES WEST OF SOMERSET TO CRYSTAL SPRINGS
TO SANDY HOOK AT 121 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
A FEW CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH
THROUGH 300 PM ALONG WITH PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AS THEY PUSH
INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...INCLUDING THE VICKSBURG...
JACKSON TO COLLINS AND HATTIESBURG 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 SOUTHWESTERN YAZOO...NORTHERN CLAIBORNE...COPIAH...
COVINGTON...NORTHWESTERN FORREST...HINDS...JEFFERSON DAVIS...WESTERN
JONES...NORTHERN LAMAR...NORTHEASTERN LAWRENCE...SOUTHERN MADISON...
MARION...RANKIN...WESTERN SCOTT...SIMPSON...SMITH AND WARREN
COUNTIES...AND EASTERN MADISON AND NORTHEASTERN TENSAS PARISHES
SHOULD MONITOR THESE STORMS CLOSELY.
LAT...LON 3100 8983 3107 8985 3108 8993 3190 9031
3214 9144 3258 9097 3243 9096 3244 9086
3257 9086 3256 9073 3263 9069 3265 9073
3269 9071 3266 9068 3269 9066 3273 9074
3250 8967 3149 8921 3100 8974 3099 8975
TIME...MOT...LOC 1818Z 222DEG 27KT 3218 9126 3197 9023
3104 8981
40LAZ009-016-MSZ040>043-047>051-055>057-065-066-073-074-112005-
WARREN MS-SMITH MS-SIMPSON MS-SHARKEY MS-SCOTT MS-RANKIN MS-NEWTON MS-
MADISON MS-LAMAR MS-JONES MS-JASPER MS-ISSAQUENA MS-HINDS MS-
FORREST MS-COVINGTON MS-YAZOO MS-EAST CARROLL LA-MADISON LA-
211 PM CDT WED JUL 11 2012
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
211 PM CDT WED JUL 11 2012
...SHOWERS WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND GUSTY WINDS OF 40 MPH
CROSSING VICKSBURG TO JACKSON TO COLLINS TO PURVIS AREAS...
A BAND OF HEAVY SHOWERS WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS UP TO ONE INCH AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH WINDS
WAS LOCATED FROM 4 MILES SOUTH OF TALLULAH TO JACKSON TO COLLINS AND
PURVIS AT 210 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
A FEW CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH
THROUGH 330 PM ALONG WITH PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
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 SOUTHWESTERN YAZOO...COVINGTON...FORREST...HINDS...
SOUTHEASTERN ISSAQUENA...WESTERN JASPER...JONES...LAMAR...SOUTHERN
MADISON...SOUTHWESTERN NEWTON...RANKIN...SCOTT...SOUTHERN SHARKEY...
EASTERN SIMPSON...SMITH AND WARREN COUNTIES...AND MADISON AND EXTREME
SOUTHEASTERN EAST CARROLL PARISHES SHOULD MONITOR THESE STORMS
CLOSELY.
LAT...LON 3101 8951 3101 8955 3143 8960 3144 8959
3151 8959 3208 8992 3220 9073 3222 9073
3220 9076 3229 9140 3273 9086 3252 8938
3201 8908 3143 8902 3143 8914 3118 8914
3100 8936 3097 8947
TIME...MOT...LOC 1907Z 226DEG 24KT 3235 9118 3215 8984
3165 8954 3101 8948
40SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 248 PM CDT WED JUL 11 2012 ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-122000- ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND- MADISON LA-FRANKLIN LA-CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSSETT...NORTH CROSSETT...HAMBURG... WEST CROSSETT...DERMOTT...LAKE VILLAGE...EUDORA...BASTROP... OAK GROVE...EPPS...LAKE PROVIDENCE...RAYVILLE...DELHI... TALLULAH...WINNSBORO...JONESVILLE...HARRISONBURG...NEWELLTON... ST. JOSEPH...WATERPROOF...VIDALIA...FERRIDAY...WEST FERRIDAY 248 PM CDT WED JUL 11 2012 ...HIGH FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS CONTINUE... ACCORDING TO AREA FORESTRY COMMISSIONS AND THE US FOREST SERVICE... OUTDOOR BURNING REMAINS HAZARDOUS DUE TO AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF DRY WEATHER. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS HAVE PROVIDED LOCAL RELIEF BUT FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS REMAIN CRITICAL IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS. BURN BANS CONTINUE IN MANY AREAS ACROSS ARKANSAS AND LOUISIANA. IN SOME LOCATIONS...CONDITIONS ARE SUCH THAT A SPARK FROM EQUIPMENT... THE HEAT FROM A CATALYTIC CONVERTER...OR ANY HEAT SOURCE COULD START A GRASS OR BRUSH FIRE. PLEASE USE CAUTION WITH OUTDOOR COOKING AND BARBECUING...AND DO NOT DUMP ASHES UNLESS YOU ARE CERTAIN THEY ARE COMPLETELY OUT. COALS CAN BURN FOR AS LONG AS ONE OR TWO DAYS AFTER BEING USED. AREA FORESTRY COMMISSIONS AND THE U.S. FOREST SERVICE URGE THE PUBLIC TO COMPLY WITH ANY BURN BANS AND REFRAIN FROM OUTDOOR BURNING. IN AREAS NOT UNDER BURN BANS...BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS IF YOU MUST BURN...AND BE ALERT FOR NEW BURN BAN ISSUANCES. FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON BURN BANS AND FIRE DANGER...PLEASE GO TO THE FOLLOWING WEB SITES: ARKANSAS: FORESTRY.ARKANSAS.GOV LOUISIANA: WWW.LDAF.STATE.LA.US 19
MSZ036-037-042>046-048>052-056>058-065-066-074-112100-
ATTALA MS-SMITH MS-SCOTT MS-RANKIN MS-NEWTON MS-NESHOBA MS-MADISON MS-
LEAKE MS-LAUDERDALE MS-KEMPER MS-JONES MS-JASPER MS-HOLMES MS-
HINDS MS-FORREST MS-COVINGTON MS-CLARKE MS-YAZOO MS-
251 PM CDT WED JUL 11 2012
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
251 PM CDT WED JUL 11 2012
...SHOWERS WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND GUSTY WINDS OF 40 MPH
CROSSING JACKSON TO FOREST TO LAUREL AND HATTIESBURG AREAS...
A BAND OF HEAVY SHOWERS WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS UP TO ONE INCH AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH WAS
LOCATED FROM BROWNSVILLE TO FOREST TO LAUREL AND HATTIESBURG
AT 250 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
A FEW CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH
ALONG WITH PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THE
CANTON...CARTHAGE...PHILADELPHIA...NEWTON AND MERIDIAN AREAS THROUGH
400 PM.
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 EASTERN YAZOO...CLARKE...EXTREME NORTHEASTERN COVINGTON...
NORTHEASTERN FORREST...NORTHEASTERN HINDS...SOUTHEASTERN HOLMES...
JASPER...JONES...SOUTHWESTERN KEMPER...WESTERN LAUDERDALE...LEAKE...
MADISON...NESHOBA...NEWTON...NORTHERN RANKIN...SCOTT...EASTERN SMITH
AND SOUTHWESTERN ATTALA COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THESE STORMS CLOSELY.
LAT...LON 3182 8894 3144 8894 3143 8914 3119 8914
3114 8920 3220 8956 3244 9060 3321 8989
3272 8894 3200 8845
TIME...MOT...LOC 1947Z 223DEG 26KT 3248 9042 3226 8948
3129 8915
40The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 111 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:19 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Many streets were flooded, with some closed due to the flooding.
A large tree was blown down.
A tree was blown down on Old Highway 49 between Braxton and D Lo. A large limb fell on a vehicle in Braxton.
Teresa Street was flooded in Laurel.
Lightning caused power outages and a transformer on fire.
Trees and power lines were blown down around Money.
Down power lines caused power outages in Raymond.
A bridge was under water in Utica.
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, July 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: 390292, 390442, 390443, 390445, 390446, 390448, 390449, 390450.