During the late afternoon and evening hours of June 11, a sprawling linear complex of storms moved southward across the Jackson, MS forecast area. Widespread tree and power line damage occurred as 60 to 70 mph winds impacted the area.
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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.
During the late afternoon and evening hours of June 11, a sprawling linear complex of storms moved southward across the Jackson, MS forecast area. Widespread tree and power line damage occurred as 60 to 70 mph winds impacted the area. At the height of the storm, roughly 45,000 Entergy customers were without power. Locations in Sunflower County, around Ruleville and Indianola, were hit especially hard. Winds were likely around 80 mph in these areas causing significant roof damage to the North Sunflower Medical Center in Ruleville and a couple buildings in Indianola. Additionally, an 81 mph gust was measured in Isola in northern Humphreys County. Wind was not the only severe weather hazard during this event. Lightning was extreme with a few homes struck. One home in Brandon, MS was significantly burned after a lightning strike caused a fire. Heavy rain and flash flooding also occurred with a few locations receiving 3 to 6 inches. The worst flooding occurred in Cleveland and in Jackson.
This event was not confined to just central Mississippi. This storm system was very large for this time of year, especially for the part of the country it impacted. The system originated in central Missouri during the early morning hours of June 11. The complex expanded and intensified as it move southeast through midday and early afternoon before shifting more southward through late afternoon and evening. Across the region, over 400 reports of severe weather occurred, with the vast majority of those being damaging winds.
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 11, 3:30 PM CST, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 430 PM CDT MON JUN 11 2012 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX PUSHING SOUTHEAST INTO THE BULK OF THE REGION THIS EVENING... .DISCUSSION...CURRENTLY WATCHING RATHER WELL-DEVELOPED THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX (WHICH HAS BEEN PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND SOME REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL) PUSHING SOUTHEAST TOWARD THE NORTHERN FRINGES OF OUR FORECAST AREA. AS HAS GENERALLY BEEN ANTICIPATED WITH THIS SYSTEM...THE COMPLEX IS EXPECTED TO HOLD TOGETHER WITH SUFFICIENT STRENGTH TO CONTINUE TO SEVERE RISK AS IT MOVES INTO THE HEART OF THE REGION THIS EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF STORM RELATIVE LOW LEVEL SHEAR AND INSTABILITY NORTH OF I-20 EARLY THIS EVENING COULD POSE A PARTICULARLY STRONG RISK FOR WIDESPREAD WINDS GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THERE HAS BEEN SOME INDICATION THAT THE WESTERN EXTENT OF THE STORM COMPLEX MAY END UP PASSING EAST OF OUR WESTERN-MOST COUNTIES AND PARISHES AND THIS TREND WILL HAVE TO BE MONITORED. HOWEVER...GIVEN THE CONSENSUS OF PREVIOUS GUIDANCE AND THE EXPECTATION OF SOME SLIGHT SOUTHWARD TURNING OF MOVEMENT VECTORS IT WOULD BE PREMATURE AT THIS POINT TO DE-EMPHASIZE THE RISK THERE. SOMEWHAT LESSER SHEAR AND INSTABILITY INGREDIENTS SOUTH OF I-20 LATE THIS EVENING SHOULD ALLOW FOR A LITTLE LESS SIG SVR POTENTIAL IN THOSE AREAS...BUT AT LEAST SOME DAMAGING WIND WILL PERSIST. STILL EXPECT MOST OF THE CONVECTION SHOULD BE OVER IN THE CWA BY LATE TONIGHT WITH TEMPERATURES BOTTOMING-OUT A LITTLE BELOW MAV GUIDANCE. FOR TOMORROW THE SITUATION IS VERY COMPLEX AND HINGES UPON THE SPECIFIC EVOLUTION OF THINGS TONIGHT. FOR EXAMPLE...MANY HIRES MODEL RUNS WHICH HAVE MODELED CONVECTION THUS FAR QUITE WELL SO FAR INSIST DEEP MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY AXIS WILL BE DISRUPTED SO MUCH BY TONIGHTS CONVECTION THAT LITTLE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL FORM TOMORROW. MEANWHILE...THE LARGER-SCALE EUROPEAN MODEL (WHICH IS SURPRISINGLY NOT DOING A TERRIBLE JOB WITH THE CURRENT CONVECTION) BREAKS OUT VERY ROBUST STORMS ACROSS AT LEAST THE SOUTHERN TWO-THIRDS OF OUR REGION TOMORROW AFTERNOON ALONG A SOUTHWARD ADVANCING FRONTAL BOUNDARY. THE LATTER SCENARIO IS LOOKING MORE PLAUSIBLE SINCE THE RESERVOIR OF MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY TO OUR WEST DOES NOT LOOK TO BE ERADICATED BY ANY CONVECTION DEVELOPING LATER AND MOISTURE TRANSPORT VECTORS WILL COME FROM THE WEST TOMORROW AHEAD OF THE BOUNDARY. IT IS QUITE POSSIBLE A DIFFERENT THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX WILL GET GOING TO OUR WEST LATE TONIGHT...WHICH MAY SUBSEQUENTLY TRY TO PUSH INTO PART OF OUR REGION RELATIVELY EARLY ON TUESDAY. THAT SAID...THE MOST LIKELY EVOLUTION WILL BE FOR MOST OF THE CONVECTION TO HOLD OFF IN OUR REGION UNTIL LATER ON TUESDAY...WHEN INSTABILITY WILL AGAIN BE HIGH...SHEAR MODERATE...AND THE RISK FOR AT LEAST SOME SEVERE WEATHER PRESENT. /BB/ && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 423 AM CDT MON JUN 11 2012/ WEDNESDAY THROUGH NEXT SUNDAY... THE COLD FRONT WILL PUSH SOUTH THROUGH MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA WEDNESDAY AND STALL BEFORE REACHING THE GULF COAST. A DRIER AIRMASS FOLLOWING THE FRONT WILL BRIEFLY SETTLE OVER THE ARKLAMISS...BUT MODELS ARE IN GENERAL AGREEMENT THAT A WEAK UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL CUT OFF FROM THE WESTERLIES AND SLOWLY MIGRATE SEWD INTO THE LOWER MS VALLEY REGION. THIS LOW WILL HELP TO MOISTEN THE AIRMASS AND PROMOTE A MORE FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR SUMMERTIME DIURNAL TSTM ACTIVITY...PARTICULARLY ALONG THE HWY 84 CORRIDOR FROM THURS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. HOWEVER MOISTURE/INSTABILITY WILL BE MARGINAL FOR GETTING MORE THAN ISOLATED TO SCATTERED CONVECTIVE PCPN COVERAGE. OTHERWISE...EXPECT SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES WITH HIGHS GETTING TO AROUND 90F WHILE LOWS DROP OFF INTO THE MID/UPPER 60S. /EC/ && .AVIATION...GENERALLY VFR CONDITIONS SCT-BKN 3-5KFT WILL CONTINUE FOR MOST AREAS THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. CIGS/VSBYS WILL DETERIORATE QUICKLY OVER NRN ZONES BY 6 PM WHEN A SQUALL LINE OF STRONG AND SEVERE STORMS MOVES IN FROM THE NORTH. THE LINE OF STORMS WILL PROCEED TO THE S ACROSS THE REGION...REACHING THE I-20 CORRIDOR BETWEEN 8 AND 10 PM AND MOVING INTO SRN ZONES BETWEEN 10 PM AND MIDNIGHT. IFR/MVFR CIGS/VSBYS CAN BE EXPECTED IN HEAVIER PRECIP WITH THE LINES OF STORMS. VSBYS WILL RECOVER TO VFR IN THE WAKE OF THE STORMS WITH BKN-OVC CIGS 3-5K FEET. WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE MOST INTENSE OVER NRN ZONES WITH POSSIBLE WIND GUSTS TO 70-80 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH EXPECTED OVER SRN AREAS. WIDESPREAD MVFR CIGS WILL DEVELOP TOWARD MORNING ACROSS THE AREA WITH LOCAL MVFR VSBYS THROUGH 13Z. /03/ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... JACKSON 71 90 72 90 / 70 59 50 24 MERIDIAN 71 89 71 92 / 72 60 42 19 VICKSBURG 72 90 70 90 / 62 55 52 29 HATTIESBURG 73 91 73 92 / 60 48 30 35 NATCHEZ 73 89 71 89 / 49 40 32 46 GREENVILLE 71 90 69 89 / 83 50 32 17 GREENWOOD 70 90 68 89 / 88 47 30 13 && .JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MS...NONE. LA...NONE. AR...NONE. && 50/03/EC
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 318 PM CDT MON JUN 11 2012 ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-MSZ018-019-025>046-122030- ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-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- 318 PM CDT MON JUN 11 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND NORTH MISSISSIPPI...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND TUESDAY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON TODAY AND EARLY THIS EVENING. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER RISK WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR DESTRUCTIVE WINDS FROM 70 TO 80 MPH. RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO TAKE COVER AS THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. LARGE QUARTER SIZE HAIL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. SEVERE STORMS ASSOCIATED WITH AN APPROACHING THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON. THE RISK OF SEVERE STORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING AND SHOULD END BY 8 OR 9 PM. .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 MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. LAZ015-016-023-025-MSZ047>058-122030- RICHLAND-MADISON LA-FRANKLIN LA-TENSAS-WARREN-HINDS-RANKIN-SCOTT- NEWTON-LAUDERDALE-CLAIBORNE-COPIAH-SIMPSON-SMITH-JASPER-CLARKE- 318 PM CDT MON JUN 11 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND TUESDAY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA THIS EVENING. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER RISK WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS FROM 60 TO 70 MPH. RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO TAKE COVER AS THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. LARGE QUARTER SIZE HAIL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. SEVERE STORMS ASSOCIATED WITH AN APPROACHING THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA DURING THE EVENING. THE RISK OF SEVERE STORMS SHOULD END BY 10 OR 11 PM. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN TUESDAY. THE PRIMARY RISKS WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH. LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION TUESDAY. THE UNSTABLE AND VERY MOIST AIR MASS THAT WILL BE IN PLACE WILL MAINTAIN THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS. .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 MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING AND AGAIN TUESDAY. LAZ024-026-MSZ059>066-072>074-122030- CATAHOULA-CONCORDIA-JEFFERSON-ADAMS-FRANKLIN MS-LINCOLN-LAWRENCE- JEFFERSON DAVIS-COVINGTON-JONES-MARION-LAMAR-FORREST- 318 PM CDT MON JUN 11 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND TUESDAY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA TONIGHT. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER RISK WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. SEVERE STORMS ASSOCIATED WITH AN APPROACHING THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA TONIGHT. THE RISK OF SEVERE STORMS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL 1 AM. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN TUESDAY. THE PRIMARY RISKS WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH. LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION TUESDAY. THE UNSTABLE AND VERY MOIST AIR MASS THAT WILL BE IN PLACE WILL MAINTAIN THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS. .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 MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. 03
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 180 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:48 UTC.
55 thunderstorm wind, 5 flash flood, 3 hail, 1 heavy rain, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
An eighteen wheeler was blown over along US Highway 61 just northeast of Cleveland. Near Cleveland, high winds shattered glass at a business at Highway 8 and Bayou Avenue, and multiple trees were blown down around the city.
Roof damage occurred at North Sunflower Medical Center and to a building in downtown Ruleville. Power lines were also down. Power lines were blown down on US Highway 49 West near Ruleville.
Trees were blown down in the Flint Hill Community.
A couple of trees were blown down east of Grenada.
Measured at Columbus Air Force Base.
A tree was down across a road in Stoneville.
A couple of trees were blown down.
A tree was down on a power line in Schlater. Several other trees were down around the county.
Several trees and power lines were blown down around the county. One tree fell on a camper and windows were blown out of a business on Tuscaloosa Road.
Measured at the Golden Triangle Airport.
Recorded by the media in Columbus.
A tree was blown down south of Starkville.
Street flooding occurred in Grenada.
Several trees were blown down west of Tomnolen.
A tree was blown down on Browning Road near Greenville and a tree was downed near Sidon.
Measured on a private weather station in Isola. Numerous trees were also blown down in the area.
Measured at the Greenwood Leflore Airport.
Power lines were blown down in the Brooksville area.
Several trees were blown down around Belzoni. Power outages occurred in the area.
Numerous trees were blown down between Lexington and Tchula. A few trees and power lines were blown down in West.
Several roads were closed due to water covering the roadway.
A tree was blown down across Highway 35 north of Kosciusko.
Trees and power lines were blown down across the county. A utility pole fell on a vehicle in De Kalb.
Numerous trees were blown down around Yazoo City. Power outages occurred in Yazoo City. A tree fell on a carport in Yazoo City destroying the carport.
A sign was blown off a building in Philadelphia. A tree was blown on Mississippi Highway 16 just west of the Kemper and Neshoba county line.
Numerous trees were blown down across the county including several downed near Meridian Naval Air Station and between Collinsville and Bailey.
Several trees were blown down in Edinburg and Thomastown.
Multiple trees were blown down on County Road 4300 east of Mississippi Highway 19.
Power lines were blown down.
Numerous trees and power lines were blown down across the southern part of Yazoo County.
Numerous trees were blown down across the county, including along Highway 489 at Hazel County Line Road.
Trees were blown down on the west side of Ridgeland west of Interstate 55 along Highland Colony Parkway, Old Agency Road, and Richardson Road. Additional trees were blown down along Gluckstadt Road and along the Natchez Trace Parkway.
A metal roof was peeled off a house on Utah Road. Several trees were blown down in Lena.
Several trees were blown down across Warren County near Vicksburg. A tree fell through a house on Cherry Street in Vicksburg.
Measured 1.67 inches at Raymond Airport.
Measured at the Ross Barnett Reservoir Control Tower.
Quarter sized hail fell in Belhaven.
A swath of thunderstorm damaging winds had caused widespread tree damage across Rankin County. Some of the locations included inside the city of Brandon, as well as Williams Road, Mcdonald Lane, Trickhambridge Road and Monterey Road. A tree was blown onto a pickup truck taking off the cab off on Highway 80 west of Pelahatchie.
Trees were blown down on Highway 504.
Trees were blown down along Utica Street in Edwards. A tree fell on a house on Kenner Street, and a tree was blown down on Dorgan Street in Jackson. A tree fell on a car near Belhaven.
Several trees were blown down across Clark County. This included along Highway 511, Highway 512 near Highway 18 West, Highway 513 between Stonewall and Enterprise, and County Road 331. Power lines were blown down along Highway 512.
Lightning struck a house on Red Oak Drive causing a structure fire.
Numerous trees were blown down across Jasper County. A large tree was blown over on North 2nd Street in Bay Springs.
Water was covering portions of Highway 80 just east of Hickory.
A swath of thunderstorm wind damage blew down numerous trees county wide. Some of the areas included Highway 18, Highway 501, and Highway 37 near Raleigh.
A few houses were flooded in Hollandale.
Trees and power lines were blown down around Magee. Three roads were blocked by trees.
Tree and power lines were blown down along US Highway 11 on the south side of Sandersville. Additional trees were blown down near Seminary and Moselle.
Multiple trees and power lines were blown down around Crystal Springs.
A tree fell on a car along Mississippi Highway 37 just south of Mississippi Highway 532. Another tree was blown down on Mitchell Road.
Gas station parking lots were flooded and cars were stalling on High Street due to the high water. Water was over several roads in downtown Jackson.
A tree was blown down on Rodney Road.
One tree was down across Highway 27 one mile south of town. Several large limbs were blown down in town.
Numerous trees were down across the county.
A few small trees were blown down in the Oak Grove area. Power lines were blown down near US Highway 98 and Cole Road.
A tree fell on a house along Highway 42 in Petal. Trees and power lines were blown down on Elks Lake Road, and additional trees were blown down near McLaurin.
Power lines were blown down at MS Highway 35 and Old Jamestown Road near Foxworth.
Trees were blown down around Natchez on Cranfield Road, Lower Woodville Road, Moss Grove Road, Duck Pond Road, and Cloverdale Road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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