Isolated severe storms affected eastern Mississippi during the late afternoon hours. These storms had caused some wind damage to trees and power lines.
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The episode as NWS JAN wrote it up.
Isolated severe storms affected eastern Mississippi during the late afternoon hours. These storms had caused some wind damage to trees and power lines. This was caused by a weak surface boundary and some weak disturbances passing through the area.
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 24, 2:25 PM CST, 38 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 325 PM CDT SUN JUN 24 2012 .SHORT TERM... FORECAST IN THE SHORT TERM APPEARS A BIT CLEARER AS MODELS ARE NOW IN REASONABLE AGREEMENT THAT DEBBY WILL TAKE A SLOW NE OR ENE TRACK TOWARD AQQ OR FL BIG BEND AREA NEXT 2-3 DAYS. AS A RESULT...OUR FORECAST AREA WILL REMAIN IN AN AREA OF GENERAL SUBSIDENCE ON NW SIDE OF SYSTEM. AS EXPECTED SCT SHRA/TSRA HAVE DEVELOPED WITH DAYTIME HEATING IN CONFLUENCE AREA ON NW SIDE OF DEBBY TODAY OVER SE 1/2 OF AREA. THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD DISSIPATE WITH SUNSET. HIGH RESOLUTION MODELS ARE MUCH LESS BULLISH ON ANY CONVECTION TOMORROW AS SUBSIDENCE LOOKS TO INCREASE ON NW SIDE OF DEBBY AND SOMEWHAT DRIER AIR FILTERS IN. HENCE WILL LEAVE FORECAST DRY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE THE MAIN STORY ON MONDAY AS MODELS SHOW 925/850 MB TEMPS A BIT WARMER AGAIN THAN TODAY...SO WILL RAISE GUIDANCE TEMPS BY A BIT AND SHOW READINGS IN THE 96-101 RANGE WITH WARMEST IN THE W/NW. DEWPOINTS SHOULD STILL MIX OUT ENOUGH FOR HEAT INDICES TO GENERALLY STAY BELOW 105F SO NO ADVISORY NEEDED BUT HAVE MENTIONED IN THE HWO. WINDS WILL ALSO BE GUSTY MONDAY AS PRESSURE GRADIENT TIGHTENS ON NW SIDE OF DEBBY. TUESDAY WILL BE AN INTERESTING AND CHALLENGING PERIOD PRIMARILY FOR TEMPS. SOMEWHAT COOLER AND SUBSTANTIALLY DRIER AIR WILL TRY TO WORK SW INTO THE AREA AS FRONT DROPS INTO THE REGION ASSOCIATED WITH DEVELOPING UPPER LOW OVER NE CONUS. GFS HAS BEEN MOST AGGRESSIVE WITH THIS SCENARIO WHILE ECMWF HAS BEEN LEAST. MODEL DIFFERENCES HAVE NARROWED SOME WITH GFS TEMPERTURES COMING UP SOME THIS RUN...BUT LOOKING AT ECMWF AND EVEN COMPROMISE NAM SOLUTION...GFS MOS STILL SEEMS TOO COOL. HAVE RAISED TEMPS A FEW DEGS ACROSS THE BOARD. GIVEN THAT MODELS ARE ALL NOW IN AGREEMENT ON DRIER...SUBSIDENT FLOW TUE WITH DEBBY REMAINING WELL SE OF AREA...HAVE REMOVED ALL MENTION OF POPS FOR TUE. .LONG TERM... THE SPECTER OF DEBBY RETURNS TO INTRODUCE UNCERTAINTY INTO THE LONG RANGE PERIOD. WED SEEMS TO BE ANOTHER HOT AND DRY DAY AS EFFECTS OF FRONT DISSIPATE AS MID LEVEL HEIGHTS BEGIN TO REBOUND. THE MAIN QUESTION MARKS ARE FOR THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEK AS THE LATEST 12Z ECMWF STILL INSISTS THAT DEBBY WILL NOT GET PICKED UP BY THE TROUGH AND WILL MOVE BACK WEST INTO OUR REGION ON UNDERSIDE OF AMPLIFYING MID LEVEL RIDGE OVER MIDWEST AND EVENTUALLY OHIO VALLEY. CONVERSELY THE GFS IS EVEN FASTER THAN PREVIOUS RUNS IN HAVING DEBBY PICKED UP BY THE TROUGH OVER THE NE CONUS AND RACING OUT INTO THE NW ATLANTIC. BY THU THE DIFFERENCE IN POSITIONS IS BETWEEN THE GFS SHOWING IT OFF THE COAST OF NOVA SCOTIA AND MOVING NE...AND THE ECMWF NEAR KPNS AND MOVING SLOWLY WNW. OTHER MODELS ARE IN BETWEEN THESE TWO EXTREMES. THE PROBLEM IS BOTH OF THESE SOLUTIONS ARE CERTAINLY WITHIN THE REALM OF POSSIBILITY. A LOT OF IT HINGES ON HOW FAR NE DEBBY DRIFTS IN THE NEXT TWO DAYS AND IF THE TROUGH IS DEEP ENOUGH TO ENABLE IT TO FULLY PICK THE SYSTEM UP...AND VERY SMALL DIFFERENCES IN THESE FEATURES COULD MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN THE ULTIMATE SOLUTION. FOR NOW WE ARE JUST GOING TO MENTION IN THE HWO AND GRAPHICASTS THAT THE SYSTEM NEEDS TO BE MONITORED FOR ANY POTENTIAL IMPACTS...BUT EVEN IF IMPACTS WERE TO OCCUR IT WOULD NOT BE BEFORE THURSDAY AT THE VERY EARLIEST. IF DEBBY DOES GET PICKED UP AND MOVED OFF TO THE E AND NE...IT SEEMS LIKELY THAT HOT AND RELATIVELY DRY WEATHER WILL BE THE DOMINANT FEATURE FOR US LATE THIS WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND...WITH READINGS IN THE 95 TO 100 DEGREE RANGE LIKELY. && .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST TODAY WITH SOME LOW END HAZY CONDITIONS...BUT AREA VSBY SHOULD HOLD ABV 6SM. ISO SHRA/TSRA HAVE DEVELOPED OVER E-CENTRAL/CENTRAL AREAS AND WILL PUSH SW THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. VCSH WAS ADDED TO MEI TO COVER THIS AND WILL AMD IF ANY WILL IMPACT THE SITE. ALL ACTIVITY WILL DIMINISH AROUND SUNSET. OVERNIGHT...VFR WILL PREVAIL...BUT THERE MAY BE SOME PERIOD WHERE MVFR VIS MAY EXIST AROUND SUNRISE. ON MON...MAIN FORECAST ISSUE WILL BE SOME BREEZY N/NE WINDS. /CME/ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... JACKSON 68 99 74 95 / 2 1 1 9 MERIDIAN 69 97 70 96 / 5 2 0 9 VICKSBURG 67 100 72 97 / 1 1 1 8 HATTIESBURG 70 97 71 97 / 8 8 7 20 NATCHEZ 69 95 71 94 / 3 4 7 21 GREENVILLE 69 100 72 94 / 2 1 2 4 GREENWOOD 68 100 69 94 / 1 1 2 4 && .JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MS...NONE. LA...NONE. AR...NONE. && AEG/CME
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 214 PM CDT SUN JUN 24 2012 LAZ024>026-MSZ029>033-037>039-042>066-072>074-251915- CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA-WEBSTER-CLAY-LOWNDES-CHOCTAW-OKTIBBEHA- ATTALA-WINSTON-NOXUBEE-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- 214 PM CDT SUN JUN 24 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND MONDAY HOT CONDITIONS WILL ONCE AGAIN OCCUR ACROSS THE AREA AS HIGHS TOP OUT BETWEEN 96 AND 99 DEGREES. COMBINING THAT WITH HIGHER HUMIDITY VALUES...HEAT INDICES WILL AGAIN TOP OUT AROUND 100 DEGREES TO 105 DURING THE AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY REGUARDING TROPICAL STORM DEBBY...CONSIDERABLE UNCERTAINTY STILL EXISTS IN THE OVERALL TRACK AND EVOLUTION DURING THE LONG RANGE. THERE DOES REMAIN SOME POTENTIAL FOR THIS SYSTEM TO IMPACT PORTIONS OF THE AREA BY LATE WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND IF THE SLOW SOLUTIONS VERIFY. .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 SATURDAY. ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023-MSZ018-019-025>028-034>036-040- 041-251915- ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND- MADISON LA-FRANKLIN LA-BOLIVAR-SUNFLOWER-LEFLORE-GRENADA-CARROLL- MONTGOMERY-WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS-HOLMES-ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY- 214 PM CDT SUN JUN 24 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND MONDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY 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 SATURDAY. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN.
MSZ049-055-056-242015-
SMITH MS-SIMPSON MS-RANKIN MS-
257 PM CDT SUN JUN 24 2012
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
257 PM CDT SUN JUN 24 2012
...THUNDERSTORM WITH GUSTY WIND POTENTIAL NEAR POLKVILLE...
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 40 TO 50 MPH WIND GUSTS
WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF WHITE OAK AT 257 PM CDT...MOVING
SOUTHWEST AT 25 MPH.
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 RANKIN...NORTHEASTERN SIMPSON AND NORTHWESTERN
SMITH COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.
LAT...LON 3207 8994 3224 8973 3222 8973 3222 8959
3217 8952 3192 8976
TIME...MOT...LOC 1957Z 043DEG 22KT 3216 8967
BYBMSZ049-055-056-242100-
SMITH MS-SIMPSON MS-RANKIN MS-
340 PM CDT SUN JUN 24 2012
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
340 PM CDT SUN JUN 24 2012
...ANOTHER GUSTY THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SOUTHWEST JUST TO THE EAST OF
POLKSVILLE...
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 40 TO 50 MPH WIND GUSTS
WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF BURNS AT 340 PM CDT...MOVING
SOUTHWEST AT 20 MPH.
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 RANKIN...NORTHEASTERN SIMPSON AND NORTHWESTERN
SMITH COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.
LAT...LON 3192 8964 3204 8984 3222 8967 3222 8953
3217 8945
TIME...MOT...LOC 2040Z 035DEG 19KT 3215 8960
BYBMSZ055-242110-
SIMPSON MS-
348 PM CDT SUN JUN 24 2012
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
348 PM CDT SUN JUN 24 2012
...GUSTY THUNDERSTORM MOVING JUST SOUTH OF HARRISVILLE...
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 40 TO 50 MPH WIND GUSTS
WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HARRISVILLE AT 348 PM CDT...MOVING
SOUTHWEST AT 20 MPH.
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 WESTERN SIMPSON COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.
LAT...LON 3177 9013 3179 9011 3180 9015 3183 9014
3184 9016 3185 9014 3187 9014 3191 9017
3193 9017 3204 9007 3194 8989 3176 9002
3175 9012
TIME...MOT...LOC 2048Z 034DEG 18KT 3192 9004
BYBMSZ052-242135-
LAUDERDALE MS-
354 PM CDT SUN JUN 24 2012
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
354 PM CDT SUN JUN 24 2012
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SOUTHWEST DOWN INTERSTATE TWENTY EAST
OF MERIDIAN...
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 40 TO 50 MPH WIND GUSTS
WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF KEWANEE AT 354 PM CDT...MOVING
SOUTHWEST AT 20 MPH.
DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
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 LAUDERDALE COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM
CLOSELY.
LAT...LON 3230 8842 3223 8848 3222 8860 3232 8874
3258 8846 3257 8838
TIME...MOT...LOC 2054Z 039DEG 18KT 3249 8840
BYBThe Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 145 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:04 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A swath of thunderstorm wind damage blew trees down along Cuba Road, Clarence Harris Road, and J. Thomas Road between Toomsuba and the state line. Also multiple trees were blown down along Butts Road.
Outflow from a thunderstorm knocked down a few trees and power lines in Meridian.
Trees and power lines were blown down.
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, June 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: 385323, 392629, 385328.