The combination of gulf moisture, a warm front and instability caused isolated strong storms to develop over central Mississippi. There was also locally heavy rainfall.
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The episode as NWS JAN wrote it up.
The combination of gulf moisture, a warm front and instability caused isolated strong storms to develop over central Mississippi. There was also locally heavy rainfall.
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, 1:58 PM CST, 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 258 PM CDT MON JUN 24 2013 .DISCUSSION...TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. NO BIG CHANGES TO THE GUIDANCE THIS RUN...SO WENT WITH THE MAV. RAIN CHANCES DECREASED SLIGHTLY...BUT THEY WERE NOT TOO HIGH FOR THE NEXT 24-48 HOURS ANYWAY. TEMPERATURES DID NOT CHANGE MUCH...STILL LOOKS LIKE WEDNESDAY WILL BE A WARM ONE...WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES IN THE LOWER 100S ACROSS THE DELTA. STRATUS IS LIKELY AGAIN IN THE MORNING WITH SOME PATCHY FOG...MAINLY OVER THE SOUTHEAST AGAIN. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA. THERE WERE SOME PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN IN THE SOUTHEAST...WHERE THERE WAS LIKELY SOME STANDING WATER OVER CLARKE AND JASPER COUNTY. NOT LOOKING FOR MUCH IN THE WAY OF SEVERE STORMS...BUT A STRONG STORM OR TWO MAY DEVELOP. THE MODELS SEEM TO HAVE A GOOD HANDLE ON THE DEVELOPMENT...WITH ACTIVITY CONTINUING ALONG THE WEAK WARM FRONT. LOOKS LIKE VERY LITTLE DEVELOPMENT HAS OCCURRED ALONG THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL US. THE ACTIVITY HAS REMAINED WELL TO NORTH...OVER THE MIDWEST...SO THE NORTHERN CWA MAY MISS OUT ON THE RAIN TODAY. MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW THE BOUNDARY AND SHORTWAVE MOVING EAST THIS EVENING...WITH RAIN DIMINISHING TONIGHT. THE NEXT COLD FRONT DROPS IN AND LINGERS OVER THE SOUTHEAST FOR DAY...WITH SOME ISOLATED DEVELOPMENT EXPECTED FOR TOMORROW AND WEDNESDAY. YET ANOTHER FRONT DROPS INTO THE AREA EARLY THURSDAY...WITH A SIMILAR OUTCOME. CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO STRONG UPPER RIDGES...LOOKS LIKE MUCH OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE SURFACED BASED...SEA BREEZE OR SOME OTHER LEFT OVER BOUNDARY FOR THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. HOWEVER...VERY LITTLE RAIN WAS EXPECTED AND WHAT DEVELOPS SHOULD BE SOUTH. THE UPPER RIDGE TO THE WEST STARTS TO RETROGRADE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...PUTTING THE CWA IN THE DREADED NORTHWEST FLOW BY THE END OF THE WEEK. && .AVIATION... OST CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY SHOULD BE DONE BY SUNDOWN WITH SOME PATCHY FOG POSSIBLE IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN MS EARLY TUESDAY MORNING WHERE RAIN FALLS TODAY. IT LOOKS LIKE SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL NOT BE AS PRONOUNCED TUESDAY MORNING AS IT WAS THIS MORNING SO NOT EXPECTING MUCH IN THE WAY OF LIFR CATEGORY STRATUS. ANY FOG/STRATUS WOULD BURN OFF BY MID TUESDAY MORNING WITH VFR CONDITIONS FOR THE AFTERNOON. EC/ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... JACKSON 70 93 73 94 / 14 3 5 11 MERIDIAN 68 93 70 95 / 15 7 6 12 VICKSBURG 69 92 71 94 / 14 2 5 9 HATTIESBURG 71 93 72 95 / 17 13 5 19 NATCHEZ 70 90 71 91 / 14 8 4 15 GREENVILLE 71 93 72 95 / 14 2 5 8 GREENWOOD 70 92 71 94 / 14 4 5 9 && .JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MS...NONE. LA...NONE. AR...NONE. && 7/EC
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 125 PM CDT MON JUN 24 2013 ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 251830- 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- 125 PM CDT MON JUN 24 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND TUESDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .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 IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH NEXT SUNDAY. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. EC
MSZ056>058-064>066-073-074-241900-
SMITH MS-LAMAR MS-JONES MS-JEFFERSON DAVIS MS-JASPER MS-FORREST MS-
COVINGTON MS-CLARKE MS-
101 PM CDT MON JUN 24 2013
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
101 PM CDT MON JUN 24 2013
A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY
RAIN WAS LOCATED FROM 3 MILES WEST OF SYKES TO 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
SUMRALL AT 1259 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. PERIODS OF
HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND MINOR
FLOODING IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS OVER CLARKE
AND JASPER COUNTIES.
ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST ACROSS
THE RAIN...HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL BE LIKELY THROUGH 2 PM.
PEOPLE IN CLARKE...COVINGTON...NORTHERN FORREST...JASPER...SOUTHERN
JEFFERSON DAVIS...JONES...NORTHERN LAMAR AND SOUTHEASTERN SMITH
COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THESE STORMS CLOSELY.
LAT...LON 3190 8850 3185 8863 3182 8894 3155 8893
3143 8908 3143 8913 3138 8914 3116 8941
3135 8966 3143 8966 3143 8976 3154 8990
3222 8900 3222 8843
TIME...MOT...LOC 1759Z 294DEG 9KT 3209 8864 3136 8949MSZ043-048-049-242010- RANKIN MS-MADISON MS-HINDS MS- 240 PM CDT MON JUN 24 2013 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 240 PM CDT MON JUN 24 2013 A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 35 TO 45 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 3 MILES WEST OF PEARL AT 240 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. PEOPLE IN EAST CENTRAL HINDS...SOUTH CENTRAL MADISON AND CENTRAL RANKIN COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. LAT...LON 3249 9003 3231 8988 3217 9018 3231 9030 TIME...MOT...LOC 1940Z 236DEG 10KT 3229 9015 JA
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 43 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:05 UTC.
1 strong wind, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree fell on a truck on Siwell Road in Byram near Lake Dockery.
A bridge flooded on White Road near the Clear Branch community.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Mississippi in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in Mississippi, June 2013
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: 452604, 452603.