On the 27th a weather disturbance approached the region from the north, which caused a strong thunderstorm of affect Bolivar County. On the 28th and 29th, an upper disturbance came across the region in northwest flow around a strong ridge of high pressure causing some severe storms to cross the region.
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The episode as NWS JAN wrote it up.
On the 27th a weather disturbance approached the region from the north, which caused a strong thunderstorm of affect Bolivar County. On the 28th and 29th, an upper disturbance came across the region in northwest flow around a strong ridge of high pressure causing some severe storms to cross the region. A surface front passed through the region on the 29th, which caused another round of severe storms.
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 27, 3:06 PM CST, 5 hours 4 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 406 PM CDT THU JUN 27 2013 .DISCUSSION... SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT)...PRIMARY CONCERNS OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS WILL CENTER AROUND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES THROUGH SATURDAY...WHEN A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS THE REGION. LATEST UA ANALYSIS AND WATER VAPOR IMAGERY INDICATE LONGWAVE RIDGING OVER THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL UNITED STATES WITH TROUGHING OVER THE EASTERN SEABOARD AND NORTHERN ATLANTIC. THIS LEAVES OUR AREA IN NORTHERLY FLOW ALOFT...WHICH HAS BEEN BRINGING PERIODIC UPPER DISTURBANCES RESULTING IN THUNDERSTORM COMPLEXES PASSING NEAR THE AREA. ONE SUCH COMPLEX PASSED JUST EAST OF THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING. SO FAR TODAY IT HAS BEEN MOSTLY CLEAR ALLOWING TEMPERATURES TO WARM INTO THE LOW TO MID 90S. DEWPOINTS ARE HANGING IN THE LOW TO MID 70S...MAKING IT A RATHER UNCOMFORTABLE DAY WITH HEAT INDICES IN THE TRIPLE DIGITS. THE ATMOSPHERE IS QUITE UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON... WITH SBCAPES INDICATED BY SPC MESOANALYSIS TO BE IN THE 3000-4000 J/KG RANGE ACROSS THE AREA. WE WILL LIKELY SEE SCATTERED CONVECTION DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON OVER EASTERN MS...WHERE OUTFLOW FROM THE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX THIS MORNING COULD HELP SERVE AS A FOCUS FOR DEVELOPMENT. ANOTHER DISTURBANCE WILL TRACK ACROSS THE REGION OVERNIGHT AND MAY BRING ANOTHER DYING COMPLEX INTO THE MIDSOUTH. SOME OF THIS ACTIVITY COULD REACH THE HIGHWAY 82 CORRIDOR BEFORE 12Z. ON FRIDAY THE UPPER TROUGH WILL BUILD SOUTHWARD AND WESTWARD PUSHING A SURFACE FRONT SOUTHWARD TOWARD THE REGION. THOUGH SOME PRECIPITATION IN THE FORM OF A DYING THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX MAY BE ONGOING IN THE MORNING...THE BETTER CHANCE FOR MORE POTENT STORMS WILL COME IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. BY THIS TIME... INSTABILITY WILL BE MAXIMIZED WITH GUIDANCE PROGGING CAPES OVER 3500 J/KG AND 0-6 KM BULK SHEAR MAGNITUDES WILL BE INCREASING TO THE 30-40 KT RANGE INTO THE EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS NORTH MS EASTWARD INTO NORTH AL AND MOVE SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE EVENING. GIVEN THE ABUNDANT INSTABILITY AND SHEAR...SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS BEING THE PRIMARY CONCERN. HAIL TO QUARTER SIZE WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. THESE THREATS WILL CONTINUE TO BE MENTIONED IN THE HWO AND GRAPHICAST PRODUCTS. THE FRONT WILL PUSH SOUTH OF THE AREA EARLY ON SATURDAY...WITH RAIN CHANCES ONLY LINGERING ACROSS THE PINE BELT DURING THE DAYTIME. ASIDE FROM ENDING RAIN CHANCES...ANOTHER PLEASANT IMPACT FROM THE FRONT WILL BE A SOMEWHAT DRIER AIR MASS. DEWPOINTS IN THE 60S WILL MAKE HIGHS NEAR 90 QUITE A BIT MORE TOLERABLE THAN THE DEWPOINTS IN THE 70S HAVE BEEN THE PAST FEW DAYS. /DL/ LONG TERM (SUNDAY THROUGH NEXT THURSDAY)...NEAR NORMAL TO SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES ANTICIPATED IN THE LONG TERM WITH INCREASED RAIN CHANCES DURING THE EARLY PART OF THE NEXT WEEK. POPS SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY ARE TRICKY AND WILL BE DETERMINED BY POSITIONING OF LARGE SCALE TROUGH AXIS, SMALL PERTURBATIONS PASSING THROUGH, AND AVAILABLE LOW-LVL MOISTURE. MAV GUIDANCE NUMBERS SEEMED LOW GIVEN OVERALL PATTERN OF TROUGHING PATTERN WITH DYNAMICALLY INDUCED LIFT EXPECTED BUT DID LOWER INHERITED GRIDS TO KEEP SOME CONSISTENCY. CAVEAT TO WHY MAV HAD LOWER POPS IS LIKELY RELATED TO MODEL TROUGH AXIS POSITIONING WITH SOME SUGGESTING AXIS FARTHER EAST...PLACING THE ARKLAMISS IN SUBSIDENCE VS. BETTER DIVERGENCE ALOFT IF AXIS WAS FARTHER WEST. REGARDLESS, TEMPS WILL BE BELOW NORMAL BY ABOUT 5 DEGREES WITH HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 80S VS. THE MORE NORMAL LOWER TO MID 90S THIS TIME OF YEAR. FOR MID TO LATE WEEK, DECENT AGREEMENT FOR GFS/EC SUGGESTS A CLOSED LOW REMAINING ACROSS CNTRL CONUS WITH SUBTLE SUBTROPICAL RIDGING BUILDING BACK INTO THE SE CONUS. PWATS WILL CLIMB BACK INTO 1.5-1.8" RANGE AND MORE DIURNAL PATTERN OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LOOKS PROBABLE UNDER MORE SW FLOW ALOFT TOWARDS THE FOURTH OF JULY. MAV TEMPS WERE GENERALLY FOLLOWED FOR HIGHS WITH NEW GUIDANCE LOWER THAN PREVIOUS OUTPUT. LOWS WERE RAISED 1-3 DEGREES MOST MORNINGS AS CLOUDS AND WARM GROUND SHOULD KEEP TEMPS FROM FALLING TO DEWPOINT. /ALLEN/ && .AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THERE COULD BE SOME BRIEF MVFR TO IFR CONDITIONS LATE TONIGHT AS THERE IS SOME CHANCE OF STRONG STORMS AROUND GTR/CBM. CONFIDENCE TOO LOW AT THIS POINT TO INCLUDE IN TAF OTHER THAN VCTS. FEW TO SCATTERED CU TODAY WITH BASES FROM 4 TO 6 KFT AND SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS FROM 8 TO 15 MPH. ADDITIONAL TSRA MORE LIKELY FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT MOVING SOUTH. /28/ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... JACKSON 74 94 74 90 / 21 22 50 14 MERIDIAN 72 94 73 92 / 25 31 61 19 VICKSBURG 73 96 73 91 / 18 14 39 9 HATTIESBURG 73 95 75 93 / 18 39 38 27 NATCHEZ 74 94 71 89 / 8 16 24 6 GREENVILLE 77 96 71 89 / 33 24 32 9 GREENWOOD 75 94 72 89 / 34 31 37 10 && .JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MS...NONE. LA...NONE. AR...NONE. && DL/28/ALLEN
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 314 PM CDT THU JUN 27 2013 ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025-034-035-040- 041-047-053-059>061-282015- ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND- MADISON LA-FRANKLIN LA-CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA-BOLIVAR- SUNFLOWER-LEFLORE-WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS-ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY-WARREN- CLAIBORNE-JEFFERSON-ADAMS-FRANKLIN MS- 314 PM CDT THU JUN 27 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND FRIDAY STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MOST INTENSE STORMS COULD CONTAIN WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH AS WELL AS HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS. MANY STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. IN ADDITION...HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED ACROSS THE AREA AGAIN FRIDAY. THE COMBINATION OF TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY WILL BRING AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES TO NEAR 105 DEGREES FROM MIDDAY INTO THE AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY 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 FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. MSZ026>033-036>039-042>046-048>052-054>058-062>066-072>074-282015- GRENADA-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-WEBSTER-CLAY-LOWNDES-CHOCTAW-OKTIBBEHA- HOLMES-ATTALA-WINSTON-NOXUBEE-YAZOO-MADISON MS-LEAKE-NESHOBA- KEMPER-HINDS-RANKIN-SCOTT-NEWTON-LAUDERDALE-COPIAH-SIMPSON-SMITH- JASPER-CLARKE-LINCOLN-LAWRENCE-JEFFERSON DAVIS-COVINGTON-JONES- MARION-LAMAR-FORREST- 314 PM CDT THU JUN 27 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND FRIDAY STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE POSSIBLE LATE THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT. THE MOST INTENSE STORMS COULD CONTAIN WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH AS WELL AS HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS. MANY STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MOST INTENSE STORMS COULD CONTAIN WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH AS WELL AS HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS. MANY STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. IN ADDITION...HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED ACROSS THE AREA AGAIN FRIDAY. THE COMBINATION OF TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY WILL BRING AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES TO NEAR 105 DEGREES FROM MIDDAY INTO THE AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY 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 FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO EVENING. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. 28
MSZ018-019-280230-
SUNFLOWER MS-BOLIVAR MS-
851 PM CDT THU JUN 27 2013
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
851 PM CDT THU JUN 27 2013
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL
AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED OVER SHELBY AT 851 PM CDT...MOVING
SOUTH AT 25 MPH.
VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE
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 BOLIVAR AND NORTH CENTRAL SUNFLOWER COUNTIES SHOULD
MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.
LAT...LON 3403 9065 3399 9065 3399 9060 3365 9059
3366 9090 3404 9087
TIME...MOT...LOC 0151Z 000DEG 21KT 3394 9076
19The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 169 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:10 UTC.
25 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree was blown down on a gas meter along Robert D. Grey Street, and a tree was blown down on a car at 1612 Forest Street in Shelby.
Trees were blown down on a house and power lines were blown down.
A swath of thunderstorm damaging winds downed numerous trees along Oktoc Road, and in a few other areas south of Starkville. A trampoline was blown over a fence in the area.
A small tree was blown down at Highway 17 near Coila.
A few power lines were blown down on Highway 49 in Belzoni.
A tree was blown down on Highway 14.
A couple small trees were blown down in the area.
Power lines were blown down all around Canton.
Trees were blown down in the Edinburg and Marydell communities.
A large tree was blown down at the 43 Club outside of Canton.
Several trees were blown down across roads in eastern Neshoba County.
Trees and power lines were blown down on Oak Ridge Road.
Trees were blown down in the Center Hill and Bailey communities.
Trees were blown down in the Clarkdale community near US Highway 45.
An eighteen wheeler was blown over on Interstate 20. Multiple trees were blown down in Vicksburg Military Park and east of the city of Vicksburg. Damage occurred to eight mobile homes at the Paxton Road Trailer Park. Roof damaged occurred to a home on Warriors Trail. Multiple trees and power lines were blown down in the area.
Trees were blown down in the Duffy area.
Large limbs and branches were blown down across Leake county. There were also widespread power outages.
Several two to four inch diameter limbs were blown down on Hordge Road near Highway 80.
Trees were blown down in Raymond. Broadcast media recorded wind gusts of 55 mph on TV Road southwest of Jackson.
Several trees were blown down in the Carmichael community. Numerous power outages occurred in the area.
Several trees and power lines were blown down near Pattison and Lorman.
Trees were blown down in Mendenhall as well as in the Old Pearl area.
Several trees and large tree limbs were blown down on roads. Power lines were blown down in the Red Lick area.
Power outages occurred near Raleigh due to power lines being blown down.
A few trees were blown down just east of Bude.
A few trees were blown down around the Glade community.
Quarter size hail was observed by Petal Police.
A tree was blown down across a road along with several small tree limbs.
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: 452606, 452607, 452610, 452611, 452612, 452709, 452710, 452712, 452714, 452716, 452717, 452718, 452719, 452720, 452721, 452725, 452726, 452727, 452728, 452729, 452730, 452731, 452733, 452734, 452735, 452736, 452737, 452608, 452740.