Afternoon showers and thunderstorms affected the region from June 26th through the 28th. A more organized severe weather event occurred on the 28th as a cluster of storms developed along an outflow boundary, causing many instances of wind damage.
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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.
Afternoon showers and thunderstorms affected the region from June 26th through the 28th. A more organized severe weather event occurred on the 28th as a cluster of storms developed along an outflow boundary, causing many instances of wind damage.
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 28, 3:30 PM CST, 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 430 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2014 .DISCUSSION... REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THAT HAS DEVELOPED OVER CENTRAL MS THIS AFTERNOON IS MOSTLY DISORGANIZED AND NON-SEVERE THUS FAR...BUT THERE ARE SEVERAL OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES TO HELP FOCUS AND INTENSIFY STORMS. TROUGHING OVER THE ARKLATEX IS ENHANCING THE SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW (0-6KM SHEAR UP TO 30KTS)...AND THIS IN COMBINATION WITH THE OUTFLOW IS INCREASING STORM MOTION AND COVERAGE. FAIRLY STEEP MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES (VERTICAL TOTALS ~28) ABOVE A TYPICAL HOT AND HUMID SUMMERTIME BOUNDARY LAYER IS YIELDING MIXED LAYER CAPE EXCEEDING 3000 J/KG OVER WESTERN AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE ARKLAMISS. THE COMBINATION OF A VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS AND UNUSUAL LATE JUNE WIND SHEAR IS SUPPORTING AN ENVIRONMENT FAVORABLE FOR ADDITIONAL SEVERE STORM DEVELOPMENT...MAINLY OVER THE WESTERN TWO THIRDS OF THE AREA. THE STORMS THAT WERE EXPECTED TO ORGANIZE OVER SOUTHWEST LA HAVE DONE SO...BUT THE TRAJECTORY OF THE LINE OF STORMS HAS BEEN MORE NORTHERLY THAN EXPECTED...AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE COMPLEX WILL STAY MAINLY WEST OF THE MS RIVER...AFFECTING NE LA INTO SE AR. WITH ALL OF THIS IN MIND AND GIVEN THE CURRENT SCENARIO AND TRENDS... WE HAVE KEPT THE MENTION OF SEVERE STORMS GOING IN THE HAZARD PRODUCTS/ GRAPHICS. TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...EXPECT STORMS TO DISSIPATE OR MOVE OUT OF THE AREA SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET WITH MAINLY QUIET WEATHER EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. IT LOOKS LESS LIKELY THAT STORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE OZARK REGION IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE UPSTREAM SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL REACH NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA LATE TONIGHT AND HAVE DELAYED AND LOWERED POPS SOME. HOWEVER...NOT MUCH HAS CHANGED FOR SUNDAY WITH DAYTIME HEATING EXPECTED TO LEAD TO MORE STORMS... PARTICULARLY BY LATE MORNING/AFTERNOON. WHILE CAPE IS FORECAST TO EXCEED 3000 J/KG...LOW TO MID LEVEL FLOW WILL BE WEAKER WITH THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE BUILDING OVER THE FORECAST AREA...SO THE RISK FOR ORGANIZED SEVERE STORMS IS LESS. A FEW SEVERE MICROBURSTS ARE STILL A POSSIBILITY DUE TO THE STRONG INSTABILITY. HEAT STRESS SHOULD BE ON THE INCREASE SUNDAY GIVEN GREATER RIDGE INFLUENCE --- AND HEAT INDEX VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO REACH THE 100-104 RANGE...MAINLY OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF THE ARKLAMISS. AS WE GO INTO SUNDAY EVENING... DISSIPATING STORMS AND MUGGY CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED. /EC/ MONDAY THROUGH NEXT WORK WEEK... LONG-AWAITED DEEP HIGH PRESSURE MOVING OVER THE REGION MONDAY FINALLY LOOKS TO SHUT DOWN SIGNIFICANT PRECIP CHANCES FOR THE START OF NEXT WORK WEEK. SUPPRESSION FROM ANTICYCLONE ALOFT PROBABLY WILL NOT BE ENOUGH TO KEEP A VERY ISOLATED SHOWER OR TWO FROM POPPING UP MONDAY AND TUESDAY...BUT CHANCES OF GETTING WET STILL DEEMED LOW ENOUGH TO KEEP OUT OF THE OFFICIAL FORECAST. OWING LARGELY TO A MUCH GREATER AMOUNT OF SUNSHINE TEMPERATURES WILL SHOOT UP WITH HIGHS MAINLY IN THE 93 TO 96 DEGREE RANGE ANTICIPATED MONDAY AND TUESDAY. EVAPOTRANSPIRATION WILL HELP KEEP MOISTURE FROM MIXING OUT IN THE AFTERNOON AND WILL ALLOW PEAK HEAT INDEX VALUES TO PEAK AT OR A LITTLE ABOVE THE CENTURY MARK IN MANY AREAS ON BOTH DAYS. CURRENT EXPECTATIONS ARE FOR THIS HOT STRETCH TO FALL COMFORTABLY SHORT OF HEAT ADVISORY CRITERIA SO WILL LEAVE MENTION OUT OF HWO FOR NOW. PRECIP CHANCES WILL COME BACK FROM THE NORTH ON WEDNESDAY AS THE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE COMING OUT OF TX FLATTENS IN RESPONSE TO AN INCOMING AND NON-TRIVIAL COOL FRONT. THERE IS DEFINITELY SOME UNCERTAINTY ABOUT HOW QUICKLY THIS RIDGE WILL RELENT TO FRONTAL INCURSION INTO THE LOWER MS VALLEY...BUT MODEL CONSENSUS SEEMS TO HAVE SPED UP WITH THIS EVOLUTION ALTHOUGH I MAINLY SIDED WITH LEAST AGGRESSIVE EURO IN THIS REGARD. IF THE EURO IS CORRECT AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES ARE MOSTLY LIMITED TO NORTHERN ZONES LATER IN THE AFTERNOON WEDNESDAY THEN HUMP DAY COULD PROVE TO BE THE HOTTEST DAY OF THE HOT STRETCH AND IN ANTICIPATION OF THIS MORE LIKELY SCENARIO I BUMPED UP MEX HIGHS. OF COURSE IN THE HOT ENVIRONMENT IN NORTHERN ZONES WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INSTABILITY SHOULD BE HIGH AND THE POTENTIAL FOR POTENT CONVECTION WILL HAVE TO BE MONITORED AS WE GO FORWARD IN THE FORECAST PROCESS. THURSDAY AND FRIDAY MODEL CONSENSUS SUGGESTS THE INCOMING SAGGING FRONTAL ZONE TO PROBABLY STALL IN THE MIDST OF OUR REGION AFTER INFILTRATING IN BACKDOOR FASHION. RIDGING ALOFT WILL BE WEAKENED...BUT MODELS SUGGESTS NOT ENOUGH TO RELENT TO A PERTURBED NORTHWEST FLOW PATTERN. THUS...EXPECT IN THE VICINITY OF THE BOUNDARY FOR ISOLATED TO SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND STORMS WITH OTHERWISE SULTRY CONDITIONS...ALTHOUGH PROBABLY SLIGHTLY LESSER HEAT THAN THE MID-WEEK PEAK. /BB/ && .AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS ARE MOSTLY PREVAILING ACROSS THE REGION OUTSIDE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HOWEVER...AFTERNOON STORMS ARE AGAIN SCATTERED ACROSS THE REGION AND BRINGING BRIEF MVFR TO IFR CONDITIONS TO AFFECTED TAF SITES WITH BRIEF LOWERED CEILINGS AND VIS ALONG WITH WINDS AROUND 10-15KTS GUSTING TO 30KTS. ACTIVITY WILL DISSIPATE THIS EVENING. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL PREVAIL 5-10KTS OUTSIDE OF STORMS. /28/ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... JACKSON 72 92 74 94 / 34 30 4 7 MERIDIAN 72 92 72 95 / 35 34 4 9 VICKSBURG 74 91 73 94 / 30 24 3 7 HATTIESBURG 73 92 74 95 / 32 20 4 14 NATCHEZ 74 90 73 93 / 40 17 4 12 GREENVILLE 74 92 74 93 / 43 33 5 7 GREENWOOD 73 91 73 95 / 47 44 6 8 && .JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MS...NONE. LA...NONE. AR...NONE. && EC/28/BB/
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 235 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2014 ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025-027-034>036- 040>043-047-048-053-054-059>063-072-291945- ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND- MADISON LA-FRANKLIN LA-CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA-BOLIVAR- SUNFLOWER-LEFLORE-CARROLL-WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS-HOLMES-ISSAQUENA- SHARKEY-YAZOO-MADISON MS-WARREN-HINDS-CLAIBORNE-COPIAH-JEFFERSON- ADAMS-FRANKLIN MS-LINCOLN-LAWRENCE-MARION- 235 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND SUNDAY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS RISK...LIMITED TIMING...TONIGHT AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS COMBINED WITH DECENT WIND SHEAR COULD RESULT IN SEVERE STORMS LINGERING FROM THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. THE PRIMARY CONCERN WILL BE WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH...BUT HAIL CANNOT BE RULED OUT. (WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/GRAPHICAST.PHP?SITE=JAN&GC=1) .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY 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 FOR PORTIONS OF THE REGION TONIGHT. MSZ026-028>033-037>039-044>046-049>052-055>058-064>066-073-074- 291945- GRENADA-MONTGOMERY-WEBSTER-CLAY-LOWNDES-CHOCTAW-OKTIBBEHA-ATTALA- WINSTON-NOXUBEE-LEAKE-NESHOBA-KEMPER-RANKIN-SCOTT-NEWTON- LAUDERDALE-SIMPSON-SMITH-JASPER-CLARKE-JEFFERSON DAVIS-COVINGTON- JONES-LAMAR-FORREST- 235 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND SUNDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY 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 FRIDAY. 28 && ...HAZARD LEGEND... *SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS* EXTREME...CONFIDENT IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH WIND GUSTS OF 75 MPH OR GREATER AND/OR 2 INCH DIAMETER OR LARGER HAIL. HIGH...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE WITH WIND GUSTS OF 75 MPH OR GREATER AND/OR 2 INCH DIAMETER OR LARGER HAIL. ELEVATED...CONFIDENT IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH WINDS GUSTS OF 60 MPH OR GREATER AND/OR 1 INCH DIAMETER OR LARGER HAIL. LIMITED...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE WITH WIND GUSTS OF 60 MPH OR GREATER AND/OR 1 INCH DIAMETER OR LARGER HAIL. ...USEFUL WEATHER WEB PAGES (URLS)... NWS JAN HOME PAGE... WWW.WEATHER.GOV/JAN STAY AWARE, STAY SAFE NWS JAN BRIEFING PAGE... WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN/?N=SAFE NWS JAN TROPICAL PAGE... WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN/?N=TROPICAL FIND NWS JAN ON FACEBOOK... WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.JACKSONMS.GOV FOLLOW NWS JAN ON TWITTER... @NWSJACKSONMS ...ADDITIONAL URLS FOR SEVERE WEATHER ISSUES... STORM PREDICTION CENTER (SPC)... WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/ SPC...DAY 1 THROUGH 3 OUTLOOKS... WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/PRODUCTS/OUTLOOK/ SPC...STORM REPORTS... WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/CLIMO/ NWS JAN CURRENT SVR/TOR WATCHES... WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/RTIMAGES/JAN/WATCH/TOASVA.PNG PLEASE CONVERT ALL WEB ADDRESSES TO LOWER CASE BEFORE ENTERING!
MSZ043-282125- MADISON MS- 347 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2014 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 347 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2014 A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTH OF SHARON AT 347 PM CDT...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. PEOPLE IN NORTH CENTRAL MADISON COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. LAT...LON 3288 8996 3285 8976 3263 8984 3267 9004 TIME...MOT...LOC 2047Z 199DEG 19KT 3270 8992 MRM
MSZ056-057-282155-
SMITH MS-JASPER MS-
412 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2014
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
412 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2014
A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 40 TO 50 MPH
WINDS WAS LOCATED FROM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF BAY SPRINGS TO 6 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF STRINGER AT 411 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. HEAVY RAIN MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES
AND CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
PEOPLE IN JASPER AND EAST CENTRAL SMITH COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THESE
STORMS CLOSELY.
LAT...LON 3222 8913 3222 8892 3184 8891 3182 8922
3206 8948
TIME...MOT...LOC 2111Z 241DEG 19KT 3201 8936 3183 8918MSZ029-030-033-282145-
WEBSTER MS-OKTIBBEHA MS-CLAY MS-
415 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2014
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
415 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2014
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND
40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTH OF PHEBA AT 415 PM
CDT...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.
VERY HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
PEOPLE IN WESTERN CLAY...NORTH CENTRAL OKTIBBEHA AND EXTREME EAST
CENTRAL WEBSTER COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.
LAT...LON 3381 8871 3375 8871 3348 8888 3354 8906
3376 8899 3376 8894 3381 8894 3382 8893
3381 8872
TIME...MOT...LOC 2115Z 202DEG 19KT 3356 8895
MRMLAZ007-008-015-023-282240-
RICHLAND LA-MOREHOUSE LA-FRANKLIN LA-WEST CARROLL LA-
441 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2014
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
441 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2014
A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 40 TO 50 MPH
WINDS WAS LOCATED FROM 11 MILES WEST OF BEEKMAN TO 6 MILES WEST OF
START AT 440 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE PONDING OF
WATER ON ROADWAYS AND MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES.
PEOPLE IN WESTERN WEST CARROLL...NORTHEASTERN FRANKLIN...MOREHOUSE
AND NORTHERN RICHLAND PARISHES SHOULD MONITOR THESE STORMS CLOSELY.
LAT...LON 3299 9137 3235 9152 3238 9201 3251 9191
3259 9194 3265 9192 3268 9197 3270 9198
3268 9204 3270 9206 3276 9207 3280 9206
3287 9209 3297 9209
TIME...MOT...LOC 2140Z 269DEG 18KT 3288 9208 3247 9197MSZ033-282220-
OKTIBBEHA MS-
451 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2014
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
451 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2014
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND
40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED OVER LONGVIEW AT 452 PM CDT...MOVING
NORTH AT 20 MPH.
VERY HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
PEOPLE IN OKTIBBEHA COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.
LAT...LON 3342 8874 3328 8882 3335 8902 3357 8894
3356 8877 3353 8867 3350 8867
TIME...MOT...LOC 2152Z 201DEG 19KT 3341 8888
MRMARZ074-282230-
ASHLEY AR-
459 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2014
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
459 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2014
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND
40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF CROSSETT AT 500 PM
CDT...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.
VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
PEOPLE IN ASHLEY COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.
LAT...LON 3329 9203 3329 9202 3331 9201 3331 9198
3335 9200 3337 9197 3339 9199 3341 9199
3338 9152 3300 9182 3302 9209 3303 9212
TIME...MOT...LOC 2200Z 201DEG 26KT 3308 9198
MRMThe Shreveport radar (KSHV), 191 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:59 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Scattered trees and powerlines were knocked down across the central and western portions of the county.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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