A low pressure system and associated moisture moving westward form Alabama allowed for the development of showers and thunderstorms. Some of these storms produced flash flooding and damaging winds.
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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.
A low pressure system and associated moisture moving westward form Alabama allowed for the development of showers and thunderstorms. Some of these storms produced flash flooding and 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 Jul 23, 2:19 PM CST, 5 hours 31 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 319 PM CDT WED JUL 23 2014 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. NOT AS MUCH CONVECTION POPPED UP TODAY AS ANTICIPATED DESPITE PWS BEING NEAR 2 INCHES AND ABOVE 2000 J/KG CAPE CALCULATED FROM THIS MORNING'S SOUNDING. SCATTERED CU COVER THE CWA CURRENTLY WITH JUST A FEW RADAR ECHOES ACROSS THE AREA. WHATEVER IS LEFT AROUND SUNSET TONIGHT WILL DIE QUICKLY. WATCHING THE TROUGH AXIS/FRONT MOVE SOUTH/SOUTHEAST THROUGH ARKANSAS AND OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON. CONVECTION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SHOULD ALSO DIE OFF AFTER SUNSET TONIGHT. THE TROUGH AXIS WILL PUSH SOUTHEAST THROUGH OUR CWA ON THURSDAY. ENOUGH LIFT ASSOCIATED WITH THE BOUNDARY SHOULD IGNITE MORE STORMS TOMORROW AFTERNOON. THE FRONT WILL STALL IN SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI TOMORROW EVENING. WE ARE NOT EXPECTING ANY SEVERE WEATHER WITH THIS ACTIVITY. STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN CONCERN. FRIDAY WILL BE RELATIVELY QUIET WITH ONLY POPS IN THE SOUTHEAST CWA. STUCK WITH MOS GUIDANCE FOR TEMPS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS. HOWEVER...HIGH TEMPS WERE LOWERED JUST A TAD SINCE THE AREA HAS BEEN REALLY STRUGGLING TO REACH TEMPS IN THE 90S. MOS LOW TEMPS LOOK GOOD. PATCHY FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN TOMORROW MORNING AND WILL QUICKLY DISSIPATE AFTER 13Z. /10/ .LONG TERM...FRIDAY THROUGH NEXT WEDNESDAY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT LOOKS TO REMAIN OVER THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH MOST OF THE FORECAST PERIOD AS HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT CENTERED NEAR THE FOUR CORNERS REGION REMAINS WEDGED INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS STATES... WHILE LONGWAVE TROUGHING ENCOMPASSES MUCH OF THE EASTERN HALF OF THE UNITED STATES. THIS'LL ALLOW FOR A COUPLE OF RAIN-FREE DAYS AT A TIME...FOLLOWED BY A DAY OR TWO OF INCREASED RAIN CHANCES AS ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE TRIES TO PUSH A FRONT SOUTH INTO AND THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA. SOME SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR WILL ADVECT INTO THE REGION FRIDAY IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT NOW RESIDING SOUTH OF THE CWA. SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY...MOISTURE WILL BEGIN TO SUBTLY RETURN TO THE CWA AS ANOTHER FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTH...WITH RAIN CHANCES INCREASING SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY AS THE FRONT PUSH INTO AND THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA. THIS THEN LOOKS TO BE FOLLOWED BY A COUPLE OF DAYS OF QUITE WEATHER...TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT WITH SOME MORE SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR FILTERING INTO THE REGION AT THAT TIME. AS FAR AS TEMPERATURES ARE CONCERNED...FOR THE MOST PART I STUCK CLOSE TO GUIDANCE WITH LOWS THROUGH MUCH OF THE PERIOD. HOWEVER... I DID ADJUST HIGHS DOWN A BIT HERE AND THERE EACH DAY...PARTICULARLY ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. BOTH DAYS...I LOWERED HIGHS A FEW DEGREES ACROSS THE BOARD AS I FELT UPPER 90S WERE TOO HIGH. MUCH OF THIS STEMS FROM JUST THE PATTERN IN GENERAL WE'RE CURRENTLY OBSERVING AND THE AFFECTS OF RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE AREA KEEPING A HIGHER MOISTURE CONTENT IN THE SOIL AND VEGETATION OVER THE AREA. AS A RESULT... HIGHS FOR BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY ARE NOW FORECAST TO BE IN THE LOW TO MIDDLE 90S. /19/ && .AVIATION... CONVECTION IS SURPRISINGLY SOMEWHAT MORE SPARSE TODAY THAN YESTERDAY. NEVERTHELESS...WHAT IS OUT THERE WILL LINGER INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. MVFR VISIBILITIES LOOK PROBABLE AFTER MIDNIGHT...ESPECIALLY AT MEI AND HBG WHERE THE MOST RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED LATELY. /26/ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... JACKSON 70 92 70 93 / 8 27 16 9 MERIDIAN 68 91 69 93 / 11 31 20 11 VICKSBURG 68 92 68 91 / 5 19 14 8 HATTIESBURG 69 92 72 94 / 13 31 21 22 NATCHEZ 69 91 70 91 / 10 21 16 13 GREENVILLE 72 91 66 92 / 7 15 8 6 GREENWOOD 70 89 64 93 / 7 23 9 5 && .JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MS...NONE. LA...NONE. AR...NONE. && /10/19/26/
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 241 PM CDT WED JUL 23 2014 ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 241945- 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- 241 PM CDT WED JUL 23 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND THURSDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY 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 TUESDAY. 26 && ...HAZARD LEGEND... NO SHORT TERM HAZARDS EXPECTED. ...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 NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER HOME PAGE... WWW.NHC.NOAA.GOV/ FIND NWS JAN ON FACEBOOK... WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.JACKSONMS.GOV FOLLOW NWS JAN ON TWITTER... @NWSJACKSONMS PLEASE CONVERT ALL WEB ADDRESSES TO LOWER CASE BEFORE ENTERING!
MSZ037-232255- ATTALA MS- 524 PM CDT WED JUL 23 2014 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 524 PM CDT WED JUL 23 2014 A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 7 MILES EAST OF HESTERVILLE AT 524 PM CDT...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH. PEOPLE IN CENTRAL ATTALA COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. LAT...LON 3301 8959 3315 8970 3322 8955 3314 8945 TIME...MOT...LOC 2224Z 055DEG 9KT 3315 8954 CME
MSZ018-232325- BOLIVAR MS- 606 PM CDT WED JUL 23 2014 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 606 PM CDT WED JUL 23 2014 A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED OVER SHELBY AT 606 PM CDT...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. PEOPLE IN NORTHEASTERN BOLIVAR COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. LAT...LON 3411 9065 3386 9067 3384 9094 3412 9085 TIME...MOT...LOC 2306Z 002DEG 14KT 3395 9075 CME
MSZ050-240000- SCOTT MS- 647 PM CDT WED JUL 23 2014 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 647 PM CDT WED JUL 23 2014 A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF FOREST AT 647 PM CDT...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM IS INTENSIFYING AND COULD BECOME SEVERE. PEOPLE IN CENTRAL SCOTT COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. LAT...LON 3229 8953 3233 8969 3247 8957 3235 8946 TIME...MOT...LOC 2347Z 038DEG 7KT 3235 8956 CME
MSZ050-056-240120- SMITH MS-SCOTT MS- 754 PM CDT WED JUL 23 2014 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 754 PM CDT WED JUL 23 2014 A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTH OF PULASKI AT 755 PM CDT...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. PEOPLE IN SOUTH CENTRAL SCOTT AND NORTHWESTERN SMITH COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. LAT...LON 3213 8955 3215 8972 3228 8970 3229 8951 TIME...MOT...LOC 0055Z 011DEG 5KT 3222 8963 CME
MSZ042-043-240125- MADISON MS-YAZOO MS- 801 PM CDT WED JUL 23 2014 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 801 PM CDT WED JUL 23 2014 A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED OVER MADISON COUNTY AT 801 PM CDT. THE STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. PEOPLE IN SOUTH CENTRAL YAZOO AND WEST CENTRAL MADISON COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. LAT...LON 3253 9033 3253 9044 3265 9040 3263 9028 TIME...MOT...LOC 0101Z 011DEG 2KT 3257 9038 CME
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
827 PM CDT WED JUL 23 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0810 PM FLASH FLOOD GREENWOOD 33.52N 90.19W
07/23/2014 LEFLORE MS LAW ENFORCEMENT
MULTIPLE ROADS UNDER WATER WITH WATER IN SOME HOMES. SOME
WATER RESCUES ARE UNDERWAY.
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CMEThe Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 163 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:51 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Some trees were down on Highway 17 between Winnsboro and Crowville.
The south bound lane of Highway 135 was under water.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Louisiana in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Louisiana, July 2014
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: 527393, 527394.