Showers and thunderstorms developed in association with a cold front moving through the region. Some of these storms produced damaging wind gusts.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
Showers and thunderstorms developed in association with a cold front moving through the region. Some of these storms produced damaging wind gusts.
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 Apr 3, 9:28 PM CST, 3 hours 37 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1028 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014 ...SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... .DISCUSSION...ALL IS QUIET ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA SO FAR THIS EVENING AS A STRONG CAP BETWEEN 850-700 MB HAS SUPPRESSED CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT THROUGHOUT THE EVENING. AT BEST ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET GOING ACROSS THE LA/AR DELTA. A POTENT UPPER TROUGH IS CURRENTLY SWINGING ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS. AS THE ASSOCIATED SHORTWAVE HAS PUSHED INTO THE MIDWEST...IT HAS INVIGORATED CONVECTION FROM NE TEXAS THROUGH SE MISSOURI OVER THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS. AS THE SHORTWAVE AND SURFACE FRONT CONTINUE TO PUSH EASTWARD...THE CAP WILL ERODE AND CONVECTION WILL COMMENCE CLOSER TO HOME. MUCH OF THE HIGH-RES GUIDANCE SUITE AND THE NEW 00Z NAM COMING IN CONTINUE TO TREND TOWARD A SLOWER PROGRESSION. IT NOW APPEARS STORMS MAY NOT REACH THE JACKSON METRO AREA/NATCHEZ TRACE CORRIDOR UNTIL MUCH CLOSER TO DAYBREAK...REACHING SOUTHEAST MS AND THE I-59 CORRIDOR LATE MORNING. POPS/WX...GRAPHICASTS...AND THE HWO HAVE ALL BEEN UPDATED TO REFLECT LATER TIMING. OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...WE WILL BE FOCUSING ON THE EVOLVING LINE OF STORMS PRESENTLY OVER NE TEXAS AND SUPERCELLS DEVELOPING AHEAD OF THIS CLUSTER OVER NW LOUISIANA/SW ARKANSAS. MESOANALYSIS CONTINUES TO SHOW 0-6 KM BULK SHEAR VECTORS IN THE 50-60 KT RANGE ACROSS THE DELTA...WITH MODEL GUIDANCE SHOWING THIS PERSISTING AND TRANSLATING EASTWARD WITH CONVECTION OVERNIGHT. WITH A 40-50 KT LOW LEVEL JET KICKING ALONG THE LINE OVERNIGHT...THIS WILL MAINTAIN THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS. EFFECTIVE SRH IS BETWEEN 200-300 M2/S2 WEST OF THE MS RIVER WITH SIG TOR PARAMETER VALUES IN THE 2-4 RANGE. GIVEN THIS...WE WILL MAINTAIN MENTION OF THE POTENTIAL FOR A STRONG TORNADO ACROSS OUR NORTHWEST IN SPITE OF THE SLOWER PROGRESSION. OTHERWISE...OVERNIGHT LOWS WERE ADJUSTED UPWARD A FEW DEGREES IN MANY AREAS. HOURLY TEMPS AND DEWPOINTS WERE ADJUSTED BASED ON CURRENT OBSERVATIONS. POPS WERE ALSO ADJUSTED UPWARD FOR TOMORROW MORNING IN MANY AREAS TO REFLECT THE SLOWER SOLUTION. /DL/ && .AVIATION...CEILINGS WILL LOWER TO MVFR AFTER 06Z AS SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS MOVE IN FROM THE WEST. AS THE STORMS PASS...CEILINGS WILL DROP LOCALLY TO IFR WITH VISIBILITIES DROPPING TO MVFR. WINDS WILL BE GUSTY FROM THE SOUTH AT 10 TO 20 KNOTS./26/ && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED AT 310 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014/ SHORT TERM...(THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT) FOR FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...THE FRONT WILL BECOME STATIONARY OFF THE GULF COAST FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY AS ANOTHER SPRING STORM SYSTEM SETS ITS SITES ON THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY REGION. THIS UPPER SYSTEM WILL BE OVER THE FOUR CORNERS REGION ON SATURDAY. AS THE SYSTEM MOVES TOWARD THE SOUTHERN PLAINS ISENTROPIC LIFT WILL BRING UP SOME GULF MOISTURE FOR SOME SHOWERS ACROSS THE SOUTH HALF FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON. AS WE MOVE INTO SATURDAY NIGHT SOME ELEVATED INSTABILITY WILL COME INTO PLAY FOR SOME EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE NIGHT. THE EMBEDDED STORMS WILL SPREAD OVER MOST OF THE REGION BY EARLY SUNDAY. IT WILL BE COOLER FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT WITH LOWS FROM THE MIDDLE 40S NORTH TO THE LOWER MIDDLE 50S SOUTH. HIGHS ON SATURDAY WILL BE FROM THE MIDDLE 60S NORTHWEST TO THE LOWER 70S SOUTHEAST. WILL KEEP STORM WORDING FOR THIS SYSTEM IN GRAPHICS AND HWO. AS FAR AS TEMPS ARE CONCERN WENT CLOSE TO MAV GUIDANCE ON TEMPS EXCEPT GMOS FOR FRIDAYS HIGHS. FOR POPS KEPT CLOSE TO CURRENT POPS FOR TONIGHT AND FRIDAY AS MODELS POPS LOOKED A LITTLE LOW. FOR SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT WENT CLOSE TO MAV POPS./17/ LONG TERM...SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...THE RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE FROM SOUTH TO NORTH OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE DAY SUNDAY. AS THIS OCCURS...A SFC LOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE UPPER TEXAS COAST. AS RAIN OVERSPREADS THE ARKLAMISS REGION...THE SFC LOW WILL DEEPEN AND TRACK TO THE NORTHEAST GENERALLY ALONG THE NATCHEZ TRACE CORRIDOR. THIS MORE NORTHERN TRACK CONTINUES TO BE THE CASE WITH THE 12Z RUNS OF THE GFS AND EURO AS THE SURFACE LOW DEEPENS WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM. THE GFS DEEPENS THE LOW FASTER THEN THE EURO ON THE 12Z RUN. NOT ONLY WOULD THIS NORTHERN TRACK BRING SOME HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING TO THE REGION GIVEN PW VALUES AROUND 1.6-1.8 INCHES...BUT IT COULD ALSO MEAN SOME POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER FOR A PORTION OF THE CWA. THERE IS PLENTY OF HELICITY AND WIND SHEAR IN THE SOUTHEASTERN PORTION OF THE CWA AND VERTICAL TOTALS ARE DECENT. WILL KEEP THIS SYSTEM'S FLOOD POTENTIAL IN THE HWO. THE 12Z EURO BRINGS OVER 100 KNOTS OF FLOW AT THE MIDLEVELS BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING AS WELL AROUND 4 INCH RAINFALL TOTALS ACROSS THE I-20 CORRIDOR FOR THIS SYSTEM. THE GFS WAS SHOWING 3 INCH RAINFALL TOTALS. THIS MAY BECOME AN ISSUE WITH OUR RIVERS AFTER THIS FIRST SYSTEM IN THE SHORT TERM. BY MONDAY MORNING...THE 993MB SFC LOW WILL BE NEAR OVER KY DRAGGING A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE REGION. BY MONDAY AFTERNOON...MOST OF THE PRECIP SHOULD BE THROUGH THE REGION. COOLER/DRIER AIR WILL MOVE IN AS PW VALUES DROP TO AROUND 0.50 INCHES. CLOUDS WILL BRIEFLY CLEAR BUT ANOTHER SHORTWAVE WILL BE DROPPING INTO THE REGION MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY AS BROAD TROUGHING WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE REGION AND A LARGE RIDGE RESIDES OVER THE WEST COAST ONCE AGAIN. THIS TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED SHORTWAVES WILL KEEP AT LEAST SOME RAIN CHANCES IN THE FORECAST THROUGH MID-WEEK. THIS WILL ALSO KEEP TEMPERATURES ON THE COOLER SIDE WITH LOWS IN THE 40S AND HIGHS IN THE 60S. BY WEDNESDAY MORNING...THE REGION WILL REMAIN UNDER NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT BUT THIS WONT LAST LONG AS THE RIDGE TRIES TO BUILD OVER THE ARKLAMISS BUT ENDS UP FLATTENING OUT SOME. DRIER WEATHER WILL RETURN FOR MID-WEEK. AS FOR FORECAST PARAMETERS...RAISED MAV POPS IN A COUPLE OF PERIODS FOR THE WEEKEND WHEN MODELS HAVE CONSISTENTLY AGREED THAT THIS WILL BE A WET TIME PERIOD. 17/28/ && .JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MS...NONE. LA...NONE. AR...NONE. && DL/26/17/28
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 959 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014 ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-MSZ018-019-025-034-050300- ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-BOLIVAR- SUNFLOWER-LEFLORE-WASHINGTON- 959 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...AND NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...THE REST OF TONIGHT AND FRIDAY TORNADOES RISK...ELEVATED TIMING...11 PM - 3 AM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS RISK...HIGH TIMING...11 PM - 3 AM CONFIDENCE IS HIGH THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR WITH 60 TO 75 MPH WINDS AND QUARTER TO GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. A STRONG TORNADO IS ALSO POSSIBLE. (WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/GRAPHICAST.PHP?SITE=JAN&GC=1) .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 FOR PORTIONS OF THE REGION THE REST OF TONIGHT. LAZ015-016-023>026-MSZ026>033-035>038-040>045-047>050-053-054- 059>062-050300- RICHLAND-MADISON LA-FRANKLIN LA-CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA- GRENADA-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-WEBSTER-CLAY-LOWNDES-CHOCTAW-OKTIBBEHA- HUMPHREYS-HOLMES-ATTALA-WINSTON-ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY-YAZOO- MADISON MS-LEAKE-NESHOBA-WARREN-HINDS-RANKIN-SCOTT-CLAIBORNE- COPIAH-JEFFERSON-ADAMS-FRANKLIN MS-LINCOLN- 959 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...THE REST OF TONIGHT AND FRIDAY TORNADOES RISK...LIMITED TIMING...2 AM - 7 AM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS RISK...ELEVATED TIMING...2 AM - 7 AM CONFIDENCE IS HIGH WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...60 MPH WINDS AND A FEW TORNADOES. (WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/GRAPHICAST.PHP?SITE=JAN&GC=1) .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY CONFIDENCE IS ALSO HIGH THAT HEAVY RAINFALL COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING CONCERNS SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. PLEASE STAY TUNED FOR UPDATES AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND. .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 THE REST OF TONIGHT. MSZ039-046-051-052-055>058-063>066-072>074-050300- NOXUBEE-KEMPER-NEWTON-LAUDERDALE-SIMPSON-SMITH-JASPER-CLARKE- LAWRENCE-JEFFERSON DAVIS-COVINGTON-JONES-MARION-LAMAR-FORREST- 959 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...THE REST OF TONIGHT AND FRIDAY TORNADOES RISK...LIMITED TIMING...6 AM - 11 AM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS RISK...LIMITED TIMING...6 AM - 11 AM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 60 MPH WINDS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE. A TORNADO IS ALSO POSSIBLE. (WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/GRAPHICAST.PHP?SITE=JAN&GC=1) .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY CONFIDENCE IS HIGH THAT HEAVY RAINFALL COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING CONCERNS SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. PLEASE STAY TUNED FOR UPDATES AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND. .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 REST OF TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. 26 && ...HAZARD LEGEND... *TORNADOES* EXTREME...CONFIDENT IN STRONG TORNADOES WITH RATINGS EF2 OR GREATER. HIGH...STRONG TORNADOES POSSIBLE WITH RATINGS EF2 OR GREATER. ELEVATED...CONFIDENT IN TORNADOES. LIMITED...TORNADOES POSSIBLE. *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... 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ARZ074-075-040635-
ASHLEY AR-CHICOT AR-
107 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2014
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
107 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2014
A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN
WAS LOCATED FROM 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF OLD MILO TO 33 MILES WEST OF
WEST CROSSETT AT 107 AM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
PEOPLE IN EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CHICOT AND ASHLEY COUNTIES SHOULD
MONITOR THESE STORMS CLOSELY.
LAT...LON 3321 9209 3323 9210 3331 9201 3331 9198
3335 9200 3337 9197 3339 9200 3341 9199
3340 9155 3338 9146 3301 9144 3300 9199
3301 9207 3304 9212 3308 9214 3315 9211
3319 9214
TIME...MOT...LOC 0607Z 284DEG 32KT 3343 9211 3321 9229
3304 9254
JAThe Memphis radar (KNQA), 160 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:05 UTC.
16 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A tractor trailer was blown over.
This was measured at KGLH.
A few road signs were blown down.
Some power lines were down.
Some power lines were down and a tree fell on a car.
A tree was reported down.
A tin roof was blown off of a building.
Trees and power lines were down.
Some trees were blown down.
A few trees were blown down.
Eight homes had shingle damage.
A home was struck which resulted in a hole in the roof and moderate damage.
Some trees were blown down.
A couple of trees were blown down.
A tree was down which blocked a roadway.
A couple of trees were blown down.
A tree was reported down.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Mississippi in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Mississippi, April 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: 506541, 506542, 506543, 506544, 506545, 506546, 506547, 506548, 507627, 506549, 506550, 506551, 506552, 506553, 506554, 506555, 506556.