Afternoon showers and thunderstorms developed in a warm and humid airmass.
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.
Afternoon showers and thunderstorms developed in a warm and humid airmass.
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 11, 3:13 PM CST, 32 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 413 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2014 .SHORT TERM... FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... SHOWERS AND STORMS HAVE BEEN MAINLY CONFINED IN THE HIGHWAY 49 CORRIDOR THIS AFTERNOON...DROPPING TEMPS IN THIS AREA...AND GRADUALLY PROPAGATING TO THE W. DUE TO SOME TRAINING/BACKBUILDING OF STORMS...HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN AREAS THIS EVENING. CONVECTION IN THE W HAS MAINLY BEEN BENIGN...LIKELY DUE TO STRONGER CAPPING WHILE STORMS IN THE E HAVE BEEN AROUND BUT MORE ISOLATED DUE TO DRIER AIR PRESENT. CURRENT THINKING IS THAT STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO THE W/SW AND SOME STRONG STORMS...MAYBE AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM...WILL BE POSSIBLE INTO THE EVENING IN THE W/SW. LEFT SLIGHT CHANCE POPS THROUGH 03Z SATURDAY IN SW MS/NE LA. LOWS WILL BE SLIGHTLY WARMER THAN MAV DUE TO CLOUDS/STORMS IN THE AREA. WENT NEAR BLEND MAV/ECMWF FOR LOWS TONIGHT. SATURDAY WILL BEGIN A WARM AND MORE HUMID WEEKEND AS THE H5 592-594DM RIDGE BEGINS TO BUILD IN FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS. TEMPS ALOFT WILL SLOWLY BEGIN TO WARM SATURDAY...BUT DUE TO CLOUDS/STORMS AROUND...GFS SEEMED TOO WARM. CUT MAVMOS AROUND 1-2 DEGREES AT MOST LOCATIONS. THE FLOW ALOFT WILL BECOME MORE NE AS THE SURFACE BOUNDARY AND S/WV SLOWLY DRIFT S. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP COULD PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS DUE TO DECENT MOISTURE. WENT NEAR BLEND OF MAV/ECMWF POPS SATURDAY AFTERNOON. DUE TO CLOUDS SATURDAY NIGHT...LOWS SHOULD BE SLIGHTLY WARMER THAN MAVMOS. THE S/WV AND STATIONARY BOUNDARY WILL BEGIN TO DRIFT N AND SHOWERS/STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY ALONG/S OF I-20. GFS SEEMED TOO DRY SO WENT NEAR MAV/ECMWF BLEND FOR POPS SUNDAY AFTERNOON. DUE TO INCREASING CLOUDS FROM THE S AND MORE CONVECTION...EXPECTING HIGHS TO BE WARM BUT SLIGHTLY COOLER THAN SATURDAY. ALSO...HEAT INDICES ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WILL TOP IN THE 98-102 DEGREE RANGE. THIS AND LOWS BELOW 75 DEGREES EACH EVENING IS BELOW HEAT ADVISORY CRITERIA...BUT WILL NEED TO MONITORED IN LATER SHIFTS FOR MENTION IN THE HWO. LEFT OUT OF THE HWO FOR NOW. LEFT SLIGHT CHANCE POPS THROUGH 03Z MONDAY IN THE FAR SW BUT BETTER CHANCES OF CONVECTION LOOKS TO BE POSSIBLE MONDAY AFTERNOON. LOWS WILL BE IN THE LOWER 70S...SLIGHTLY WARMER THAN MAVMOS. AS THE DEEP UPPER TROUGH OVER THE GREAT LAKES/HIGH PLAINS TAKES SHAPE MONDAY...EXPECT THE UPPER RIDGE TO BEGIN TO BREAK DOWN ON THE REGION. HIGHS WILL STILL BE IN THE LOW/MID 90S WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS MONDAY AFTERNOON. RELEVANT PORTION OF PREVIOUS LONG TERM DISCUSSION IS ATTACHED. /DC/ .LONG TERM... TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... BROAD RIDGING WILL BE IN PLACE OVER THE REGION AT THE START OF THE LONG TERM. THIS WILL BRING SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES TO THE REGION. THE MAIN STORY OF THE EXTENDED FORECAST IS IN THE PATTERN CHANGE THAT WILL BE UNDERWAY AT THE START TO MIDDLE OF THE WORK WEEK. A LARGE UPPER TROUGH WILL TAKE SHAPE AND SET UP OVER THE GREAT LAKES REGION. THIS WILL SEND AN UNSEASONABLY STRONG COLD FRONT OUR WAY FOR TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT ON TUESDAY BUT AT THIS TIME PARAMETERS DONT LOOK VERY IMPRESSIVE FOR SEVERE STORMS. AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH...CHANCES FOR RAIN WILL CONTINUE ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTH WHERE DRIER AIR WILL BE SLOWER TO MOVE IN. TEMPERATURES THROUGH MID WEEK WILL BE FAIRLY PLEASANT IN THE 80S FOR MOST ALL LOCATIONS AND EVEN LOWER 80S IN THE NORTH. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL BE IN THE 60S. AS THE UPPER TROUGH REMAINS EXTENDED ACROSS THE SOUTH...SEVERAL WEAK DISTURBANCES IN THE FLOW WILL MOVE ACROSS OUR AREA THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. THESE WILL COMBINE WITH MOISTURE CHARACTERIZED BY ~1.7 INCH FORECAST PW VALUES...AND KEEP AT LEAST SOME CHANCE FOR RAIN IN THE FORECAST. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN BELOW NORMAL THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. /28/DC/ && .AVIATION...TSRA WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DRIFT W AND CONTINUE TO KEEP KJAN/KHKS NEAR MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE AT KHBG AS TSRA/SHRA MOVE W. VCTS IS POSSIBLE AT ALL TAF SITES THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. CONVECTION WILL WIND DOWN DURING THE EARLY EVENING WITH MVFR VISIBILITIES IN MIST DEVELOPING AFTER 06Z IN THOSE AREAS THAT GET RAINFALL TODAY. VFR CONDITIONS WILL RETURN BY 14Z DUE TO INCREASED MIXING. /26/DC/ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... JACKSON 71 95 72 93 / 11 10 9 16 MERIDIAN 67 94 70 93 / 9 8 7 16 VICKSBURG 71 95 72 93 / 12 15 10 14 HATTIESBURG 70 94 71 93 / 10 17 13 32 NATCHEZ 71 94 72 93 / 15 23 14 27 GREENVILLE 71 95 72 95 / 10 5 8 10 GREENWOOD 69 94 70 94 / 10 5 7 10 && .JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MS...NONE. LA...NONE. AR...NONE. && DC/28/26
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 159 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2014 ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 121900- 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- 159 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 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 SATURDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY 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 THURSDAY. 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!
MSZ048-112040-
HINDS MS-
308 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2014
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
308 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2014
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS
LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CLINTON AT 308 PM CDT...AND WAS MOVING
VERY LITTLE.
VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
PEOPLE IN EAST CENTRAL HINDS COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM
CLOSELY.
LAT...LON 3238 9014 3225 9021 3224 9039 3238 9037
3238 9024
TIME...MOT...LOC 2008Z 291DEG 14KT 3230 9028ARZ074-112105- ASHLEY AR- 335 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2014 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 335 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2014 A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF BERLIN AT 336 PM CDT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. PEOPLE IN SOUTHERN ASHLEY COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. LAT...LON 3302 9158 3306 9200 3326 9186 3328 9164 TIME...MOT...LOC 2036Z 325DEG 16KT 3315 9170
MSZ048-112110- HINDS MS- 350 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2014 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 350 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2014 ...STRONG STORM OVER SOUTHWEST HINDS COUNTY... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF UTICA AT 349 PM CDT...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE ALSO EXPECTED 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 SOUTHWESTERN HINDS COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. LAT...LON 3206 9045 3206 9070 3223 9068 3224 9051 TIME...MOT...LOC 2049Z 351DEG 15KT 3215 9058 EEC
ARZ074-LAZ007-112135- ASHLEY AR-MOREHOUSE LA- 409 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2014 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 409 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2014 ...STRONG STORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING FROM ASHLEY COUNTY INTO MOREHOUSE PARISH... A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHERN ASHLEY COUNTY AT 407 PM CDT...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OF TWO TO THREE INCHES ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. 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. LAT...LON 3287 9156 3287 9205 3311 9199 3310 9156 TIME...MOT...LOC 2107Z 022DEG 7KT 3305 9182 EEC
LAZ023-025-112200-
TENSAS LA-FRANKLIN LA-
431 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2014
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
431 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2014
...STRONG STORM OVER FRANKLIN PARISH...
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND
40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED OVER CROWVILLE AT 431 PM CDT...MOVING
SOUTH AT 5 MPH.
VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH FREQUENT 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.
LAT...LON 3233 9174 3234 9168 3233 9152 3225 9152
3226 9155 3225 9155 3223 9153 3224 9151
3221 9155 3220 9151 3203 9150 3204 9179
TIME...MOT...LOC 2131Z 358DEG 5KT 3225 9162
EECLAZ007-008-015-112210-
RICHLAND LA-MOREHOUSE LA-WEST CARROLL LA-
440 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2014
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
440 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2014
...STRONG STORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER MOREHOUSE PARISH MOVING
INTO WEST CARROLL AND RICHLAND PARISHES...
A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME
SIZE HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED OVER CENTRAL AND
EASTERN MOREHOUSE PARISH AT 439 PM CDT...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OF TWO TO THREE INCHES ALONG WITH FREQUENT 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.
LAT...LON 3298 9186 3298 9131 3274 9135 3269 9138
3268 9141 3261 9140 3259 9144 3256 9143
3255 9144 3254 9147 3251 9148 3252 9191
3256 9193
TIME...MOT...LOC 2139Z 007DEG 5KT 3278 9181
EECThe Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 122 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:44 UTC.
1 lightning, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A 23 year old female was struck and killed by a lightning strike while riding a horse.
Four trees were knocked down in Clarke County, including two in Quitman.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lightning, Clarke | 2014-07-11 | 23 | Female | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
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, 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: 534103, 534104.