A moist and unstable air mass allowed for the development of afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms. Some of these storms produced some damaging winds.
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The episode as NWS JAN wrote it up.
A moist and unstable air mass allowed for the development of afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms. Some of these storms produced some 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 Jun 18, 1:49 PM CST, 4 hours 56 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 249 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014 .SHORT TERM... NOT MUCH IN THE WAY OF ANY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO GOING FORECAST THIS AFTERNOON. CONVECTIVE FORECAST FOR THIS AFTERNOON PRETTY MUCH WORKING OUT AS EXPECTED AS WIDELY SCT SHRA/TSRA HAVE DEVELOPED OVER AL INTO EXTREME E MS. EXPECT THIS ACTIVITY TO CONTINUE TO BUILD WEST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING BEFORE DISSIPATING WITH SUNSET. EXPECT THAT STRATUS AND FOG WILL REMAIN PATCHY LATER TONIGHT AS BEST LOW LEVEL GULF INFLOW REMAINS FOCUSED TO THE WEST. MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT THAT LOW/MID LEVEL ANTICYCLONE WILL SLOWLY BUILD AND RETROGRADE WEST ACROSS THE AREA. PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES ARE FORECAST TO INCREASE SLIGHTLY ACROSS THE AREA...SO BY FRIDAY WILL CARRY SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FOR DIURNAL CONVECTION AREAWIDE. WHILE THERE WILL BE ENOUGH LAPSE RATE AND DCAPE TO POTENTIALLY SUPPORT A FEW STRONGER STORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS...GIVEN OVERALL ACTIVITY REMAINING ISOLATED WITH LITTLE LARGER SCALE SUPPORT FOR CONVECTION...DO NOT SEE ANY NEED TO INCLUDE ANYTHING IN HWO AT THIS POINT. GUIDANCE TEMPS LOOK FINE. PREVIOUS LONG TERM DISCUSSION FOLLOWS. /AEG/ .LONG TERM... TYPICAL HOT AND HUMID SUMMERTIME CONDITIONS FOR THE LOWER MS VALLEY REGION ARE ANTICIPATED FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WITH PREVALENCE OF SUBTROPICAL RIDGING ALOFT IN THE VICINITY BRINGING MAINLY DRY WEATHER WITH AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES PEAKING AROUND 100 DEGREES. THERE COULD BE ISOLATED AND MAINLY AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...BUT MAINLY OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA WHERE THERMAL CAPPING WILL BE A BIT LESS AND DEPTH OF QUALITY LOW LEVEL MOISTURE GREATER. HOT ACTUAL TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 90S AND LIKELY MODERATE DEVELOPING DCAPE COULD DELIVER AT LEAST MODEST WET MICROBURST POTENTIAL TO MORE VIGOROUS CONVECTION THOSE DAYS...BUT THE RISK DOES NOT WARRANT MENTION IN THE HWO YET. BY SUNDAY MODELS STILL SHOW GOOD AGREEMENT THAT THE AFOREMENTIONED UPPER RIDGE IN THE VICINITY WILL BE BREAKING DOWN SOME AND SHIFTING FURTHER WEST. THIS WILL ALLOW A MORE ACTIVE NORTHWEST FLOW PATTERN TO TEMPORARILY DEVELOP WHILE AT LEAST MINOR LOW LEVEL BOUNDARIES DROP INTO THE REGION FROM THE NORTH LATER SUNDAY AND MONDAY. NO BIG COLD FRONTS LOOK TO COME IN (AND IT IS GETTING TOO LATE INTO THE SUMMER TO HOPE FOR THAT) SO HOT CONDITIONS WILL PROBABLY INITIALLY ONLY BE HELPED A LITTLE BY GREATER AFTERNOON CLOUD AND SHOWER COVERAGE. AS MENTIONED IN PRIOR DISCUSSIONS...THIS PERIOD WILL HAVE TO BE MONITORED FOR ISOLATED SEVERE STORM POTENTIAL IN ESPECIALLY NORTHERN ZONES BUT FOR NOW THE THREAT IS NOT OF HIGH ENOUGH CALIBER TO YET INCLUDE IN THE HWO. INTO THE MID-WEEK PERIOD THE MODEL GUIDANCE CONSENSUS IS THAT A WEAK UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AXIS WILL SHARPEN AND ANCHOR JUST TO OUR WEST AND PROMOTE BACKING LOW LEVEL WINDS AND LESS HEAT. HOWEVER...ATMOSPHERIC COLUMN MOISTURE IN OUR REGION SHOULD INCREASE AND THE PRESENCE OF THE SYNOPTIC TROUGH IN COMBINATION WILL LIKELY BRING THE REGION ABOVE AVERAGE RAINFALL CHANCES FOR AT LEAST A FEW DAYS. /BB/ && .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. ISOLATED SHOWER/ TSTM ACTIVITY WILL BE PRESENT ESPECIALLY IN THE EAST BUT TOO SPARSE TO INCLUDE IN THE TAFS AT THIS TIME. ANOTHER ROUND OF MVFR TO IFR CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE SUNRISE THURSDAY MORNING. /28/ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... JACKSON 71 93 71 94 / 13 17 10 21 MERIDIAN 68 93 69 94 / 20 23 15 23 VICKSBURG 70 92 70 94 / 7 15 10 17 HATTIESBURG 71 93 71 94 / 21 22 14 24 NATCHEZ 71 90 69 91 / 8 15 10 18 GREENVILLE 71 93 71 94 / 7 13 5 13 GREENWOOD 70 93 71 94 / 11 14 10 15 && .JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MS...NONE. LA...NONE. AR...NONE. && AEG/BB/28
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 239 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014 ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 191945- 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- 239 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...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. 28 && ...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!
MSZ052-058-182255- LAUDERDALE MS-CLARKE MS- 527 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 527 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014 A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ZERO AT 527 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. PEOPLE IN NORTH CENTRAL CLARKE AND SOUTH CENTRAL LAUDERDALE COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. LAT...LON 3225 8879 3244 8854 3224 8848 3209 8854 TIME...MOT...LOC 2227Z 149DEG 6KT 3227 8863 JA
MSZ039-046-182310-
NOXUBEE MS-KEMPER MS-
542 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
542 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND
40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GHOLSON AT 542 PM
CDT...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH.
VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
PEOPLE IN EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL KEMPER AND SOUTHWESTERN NOXUBEE
COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.
LAT...LON 3292 8853 3292 8878 3294 8881 3306 8863
3293 8853
TIME...MOT...LOC 2242Z 036DEG 6KT 3290 8865
JAMSZ046-182325- KEMPER MS- 554 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 554 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014 A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED OVER DE KALB AT 554 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. PEOPLE IN CENTRAL KEMPER COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. LAT...LON 3276 8880 3287 8871 3278 8851 3264 8864 TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 128DEG 4KT 3276 8866 JA
MSZ031-039-182340-
NOXUBEE MS-LOWNDES MS-
613 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
613 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014
A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 40 TO 50 MPH
WINDS WAS LOCATED FROM 6 MILES NORTH OF CRAWFORD TO 5 MILES NORTHEAST
OF GHOLSON AT 612 PM CDT...MOVING WEST AT 15 MPH. A STRONG GUST
FRONT IS ASSOCIATED WITH LINE OF STORMS AND REPORTS OF 40 MPH WINDS
HAVE BEEN OBSERVED.
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 LOWNDES AND WESTERN NOXUBEE COUNTIES SHOULD
MONITOR THESE STORMS CLOSELY.
LAT...LON 3293 8858 3293 8876 3292 8877 3293 8881
3320 8881 3329 8879 3329 8867 3345 8866
3345 8852
TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 102DEG 13KT 3338 8864 3300 8868
JAMSZ031-182350- LOWNDES MS- 620 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 620 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014 A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTH OF BENT OAK AT 621 PM CDT. THE STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. PEOPLE IN CENTRAL LOWNDES COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. LAT...LON 3341 8863 3349 8851 3338 8843 3332 8860 TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 160DEG 2KT 3339 8853 JA
MSZ030-031-033-190010-
OKTIBBEHA MS-LOWNDES MS-CLAY MS-
641 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
641 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND
40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF SESSUMS AT 641 PM
CDT. THE STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.
PEOPLE IN SOUTH CENTRAL CLAY...EXTREME WEST CENTRAL LOWNDES AND
NORTHEASTERN OKTIBBEHA COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.
LAT...LON 3341 8871 3353 8889 3357 8886 3356 8868
3345 8867
TIME...MOT...LOC 2341Z 123DEG 1KT 3348 8874
JAThe Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 45 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:42 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree was down on a power line just east of the intersection of Highway 182 and Lehmberg Road.
Several trees were down across Old Highway 49, Rose Hill Road, and Robindale Road.
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, June 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: 518746, 518743.