A moist and unstable air mass allowed for the development of afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms. Some of these storms produced flash flooding, large hail, and 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 flash flooding, large hail, 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 Jun 6, 2:29 PM CST, 24 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 329 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2014 .SHORT TERM...ANOTHER MCS IS MOVING ACROSS EASTERN ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE AREA MAINLY WELL NORTH OF I-20. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT THESE STORMS TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS...BUT HI- RES MODELS SUGGEST THAT MOST OF THE ACTIVITY WILL SHIFT EAST OF THE AREA BY EARLY EVENING AND DISSIPATE AFTER SUNSET. A VERY STRONG CAP CONTINUES TO INHIBIT CONVECTION ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE I-20 CORRIDOR AND EXPECT THIS TO CONTINUE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY IN THE NORTH OVERNIGHT. THE GLOBAL MODELS VERY SOME ON SATURDAY WITH THE ECMWF DRIER THAN THE GFS ACROSS THE BULK OF THE AREA. THE ECMWF IS HANDLING THE CONVECTION TODAY BETTER THAN THE GFS...SO WILL LEAN TOWARDS THE EC AND CUT POPS OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA ON SATURDAY. EXPECT SIMILAR CONDITIONS ON SATURDAY WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF STRONG STORMS ONCE AGAIN IN THE NORTH. THE GFS/ECMWF ROTATE SOME DRIER AIR AROUND THE UPPER RIDGE ON SUNDAY WITH PWATS FALLING TO ABOUT 1.2-1.3 INCHES ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-20...BUT THERE WILL STILL BE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE OVER THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA ONCE AGAIN. STUCK PRETTY CLOSE TO POPS THROUGH THE PERIOD...BUT DID CUT SLIGHTLY BELOW GUIDANCE HIGHS ON SATURDAY IN THE NORTH DUE TO EXPECT THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY AND CLOUDS./15/ .PREVIOUS LONG TERM...SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...THIS TIME PERIOD IS LOOKING INCREASINGLY WET FOR THE FORECAST AREA. THE GFS HAS COME INTO CLOSER AGREEMENT WITH THE ECMWF...BUT STILL PREFER THE ECMWF AS THERE ARE DIFFERENCES IN THE LATTER PERIODS. FLOW PATTERN AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PERIOD WILL BE CHARACTERIZED BY FLAT MID LEVEL RIDGE EXTENDING FROM BAJA ACROSS NORTHERN MEXICO AND ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF COAST. TO THE NORTH OF THE RIDGE A NEAR ZONAL PATTERN WILL LIE ACROSS THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE NATION WITH SEVERAL WEAK SHORTWAVES EMBEDDED IN THE FLOW. DIGGING WAVE MOVING OUT OF IDAHO SUNDAY LOOKS TO GET ORPHANED BY THE NORTHERN STREAM BUT WILL QUICKLY BE ADOPTED BY SOUTHERN STREAM JET ROTATING AROUND NORTHERN PERIPHERY OF BAJA HIGH CENTER. RAPID DEEPENING OCCURS AS THE WAVE PULLS INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS MONDAY. MEANWHILE AT THE SURFACE...PERSISTENT QUASI-STATIONARY BOUNDARY HAS REMAINED STRETCHED ACROSS OK/N AR/TN. CONVECTION LOOKS TO CONTINUE TO FESTER ALONG THE BOUNDARY. APPROACHING MID LEVEL WAVE WILL ALLOW A SURGE OF DRY/COOLER AIR TO PUSH ACROSS TX/OK TUESDAY. WITH SOUTHERN STREAM JET ENERGY WANING...LOW CENTER LOOKS TO SLOW DOWN AND BEGIN FILLING AS IT DRIFTS ACROSS THE MID MS VALLEY TUE/WED. ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL ALSO SLOW DOWN AND LOOKS TO STALL WEDNESDAY OVER MS AND BEGIN LIFTING BACK NORTH BY THURSDAY. GENERALLY WENT WITH CHANCE POPS ABOUT EVERYDAY...BEST IN THE NORTH AND ON TUE/WED WITH THE CLOSEST APPROACH OF THE BOUNDARY. WENT WITH A BLEND OF THE ECMWF/GFS IN POPS AND TEMPS THROUGH TUE...BUT WENT CLOSER TO THE ECMWF ON TEMPS/POPS WED/THU. THE GFS SEEMS TO TRAIL OFF A LITTLE TOO SOON TOWARD CLIMO WITH MID 60S FOR MINS WED/THU./26/ && .AVIATION...THE LARGE TSTM COMPLEX WAS NOTED ON REGIONAL RADARS TRACKING EAST...BUT WELL NORTH OF OUR AREA AT MID AFTN. THE MOST INTENSE ACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH THE COMPLEX WILL MISS OUR AREA HOWEVER...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND TSTMS WERE NOTED ALONG THE HIGHWAY 82 CORRIDOR AND A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH WIND GUSTS OF 50KTS AND ONE INCH HAIL. MORE ISOLD CONVECTION WL BE PSBL CNTRL AND S. VFR CONDS WL RESUME THIS EVNG AS THE CONVECTION DISSIPATES. AFTER 09Z MODELS SUGGEST IFR CIGS WL REDEVELOP... ESPECIALLY OVER THE SOUTH AND EAST. WINDS THIS AFTN WL BE 6-10KTS OUT OF THE SW-S AND BECOME NEAR CALM OVERNIGHT. /22/ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... JACKSON 92 72 92 72 / 32 16 24 9 MERIDIAN 92 70 91 70 / 51 25 34 9 VICKSBURG 93 70 93 70 / 21 13 20 11 HATTIESBURG 92 72 93 71 / 20 13 20 13 NATCHEZ 92 71 91 70 / 18 13 12 11 GREENVILLE 88 73 91 72 / 50 27 37 27 GREENWOOD 88 72 91 72 / 50 32 35 25 && .JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MS...NONE. LA...NONE. AR...NONE. && 15/MME
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1258 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2014 ARZ074-075-MSZ018-019-025>039-071800- ASHLEY-CHICOT-BOLIVAR-SUNFLOWER-LEFLORE-GRENADA-CARROLL- MONTGOMERY-WEBSTER-CLAY-LOWNDES-CHOCTAW-OKTIBBEHA-WASHINGTON- HUMPHREYS-HOLMES-ATTALA-WINSTON-NOXUBEE- 1258 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...AND NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...THE REST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS RISK...LIMITED TIMING...REMAINDER OF TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT THERE IS LIMITED CONFIDENCE OF SEVERE STORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THIS EVENING. THE MAIN RISKS WILL BE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH. (WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/GRAPHICAST.PHP?SITE=JAN&GC=1) .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY 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 REQUESTED FOR REST OF TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ040>066-072>074-071800- MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND-MADISON LA- FRANKLIN LA-CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA-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- 1258 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...THE REST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY 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. 21 && ...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 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 ...ADDITIONAL URLS FOR SEVERE WEATHER ISSUES... STORM PREDICTION CENTER (SPC)... WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/ SPC...MESO ANALYSIS... WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/EXPER/MESOANALYSIS/NEW/# 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!
MSZ018-019-062010- SUNFLOWER MS-BOLIVAR MS- 240 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2014 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 240 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2014 A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF RENOVA AT 240 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. PEOPLE IN EAST CENTRAL BOLIVAR AND NORTH CENTRAL SUNFLOWER COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. LAT...LON 3390 9047 3369 9052 3373 9081 3391 9078 TIME...MOT...LOC 1940Z 277DEG 21KT 3381 9068 DC
MSZ025-027-028-062030- MONTGOMERY MS-LEFLORE MS-CARROLL MS- 243 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2014 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 243 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2014 A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GREENWOOD AT 243 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. PEOPLE IN CENTRAL CARROLL...EAST CENTRAL LEFLORE AND WEST CENTRAL MONTGOMERY COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. LAT...LON 3355 8969 3330 8973 3340 9028 3358 9025 TIME...MOT...LOC 1943Z 278DEG 18KT 3348 9015 JA
ARZ075-MSZ018-034-062050-
CHICOT AR-WASHINGTON MS-BOLIVAR MS-
306 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2014
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
306 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2014
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL
AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF WINTERVILLE AT 306
PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
PEOPLE IN SOUTHWESTERN BOLIVAR...NORTHERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHEASTERN
CHICOT COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.
LAT...LON 3345 9076 3344 9076 3334 9077 3340 9123
3357 9122 3358 9120 3358 9077
TIME...MOT...LOC 2006Z 274DEG 16KT 3348 9112
JAMSZ032-038-062120- WINSTON MS-CHOCTAW MS- 342 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2014 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 342 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2014 A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF CENTER RIDGE AT 342 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. PEOPLE IN EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL CHOCTAW AND CENTRAL WINSTON COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. LAT...LON 3322 8895 3301 8891 3300 8920 3318 8922 TIME...MOT...LOC 2042Z 265DEG 14KT 3310 8910 DC
MSZ027-028-036-037-062115- ATTALA MS-MONTGOMERY MS-HOLMES MS-CARROLL MS- 347 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2014 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 347 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2014 A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VAIDEN AT 347 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE ALSO LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. PEOPLE IN SOUTHEASTERN CARROLL...EAST CENTRAL HOLMES...SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY AND NORTH CENTRAL ATTALA COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. LAT...LON 3335 8947 3313 8950 3318 8992 3336 8990 TIME...MOT...LOC 2047Z 275DEG 18KT 3326 8980 JA
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
353 PM CDT FRI JUN 06 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0353 PM FLASH FLOOD 1 SE GRENADA 33.77N 89.80W
06/06/2014 GRENADA MS LAW ENFORCEMENT
REPORTS OF FLOODING ON LINE STREET AND FAIRGROUND ROAD IN
GRENADA.
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DCOXThe Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 137 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:53 UTC.
8 hail, 2 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
There were reports of flooding on Line Street and Fairground Road.
A culvert was washed out and pushed across Tom Grant Road. There was also a report of 3.7 inches of rain in the past hour.
A tree was blown down across both lanes of Highway 51 north of Duck Hill.
Some power lines were blown 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, 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: 518689, 518695, 518696, 518697, 518699, 518700, 518701, 518702, 518703, 518704, 518706, 518708.