Showers and thunderstorms developed as a boundary moved through the region. Some of these storms produced damaging winds.
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 as a boundary moved through the region. Some of these storms produced 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 Aug 10, 2:34 PM CST, 1 hour 2 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
330 PM CDT AUG 10 2015
.SHORT TERM(TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT)...LATEST SATELLITE
IMAGERY SHOWED THE REGION UNDER THE MEAN RIDGE CENTERED OVER THE
ARKLATEX REGION. A MORNING MCS HAD SENT A OUTFLOW BOUNDARY ACROSS
THE NORTH. A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WAS PUSHING TOWARD THE REGION FROM THE
CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. AREA RADARS WERE PICKING UP SOME
ISOLATED CONVECTION ACROSS THE REGION. TEMPS AS OF MID AFTERNOON
RANGED FROM THE LOWER 90S TO AROUND 100 DEGREES. A WELCOME PATTERN
CHANGE IS COMING FOR THE REST OF THE WORK WEEK AS THE MEAN RIDGE
CENTER WILL BE PUSHED INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND ROCKIES...WHILE
AN UPPER TROUGH DEVELOPS OVER THE EASTERN US. FOR THE REST OF THE
AFTERNOON EXPECT THE CONVECTION TO INCREASE TO SCATTERED COVERAGE
OVER SOME OF THE CWA. WITH CURRENT TRENDS SOME LOCATIONS MAY NOT
REACH EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING CRITERIA...BUT HAVE OPTED TO LET THAT
WARNING EXPIRE AT 7 PM. FOR TONIGHT THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL START
TO MOVE OVER THE REGION. THIS WILL ALLOW OUR RAIN CHANCES TO
CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA.
IT WILL BE ANOTHER HUMID NIGHT WITH LOWS IN THE MID TO UPPER 70S.
FOR TUESDAY THE FRONT WILL MAKE ITS WAY TOWARD THE SOUTHERN PORTION
OF THE REGION. THERE MAY BE A MARGINAL RISK OF SOME SEVERE IN THE
SOUTH HALF...BUT THERE ARE SOME ISSUES WITH THAT. IT WILL DEPEND ON
THE WHAT HAPPENS THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS CONVECTION
WISE. I COULD SEE SOME MORNING ACTIVITY AFFECTING AIR MASS RECOVERY.
SO WITH THAT IN MIND WILL LET THE MID SHIFT TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT
THAT. IT WILL BE ANOTHER WARM DAY FOR TUESDAY WITH HIGHS FROM THE
MIDDLE TO UPPER 90S. HEAT INDICES WILL BE FROM 106 TO 110 FOR A HEAT
ADVISORY EXTENDING OVER MOST OF THE REGION. INDICES NORTH OF THE
ADVISORY AREA WILL BE AT 105. FOR TUESDAY NIGHT OUR CHANCES OF RAIN
WILL PUSH SOUTH. SOME SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR WILL PUSH INTO OUR NORTHERN
COUNTIES AS WE GET SOME 60S DEWPOINTS COMING IN. THIS WILL SEND
READINGS DOWN INTO THE LOWER 70S NORTH TO THE MIDDLE 70S SOUTH. AS
WE PUSH INTO WEDNESDAY THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL BE SOUTH OF THE
REGION AND IT WILL TAKE THE LAST CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE PINEBELT AREA
WITH IT. BEHIND THE FRONT TEMPS WILL MODERATE SOME WITH HIGHS IN THE
90-94 RANGE. THE 60S DEWPOINTS WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REST OF THE
CWA...MAKING FOR LESS HUMID CONDITIONS. FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT SLIGHTLY
COOLER TEMPS WILL BE ACROSS THE ARKLAMISS WITH LOWS IN THE MIDDLE
60S NORTHEAST TO THE LOWER 70S SOUTHWEST. THE MIDDLE 60S WILL BE
AROUND FIVE DEGREES LOWER THAN SEASONAL READINGS./17/
.LONGTERM...(THURSDAY THROUGH NEXT MONDAY)...NOT SEEING MUCH IN THE
WAY OF NEEDED RAINFALL FOR THE PERIOD. THE FORECAST AREA WILL BECOME
FIXED BETWEEN AN UPPER TROUGH OVER THE EAST COAST OF THE UNITED
STATES AND THE STUBBORN UPPER RIDGE CENTERED NEAR THE FOUR CORNERS
REGION. NORTHERLY FLOW ALOFT AND AT THE SURFACE THROUGH MUCH OF THE
WEEK WILL ADVECT DRIER AIR INTO THE REGION. PWATS WILL GO DOWN TO
AROUND 0.75 INCH ON THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY...BEFORE RISING TO AROUND
1.8 INCHES BY MONDAY NIGHT. WHILE HIGHS TOP OUT IN THE LOW TO MIDDLE
90S...THE NOTICEABLY DRIER AIR WILL HELP TO MAKE FOR MORE TOLERABLE
CONDITIONS EACH AFTERNOON...AS WELL AS OVERNIGHT AS LOWS FALL INTO
THE 60S AND 70S. AS EXPECTED THOUGH...DEW POINTS WILL MODERATE UP
SLIGHTLY OVER THE WEEKEND...AND THE CHANCES OF AT LEAST SOME
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED CONVECTION RETURNING TO THE FORECAST SATURDAY
THROUGH MONDAY. 17/19/
&&
.AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE EVENING AT MOST
TERMINALS. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED STORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS
EVENING, MAINLY ACROSS SOUTH AND EAST MS, POSSIBLE IMPACTING JAN/
HKS, MEI, AND HBG/PIB. BRIEF CIG/VISBY REDUCTIONS DUE TO +RA AND
GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS. LATER TONIGHT, A SHORT
PERIOD OF PATCHY FOG IS POSSIBLE AROUND DAYBREAK, MAINLY AT SITES
ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-20. /DL/
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
JACKSON 78 98 76 93 / 26 31 28 4
MERIDIAN 75 94 75 92 / 41 47 33 6
VICKSBURG 78 99 75 93 / 20 24 23 4
HATTIESBURG 77 98 76 94 / 14 54 40 14
NATCHEZ 79 98 75 93 / 17 33 27 10
GREENVILLE 78 96 73 91 / 18 17 7 4
GREENWOOD 76 95 73 90 / 27 18 9 4
&&
.JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MS...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR MSZ018-
019-025>066-072>074.
HEAT ADVISORY FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY FOR
MSZ034>037-040>045-047>066-072>074.
LA...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR
LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026.
HEAT ADVISORY FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY FOR
LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026.
AR...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR ARZ074-
075.
HEAT ADVISORY FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY FOR
ARZ074-075.
&&HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 242 PM CDT MON AUG 10 2015 ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>028-034>036- 040>043-047>049-053-054-059>061-111945- ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND- MADISON-FRANKLIN-CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA-BOLIVAR-SUNFLOWER- LEFLORE-GRENADA-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS-HOLMES- ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY-YAZOO-WARREN-HINDS-RANKIN-CLAIBORNE-COPIAH- JEFFERSON-ADAMS- 242 PM CDT MON AUG 10 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND TUESDAY EXCESSIVE HEAT THREAT...EXTREME TIMING...EXTREME THREAT THIS AFTERNOON AND AN ELEVATED THREAT TUESDAY LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITY WILL RESULT IN HEAT INDICES OF 110 TO 115 THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON. ON TUESDAY...HEAT INDICES ARE EXPECTED TO RISE TO THE 105 TO 110 RANGE. (WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/GRAPHICAST.PHP?SITE=JAN&GC=2) .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY 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 SUNDAY. MSZ029>033-037>039-044>046-050>052-055>058-062>066-072>074-111945- WEBSTER-CLAY-LOWNDES-CHOCTAW-OKTIBBEHA-ATTALA-WINSTON-NOXUBEE- LEAKE-NESHOBA-KEMPER-SCOTT-NEWTON-LAUDERDALE-SIMPSON-SMITH-JASPER- CLARKE-LINCOLN-LAWRENCE-JEFFERSON DAVIS-COVINGTON-JONES-MARION- LAMAR-FORREST- 242 PM CDT MON AUG 10 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND TUESDAY EXCESSIVE HEAT THREAT...SIGNIFICANT TIMING...SIGNIFICANT THREAT THIS AFTERNOON AND A LIMITED TO ELEVATED THREAT TUESDAY LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITY WILL RESULT IN HEAT INDICES OF 110 TO 115 THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON. ON TUESDAY...HEAT INDICES ARE EXPECTED TO RISE TO THE 105 TO 110 RANGE GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-20. NORTH OF I-20, HEAT INDICES ARE EXPECTED TO RISE TO THE 100 TO 105 DEGREE RANGE. (WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/GRAPHICAST.PHP?SITE=JAN&GC=2) .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY 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 SUNDAY. DL && ...HAZARD LEGEND... *EXCESSIVE HEAT* EXTREME...MAXIMUM HEAT INDEX GREATER THAN 110 DEGREES FOR 3 OR MORE DAYS IN A ROW AND/OR AIR TEMPERATURES GREATER THAN 107 DEGREES. SIGNIFICANT...MAXIMUM HEAT INDEX GREATER THAN 110 DEGREES AND/OR AIR TEMPERATURES GREATER THAN 105 DEGREES. ELEVATED...MAXIMUM HEAT INDEX 105 TO 110 DEGREES AND/OR AIR TEMPERATURES GREATER THAN 103 DEGREES. LIMITED...MAXIMUM HEAT INDEX NEAR 105 DEGREES AND/OR AIR TEMPERATURES 100 TO 103 DEGREES. ...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/NWSJACKSONMS FOLLOW NWS JAN ON TWITTER... @NWSJACKSONMS PLEASE CONVERT ALL WEB ADDRESSES TO LOWER CASE BEFORE ENTERING!
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1247 PM CDT MON AUG 10 2015
MSZ031-039-101830-
NOXUBEE MS-LOWNDES MS-
1247 PM CDT MON AUG 10 2015
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN NOXUBEE AND
SOUTHEASTERN LOWNDES COUNTIES UNTIL 130 PM CDT...
AT 1246 PM CDT...METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR PLUM GROVE TO
JUST SOUTH OF NEW HOPE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DEERBROOK AND BIGBEE VALLEY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
&&
LAT...LON 3324 8831 3316 8849 3332 8860 3343 8834
3339 8829
TIME...MOT...LOC 1746Z 302DEG 11KT 3339 8836 3331 8854
DLSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 308 PM CDT MON AUG 10 2015 MSZ037-038-044-045-102045- ATTALA MS-LEAKE MS-WINSTON MS-NESHOBA MS- 308 PM CDT MON AUG 10 2015 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN NESHOBA... NORTHEASTERN LEAKE...SOUTHEASTERN ATTALA AND SOUTHWESTERN WINSTON COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM CDT... AT 307 PM CDT...METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ZAMA...OR 14 MILES EAST OF KOSCIUSKO...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... EDINBURG AND PEARL RIVER AROUND 345 PM CDT. LAT...LON 3305 8960 3310 8925 3280 8912 3275 8951 TIME...MOT...LOC 2007Z 348DEG 17KT 3302 8934 DB
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
357 PM CDT MON AUG 10 2015
MSZ045-102130-
NESHOBA MS-
357 PM CDT MON AUG 10 2015
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN NESHOBA COUNTY
UNTIL 430 PM CDT...
AT 356 PM CDT...METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
OVER STALLO...OR 7 MILES WEST OF NANIH WAIYA...MOVING SOUTH AT 15
MPH.
NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
BURNSIDE AROUND 415 PM CDT.
FORESTDALE AROUND 430 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE TUCKER.
LAT...LON 3272 8892 3269 8913 3293 8915 3293 8897
3292 8896 3292 8893 3286 8891
TIME...MOT...LOC 2056Z 345DEG 11KT 3291 8908
DBSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 416 PM CDT MON AUG 10 2015 MSZ061-062-102200- LINCOLN MS-FRANKLIN MS- 416 PM CDT MON AUG 10 2015 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN FRANKLIN AND WESTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM CDT... AT 416 PM CDT...METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER VAUGHN...OR 8 MILES WEST OF BROOKHAVEN...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... VAUGHN AROUND 420 PM CDT. MCCALL CREEK AROUND 450 PM CDT. WEST LINCOLN AROUND 455 PM CDT. LAT...LON 3166 9069 3165 9048 3141 9044 3141 9075 TIME...MOT...LOC 2116Z 001DEG 9KT 3159 9059 DB
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
422 PM CDT MON AUG 10 2015
MSZ051-057-102215-
JASPER MS-NEWTON MS-
422 PM CDT MON AUG 10 2015
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN NEWTON AND
NORTHWESTERN JASPER COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM CDT...
AT 422 PM CDT...METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
OVER LAWRENCE...OR NEAR NEWTON...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.
DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
NEWTON AROUND 430 PM CDT.
LAWRENCE AROUND 435 PM CDT.
ROBERTS AND GARLANDVILLE AROUND 515 PM CDT.
LAT...LON 3214 8932 3221 8932 3242 8930 3242 8909
3215 8904
TIME...MOT...LOC 2122Z 001DEG 8KT 3235 8920
DBSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
427 PM CDT MON AUG 10 2015
MSZ049-050-102215-
RANKIN MS-SCOTT MS-
427 PM CDT MON AUG 10 2015
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EAST CENTRAL RANKIN AND
SOUTHWESTERN SCOTT COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM CDT...
AT 427 PM CDT...METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
OVER PELAHATCHIE...OR 7 MILES WEST OF MORTON...MOVING SOUTH AT 10
MPH.
NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
PELAHATCHIE AROUND 440 PM CDT.
LAT...LON 3222 8973 3221 8977 3220 8990 3238 8988
3238 8969 3222 8969
TIME...MOT...LOC 2127Z 001DEG 8KT 3234 8979
DBThe Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 76 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:36 UTC.
7 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Two trees were blown down along Cedar Grove Road. One was on the roadway and the other brought down a power line and damaged a meter.
A tree was blown down on Highway 503 northwest of Hickory and another was blown down on Hickory Fellowship Road southeast of Hickory.
A few trees were blown down around Raleigh.
Trees and power lines were blown down in New Hebron.
A roof was blown off a shed.
Trees and power lines were blown down in Monticello.
A tree was blown down on Jimmy Williams Road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Mississippi in 2015Every state in 2015This day in weather historyWarnings in Mississippi, August 2015
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: 588348, 588349, 588351, 588352, 588353, 588355, 593269.