Multiple rounds of wintry weather had occurred prior to this snowfall event. A cold front had moved through the region four days earlier on February 21st with a cold airmass in its wake.
Every event with a place to put it; 25 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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.
Multiple rounds of wintry weather had occurred prior to this snowfall event. A cold front had moved through the region four days earlier on February 21st with a cold airmass in its wake. Several waves of upper level disturbances moved through Mid-South, over the course of the next three days. The first, on the night of the 22nd, brought mostly rain to the region but some light icing occurred in the far northern Delta early on the 23rd. A second, more potent disturbance, moved through Central Mississippi during the afternoon and evening hours on the 23rd. This brought a more significant icing event to locations generally along and north of I-20, causing some power outages and accidents.
With the cold remaining in place, the final round of wintry weather moved in on the morning of the 25th. A strong upper level disturbance moved across the region, which induced a low pressure system to move east across the northern Gulf of Mexico. With the cold air already entrenched over the region, this brought the moisture and atmospheric lift needed to generate precipitation. At first, the precipitation started as rain and freezing rain, with some light icing reported across the ArkLaMiss. As the atmosphere cooled through the late morning, the rain began to change to snow in the early afternoon across southeast Arkansas, northeast Louisiana and the Mississippi Delta. The changeover line from rain to snow slowly progressed from northwest to southeast across northern portions of the ArkLaMiss region. By the time the changeover occurred near the I-20 corridor, the precipitation was moving off to the east into Alabama.
Those who got snow north of I-20 saw several heavier bursts, which led to some high snowfall totals. The highest totals were generally along and north of the Highway 82 corridor. Locations from Grenada to northern Lowndes County saw the highest amounts in our county warning area, with totals ranging from six to eight inches. Those who saw the higher totals also dealt with trees being weighed down by the heavy snow. This led to snapping trees and numerous power outages.
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 Feb 23, 4:00 PM CST, 0 minutes earlier.
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</html>The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
20 heavy snow, 5 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Light sleet fell across the county. Bridges became icy and resulted in several traffic accidents.
Light sleet fell across the county. Bridges became icy and resulted in several traffic accidents.
Light freezing rain of two tenths of an inch or less fell across the county. This brought down some powerlines down to the west of Raymond. Power outages occurred around Jackson, affecting 900 customers. Power lines were also down at Highway 18 and Ellis Avenue in Jackson. The light freezing rain brought down a tree, which blocked the right land of I-20 westbound at mile marker 26 in Clinton. A tree was brought down on the campus of Mississippi College in Clinton. Another tree was brought down, blocking a railroad, along Highway 51 to the south of County Line Road. A traffic accident occurred in Utica on Highway 18, which resulted in the fatality of a 24 year old male on the morning of the 24th.
Light freezing rain fell that resulted icy bridges and multiple accidents on Interstate Twenty.
Light freezing rain of up to two tenths fell across the county. This brought down some trees along the Natchez Trace in Ridgeland. It also brought down some large limbs and a few trees in Madison.
Three to six inches of snow fell in the county. Cleveland and Shaw saw the largest total with six inches.
Three to five inches of snow fell in the county. Inverness saw the largest total with five and a half inches.
Three to five inches of snow fell in the county. Leland saw the largest total with five inches.
Three to five inches of snow fell in the county. Minter City saw the largest total with five inches.
Two to three inches of snow fell in the county. Rolling Fork had the highest total reported at three inches. Most of the central and southern parts of the county saw roughly one to two inches.
The southern part of the county had about a half of an inch of snow to an inch of snow. The northern part of the county saw up to four inches.
The northern part of the county saw up to seven inches, with the highest total seen in the McCarley community of seven inches. The central and southern part of the county saw up to five inches.
Five to eight inches of snow fell across the county. Mantee and Bellefontaine saw the highest totals around eight inches.
Up to eight inches of snow fell in the county. The highest amount was seven to eight inches from Holcomb to Grenada to Elliot.
The northern part of the county had up to four inches while the southern part had between one and three inches.
Snow totals of up to eight inches occurred across the county. The northern portions, near Duck Hill and Winona, saw the highest amounts.
Up to five inches of snow fell in the northern part of the county. The southern part of the county saw up to two inches of snow.
Southern portions of the county saw up to two inches while the northern portion saw up to six inches.
Most of the county saw six to eight inches of snow.
Up to eight inches fell in the county. The southern portions of the county saw two to three inches. The highest totals fell around Caledonia, where eight inches was observed.
Up to five inches of snow fell in the county, with the northern portions near Maben seeing the highest amounts.
The northern part of the county saw two to three inches. The central and southern portions of the county saw around one to two inches.
The northern part of the county saw two inches, such as near Holly Bluff. The central and southern part of the county saw a half of an inch to an inch.
Up to three inches fell in the northern portions of the county. The southern portions saw up to an inch.
The southern portion of the county saw less than two inches. The northern part of the county, around Brooksville, recorded around two inches of snow.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winter Weather, Bolivar | 2015-02-24 | 24 | Male | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Indirect |
| Winter Weather, Washington | 2015-02-24 | 24 | Male | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Indirect |
| Winter Weather, Hinds | 2015-02-24 | 24 | Male | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Indirect |
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, February 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 561191, 561192, 561193, 561194, 561195, 557570, 560967, 560968, 560972, 560969, 560970, 560975, 560985, 557470, 560971, 560978, 560997, 560987, 560988, 560994, 560989, 560974, 560973, 560991, 560995.