The combination of rich gulf moisture, instability, and strong moisture convergence aided in providing strong storms over portions of central Mississippi, mainly during the late afternoon and early evening hours.
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The combination of rich gulf moisture, instability, and strong moisture convergence aided in providing strong storms over portions of central Mississippi, mainly during the late afternoon and early evening hours.
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 7, 9:51 AM CST, 4 hours 23 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1051 AM CDT TUE JUL 7 2015 .UPDATE...PW/S LESS THAN 1.5 INCHES IN THE 12Z JAN UA ANALYSIS THIS MORNING WITH A CAPPING INVERSION JUST ABOVE 850 MB. SHOULD BE HARD TO GET MUCH...IF ANY...CONVECTION WITH THIS SOUNDING ENVIRONMENT...BUT HRRR HOURLY SOUNDINGS ARE SHOWING MODEST MOISTURE ADVECTION... MAINLY BELOW 700 MB...WITH PW/S JUMPING TO AT LEAST 1.7 INCHES THIS AFTERNOON AND THE CAP ERODING AWAY. HRRR IS ALSO SHOWING ISOLATED CONVECTION DEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN TWO THIRDS. HRRR IS SHOWING THUNDERSTORM GUST POTENTIALS OF 40-45 KNOTS WITH THESE STORMS AND WET MICROBURST CHECKLIST IS YIELDING A CHANCE CATEGORY. WILL NOT UPDATE HWO AT PRESENT AS BELIEVE SEVERE WIND THREAT WILL BE TOO SPARSE. UPDATED GRIDS TO ADD SLIGHT POPS THIS AFTERNOON. TEMP GRIDS APPEAR TO BE ON TRACK./26/7/ && .AVIATION...MAY ADD SOME VCTS FOR LATE AFTERNOON/EVENING AT JAN...MEI AND HBG. MODELS SUGGEST SOME ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP IN THE SOUTH AND MOVE NORTH. OTHERWISE...LOOKING FOR VFR CONDITIONS TO PREVAIL THROUGH 9Z WHERE SOME STRATUS MAY MOVE INTO THE AREA. THERE COULD ALSO BE SOME PATCHY FOG AT THE MEI/HBG. /7/ && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 447 AM CDT TUE JUL 7 2015/ DISCUSSION... TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THE WEATHER OVER THE FORECAST AREA THE NEXT 48 HOURS...WILL BE DOMINATED BY THE INCREASING PRESENCE OF THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE OVER THE REGION. THIS WILL RESULT IN WARMING AFTERNOON HIGHS...MILD NIGHTS...AND RAIN CHANCES CONFINED TO MAINLY ISOLATED DIURNAL SHOWERS AND STORMS. GUSTY WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARD WITH ANY STORMS THAT INDEED DEVELOP. HIGHS WILL WARM INTO THE LOWER 90S TODAY...AND RANGE IN THE LOW AND MIDDLE 90S ON WEDNESDAY. LOWS BOTH TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL FALL INTO THE LOW AND MIDDLE 70S. ALSO OF NOTE...THESE ADVERTISED HIGH TEMPERATURES...COUPLED WITH AFTERNOON DEW POINTS HOVERING AROUND 70F...COULD YIELD SOME AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES AROUND THE 100 DEGREE MARK. /19/ THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY... THE THINKING IS RELATIVELY UNCHANGED FROM RECENT FORECASTS - TYPICAL MID-JULY WEATHER CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE LONGER RANGE AS A STOUT MID LEVEL RIDGE BUILDS WESTWARD OVER THE ARKLAMISS. RATHER HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WITH MAINLY ISOLATED AFTN/EVNG TSTMS WILL BE THE GENERAL RULE. IT LOOKS LIKE FRIDAY MAY SEE A SLIGHT UPTICK IN CONVECTIVE COVERAGE GIVEN THAT HIGHER PRECIPITABLE WATER AIR (~1.9 IN) WILL BEGIN TO CIRCULATE AROUND THE RIDGE CENTER AND OVER THE FORECAST AREA. THIS GREATER MOISTURE MAY COMBINE WITH A WEAKNESS IN THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE TO HELP INCREASE MOISTURE CONVERGENCE/DIURNAL TSTM CHANCES AND HAVE INCREASED GUIDANCE POPS A BIT. THE MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES ARE LOOKING LESS REMARKABLE COMPARED TO PREVIOUS GUIDANCE...BUT ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WOULD HAVE STEEP LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES TO WORK WITH AND COULD PRODUCE STRONG WIND GUSTS AS A RESULT. OTHERWISE...EXPECT HEAT STRESS TO BE ON THE INCREASE WITH HEAT INDICES LIKELY REACHING THE 100-105F RANGE EACH DAY...PERHAPS PEAKING AT AROUND 105 OVER THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. FORECAST HEAT STRESS VALUES ARE NOT QUITE ENOUGH TO WARRANT A MENTION IN THE HAZARD PRODUCTS AT THIS POINT. /EC/ AVIATION...AFTER A BRIEF PERIOD OF MVFR VISIBILITIES AND/OR CEILINGS AS A RESULT OF PATCHY FOG AND/OR PATCHY LOW STRATUS... PRIMARILY AT KGTR...KMEI...AND KHBG...VFR FLIGHT STATUSES ARE EXPECTED TO PREVAIL AT ALL SITES BY 14Z THIS MORNING. THESE VFR CATEGORIES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT. WINDS TODAY WILL BE FROM THE SOUTHWEST BETWEEN 7-12 KNOTS...AND WILL SUBSIDE TO BETWEEN 3-5 KNOTS TONIGHT. /19/ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... JACKSON 93 73 94 72 / 18 11 4 12 MERIDIAN 93 70 94 71 / 16 12 3 11 VICKSBURG 93 73 93 71 / 16 11 4 8 HATTIESBURG 93 73 94 72 / 18 3 5 8 NATCHEZ 92 74 91 73 / 18 4 8 8 GREENVILLE 91 74 92 72 / 12 14 10 9 GREENWOOD 91 73 92 72 / 16 14 6 9 && .JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MS...NONE. LA...NONE. AR...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 209 PM CDT TUE JUL 7 2015 ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 081915- ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND- MADISON-FRANKLIN-CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA-BOLIVAR-SUNFLOWER- LEFLORE-GRENADA-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-WEBSTER-CLAY-LOWNDES-CHOCTAW- OKTIBBEHA-WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS-HOLMES-ATTALA-WINSTON-NOXUBEE- ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY-YAZOO-LEAKE-NESHOBA-KEMPER-WARREN-HINDS-RANKIN- SCOTT-NEWTON-LAUDERDALE-CLAIBORNE-COPIAH-SIMPSON-SMITH-JASPER- CLARKE-JEFFERSON-ADAMS-LINCOLN-LAWRENCE-JEFFERSON DAVIS-COVINGTON- JONES-MARION-LAMAR-FORREST- 209 PM CDT TUE JUL 7 2015 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 WEDNESDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY 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 MONDAY. 21 && ...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/NWSJACKSONMS FOLLOW NWS JAN ON TWITTER... @NWSJACKSONMS PLEASE CONVERT ALL WEB ADDRESSES TO LOWER CASE BEFORE ENTERING!
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 107 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:12 UTC.
8 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A few trees were blown down on Highway 494, with one knocking down a power pole.
A few trees were blown down on Jeff Davis Road near Highway 61 south of Vicksburg.
Multiple trees were blown down and power outages occurred near Highway 27 southeast of Vicksburg.
A couple of trees were blown down near the intersection of Highway 22 and Anderson Road.
Trees downed on Highway 61 near Redwood.
A few trees were blown down in the Bovina area.
A few trees were blown down on Youngtown Road.
Two trees were blown down in Yazoo City.
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, July 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: 581211, 581215, 581218, 581221, 581226, 581227, 581224, 581229.