Dry conditions continued into November, which created continued stress on crops. The drought continued to get worse across the state through the month before some relief came in the form of showers and thunderstorms near the end of November.
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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.
Dry conditions continued into November, which created continued stress on crops. The drought continued to get worse across the state through the month before some relief came in the form of showers and thunderstorms near the end of November.
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 Nov 14, 11:57 PM CST, 3 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Jackson MS 1157 PM CST Mon Nov 14 2016 .DISCUSSION... Tonight through Tuesday...The shortwave embedded in the mid level northwest flow regime has moved into northern AR with isolated showers and thunderstorms already developing over eastern AR/western TN/northern MS. Limited moisture should prevent this activity from becoming more than isolated overnight and into Tuesday, but cold air aloft/good lapse rates will allow lightning potential to continue./26/ Tuesday night through Sunday...Drier continental air will begin to filter into the region late Tuesday. Upper level heights will begin to increase on Wednesday as a broad area of high pressure builds at the surface setting up a warming trend. Highs from Wednesday to Friday will be some 8 to 12 degrees above average. The warmest day of the period will be on Thursday when temperatures could approach record values. A 535dm 500mb closed low will begin to track towards the Great Lakes late in the week as its associated surface front quickly approaches the ArkLaMiss. This will result in increasing rain chances from west to east beginning Friday morning and exiting the region by Saturday morning. The latest model runs have come into better agreement on the timing of this system. A significant amount of precipitation is not expected with this disturbance as our drought conditions worsen. A cooler, drier airmass will filter into the region behind the front. A strong surface high will begin to build over the region on Saturday resulting in clear, cool conditions, prime for radiational cooling. This will result in very cool temperatures on Sunday and Monday mornings. /JPM3/ && .AVIATION...VFR ceilings along with isolated showers and thunderstorms will move in from the northwest prior to sunrise as an upper level trough quickly traverses the area. Conditions will begin improving from the northwest by 15/15Z and be totally out of the area by 16/00Z with VFR conditions becoming dominant./26/ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Jackson 46 74 48 76 / 17 20 1 1 Meridian 42 73 46 76 / 14 16 2 0 Vicksburg 45 75 46 77 / 8 9 1 1 Hattiesburg 44 76 48 77 / 1 14 2 1 Natchez 48 75 47 76 / 3 9 2 1 Greenville 48 73 47 75 / 17 14 1 0 Greenwood 46 71 44 75 / 28 30 1 0 && .JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MS...None. LA...None. AR...None. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 218 PM CST MON NOV 14 2016 ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 152030- 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- 218 PM CST MON NOV 14 2016 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 TUESDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .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. 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.WEATHER.GOV/JAN/SAFE LATEST WEATHER BRIEFING... WWW.WEATHER.GOV/JAN/WEATHER_BRIEFING TROPICAL PAGE... WWW.WEATHER.GOV/JAN/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 national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Very dry conditions continued into November, which resulted in an area of severe drought (D2). Crops were put under more stress from the dry and hot conditions.
Very dry conditions continued into November, which resulted in an area of severe drought (D2). Crops were put under more stress from the dry and hot conditions.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Arkansas in 2016Every state in 2016This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, November 2016
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: 667504, 667505.