The combination of afternoon heating and a moist unstable airmass led to the development of showers and thunderstorms. Some of these storms produced damaging wind gusts.
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The episode as NWS JAN wrote it up.
The combination of afternoon heating and a moist unstable airmass led to the development of showers and thunderstorms. Some of these storms produced damaging wind gusts.
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 11, 3:54 PM CST, 2 hours 36 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Jackson MS 454 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016 .DISCUSSION...No big changes to the forecast this run. The surface ridge holds through the week, but a few upper level disturbances will skirt across the west and north. Looks like seabreeze development and old boundaries will also push up into south just about every afternoon. Went with the guidance for the most part pops and temps seemed good. Periods of clouds and rain will likely keep the heat index values down for the next couple days. After clouds cleared, a few locations briefly reached 105 in the west, could see more of the same through mid week. Around Thursday, a cold front moves through the mid south and sweeps across the northern zones. Rain chances were not great but models show some lift and lapse rates were pretty good for the northwest zones. Another disturbance approaches on Friday. Moisture transport was much better with that system, but the strong upper ridge in the west and ridging to the southeast, may steer the system away from the area. Again the northern zones may seem some storm development as the complex passes. A few more boundaries and disturbances come close to the area through the weekend, maintaining a good chance of rain for much of the area. It looks the system for Saturday and Sunday may dip as far south as central mississippi, with a few weak disturbances moving from the Gulf. The HWO was clear for now. && .AVIATION...VFR conditions will prevail through the afternoon and evening. Isolated to scattered TSRA will continue and pose a risk of brief lowering of ceilings and visibility to IFR/MVFR at the impacted TAF sites. These conditions should last until 12/02Z with MVFR ceilings and visibilities in stratus and fog developing after 12/06Z./26/ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Jackson 73 93 74 94 / 19 19 11 19 Meridian 71 92 72 93 / 17 17 13 22 Vicksburg 73 94 74 94 / 20 18 7 17 Hattiesburg 74 93 74 93 / 19 33 13 43 Natchez 74 93 74 93 / 19 26 9 29 Greenville 74 95 74 95 / 18 9 6 7 Greenwood 73 94 73 94 / 18 10 7 10 && .JAN Watches/Warnings/Advisories... MS...None. LA...None. AR...None. && 7/26
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 101 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016 ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 121815- 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- 101 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST 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. 26 && ...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!
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
602 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016
LAZ007-008-112345-
MOREHOUSE LA-WEST CARROLL LA-
602 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL WEST CARROLL AND
NORTHEASTERN MOREHOUSE PARISHES UNTIL 645 PM CDT...
AT 602 PM CDT...METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
OVER GOODWILL...OR 19 MILES WEST OF LAKE PROVIDENCE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
OAK GROVE AROUND 640 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE FOREST AND PIONEER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
&&
LAT...LON 3295 9156 3286 9134 3282 9135 3282 9134
3276 9134 3264 9146 3274 9165
TIME...MOT...LOC 2302Z 204DEG 14KT 3276 9152
DCSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 608 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016 MSZ047-048-120000- WARREN MS-HINDS MS- 608 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EAST CENTRAL WARREN AND NORTHWESTERN HINDS COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM CDT... AT 608 PM CDT...METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER EDWARDS...OR 14 MILES EAST OF VICKSBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... EDWARDS AROUND 615 PM CDT. FLOWERS AROUND 625 PM CDT. BOLTON AROUND 635 PM CDT. YOUNGTON AROUND 645 PM CDT. OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE LEARNED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE. && LAT...LON 3219 9054 3227 9073 3250 9066 3238 9039 TIME...MOT...LOC 2308Z 202DEG 13KT 3231 9062 DC
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
615 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016
MSZ061-062-120015-
LINCOLN MS-FRANKLIN MS-
615 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN FRANKLIN AND
LINCOLN COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM CDT...
AT 615 PM CDT...METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
OVER CENTER POINT...OR 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BROOKHAVEN...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
BOGUE CHITTO AROUND 625 PM CDT.
WEST LINCOLN AROUND 630 PM CDT.
VAUGHN AROUND 645 PM CDT.
LOYD STAR AROUND 655 PM CDT.
BROOKHAVEN AROUND 700 PM CDT.
LAT...LON 3135 9066 3143 9076 3161 9075 3161 9074
3170 9073 3170 9061 3163 9028 3135 9049
TIME...MOT...LOC 2315Z 208DEG 17KT 3144 9060
DCSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
632 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016
MSZ074-120015-
FORREST MS-
632 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN FORREST COUNTY UNTIL 715
PM CDT...
AT 632 PM CDT...METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
NEAR BROOKLYN...OR 15 MILES SOUTH OF HATTIESBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 25 MPH.
DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
MCLAURIN AROUND 645 PM CDT.
SUNRISE AROUND 710 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
&&
LAT...LON 3100 8915 3104 8935 3113 8935 3135 8920
3133 8914 3101 8915 3100 8914
TIME...MOT...LOC 2332Z 202DEG 20KT 3110 8922
DCSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
646 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016
ARZ075-LAZ008-009-MSZ034-120030-
CHICOT AR-EAST CARROLL LA-WEST CARROLL LA-WASHINGTON MS-
646 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN CHICOT COUNTY...
NORTHEASTERN WEST CARROLL...NORTH CENTRAL EAST CARROLL PARISHES IN
NORTHEASTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES UNTIL 730
PM CDT...
AT 646 PM CDT...METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7
MILES NORTHWEST OF GASSOWAY...OR 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EUDORA...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
GASSOWAY AROUND 655 PM CDT.
EUDORA AROUND 710 PM CDT.
CHICOT JUNCTION AROUND 725 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE KILBOURNE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
HIGH WINDS CAN BRING DOWN TREES AND LARGE LIMBS RESULTING IN SERIOUS
INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE. EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN OUTDOORS
DURING SUCH STRONG WINDS...AND BE ESPECIALLY AWARE OF OLDER TREES.
&&
LAT...LON 3306 9146 3330 9129 3313 9104 3300 9120
3299 9119 3299 9121 3290 9131 3300 9144
3301 9144 3301 9145 3302 9146
TIME...MOT...LOC 2346Z 219DEG 17KT 3303 9134
EECSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
657 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016
MSZ064>066-120045-
JEFFERSON DAVIS MS-COVINGTON MS-JONES MS-
657 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT COVINGTON...SOUTHWESTERN JONES
AND EAST CENTRAL JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM CDT...
AT 657 PM CDT...METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR COLLINS TO NEAR MOSELLE. MOVEMENT
WAS NORTH AT 15 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
COLLINS AROUND 705 PM CDT.
ELLISVILLE AROUND 725 PM CDT.
LAUREL AROUND 730 PM CDT.
MOUNT OLIVE AROUND 735 PM CDT.
HEBRON AROUND 745 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE SEMINARY.
LAT...LON 3151 8967 3178 8966 3179 8957 3161 8910
3143 8923 3143 8947
TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 189DEG 13KT 3162 8959 3152 8932
DCThe Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 150 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:32 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree fell on a trailer at 1700 Highway 582 and another tree was blown down on Redwing Lane.
Multiple trees were blown down at the intersection of Highway 878 and Bienz Road. Large limbs were also blown down in Oak Grove.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Louisiana in 2016Every state in 2016This day in weather historyWarnings in Louisiana, July 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: 640529, 643841.