A few storms tracked across north central Mississippi and brought hail during the evening hours.
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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.
A few storms tracked across north central Mississippi and brought hail during the 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 Apr 6, 3:16 PM CST, 2 hours 19 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 416 PM CDT WED APR 6 2016 .SHORT TERM... TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... ~1000MB SFC LOW IS MOVING THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES...DRAGGING A COLD FRONT TOWARDS THE AREA. THIS AFTERNOON THIS FRONT IS CURRENTLY SITUATED ALONG A LINE FROM SHREVEPORT LA TO NE AR. EXPECT THIS FRONT TO CONTINUE TO PUSH TO THE E TODAY. DUE TO STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT OF THE APPROACHING FRONT AND RETREATING SFC HIGH ON THE E COAST...WINDS HAVE BEEN GUSTY TODAY...MAINLY BETWEEN 30-40MPH. EXPECT THIS TO LESSEN AS WE GO INTO THE EVENING. OVERALL THINKING IS MOSTLY UNCHANGED FROM THIS MORNING. KEPT THE SAME AREA IN THE GRAPHICS FOR LIMITED THREAT FOR SEVERE STORMS...MAINLY GUSTY WINDS. GOOD DRY LOW LEVELS...AS INDICATED WITH DEWPOINTS RISING SOME 20 DEGREES OR SO WITH THE WARM FRONT LIFTING THROUGH...IS LEADING TO EFFICIENT MIXING WITH GUSTY WINDS AND TEMPS WARMING NICELY INTO THE 70S ACROSS THE REGION. THIS IS ALSO LEADING TO INVERTED V TYPE ENVIRONMENT THAT INDICATES SOME POTENTIAL FOR SOME GUSTY WINDS IN ANY STRONGER STORM THAT DEVELOPS. ALTHOUGH THE BEST HEIGHT FALLS ARE TO OUR N...WE HAVE ENOUGH IN OUR NRN AREAS AND JUST ENOUGH MOISTURE AND LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES AND AROUND 30KTS OR SO OF EFFECTIVE SHEAR...SOME STORMS CAN NOT BE RULED OUT...ESPECIALLY IN OUR N/NE...WITH SOME SPC MESOANALYSIS SHOWING SOME LIMITED INSTABILITY ACROSS THE AREA MAINLY UNDER 500 J/KG. MAINTAINED OUR SEVERE AND WIND HAZARDS IN THE HWO/GRAPHICS FOR TODAY. REST OF THE PERIOD REMAINS QUIET AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH TONIGHT AND RAIN/STORM CHANCES LESSEN AFTER 03Z THURSDAY WITH NEAR NORMAL LOWS TONIGHT IN THE UPPER 40S TO LOW 50S. OVERALL REST OF THE WEEKEND LOOKS NICE AS MUCH DRIER CONDITIONS ARE IN STORE FOR THE WEEKEND. HIGHS WILL BE WARM AGAIN TOMORROW IN THE MID/UPPER 70S WITH GOOD MIXING. A DEEP TROUGH AMPLIFYING OVER THE ERN CONUS...DRIVING DOWN ANOTHER DRY FRONT EARLY FRIDAY MORNING AND LOWER PW'S CLOSER TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON IN THE WAKE. ONLY EXPECT SOME PASSING CLOUDS WITH THIS FRONT. HIGHS FRIDAY WILL BE COOLER BUT ONLY SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOW 70S WITH LOWS FALLING INTO THE MID TO UPPER 40S BY SATURDAY MORNING. OVERALL A VERY NICE WEEKEND IS IN STORE IN THE WAKE OF THIS FRONT. /DC/ .LONG TERM... SATURDAY THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK... ANOTHER WEAK COLD FRONT WILL DROP SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. THIS WILL BE A DRY COLD FRONT AS LITTLE MOISTURE WILL BE AVAILABLE WITH PWATS BELOW AN INCH. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE LOW/MID 40S BY SATURDAY MORNING. COOL HIGH PRESSURE WILL SETTLE IN OVER THE AREA ON SATURDAY WITH HIGHS IN THE 60S FOR MOST OF THE AREA. UPPER RIDGING WILL BUILD OVER THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY WITH THE SURFACE HIGH MOVING FROM THE OHIO VALLEY INTO THE SOUTHEAST. LOWS WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 30S IN THE NORTHEAST TO NEAR 50 IN THE SOUTHWEST. THE SURFACE FLOW WILL BECOME SOUTHEASTERLY ON SUNDAY WITH WARMER HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. THE GFS/ECMWF ARE BECOMING A LITTLE MORE IN AGREEMENT OF AN UPPER TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE AREA MONDAY EVENING INTO TUESDAY. THERE CONTINUES TO BE SOME TIMING DIFFERENCES...BUT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE BECOMING MORE LIKELY DURING THIS PERIOD ALONG WITH INCREASING CHANCES FOR STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. THERE ARE SOME DIFFERENCES AS THE GFS HAS QUICK BREAK IN RAIN AFTER TUESDAY BEFORE MORE MOVES IN LATER WEDNESDAY WHILE THE 00Z ECMWF HAS A MORE DISTINCT FRONTAL PASSAGE AND LONGER BREAK AND STRONGER UPPER S/WV MOVING THROUGH WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. 12Z EURO LOOKS LESS IMPRESSIVE THAN THE 00Z AS IT IS LESS AMPLIFIED AND WEAKER. REGARDLESS...MAINTAINED POPS THROUGH THURSDAY. /15/DC/ && .AVIATION...A COLD FRONT IS MOVING ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON BRINGING SCT SHRA/TSRA MAINLY WEST OF I-55. THIS FRONT WILL CONTINUE EASTWARD AND EXIT THE REGION BY EARLY EVENING. SHRA/TSRA AHEAD OF THE FRONT MAY RESULT IN BRIEF IFR VISBY REDUCTIONS. IN ADDITION... RATHER WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING WITH S/SW GUSTS OF 25-35 KT POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO W/NW BEHIND THE COLD FRONT FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH THIS EVENING. /DL/ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... JACKSON 50 77 52 70 / 22 1 0 0 MERIDIAN 50 76 48 69 / 37 1 0 0 VICKSBURG 51 77 53 70 / 9 1 0 0 HATTIESBURG 53 78 53 74 / 27 1 0 0 NATCHEZ 50 76 52 71 / 11 1 0 0 GREENVILLE 51 76 49 68 / 8 1 0 0 GREENWOOD 48 76 48 67 / 17 1 0 0 && .JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MS...NONE. LA...NONE. AR...NONE. && DC/15/DL
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 159 PM CDT WED APR 6 2016 ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-034>036-040>045- 047>066-072>074-071900- ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND- MADISON LA-FRANKLIN LA-CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA-BOLIVAR- SUNFLOWER-WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS-HOLMES-ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY-YAZOO- MADISON MS-LEAKE-NESHOBA-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- 159 PM CDT WED APR 6 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND CENTRAL AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND THURSDAY NON-THUNDERSTORM WINDS THREAT...LIMITED TIMING...THROUGH EARLY EVENING WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT...WITH WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. (WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/GRAPHICAST.PHP?SITE=JAN&GC=2) .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY 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 TUESDAY. MSZ026>033-038-039-046-071900- GRENADA-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-WEBSTER-CLAY-LOWNDES-CHOCTAW-OKTIBBEHA- WINSTON-NOXUBEE-KEMPER- 159 PM CDT WED APR 6 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND THURSDAY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THREAT...LIMITED TIMING...LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING NON-THUNDERSTORM WINDS THREAT...LIMITED TIMING...THROUGH EARLY EVENING STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. (WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/GRAPHICAST.PHP?SITE=JAN&GC=1) WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT...WITH WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. (WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/GRAPHICAST.PHP?SITE=JAN&GC=2) .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY 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 MAY BE NEEDED FOR PORTIONS OF THE REGION REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. MSZ025-037-071900- LEFLORE-ATTALA- 159 PM CDT WED APR 6 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND THURSDAY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THREAT...LIMITED TIMING...LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING NON-THUNDERSTORM WINDS THREAT...LIMITED TIMING...THROUGH EARLY EVENING STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. (WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/GRAPHICAST.PHP?SITE=JAN&GC=1) WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT...WITH WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. (WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/GRAPHICAST.PHP?SITE=JAN&GC=2) .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY 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 MAY BE NEEDED FOR PORTIONS OF THE REGION REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. DL && ...HAZARD LEGEND... *NON-THUNDERSTORM WINDS* EXTREME...SUSTAINED WINDS 50 MPH OR GREATER OR WIND GUSTS 65 MPH OR GREATER. SIGNIFICANT...SUSTAINED WINDS 40-49 MPH OR WIND GUSTS 58-64 MPH. ELEVATED...SUSTAINED WINDS 30-39 MPH OR WIND GUSTS 45-57 MPH. LIMITED...SUSTAINED WINDS 20-29 MPH OR WIND GUSTS 30 TO 44 MPH. *SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS* EXTREME...CONFIDENT IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH WIND GUSTS OF 75 MPH OR GREATER AND/OR 2 INCH DIAMETER OR LARGER HAIL. SIGNIFICANT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE WITH WIND GUSTS OF 75 MPH OR GREATER AND/OR 2 INCH DIAMETER OR LARGER HAIL. ELEVATED...CONFIDENT IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH WINDS GUSTS OF 60 MPH OR GREATER AND/OR 1 INCH DIAMETER OR LARGER HAIL. LIMITED...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE WITH WIND GUSTS OF 60 MPH OR GREATER AND/OR 1 INCH DIAMETER OR LARGER HAIL. ...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 FIND NWS JAN ON FACEBOOK... WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/NWSJACKSONMS FOLLOW NWS JAN ON TWITTER... @NWSJACKSONMS ...ADDITIONAL URLS FOR SEVERE WEATHER ISSUES... STORM PREDICTION CENTER (SPC)... WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/ SPC...MESO ANALYSIS... WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/EXPER/MESOANALYSIS/NEW/# SPC...DAY 1 THROUGH 3 OUTLOOKS... WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/PRODUCTS/OUTLOOK/ SPC...STORM REPORTS... WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/CLIMO/ NWS JAN CURRENT SVR/TOR WATCHES... WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/RTIMAGES/JAN/WATCH/TOASVA.PNG PLEASE CONVERT ALL WEB ADDRESSES TO LOWER CASE BEFORE ENTERING!
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 153 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:34 UTC.
3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Dime to quarter size hail fell near Holcomb. A lot of dime size hail fell at the Dollar General.
Dime to quarter size hail fell in the Jefferson community.
Half dollar size hail fell near the Sawyer community, just a few miles north of Winona.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Mississippi in 2016Every state in 2016This day in weather historyWarnings in Mississippi, April 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: 618978, 618976, 618985.