Showers and thunderstorms developed as a series of disturbances moved through the region. Some of these storms produced damaging wind gusts, lightning, flash flooding, and one tornado.
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The episode as NWS JAN wrote it up.
Showers and thunderstorms developed as a series of disturbances moved through the region. Some of these storms produced damaging wind gusts, lightning, flash flooding, and one tornado.
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 22, 9:07 AM CST, 2 hours 48 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion...UPDATED
National Weather Service Jackson MS
1007 AM CDT FRI JUL 22 2016
.UPDATE...
Temps are in the mid to upper 80s already with heat indices in the
90s and a couple locations already at 100. Decided to go ahead and
issue an Excessive Heat Warning for Bolivar County in the Delta to
match up with Memphis's area. The Cleveland obs site has repeatedly
reached heat indices above 110 this week. Although at times the dew
point does seem a bit too high, some other obs sites around that area
still allude to dewpoints near 80.
As for precip today, a system in the Ohio River valley currently
pushing southward appears that it will lose momentum and scatter
before reaching our CWA. Remaining outflow boundaries could manage
to trigger scattered storms in north MS this afternoon though.
Overall, the seabreeze convection in south MS will be the main
activity for today. Not expecting too many severe storms today, if
any. The main threat with any big storm that does get going will be
damaging wind gusts. /10/
&&
.AVIATION...
VFR conditions will prevail through most of the TAF period.
Scattered TSRA are anticipated to be more numerous today than
yesterday, with the greatest probability for brief visibility/
ceiling reductions at sites over the central and southern thirds of
the area. Some patchy fog development cannot be ruled out early
Saturday morning, particularly in areas that receive rain today. /DL/
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /issued 424 AM CDT FRI JUL 22 2016/
SHORT TERM...
Today through Sunday morning...
Overall a hot short term period is in store even as increased
convection is possible through the period. A few isolated
showers/storms were recently ongoing in the far east and southeast
but have gradually weakened. 00Z upper air analysis indicates deep
599DM upper high over the central Plains has not flattened much over
the past few days. Our area is under north- northeast flow aloft.
Water vapor imagery shows a weak shortwave, with a decent PV anomaly
over north- central Mississippi, that helped get these few isolated
showers/storms ongoing this morning in east Mississippi. As we go
later into the afternoon, scattered convection is possible as the
shortwave moves to the west-southwest. This will help coverage of
convection to increase in the east and south after 15Z with best rain
and storm chances in the south after 18Z. SPC introduced a marginal
in our area and there will be some lapse rates moving in from the
north. However, due to weak flow aloft, think at most some strong
storms with gusty winds up to 40-50mph may be possible, especially in
the south. Will leave this out of the HWO for now.
Main story continues to be the heat stress issues. As we go later into
the afternoon, forecast soundings indicate warm temps at 850mb around
19 deg C, which supports another hot and humid afternoon. Went a few
degrees on the warmer side as it is somewhat similar to yesterday's
sounding temperatures in the low-levels, which support mid-upper 90s.
Due to some mixing, some areas in the east and southeast could
potentially be near or just below heat advisory. Muggy and humid
conditions will continue as dewpoints will still be in the low to mid
70s areawide. For now, just going to continue the heat advisory for
the entire area today until 7PM.
As we go into Saturday, the ridge will flatten somewhat over the
Plains, with heights falling slightly over our area and temperatures
cooling in the low levels. 850mb temperatures will cool slightly,
around a degree C or so, which will lead to slightly cooler high
temperatures in the mid 90s. Went ahead and extended the heat
advisory through 7PM Saturday evening, excluding areas along the
Highway 98 and Highway 59 corridors. Areas to the northwest of those
corridors still have a possibility of reaching heat indices between
105-110 degrees. Also in the wake of the shortwave lift from today,
expect chances of storms to increase from the southwest with best
chances after 18Z Saturday. These could have some impact on heat
issues but think due to isolated to scattered nature, this will not
be as much of an impact as cooling low-level temperatures. There
could be some more strong storms on Saturday. For now left any
mention of storms out of the HWO. Will adjust HWO/graphics for heat
issues accordingly. /DC/
LONG TERM...
Sunday through Thursday...
Come Sunday a nearly zonal 592dam ridge axis will extend across
northern Mississippi while a surface ridge will nose west along the
Gulf coast states from the east. This ridging surface and aloft will
help maintain warmer than normal temperatures over our region through
Monday. An anomalously moist airmass with a PWAT between an inch and
three quarters and two inches will also reside over the region.
Maximum temperatures in the mid 90s will combine with the high
humidity to result in peak heat index values around 105 over the
western half of the CWA with lower heat index values in the east.
Daytime heating will lead to isolated to scattered convection across
the CWA each day. The mid level ridge will continue over our region
through the week but a weak cold front will stall just north of our
CWA Monday and models agree that an easterly wave/mid level ow will
move west across the Gulf coast Monday through Wednesday. These
features are expected to combine and lead to a greater coverage of
mainly afternoon and evening storms Tuesday and Wednesday. As a
result afternoon highs will be held closer to normal over much of our
area. Thursday and Friday our region looks to be in the weakness
between two mid level ridges as we remain on the eastern periphery of
the large western CONUS ridge and become on the western periphery of
a strengthening ridge over the southeast states. This will lead to a
continuation of slightly warmer than normal temperatures and diurnal
rain chances to end the week. /22/
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Jackson 97 75 94 75 / 42 20 29 15
Meridian 96 74 94 74 / 30 15 23 16
Vicksburg 96 76 95 75 / 40 15 24 10
Hattiesburg 94 74 93 74 / 53 27 32 17
Natchez 94 75 93 74 / 45 16 34 11
Greenville 98 77 96 76 / 23 12 25 10
Greenwood 97 76 94 75 / 19 10 26 11
&&
.JAN Watches/Warnings/Advisories...
MS...Heat Advisory until 7 PM CDT Saturday for MSZ019-025>057-059>065.
Heat Advisory until 7 PM CDT this evening for MSZ058-066-072>074.
Excessive Heat Warning until 7 PM CDT this evening for MSZ018.
Heat Advisory from 7 PM this evening to 7 PM CDT Saturday for
MSZ018.
LA...Heat Advisory until 7 PM CDT Saturday for LAZ007>009-015-016-
023>026.
AR...Heat Advisory until 7 PM CDT Saturday for ARZ074-075.
&&HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 926 AM CDT FRI JUL 22 2016 ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ019-025>066-072>074- 231430- ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND- MADISON LA-FRANKLIN LA-CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA-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- 926 AM CDT FRI JUL 22 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND CENTRAL AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT EXCESSIVE HEAT THREAT...ELEVATED TIMING...TODAY HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 90S COMBINED WITH HIGH HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL RESULT IN PEAK HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 106 TO 110 DEGREES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. (WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/GRAPHICAST.PHP?SITE=JAN&GC=1) .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE 90S COMBINED WITH HIGH HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL AGAIN RESULT IN PEAK HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 106 TO 110 DEGREES OVER MUCH OF THE AREA ON SATURDAY. (WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/GRAPHICAST.PHP?SITE=JAN&GC=1) HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE 90S COMBINED WITH HIGH HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL RESULT IN PEAK HEAT INDEX VALUES AROUND 105 DEGREES OVER WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE REGION ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY. (WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/GRAPHICAST.PHP?SITE=JAN&GC=2) .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 THURSDAY. MSZ018-231430- BOLIVAR- 926 AM CDT FRI JUL 22 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR BOLIVAR COUNTY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT EXCESSIVE HEAT THREAT...SIGNIFICANT TIMING...TODAY HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 90S COMBINED WITH HIGH HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL RESULT IN PEAK HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 110 TO 115 DEGREES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. (WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/GRAPHICAST.PHP?SITE=JAN&GC=1) .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE 90S COMBINED WITH HIGH HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL AGAIN RESULT IN PEAK HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 106 TO 110 DEGREES ON SATURDAY. (WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/GRAPHICAST.PHP?SITE=JAN&GC=1) HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE 90S COMBINED WITH HIGH HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL RESULT IN PEAK HEAT INDEX VALUES AROUND 105 DEGREES ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY. (WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/GRAPHICAST.PHP?SITE=JAN&GC=2) DL && ...HAZARD LEGEND... *EXCESSIVE HEAT* EXTREME...MAXIMUM HEAT INDEX GREATER THAN 110 DEGREES FOR 3 OR MORE DAYS IN A ROW AND/OR AIR TEMPERATURES GREATER THAN 107 DEGREES. SIGNIFICANT...MAXIMUM HEAT INDEX GREATER THAN 110 DEGREES AND/OR AIR TEMPERATURES GREATER THAN 105 DEGREES. ELEVATED...MAXIMUM HEAT INDEX 105 TO 110 DEGREES AND/OR AIR TEMPERATURES GREATER THAN 103 DEGREES. LIMITED...MAXIMUM HEAT INDEX NEAR 105 DEGREES AND/OR AIR TEMPERATURES 100 TO 103 DEGREES. ...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), 81 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:56 UTC.
7 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were blown down along Highway 528.
A tree was blown down across Highway 18.
A couple of trees were blown down.
A brief weak EF-0 tornado with maximum estimated winds of 80mph, touched down along Lyon Ranch Road and moved southwest. It crossed Lyon Ranch Road near Boleware Road before dissipating over a field. Some trees were uprooted and several large tree branches were snapped off. A makeshift carport collapsed onto a car and two porches had sheet metal roofing peeled partially back. An awning was also removed from an outbuilding and one other home had a large branch fall on the roof.
Trees and power lines were down on Allen Deen and Good Hope Roads. A few trees were down on F. McNease Road.
A few trees and power lines were blown down in and around Hazlehurst.
A large limb was down on Old Aberdeen Road. Two trees were blown down in Columbus.
A couple of trees were blown down in the southeast corner of the county.
Judith Drive at Belaire Street was completely flooded. Flooding occurred on Flowood Drive, and at the intersection of Treetops Boulevard and Tops Street.
A transformer was struck in downtown Brandon. A few homes and businesses were without power.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Mississippi in 2016Every state in 2016This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Mississippi, 2016Warnings in Mississippi, 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: 642046, 642047, 642048, 642059, 642062, 642063, 642065, 642066, 642068, 642069.