Dry conditions continued into September. This continued severe(D2) drought conditions for portions of the Golden Triangle region.
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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 September. This continued severe(D2) drought conditions for portions of the Golden Triangle region.
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 Aug 31, 7:29 PM CST, 4 hours 31 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion...Update National Weather Service Jackson MS 829 PM CDT WED AUG 31 2016 .UPDATE...Only minor changes to the previous forecast. /BB/ && .DISCUSSION...Relatively dry northeast low level flow well to the north-northwest of Tropical Storm Hermine in the central Gulf of Mexico is allowing the few showers that popped up around the area this afternoon to diminish quickly this evening. Expect a rain-free night with mostly clear skies and light winds. Not expecting much in the way of fog formation come daybreak although a patch or two of shallow fog cannot be ruled out in very isolated spots. Speaking of Hermine, the latest from the NHC still has the cyclone slowly gaining strength over the next 24 hours as it tracks northeast, making landfall along the central or eastern Panhandle of Florida late tomorrow night. Negative impacts should be confined well to the east of our forecast area. /BB/ && .AVIATION...Patchy MVFR conditions due to light fog cannot be ruled out in any areas around daybreak Thursday, although the highest chance of impact is at GLH. Otherwise, expect northeast surface winds to be a bit gusty at times tomorrow afternoon with afternoon showers and thunderstorms once again quite isolated. /BB/ && .PREV DISCUSSION... /issued 353 PM CDT WED AUG 31 2016/ SHORT TERM...Tonight through Thursday night...Isolated showers and storms late this afternoon are expected to end after sunset, with overnight lows in the low to mid 70s. For Thursday, a frontal system will be approaching the region from the north. Enough moisture should exist out ahead of this system for isolated showers and storms to develop tomorrow afternoon and evening. This activity should once again diminish after sunset. The front will begin moving through the area Thursday night. Lows Thursday night look to dip into the upper 60s across northern zones behind this system. /27/ LONG TERM...Friday through next Tuesday...With high pressure wedged into our region from the northeast, and with the help of Tropical Storm Hermine lifting northeast up the East Coast of the United States, noticeably drier air is expected over the CWA as we end the work week and start the upcoming weekend. Some small rain chances will reside across the south in the vicinity of the Highway 84 corridor over Labor Day weekend, but the majority of the forecast area will remain rain free Friday through Sunday. Highs Friday will range from the mid 80s to mid 90s, upper 80s to mid 90s Saturday, and low to middle 90s Sunday afternoon. Meanwhile with the drier airmass residing over the region, lows will be noticeably cooler Friday night as they range from the lower 60s to lower 70s. Then as the weekend progresses, they'll warm a bit with upper 60s to lower 70s expected both Saturday and Sunday nights. Moisture subtly increases Monday into Tuesday under a more southeast flow, along with chances for showers and storms both afternoons. The better chances for this will be across southern and western zones as they'll reside on the fringes of high pressure wedged into the forecast area from the east. Still, the majority of the area will remain dry. Highs both afternoons will be in the low 90s, with lows each night in the low and middle 70s. /19/27/ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Jackson 74 95 73 90 / 2 17 11 5 Meridian 74 96 73 92 / 3 18 11 6 Vicksburg 75 95 73 90 / 1 16 11 4 Hattiesburg 74 97 75 93 / 1 19 12 9 Natchez 73 94 72 88 / 1 16 11 5 Greenville 74 92 70 86 / 2 17 11 3 Greenwood 74 93 70 89 / 4 16 11 3 && .JAN Watches/Warnings/Advisories... MS...None. LA...None. AR...None. && BB/19/27
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 125 PM CDT WED AUG 31 2016 ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 011830- 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- 125 PM CDT WED AUG 31 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 THURSDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .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. 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 national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Very dry conditions continued into September, which resulted in an area of severe (D2) drought remaining across Lowndes County. Crops were put under more stress from the dry and hot conditions.
Very dry conditions continued into September, which resulted in an area of severe (D2) drought remaining across Clay County. 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 Mississippi in 2016Every state in 2016This day in weather historyWarnings in Mississippi, September 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: 657984, 657985.