Showers and thunderstorms developed each day in a warm, moist, and unstable air mass. Some of these storms produced damaging wind gusts, small hail, and some flash flooding.
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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.
Showers and thunderstorms developed each day in a warm, moist, and unstable air mass. Some of these storms produced damaging wind gusts, small hail, and some flash flooding.
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 Jun 13, 3:04 PM CST, 31 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Jackson MS 404 PM CDT Tue Jun 13 2017 .DISCUSSION... Tonight and Tomorrow...Weak ridging continues to prevail over the area this afternoon and expect these conditions to continue through tonight into Wednesday. The abundant moisture will continue with PWATS ranging from 1.8 to 2.0 inches through the period. Expect the bulk of the thunderstorm activity to diminish this evening with a few shower possible overnight. Expect muggy overnight lows in the low/mid 70s. Little will change on Wednesday as weak upper ridging continues along with PWATS around 1.8 to 2.0 inches. Diurnally driven showers and thunderstorms will once again develop. Hi-Res models and global models indicate that the focus of these storms will generally be along and east of the I-55 corridor. Once again expect the activity to remain below severe limits, but a strong storm or two will be possible along with heavy rainfall Wednesday afternoon. Expect a continuation of the muggy conditions, with highs in the upper 80s to around 90. /15/ Wednesday night into the first part of next week: The main story for the long term portion of the forecast seems to be a trend toward lesser rain chances and a subtle increase in heat as we get past this Friday. After Friday is when strong expected ridging aloft (associated with high heat and little precipitation) to our west starts to have a little more influence in our region ahead of an incoming cold front Monday or Tuesday of next week. It is possible the current forecast does not quite show enough drying and/or heating in this window, but this will be an aspect of the forecast to monitor closely as we advance over the next few days. But for Thursday and Friday: There still looks to be ample showers and thunderstorms around (especially across areas along and west of the MS River) as a considerable piece of energy aloft drops toward our region on the eastern fringes of previously- mentioned ridge of high pressure aloft. We will still have to closely monitor for the potential of a few severe storms from Thursday afternoon into Friday as the synoptic setup anticipated will probably will bring just enough shear to organize clusters of storms, and thus enhance gusty wind potential. Mentioned upper forcing aspect to the setup also suggests convection during this period may not be purely diurnally-driven and thunderstorm chances in central and eastern zones on Thursday night will be kept going in some capacity overnight. Final uncertainty in the forecast involves whether or not cold front slated to approach from the north early next week will stall in the region, make it to the Gulf Coast, or perhaps not even make it all the way here. Of course if it does not make it here rain chances will be lower and heat more considerable. The front blasting to the coast scenario would deliver more concentrated rain chances around Monday, followed by at least a brief period of nicer conditions. /BB/ && .AVIATION... 18Z TAF discussion: All sites have become VFR early this afternoon and expect these conditions to continue, outside of thunderstorm activity through the evening hours. Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms will bring a brief lowering to IFR conditions with the heavy rainfall and lowering of ceilings. The storms will diminish during the evening, followed by IFR ceilings in stratus developing well after midnight./15/ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Jackson 72 88 73 90 / 21 45 17 53 Meridian 71 87 71 89 / 14 48 20 60 Vicksburg 73 89 74 90 / 10 28 12 39 Hattiesburg 70 86 72 89 / 22 56 18 58 Natchez 72 88 73 90 / 11 31 11 39 Greenville 74 89 74 90 / 7 24 17 47 Greenwood 73 88 73 89 / 5 29 19 54 && .JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MS...None. LA...None. AR...None. && 15/BB
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Jackson MS 349 PM CDT Tue Jun 13 2017 ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 142100- 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- 349 PM CDT Tue Jun 13 2017 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 Wednesday The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday night through Monday 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 Monday. 15 && ...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 Follow NWS JAN on Youtube... www.youtube.com/user/NWSJacksonMiss
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 118 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:34 UTC.
5 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A few trees were blown down in the Forest, Freedom, and Norton Roads area.
A tree was blown down on Steelman Road.
The metal roofing of an apartment building was ripped off. Several trees were were blown down around Columbus including on 15th Avenue North, on Luxapilla Park Road, on 2nd Avenue North, near Bluecut and 7th, and near Waverly and Lincoln. A tree was also blown down along Ericson Road near New Hope.
A tree was blown down on Ericson Road.
A tree was blown down on a house.
Flooding occurred on North Frontage Road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Mississippi in 2017Every state in 2017This day in weather historyWarnings in Mississippi, June 2017
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: 700874, 700875, 700883, 701101, 700878, 700877.