Showers and thunderstorms developed as a cold front moved through the area. Some of these storms produced flash flooding.
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The episode as NWS JAN wrote it up.
Showers and thunderstorms developed as a cold front moved through the area. Some of these storms produced 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 6, 3:07 AM CST, 33 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Jackson MS 407 AM CDT Tue Jun 6 2017 .DISCUSSION... Today and Tonight...An upper-level low and associated trough, centered just offshore of South Central Louisiana via current satellite imagery, will continue to shift east northeast across the Deep South through the course of the period. This, in addition to continued deep moisture over the region and daytime heating, will result in another day of numerous showers and scattered storms developing across the forecast area. Otherwise, under cloudy skies, highs this afternoon will warm into the lower 80s. As has been the case the past several days, storms will remain below severe limits, but some gusty winds around 35 mph will be possible with the more intense storms. The potential for some localized flash flooding will also remain across a large portion of the CWA through early this evening. This will especially be possible in areas where convection is either slow-moving, training over the same locales, or moving over areas where soils have been saturated from heavy rainfall over the past few days. This "limited" potential will remain highlighted in today's HWO. Late this afternoon and overnight, both clouds and rain chances will begin decreasing from north to south across the forecast area. In the wake of the upper low pressure system and a cold front that'll eventually drag south through the forecast area, high pressure to our north will begin building south into the CWA. This will begin advecting a cooler drier airmass into the forecast area through the overnight hours. Other than some lingering clouds across the Pine Belt region as day breaks early Wednesday morning, lows will range in the low to upper 60s under mostly clear skies. /19/ Wednesday through next Monday...A major change in the weather pattern is expected for the ArkLaMiss as we go through mid/late week. Northerly low level flow will advect cooler and less humid air into the forecast area with precipitable water values dropping to near three standardized anomalies below normal for early June according to the NAEFS, while surface dewpoint temperatures fall into the mid/upper 50s. Temperatures will be five to as much as ten degrees below climatic normal, especially at night when lows could dip into the mid 50s over northern/eastern MS, but the lower humidity during the daytime will be the most noticeable difference. Going into the weekend, return flow is expected to gradually increase as surface high pressure shifts east of the area beneath a building mid/upper level ridge. The result will be a return to more typical early summer conditions with increased humidity, heat, and mainly diurnal convective precipitation, especially by Sunday and Monday. /EC/ && .AVIATION... 06Z TAF discussion: The combination of low clouds and numerous to scattered showers across the area overnight will continue to result in flight categories varying from VFR to MVFR categories. This is due to both ceilings and visibilties wavering through the course of the night. This trend will also continue through much of the daytime period as an upper level low pivots east across the region, and a cold front slowly sinks south through the are during the course of today. At sites where storms are observed later this afternoon, frequent cloud to ground lightning is expected, and winds could potentially gust to around 26 knots or higher with the more intense storms. Heavy rainfall is expected as well. Winds will generally contain an easterly component through this afternoon between 3-8 knots. Behind the front, winds will gradually become northerly late today. /19/ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Jackson 81 65 84 59 / 64 26 2 0 Meridian 82 65 84 57 / 64 32 3 0 Vicksburg 80 65 84 59 / 64 21 2 0 Hattiesburg 83 68 88 61 / 76 54 7 0 Natchez 80 67 82 59 / 76 30 3 0 Greenville 83 65 82 60 / 52 9 1 0 Greenwood 82 64 83 57 / 54 10 1 0 && .JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MS...None. LA...None. AR...None. && 19/EC
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Jackson MS 420 AM CDT Tue Jun 6 2017 ARZ074-075-MSZ018-019-025-026-034-062000- Ashley-Chicot-Bolivar-Sunflower-Leflore-Grenada-Washington- 420 AM CDT Tue Jun 6 2017 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of southeast Arkansas, north central Mississippi, and northwest Mississippi. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight... The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday 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. LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ027>033-035>066-072>074-062000- Morehouse-West Carroll-East Carroll-Richland-Madison LA- Franklin LA-Catahoula-Tensas-Concordia-Carroll-Montgomery-Webster- Clay-Lowndes-Choctaw-Oktibbeha-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- 420 AM CDT Tue Jun 6 2017 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of northeast Louisiana, central Mississippi, north central Mississippi, northeast Mississippi, and south central Mississippi. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight... FLOODING THREAT...Limited TIMING...Today High rainfall rates over a short amount of time from heavy downpours, could result in localized flash flooding on roads, and in low lying and poor drainage areas through early this evening. This will especially be possible over areas where showers and storms repeatedly move across the same locations, and over areas where soils are already saturated from heavy rainfall that has occurred over the previous few days. (www.weather.gov/images/jan/graphicast/image1.png) .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday 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. 19 && ...HAZARD LEGEND... *FLOODING* Extreme...Confident in significant flooding. Significant...Significant flooding possible. Elevated...Confident in flooding. Limited...Flooding possible. ...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 ...ADDITIONAL URLS FOR FLOODING ISSUES... Current Watches and Warnings... www.weather.gov/jan/safe_HeavyRain Observed Precipitation Images... www.weather.gov/jan/precipmaps River Forecast Center... www.weather.gov/lmrfc/ Significant River Flood Outlook... www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/nationalfloodoutlook/index.html Day 1 through 3 Excessive Rainfall... www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/qpf/excess_rain.shtml Excessive Rainfall Discussion... www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/discussions/qpferd.html Day 1 through 7 QPF... www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/qpf/qpf2.shtml QPF Discussion... www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/discussions/qpfpfd.html
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 101 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:39 UTC.
8 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A culvert caved in at the intersection of Riels Road and Archie Ingram Road due to water covering the road. Guthrie Carter Road (400 block) was washed out.
Numerous roads were flooded and water approached some homes in the Moselle area. A home was flooded on Sellers Road in Moselle.
A bridge was impassable due to flooding along McLemore Road. At nearby Hattiesburg-Laurel Airport, over six inches of rain fell from 2am to 6am, with about 5 inches of that falling in a two hour time span.
Flooding around the Lux Community caused a culvert washout along McConnel Foster Road, and several unoccupied campers had to be towed away from flooding along Okatoma River Road. Flood waters eroded the railroad embankment along a stretch of tracks near the Lux Community. Three train cars later derailed after passing over the weakened tracks. An estimated 3 to 6 inches of rain fell nearby.
Streets were flooded in Ellisville.
MS Highway 583 was closed between Highway 84 and Hutcherson Lane due to flash flooding.
Flash flooding occurred along Creek Lane and in the Rawls Springs Community. Campers were flooded at Peps Point Water Park, with at least 1 washed down Providence Creek. Multiple homes had water in them, and a bridge was washed out.
Multiple streets were flooded and closed in Kosciusko. Flash flooding occurred at Breezy News.
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: 699280, 700492, 700493, 699287, 699282, 699528, 699677, 699579.