A low pressure system moved east across the region, bringing widespread rainfall and a few strong to severe thunderstorms. Training thunderstorms across the Pine Belt led to flash flooding.
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The episode as NWS JAN wrote it up.
A low pressure system moved east across the region, bringing widespread rainfall and a few strong to severe thunderstorms. Training thunderstorms across the Pine Belt led to 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 Jan 22, 3:52 PM CST, 19 hours 8 minutes earlier.
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</html>The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 101 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:59 UTC.
6 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Winds from a severe thunderstorm caused damage to a home east of Seminary near the Covington-Jones County line, including blowing off the porch, a few shingles, and skirting beneath the home.
Jackson Avenue was closed due to flash flooding.
Flash flooding occurred along McCall Street.
Streets were flooded in West Hattiesburg.
Flash flooding led to rising water which threatened a home along Ovett Moselle Road.
Flash flooding led to water flowing across George Boutwell Road.
Runoff from heavy rain flooded the area near the intersection of Woody Clark Road and Batson Road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Mississippi in 2019Every state in 2019This day in weather historyWarnings in Mississippi, January 2019
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 802956, 803736, 803737, 803738, 802960, 802959, 802957.