Heavy rain and snowmelt contributed to a significant flood event on the Mississippi River. Due to this, major backwater flooding occurred across portions of the Delta that border both the Mississippi River and Yazoo River.
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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.
Heavy rain and snowmelt contributed to a significant flood event on the Mississippi River. Due to this, major backwater flooding occurred across portions of the Delta that border both the Mississippi River and Yazoo River. Significant disruption to life and property occurred for months as this region remained underwater.
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 14, 12:41 AM CST, 51 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Jackson MS 141 AM CDT Fri Jun 14 2019 .UPDATE... Updated for 06Z aviation discussion && .AVIATION... 06Z TAF discussion: VFR conditions will prevail through the period. Light winds overnight will give way to southerly winds during the day Friday around 5-10kts. /28/ && .DISCUSSION... Clear skies and a near calm wind the remainder of the night should allow for strong radiational cooling of our dry airmass and lead to cooler than normal temperatures, in the 50s at most locations by morning. /22/ Prior discussion below: Tonight and Friday: Low level dry airmass and clear skies will allow boundary layer decoupling and surface temperatures to fall off rapidly after sunset eventually settling in the 50s at most locations by Friday morning. Mid level confluent flow will maintain surface ridge through most of the period, although some slippage to the east Friday afternoon will allow surface winds to return lightly from the south. The continued dry airmass will lead to efficient warming with the high sun angle. Guidance seems to account for this at most locations, but may still need to be adjusted upward a few degrees as local climatological database supports high temperatures near 90./GG/ Friday night through Thursday: Dry and cool weather will give way to a more typical June summer weather regime by the weekend. The forecast period will start off tomorrow night with zonal flow aloft across the lower CONUS and low- level sub-tropical ridging extending from the Bahamas into the northern Gulf of Mexico. This will allow for southerly return flow across the area with dewpoints surging back into the mid to upper 60s overnight. A few isolated diurnal thunderstorms will be possible across the Pine Belt Saturday afternoon where low 70s dewpoints are progged to be located. By Sunday into the middle of next work week, the zonal flow pattern is expected to break down and become increasingly perturbed as several disturbances track across the Lower Mississippi River Valley. This will lead to an uptick of diurnally driven thunderstorms each day as dewpoints will be back into the low 70s with ample instability. Respectable mid-level lapse rates and vertical totals in the upper 20s will also be supportive of severe weather potential, but this will have to be analyzed on a day to day basis and will preclude a threat area in the HWO/graphics at this time. Temperatures will also warm back into the lower 90s with mild overnight lows in the low 70s. /TW/ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Jackson 88 69 90 73 / 1 2 5 2 Meridian 87 67 91 73 / 1 2 10 2 Vicksburg 89 71 90 74 / 1 2 6 2 Hattiesburg 90 68 91 73 / 1 2 20 2 Natchez 89 70 89 74 / 0 2 15 3 Greenville 88 71 90 75 / 1 2 4 3 Greenwood 87 70 90 74 / 1 2 3 2 && .JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MS...None. LA...None. AR...None. && 28
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Jackson MS 122 PM CDT Thu Jun 13 2019 ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 141830- 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- 122 PM CDT Thu Jun 13 2019 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 Friday The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday night through Wednesday 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 Wednesday. 26 && ...HAZARD LEGEND... No short term hazards expected. ...USEFUL WEATHER WEB PAGES (URLS)... NWS JAN Home page... https://www.weather.gov/jan Stay Aware, Stay Safe NWS JAN Briefing Page... https://www.weather.gov/jan/safe Latest Weather Briefing... https://www.weather.gov/jan/weather_briefing Tropical page... https://www.weather.gov/srh/tropical?office=jan National Hurricane Center Home Page... https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ Find NWS JAN on Facebook... https://www.facebook.com/NWSJacksonMS Follow NWS JAN on Twitter... @NWSJacksonMS Follow NWS JAN on Youtube... https://www.youtube.com/user/NWSJacksonMiss
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Ongoing flooding occurred due to flooding along both the Yazoo and Mississippi rivers. This created prolonged flooding in the Yazoo backwater region. Two fatalities occurred when a car skidded off the roadway near Satartia Road and Holly Bluff Road East.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flood, Yazoo | 2019-06-14 | 29 | Female | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Direct |
| Flood, Yazoo | 2019-06-14 | 34 | Male | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Direct |
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