Tropical Storm Bill Public Information Statement
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PNSJAN
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1130 AM CDT TUE JUL 1 2003
...TROPICAL STORM BILL BROUGHT HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS TO
SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
TROPICAL STORM BILL MADE LANDFALL AROUND 2 PM MONDAY IN TERREBONNE
PARISH LOUISIANA...SOUTHWEST OF HOUMA. THE STORM WEAKENED INTO A
TROPICAL DEPRESSION DURING THE EVENING AS IT CROSSED SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA. THE DEPRESSION ENTERED THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
JACKSON COUNTY WARNING AREA AROUND 1100 PM CDT IN SOUTHERN MARION
COUNTY. THE DEPRESSION THEN PROCEEDED ACROSS
LAMAR...FORREST...JONES...AND CLARKE COUNTIES BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND
500 AM CDT THIS MORNING.
OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS...THE HIGHEST OBSERVED RAINFALL WAS
7.66 INCHES AT A COOPERATIVE OBSERVER SITE 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
HATTIESBURG. MOST OF THE RAIN FELL EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 55
CORRIDOR...WITH LITTLE IF ANY RAIN WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
WINDS DID NOT REACH TROPICAL STORM FORCE AS FAR INLAND AS THE
HATTIESBURG AND COLUMBIA AREAS. HOWEVER...WITH WIND GUSTS OF
30 TO 40 MPH AND SATURATED GROUNDS...THERE WERE REPORTS OF SHALLOW
ROOTED TREES DOWN OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
THE FOLLOWING IS A SUMMARY 48 HOUR RAINFALL...MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND
SPEEDS...AND MAXIMUM WIND GUSTS FOR THE ARKLAMISS REGION.
LOCATION/AIRPORT 48 HR RAIN (IN.) MAX. WIND (MPH) MAX. GUST (MPH)
GREENVILLE- 0.43 12 12
MID DELTA REGIONAL
GREENWOOD- 0.28 15 18
LEFLORE COUNTY
COLUMBUS- 1.53 20 26
LOWNDES COUNTY
VICKSBURG-TALLULAH TRACE 17 21
HAWKINS FIELD-JACKSON 0.14 15 21
JACKSON INTERNATIONAL 0.89 16 26
KEY FIELD-MERIDIAN 4.14 28 37
NATCHEZ-ADAMS COUNTY 0.11 14 21
HATTIESBURG-LAUREL 4.27 24 37
PINE BELT REGIONAL
HATTIESBURG- 6.25 25 39
BOBBY L. CHAIN
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