000 ACUS74 KJAN 061901 AAA PSHJAN POST TROPICAL CYCLONE REPORT...HURRICANE RITA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 545 PM CDT TUE OCT 4 2005 A. WIND DATA... LOCATION SUSTAINED 2-MIN WINDS MAX WIND GUSTS (MPH) (MPH) ASOS/AWOS GREENVILLE 36 47 (KGLH) GREENWOOD 30* 47* (KGWO) COLUMBUS 26 39 (KGTR) COLUMBUS AFB 26 36 (KCBM) TALULLAH-VICKSBURG 33* 48* (KTVR) JACKSON HAWKINS 30 44 (KHKS) JACKSON INTL 26 38 (KJAN) MERIDIAN KEY 26 41 (KMEI) NATCHEZ 30* 46* (KHEZ) PINE BELT-JONES 24 35 (KPIB) HATTIESBURG 28 38 (KHBG) LSU MESONET NEWTON MS 23 44 ST JOSEPH-TENSAS LA 35 42 WINNSBORO-FRANKLIN LA 42 49 RAWS BUDE-FRANKLIN MS 40 COPIAH 38 TOMBIGBEE-CHOCTAW HOLMES 30 DELTA RD-SHARKEY 30 HIGHWAY 43-MADISON NESHOBA 32 WARREN BIENVILLE-SCOTT 34 LAUDERDALE 54 COVINGTON 32 MARION *DENOTES SOME MISSING DATA DUE TO POWER OUTAGES B. SEA LEVEL PRESSURE DATA... NOT APPLICABLE C. STORM TOTAL RAIN AMOUNTS... ASOS GREENVILLE 6.81 GREENWOOD 3.39 * COLUMBUS 2.64 COLUMBUS AFB 3.32 TALLULAH-VICKSBURG 2.16 * JACKSON HAWKINS 2.66 JACKSON INTL 2.81 MERIDIAN KEY 2.38 MERIDIAN NAS 4.34 NATCHEZ 5.56 * PINE-BELT REGIONAL 0.11 HATTIESBURG 0.29 LSU-JSU MESONET NEWTON 3.11 ST JOSEPH LA 6.90 WINNSBORO LA 5.15 RAWS BUDE 4.07 COPIAH CNTY 0.46 TOMBIGBEE-CHOCTAW CNTY 3.52 HOLMES CNTY 3.12 DELTA RD-SHARKEY CNTY 3.94 HIGHWAY 43-MADISON CNTY 3.50 NESHOBA CNTY 1.25 WARREN CNTY 4.83 BIENVILLE - SCOTT CNTY 1.82 LAUDERDALE CNTY 4.16 COVINGTON CNTY 0.02 MARION CNTY 0.54 * DENOTES SOME MISSING DATA DUE TO POWER OUTAGES D. MAXIMUM STORM TIDE HEIGHTS... NOT APPLICABLE E. EXTENT OF BEACH EROSION... NOT APPLICABLE F. FLOODING AND/OR FLASH FLOODING... AN AXIS OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...10 TO 15 INCHES...FELL UP THE BASIN OF THE BIG BLACK RIVER. THIS CAUSED SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING ACROSS PARTS OF HOLMES...YAZOO...AND WARREN COUNTIES...WHERE A NUMBER OF HOMES SUFFERED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE DUE TO FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND ROADWAYS OCCURRED IN OTHER PARTS OF THE AREA...BUT WAS MORE ISOLATED AND NOT AS SIGNIFICANT. G. TORNADOES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS CONDUCTED A NUMBER OF STORM DAMAGE SURVEYS OVER THE LAST WEEK TO INSPECT DAMAGE ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE RITA. AS OF THIS AFTERNOON...THE NWS HAS CONFIRMED 49 INDIVIDUAL TORNADOES ACROSS NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ASSOCIATED WITH RITA. SURVEY TEAMS ARE STILL CONDUCTING SURVEYS TODAY...AND ADDITIONAL SURVEYS WILL BE PERFORMED THIS WEEK...SO THIS TOTAL MAY STILL GO HIGHER. THESE 49 TORNADOES OCCURRED IN AN APPROXIMATELY 36 HOUR PERIOD STARTING AT 920 AM ON SATURDAY MORNING...SEPTEMBER 24TH. A NUMBER OF THESE TORNADOES PRODUCED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. A TORNADO THAT OCCURRED IN TENSAS PARISH AT 1253 AM SUNDAY PRODUCED DAMAGE RATED AS F3 ON THE FUJITA SCALE. EIGHT OTHER TORNADOES PRODUCED DAMAGE OF F2 INTENSITY. SEVERAL TORNADOES WITH F1 RATED DAMAGE ALSO MADE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT...INCLUDING THE TORNADO THAT MOVED THROUGH THE MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY CAMPUS IN STARKVILLE ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON...AND A TORNADO EAST OF ISOLA THAT CAUSED 1 FATALITY AND 2 SERIOUS INJURIES. WHILE A NUMBER OF TORNADOES WERE BRIEF IN NATURE...SEVERAL LONGER TRACK TORNADOES DID OCCUR. THIS INCLUDED A 17 MILE LONG TORNADO PATH...WITH AREAS OF F2 DAMAGE...THROUGH HUMPHREYS AND SUNFLOWER COUNTIES. NO OTHER OUTBREAK OF TORNADOES IN THE NWS RECORDS FOR THE ARKLAMISS REGION HAS PRODUCED AS MANY TORNADOES AS THIS EVENT. THE PREVIOUS KNOWN RECORD FOR NUMBER OF TORNADOES FOR A SINGLE EVENT LASTING 48 HOURS OR LESS WAS 35 TORNADOES DURING THE JANUARY 21-22...1999 EVENT. HERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE TORNADOES PRODUCED BY RITA AS OF TODAY BASED ON NWS SURVEYS AND REPORTS FROM OUR PARTNERS IN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...LAW ENFORCEMENT...AND UTILITY COMPANIES AND COOPERATIVES... TOTAL NUMBER OF TORNADOES...49 NUMBER OF F3 TORNADOES...1 NUMBER OF F2 TORNADOES...8 NUMBER OF F1 TORNADOES...14 NUMBER OF F0 TORNADOES...26 NUMBER OF TORNADOES WITH PATH LENGTH GREATER THAN 5 MILES...7 H. PRELIMINARY STORM EFFECTS TORNADOES 1 DEAD 15 INJURED $$ WFO JAN STAFF