Power Outage in Bassfield, MS

An EF-1 tornado touched down near the intersection of Bassfield Cemetery Road and McLeod Drive and then moved to the northeast. At the start, some tin was blown off a large shed and some power poles were broken. As it crossed Bass and South Williamsburg Roads, several trees were damaged and an awning was blow down. A brick home in the area had minor roof damage as well. The tornado peaked in intensity as it crossed Mississippi Highway 42, where a large metal shed had more than 80% of the roof blown off and numerous trees were snapped and uprooted. A more focused corridor of damage was noted here in the tree damage. The tornado dissipated after crossing Hosey Mikell Road. The estimated peak wind speed was 110 mph. A tornadic debris signature was observed on radar with this tornado, and storm chasers recorded footage of the tornado as it crossed Highway 42.

A line of severe thunderstorms produced a swath of damaging wind that blew down numerous trees and power lines across Jefferson Davis County. Some trees fell onto and damaged sheds.

Trees and power lines were down on Allen Deen and Good Hope Roads. A few trees were down on F. McNease Road.

The tornado started along Smith Lane just north of Stowey Parkman Road. The tornado moved northeast, snapping and uprooting a number of trees and causing some minor damage to structures as it passed Wiley Dyess Road and T.W. Bass Road. The tornado reached its maximum intensity as it moved along and across Green Creek Road and Carson-Bunker Hill Road. Here two well built brick frame homes were heavily damaged, power poles were snapped, a well built farm building was destroyed. Another outbuilding was also destroyed, extensive tree damage occurred and several other homes and buildings suffered minor to moderate damage. The tornado weakened as it crossed Hunnicut Road snapping a few trees and dissipated before reaching State Highway 42 west of Bassfield. Maximum wind speeds were estimated at 120 mph.

The tornado started in Marion County on Goss Bunker Hill Road with mostly minor tree damage. As it moved northeast, crossing Stuckey Road, more minor tree damage occurred along with home TV and radio antennas being blown down. As it moved along E. Reservoir Road, more substantial tree damage occurred along with roof damage to a few homes and mobile homes. As it continued northeast, more major tree damage occurred along with snapped power poles on Bufkin and Grice Roads. The most significant damage occurred along Bunker Hill Road where roof damage occurred to a home along with many trees snapped and uprooted. Several metal sheds were either severely damaged or destroyed. A cattle trailer was picked up and thrown approximately 200 yards. As it crossed Hwy 35, major tree damage continued where pines and hardwood trees were either snapped or uprooted. A carport was collapsed at a residence near Bryant Road. The tornado continued northeast crossing Robbins and F. Mcneese Road where mainly tree damage occurred. As the tornado crossed S Williamsburg Road, the roof of a newly built barn was torn off along with major tree damage. As it continued northeast from there, mostly tree damage occurred until it ended near Gates Road, just south of Hwy 42 in Jefferson Davis County. Maximum wind speeds were estimated at 100 mph.

One tree was down on a power line along Graves Key Road.

Numerous trees and power lines were blown down across the central and southern section of the county. Several trees were down across roads with a tree on a mobile home and another on a truck in the around Bassfield. This damage occurred as a large bow echo, called a derecho, raced across the region.

A few trees were blown down on power lines.

Several trees and a few power lines were blown down around Bassfield.

A few trees were blown down from Carson to Bassfield. Two of these trees took down some power lines.

Sporadic trees, along with a few power lines, were blown down about 1 mile to the north of the EF0 tornado path.

A couple of power lines were blown down.