Power Outage in Florence, MS

Trees and power lines were blown down in Florence.

Trees and power lines were blown down in Florence.

This tornado touched down to the northeast of Highway 49 in Florence. It began down just to the west of Briarhill Road and south of Gunter Road, where a tornado debris signature was observed by radar. In this area, many large limbs were snapped and some trees were uprooted along Gunter Road. It continued northeast before crossing Monterey Road, where a tree fell on a powerline. It then took a more easterly turn over Highway 469 before crossing Basswood Lane and again over Monterey Road. It continued across a wooded area before causing some high end EF0 tree damage along Star Road. The tornado continued eastward over the Robinhood subdivision where numerous large limbs were snapped and trees were uprooted. A few trees fell on powerlines, breaking a couple of powerpoles. In addition, rear-flank downdraft straight-line winds, around 75-85 mph ahead and south of the tornadic circulation, caused widespread wind damage. In this area, numerous trees were downed and large limbs broken. The tornado then crossed the area of Shell Oil Road, Cannon Road and Highway 18, causing minor EF0 tree damage, with a tree downed right along the highway. The tornado then crossed east of Highway 18, over Morrow Road, where minor tree damage occurred. The tornado lifted shortly thereafter crossing Morrow Road, where only minor straight-line wind damage was observed to a few trees along Johns Shiloh Road and Shiloh Road. The maximum estimated winds were 85 mph.

A tree and power lines were blown down at the 600 block of White Road southwest of Florence. A large pecan tree was also snapped at Florence Middle School.

Multiple large trees and some power lines were blown down around Florence and in the Magnolia Springs subdivision. The most significant tree damage was just to the west of Magnolia Springs subdivision, here the winds were estimated to be 85 mph. Trees were also down across Highway 49 and Highway 469.

A couple of trees and a power line were blown down.

Several trees and a few power lines were blown down.

This tornado developed just SE of Florence between US Highway 49 and State Highway 469. For the first 3 miles, the tornado steadily gained strength and downed many trees and power lines. At this time the intensity was F1 and F2. As the tornado approached the community of Monterey its intensity increased. The most significant damage occurred along a 2 mile path a few miles SE and E of Monterey. Thomasville Road and E Monterey Road were the hardest hit. Here the tornado destroyed or significantly damaged nearly 3 dozen homes, a dozen mobile homes and caused 6 injuries. The tornado continued to move to the NE and moved through the Richland Creek bottom. As it continued NE toward the south side of Brandon, the tornado weakened. The path crossed Star Road and then State Highway 18. Where it crossed Highway 18, the tornado damaged the new Brandon High School, which was under construction, and demolished several construction trailers. The damage to the school comprised of a portion of the roof blown off and windows blown out. The tornado continued to weaken, downing more trees, as it crossed Shiloh Road, Interstate 20 and US Highway 80 where it dissipated. This tornado did cause significant timber damage, mainly between Monterey and where it cross Interstate 20. Several thousand trees were snapped, uprooted or damaged by this wide and long track strong tornado.

Numerous trees were blown down along with a few power lines. Tree debris was thrown across highway 49 near the Dixie Road intersection. Most of the tree damage occurred at the entrance to the Plantation Shores subdivison.

A few large tree limbs were blown down onto power lines.

Thunderstorm winds knocked down a few trees and powerlines.

Several trees and powerlines were blown down between Richland and Florence.

Several houses sustained minor roof damage from winds and fallen trees. Numerous trees were blown down, and a number of power lines were knocked down.

Several storage buildings were blown down. Several trees were blown down and caused minor damage. A few power lines were blown down.

Several trees were blown down causing minor damage, and several power lines were blown down.