Power Outage in Independence, MS

A tornado started at Mississippi Highway 43 South in Rankin County where it uprooted some trees and continued eastward. As it crossed Noblin Bridge Road, the tornado increased intensity and destroyed a small outbuilding and caused additional tree damage. The tornado then continued east into southwestern Scott County. As it crossed Line Creek Road, the tornado reached it's peak intensity with an estimated peak wind gust of 105 mph and width of 670 yards. At this point, numerous trees were uprooted and snapped, and power lines were blown down. The tornado continued across Mississippi Highway 13 and damaged more trees before it began to weaken. A small farm building was damaged with its tin roof torn off along Stage Road. The tornado continued to weaken and then dissipated between Stage Rd and Mississippi Highway 481. The total path length across both counties was 9.89 miles.

An EF-1 tornado tracked south of Pulaski to near Homewood, beginning east of Bienville National Forest Road 538. The greatest damage occurred near the intersection of Springfield Road and Garner Road, where several trees were uprooted including one that fell onto a carport and RV. The tornado continued eastward across MS Highway 481, Smith Road, and Old Forest Road, producing mainly minor tree damage and blowing down a few power lines. It ended just east of Morton-Marathon Road. A tornadic debris signature was detected by radar with this tornado. The maximum estimated wind gust was 100 mph.

This tornado began on Cooperville Road just west of Highway 13 South and tracked Northeast to Mahaffey Road. This tornado quickly intensified during its duration to an EF1 and reaching its peak intensity of 91mph snapping and uprooting numerous hardwood trees along with knocking down power lines and poles. The tornado continued to track northeast ending its path on Springfield Road. Maximum estimated winds 91 MPH.

Hundreds of trees and many power lines were blown down across the central and southwest portion of Scott County. Many trees were blown down across area roads along with some power lines. Across the county, nearly 85 percent of all roads had at least 1 tree downed across it.