Power Outage in Indianola, MS

Trees and power lines were blown down along Mississippi Highway 448.

Power poles were blown down along McCorkle Road.

Several trees and power lines were blown down along Highway 488.

Light icing began overnight with light accumulations on elevated surfaces. Ice accumulated on trees and powerlines. A few power lines were blown down west of Parchman. A total of three tenths of an inch of ice accumulated on mainly elevated surfaces in the northern part of the county.

Light icing began overnight with light accumulations on elevated surfaces. Reports of ice accumulating on trees and powerlines. A total of .30 inches of ice fell on mainly elevated surfaces.

Several trees were blown down around the area and some power lines were blown down along Beaverdam Road.

Trees and power lines were blown down around Indianola.

An EF2 tornado touched down in Sunflower County, just west of Drew. The first damage was noted on Savell and Lombardy roads where it knocked down trees and power lines. The tornado completely destroyed a mobile home on Tharp Road, tossing its contents and the undercarriage. The tornado continued northeast and crossed US 49 where it snapped several wood power poles. The tornado lifted soon thereafter. The estimated peak wind was 125 mph.

An EF2 tornado touched down in Sunflower County, just west of Drew. The first damage was noted on Savell and Lombardy roads where it knocked down trees and power lines. The tornado completely destroyed a mobile home on Tharp Road, tossing its contents and the undercarriage. The tornado continued northeast and crossed US 49 where it snapped several wood power poles. The tornado lifted soon thereafter. The estimated peak wind was 125 mph.

Trees and power lines were blown down across the county.

Trees and power lines were blown down across the county.

Trees and power lines were blown down across Moorhead.

Power lines were blown down.

Trees and power lines were blown down in Indianola.

A tree was blown down onto power lines on Mimosa Drive in Indianola.

Multiple trees and powerlines down near Parchman. One powerline was down near Drew.

Some power lines were blown down.

Some power lines were down and a tree fell on a car.

Intense wind damage occurred along Highway 448 southeast of Shaw near the Frazier community, where several wooden power poles were downed and shingle damage occurred to some homes. In between these two locations, a few spots with downed trees were observed. This was the continuation of damage out of Washington County.

Intense wind damage occurred along Highway 448 southeast of Shaw near the Frazier community, where several wooden power poles were downed and shingle damage occurred to some homes. In between these two locations, a few spots with downed trees were observed. This was the continuation of damage out of Washington County.

Ice accumulated on trees and power lines across the county.

Power lines were blown down in Indianola and Moorhead.

A tree was blown down across Old Highway 8 in the community of Dockery. A large limb was blown out of a tree in Ruleville knocking out power to the home after falling on power lines.

Power outages occurred due to trees falling on power lines around Indianola.

A swath of wind damage downed seven power poles southeast of Indianola. Four were blown down along Highway 49 West and three along Highway 3. Several power poles and a few medium to large trees were blown down near Moorhead.

A swath of wind damage downed seven power poles southeast of Indianola. Four were blown down along Highway 49 West and three along Highway 3. Several power poles and a few medium to large trees were blown down near Moorhead.

Strong winds snapped two power poles along Mississippi Highway 8 on the east side of Ruleville.

An agricultural pivot was flipped over, along with two trees snapped. Powerlines were downed, the roof was blown off a pumphouse as well as a baseball dugout, and some playground equipment was flipped over. The damage started just west of Radio Station Road and ended along Blue Lake Road. Maximum winds were estimated at 95 mph.

The tornado started out producing a relatively narrow path of tree damage along Township Road. It moved southeast through the Stanton subdivision, heavily damaging four trailer homes and caused minor to moderate damage to several other homes and outbuildings. It continued to move southeast causing tree damage, and widened as it moved into the northwest side of the city of Cleveland. As the tornado moved through the north side of Cleveland, it snapped and uprooted numerous trees, blew the signs out of several restaurants and stores, blew the doors out of the automotive area of a department store, and blew out a wall and a large part of a roof of another commercial building. Several homes suffered shingle damage and power lines were downed. The tornado then turned more eastward, continuing to cause tree damage as it moved along and just north of State Highway 8 east of Cleveland. Additional power lines were downed and a few more homes suffered minor roof damage due to wind or branches falling on them. As the tornado crossed into Sunflower County it moved more southeast again. It snapped several wooden power poles along and just south of Highway 8 along Mallette-Jones Road, along with destroying a greenhouse type structure and causing some roof damage to a frame home. The tornado continued to cause tree damage in a relatively narrow path as it crossed Walker Road, and then dissipated before reaching Lusk Road. Maximum wind speeds were estimated at 100 mph.

A power line was blown down in Sunflower.

A power line and a transformer were blown down in Sunflower.

A couple of power lines were blown down in Indianola.

Trees and power poles were blown down.

Around a dozen power poles were blown down by high winds. Several power outages in the area around the State Penitentary. An estimated 80 mph winds was reported that had blown down the power poles.

Several trees and a power line were down along Highway 442.

A few power lines were blown down.

Numerous tree and power lines were blown down around town.

Around one quarter inch of ice accumulated slowly through the day with icing being worst across area roads. Accidents were plentiful across the county with some icing in trees and on power lines.

Several transformers and power lines were blown down in town.

Two power poles were snapped and a large cypress tree was blown down in the Caile community.

One tree and one power line were blown down in the Blaine Community.

This tornado touched down 6 miles southwest of Indianola and raced northeast toward and across the southern part of town. Numerous trees were snapped along with a few power poles and metal signs blown down. Several sheds were also destroyed along the path. The Kingdom Hall Church, along Highway 49, had half of its roof blown off along with the entire car port destroyed. An area fence was severe damaged as debris was blown along the path. An irrigation pivot system was flipped over and severely damaged just east of town.

Several trees were blown down along with a few power lines. One tree landed on top of a car causing substantial damage.

This weak tornado was witnessed by trained weather spotters just north of Indianola. The tornado downed a few trees, which were blown across a road, and downed a few power lines. Transformers were witnessed blowing as the power lines went down.

As a line of severe storms pushed through the Mississippi Delta, a small segment of the line caused extensive damage in Indianola and then across areas to the northeast. This "bow echo" segment was extremely intense with winds estimated around 80 kts (92 mph). The core of the damaging winds moved from Indianola, north eastward to the Sunflower Community and then into west-central Leflore County.The worst damage occurred in and around Indianola where several hundred trees were uprooted or snapped and dozens of power lines were taken down. Numerous buildings and homes sustained significant to major roof damage and many other homes sustained at least some kind of shingle damage. Several awnings to area gas stations were damaged or blown down. Additionally, several homes, and a Community Bank sustained structural damage. The hardest hit building was the Lockard Elementary. Here windows were blown out and much of the roof was blown off.The storm then moved northeast, away from Indianola, and toward the Sunflower Community. More trees and power lines were blown down along with some minor damage to a few homes.

Several trees were damaged with limbs broken off and a few blown down south of Indianola. Additionally, 1 power pole was blown down south of Inverness.

An ice storm hit portions of the Mississippi Delta just before Christmas and coated most of Bolivar and Sunflower counties with 1/4 to 1/3 of an inch of ice. During the afternoon of December 22nd, a mix of freezing rain and sleet began to fall, by 5 PM the freezing rain became the dominant precipitation type and accumulations near 1/4 of an inch began to occur on power lines and elevated surfaces. As the evening progressed, all roads were covered by a coating of ice as well as trees and power lines. By midnight, 38 automobile accidents occurred and numerous power lines were down causing power outages for most of Bolivar and Sunflower counties.

Numerous trees and a few power lines were blown down.

Numerous trees were blown down as well as 7 power poles.

A few powerlines blown down across the county.

Freezing rain caused light ice accumulation, less than 1/4 inch, and knocked down a few trees and powerlines.

Thunderstorms moved across Sunflower County during the early evening of July 8th. Damage to power lines occurred in Sunflower as a result.

This strong tornado touched down 4 miles south-southeast of Belzoni on Gunn Bayou Road, in Humphreys county. As the tornado approached Highway 12 and the City of Belzoni, it grew larger and more intense. Before it reached Belzoni, numerous trees and power lines were taken down. The tornado was most intense within an area just east of Belzoni to about 4 miles north of Belzoni. Here the heaviest and most extensive damage occurred. Several homes were significantly damaged, a modular commercial building was totally destroyed, the Belzoni school bus barn was heavily damage, and a number of cars, school buses and farm vehicles had windows blown out. After the tornado moved through the Belzoni area, it continued to track to the north pass Jaketown, Sky Lake and then into Sunflower county. After entering Sunflower county, just east-southeast of Inverness, the tornado continued to the north-northwest for another 5 miles before dissipating. After passing the Jaketown Community, the tornado remained over rural areas and caused damage to some farm outbuildings as well as doing damage to dozens of trees and power lines. The total path length across Humphreys and Sunflower counties was 18 miles with a maximum width of 800 yards and a maximum intensity rated F2.