Power Outage in Jackson, MS

A tree was blown down onto power lines in the Belhaven Heights neighborhood.

A tree was blown down onto a power line along Conti Street.

Multiple trees were blown down in south Jackson, including one that fell on power lines on Santa Clair Street.

Wind damage occurred along an outflow boundary from a severe thunderstorm. Tree limbs were blown down across portions of south Jackson. Utility lines were blown down at Lakeland Drive and Ridgewood Road. Trees and power lines were also blown down across St Mary Street including one tree that fell on a home. A tree was also blown down onto vehicles on McDowell Road.

Wind damage occurred along an outflow boundary from a severe thunderstorm. Tree limbs were blown down across portions of south Jackson. Utility lines were blown down at Lakeland Drive and Ridgewood Road. Trees and power lines were also blown down across St Mary Street including one tree that fell on a home. A tree was also blown down onto vehicles on McDowell Road.

A line of severe thunderstorms caused some wind damage in the Byram area including a downed tree and power lines that blocked one lane of traffic on Springridge Road near Big Creek Road, a tree that fell onto power lines along Gary Road near Red Oak Cove, and a fence that was blown down at a home in Byram.

This tornado started at Ellis Avenue and Raymond Road and tracked east-northeast across Battlefield Park and South Jackson. Minor tree damage was noted in the initial part of the track. The tornado increased in intensity as it crossed Interstate 20 and moved into the Battlefield Park and surrounding neighborhood. Multiple trees were uprooted along this part of the path along with a dozen or so homes having minor to moderate roof damage. Some trees were on homes, and power lines were down as well. Roof damage occurred to a few buildings along Gallatin Street. The tornado began to weaken after that and dissipated right at the Pearl River along Commerce Street. The maximum estimated wind speed with this tornado was 95 mph.

This tornado started at Ellis Avenue and Raymond Road and tracked east-northeast across Battlefield Park and South Jackson. Minor tree damage was noted in the initial part of the track. The tornado increased in intensity as it crossed Interstate 20 and moved into the Battlefield Park and surrounding neighborhood. Multiple trees were uprooted along this part of the path along with a dozen or so homes having minor to moderate roof damage. Some trees were on homes, and power lines were down as well. Roof damage occurred to a few buildings along Gallatin Street. The tornado began to weaken after that and dissipated right at the Pearl River along Commerce Street. The maximum estimated wind speed with this tornado was 95 mph.

A swath of wind occurred across western portions of Hinds County. Trees and power lines were blown down on Askew Road to the north-northeast of Edwards. A tree was blown down on John Warren Road and another large tree was blown down on Mississippi Highway 22 west of Cox Ferry Road, all to the west of Brownsville.

A tree and power line were blown down at the intersection of Cox Ferry Road and Farr Road.

A swath of wind occurred across western portions of Hinds County. Trees and power lines were blown down on Askew Road to the north-northeast of Edwards. A tree was blown down on John Warren Road and another large tree was blown down on Mississippi Highway 22 west of Cox Ferry Road, all to the west of Brownsville.

An EF-1 tornado developed midday of March 22nd near the intersection of China Grove Road and Countryside Road, where it uprooted and snapped a few softwood trees consistent with EF-0 damage. It moved east-northeast and crossed US 45 where it snapped softwood trees along the west east side of Highway 27, where trees and powerlines were downed. The tornado then moved across Bovina Cutoff Road where at least two outbuildings suffered heavy roof damage and a large swath of trees in a mixed forest was knocked down. The trees were observed to have fallen in a convergent pattern and it was at this location that the tornado reached maximum intensity at EF-1 with approximately 105 mph winds. The tornado continued eastward across the Big Black River into Hinds County until reaching Smith Station Road where the tin from an outbuilding was lofted and thrown. The tornado then moved across the town of Edwards along a line from Potato House Rd., across Mt. Moriah Rd, and onto Vicksburg St. It was at this time that the tornado began to move more easterly and into northeastern portions of town, with impacts noted along portions of Montgomery St. In Edwards, the primary damage incurred was due to falling trees with impacts suggesting an EF-0 rating. From Edwards, the tornado continued east along Interstate 20 where it briefly re-intensified to EF-1 intensity, downing dozens of trees and causing roof damage to outbuildings and residences. At one location just north of I-20, a large tree fell through a home causing significant damage as it fell through the roof and a wall. Additional snapped trees in mixed forest was noted near I-20 in the vicinity of Bolton-Edwards Elementary school on the I-20 frontage road as the tornado dissipated. Additional downstream damage was isolated and scattered and likely associated with straight-line winds where trees and power lines were downed. The total path length of the tornado was around 14.8 miles. The maximum estimated wind speed of the tornado was 105 mph, which occurred in Warren County. Maximum estimated winds were 90mph in Hinds County.

An EF-1 tornado developed midday of March 22nd near the intersection of China Grove Road and Countryside Road, where it uprooted and snapped a few softwood trees consistent with EF-0 damage. It moved east-northeast and crossed US 45 where it snapped softwood trees along the west east side of Highway 27, where trees and powerlines were downed. The tornado then moved across Bovina Cutoff Road where at least two outbuildings suffered heavy roof damage and a large swath of trees in a mixed forest was knocked down. The trees were observed to have fallen in a convergent pattern and it was at this location that the tornado reached maximum intensity at EF-1 with approximately 105 mph winds. The tornado continued eastward across the Big Black River into Hinds County until reaching Smith Station Road where the tin from an outbuilding was lofted and thrown. The tornado then moved across the town of Edwards along a line from Potato House Rd., across Mt. Moriah Rd, and onto Vicksburg St. It was at this time that the tornado began to move more easterly and into northeastern portions of town, with impacts noted along portions of Montgomery St. In Edwards, the primary damage incurred was due to falling trees with impacts suggesting an EF-0 rating. From Edwards, the tornado continued east along Interstate 20 where it briefly re-intensified to EF-1 intensity, downing dozens of trees and causing roof damage to outbuildings and residences. At one location just north of I-20, a large tree fell through a home causing significant damage as it fell through the roof and a wall. Additional snapped trees in mixed forest was noted near I-20 in the vicinity of Bolton-Edwards Elementary school on the I-20 frontage road as the tornado dissipated. Additional downstream damage was isolated and scattered and likely associated with straight-line winds where trees and power lines were downed. The total path length of the tornado was around 14.8 miles. The maximum estimated wind speed of the tornado was 105 mph, which occurred in Warren County. Maximum estimated winds were 90mph in Hinds County.

This EF2 tornado began along Hill Road near the intersection with Goat Hill Road and continued eastward across Anderson Road producing tree damage. The tornado roughly paralleled MS Highway 22 from near Good Hope Road to near Murrays Road. In this corridor, tree damage became more prolific, with several structures damaged and some power poles snapped as well. Part of the roof of a mobile home was removed along Good Hope Road. Roofing sections were removed or roofing material was damaged on several homes and a church along Highway 22. The greatest damage occurred along Bradley Road, where the entire roof of a home was removed and a high concentration of trees were snapped. Two to three manufactured homes experienced varying degrees of damage along this road as well. The tornado then briefly paralleled Interstate 20 for a few miles between Farr Road and the west side of Bolton before lifting. Along this stretch, several trees were snapped or uprooted and multiple homes or outbuildings experienced metal roof or shingle damage. Trees also damaged a house and an outbuilding in this area. The maximum estimated winds were 120 mph.

A tree was blown down onto a power line on Peach Orchard Road.

Tropical storm force wind gusts downed numerous trees and power lines across the county. At least 3 homes suffered damage from falling trees and another home had roof damage.

A tree was blown down onto a power line at the intersection of Manship Street and Lamar Street, and both the tree and a power pole caught fire.

This mesovortex tornado began just past the Farr Road line to the northwest of Brownsville. The tornado surged southeast along North John Warren Road, Alexander Road, Coxs Ferry Road causing tree damage, including large limbs snapped & uprooting trees. More widespread damage occurred in the Brownsville area near Trotter Road and State Highway 22, where a tornado debris signature was observed on radar and the tornado began to strengthen. A shed was destroyed from falling limbs as well near here. The tornado continued southeast along Lorance Road, McGuffee Road, Clinton Tinnin Road, N Ratliff Road and Pinehaven Drive/Highway 49 N. Winds began to strengthen to a high end EF1, nearly 100mph, in this region, where widespread damage to softwood and hardwood trees occurred. Some trees fell on powerlines and a powerpole was broken near Highway 49 N. The tornado continued at this strength southeast over MacLean Road and along W County Line Road, Billy Bell Road, Natchez Trace Parkway and into NW Jackson bordering the Madison County Line. The tornado uprooted and snapped numerous trees, causing damage residential homes and outbuildings in NW Jackson just before crossing Livingston Road, Lakeover road and Watkins Drive/Hwy 220. The tornado then crossed the densely packed residential areas near Beasley Road and Hanging Moss Road, causing widespread tree and damages to residence and near Callaway High School. Winds were estimated at high end EF1, around 100-110mph, in this area. The tornado then cross N State Street, Briarwood Drive and Interstate 55. A tree fell on an 18 wheeler cab, causing major damage. Peeling of metal siding was observed to a business along Briarwood as well. The tornado continues southeast along Ridgewood Road, Old Canton Road, Westbrook Road and Sedgwick Drive/Harrow Drive. In this area the tornado remained intense EF1 around 90-110mph. Tree damage occurred all through this area and quite a few homes were damaged, some major, from falling trees. One home was split in half from a falling tree in this area. A power pole was snapped in this area, leading to some high end EF1 damage. This tornado continued southeast across the Hinds/Rankin County Line and Pearl River bottom before crossing into portions of northern Flowood. Some large limbs were snapped and a few softwood trees fell into homes in the Laurelwood Subdivision. One home was destroyed and split in half from falling tree. High end EF0 damage around 80-85mph was estimated in this region. The tornado continued southeast before turning east-southeast, crossing Flowood Drive, Lakeland Drive and straddling Luckney Road. Some minor tree damage occurred from falling limbs and small trees, with highest winds around high end EF0. A tree was uprooted along Lakeland Drive and Luckney Road intersection, with a few more down along Luckney and Riverbend Drive and lifted shortly before crossing Highway 471. Maximum estimated winds were 110 miles per hour for the tornado, which occurred in northeast Hinds County. Total path length was 30.70 miles and maximum width was 880 yards, which occurred in Hinds County.

A line of severe thunderstorms with 60-70mph winds moved through Hinds County on the afternoon of May 4th. These winds resulted in widespread wind damage across the county with numerous trees and power lines downed, especially in a swath from Clinton to Jackson. Several falling trees and branches resulted in damage to homes as well as roofing shingles that were blown off. In addition, the ASOS at Hawkins Field measured a 63mph wind gust.

This mesovortex tornado began just past the Farr Road line to the northwest of Brownsville. The tornado surged southeast along North John Warren Road, Alexander Road, Coxs Ferry Road causing tree damage, including large limbs snapped & uprooting trees. More widespread damage occurred in the Brownsville area near Trotter Road and State Highway 22, where a tornado debris signature was observed on radar and the tornado began to strengthen. A shed was destroyed from falling limbs as well near here. The tornado continued southeast along Lorance Road, McGuffee Road, Clinton Tinnin Road, N Ratliff Road and Pinehaven Drive/Highway 49 N. Winds began to strengthen to a high end EF1, nearly 100mph, in this region, where widespread damage|to softwood and hardwood trees occurred. Some trees fell on powerlines and a powerpole was broken near Highway 49 N. The tornado continued at this strength southeast over MacLean Road and along W County Line Road, Billy Bell Road, Natchez Trace Parkway and into NW Jackson bordering the Madison County Line. The tornado uprooted and snapped numerous trees, causing damage residential homes and outbuildings in NW Jackson just before crossing Livingston Road, Lakeover Road and Watkins Drive/Hwy 220. The tornado then crossed the densely packed residential areas near Beasley Road and Hanging Moss Road, causing widespread tree and damages to residence and near Callaway High School. Winds were estimated at high end EF1, around 100-110mph, in this area. The tornado then cross N State Street, Briarwood Drive and Interstate 55. A tree fell on an 18 wheeler cab, causing major damage. Peeling of metal siding was observed to a business along Briarwood as well. The tornado continues southeast along Ridgewood Road, Old Canton Road, Westbrook Road and Sedgwick Drive/Harrow Drive. In this area the tornado remained intense EF1 around 90-110mph. Tree damage occurred all through this area and quite a few homes were damaged, some major, from falling trees. One home was split in half from a falling tree in this area. A power pole was snapped in this area, leading to some high end EF1 damage. This tornado continued southeast across the Hinds/Rankin County Line and Pearl River bottom before crossing into portions of northern Flowood. Some large limbs were snapped and a few softwood trees fell into homes in the Laurelwood Subdivision. One home was destroyed and split in half from falling tree. High end EF0 damage around 80-85mph was estimated in this region. The tornado continued southeast before turning east-southeast, crossing Flowood Drive, Lakeland Drive and straddling Luckney Road. Some minor tree damage occurred from falling limbs and small trees, with highest winds around high end EF0. A tree was uprooted along Lakeland Drive and Luckney Road intersection, with a few more down along Luckney and Riverbend Drive and lifted shortly before crossing Highway 471. Maximum estimated winds were 110 miles per hour for the tornado, which occurred in northeast Hinds County. Total path length was 30.70 miles and maximum width was 880 yards, which occurred in Hinds County.

This mesovortex tornado began just past the Farr Road line to the northwest of Brownsville. The tornado surged southeast along North John Warren Road, Alexander Road, Coxs Ferry Road causing tree damage, including large limbs snapped & uprooting trees. More widespread damage occurred in the Brownsville area near Trotter Road and State Highway 22, where a tornado debris signature was observed on radar and the tornado began to strengthen. A shed was destroyed from falling limbs as well near here. The tornado continued southeast along Lorance Road, McGuffee Road, Clinton Tinnin Road, N Ratliff Road and Pinehaven Drive/Highway 49 N. Winds began to strengthen to a high end EF1, nearly 100mph, in this region, where widespread damage|to softwood and hardwood trees occurred. Some trees fell on powerlines and a powerpole was broken near Highway 49 N. The tornado continued at this strength southeast over MacLean Road and along W County Line Road, Billy Bell Road, Natchez Trace Parkway and into NW Jackson bordering the Madison County Line. The tornado uprooted and snapped numerous trees, causing damage residential homes and outbuildings in NW Jackson just before crossing Livingston Road, Lakeover Road and Watkins Drive/Hwy 220. The tornado then crossed the densely packed residential areas near Beasley Road and Hanging Moss Road, causing widespread tree and damages to residence and near Callaway High School. Winds were estimated at high end EF1, around 100-110mph, in this area. The tornado then cross N State Street, Briarwood Drive and Interstate 55. A tree fell on an 18 wheeler cab, causing major damage. Peeling of metal siding was observed to a business along Briarwood as well. The tornado continues southeast along Ridgewood Road, Old Canton Road, Westbrook Road and Sedgwick Drive/Harrow Drive. In this area the tornado remained intense EF1 around 90-110mph. Tree damage occurred all through this area and quite a few homes were damaged, some major, from falling trees. One home was split in half from a falling tree in this area. A power pole was snapped in this area, leading to some high end EF1 damage. This tornado continued southeast across the Hinds/Rankin County Line and Pearl River bottom before crossing into portions of northern Flowood. Some large limbs were snapped and a few softwood trees fell into homes in the Laurelwood Subdivision. One home was destroyed and split in half from falling tree. High end EF0 damage around 80-85mph was estimated in this region. The tornado continued southeast before turning east-southeast, crossing Flowood Drive, Lakeland Drive and straddling Luckney Road. Some minor tree damage occurred from falling limbs and small trees, with highest winds around high end EF0. A tree was uprooted along Lakeland Drive and Luckney Road intersection, with a few more down along Luckney and Riverbend Drive and lifted shortly before crossing Highway 471. Maximum estimated winds were 110 miles per hour for the tornado, which occurred in northeast Hinds County. Total path length was 30.70 miles and maximum width was 880 yards, which occurred in Hinds County.

A line of severe thunderstorms with 60-70mph winds moved through Hinds County on the afternoon of May 4th. These winds resulted in widespread wind damage across the county with numerous trees and power lines downed, especially in a swath from Clinton to Jackson. Several falling trees and branches resulted in damage to homes as well as roofing shingles that were blown off. In addition, the ASOS at Hawkins Field measured a 63mph wind gust.

Between 0.25 and 0.4 inches of ice accumulated on trees, power lines, and other surfaces through the afternoon and evening. Trees and power lines were downed by the weight of ice and caused power outages across the county. At least one large tree fell onto a home near Raymond. The roof collapsed at a gas station in Clinton, and an awning collapsed at a gas station in southwest Jackson.

This tornado touched down at Clinton Blvd. near West Hillsdale Drive and quickly moved to the northeast. In the neighborhood north of Clinton Blvd, the tornado blew down several trees. A few of these trees fell onto nearby homes and power lines. Some roofing tin or minor structural damage also occurred along the path. The most intense tree damage which gave the EF1 rating was found along East Hillsdale Drive and Clubview Drive. The tornado dissipated after crossing Lynch Creek and before reaching College Hill Drive. The maximum estimated winds were 90 mph.

Trees and power lines were blown down in northeast Jackson.

A tree was blown down across Palestine Road. Another large tree took down a power line on East Northside Drive.

This brief tornado started just on the Hinds County side of the Big Black River and moved north-northeast into far southern Yazoo County. Most of this was noted by radar and the debris signature. From the storm survey and access to the Big Holloman Hunting Club, timber damage was the primary impact where many hardwood trees were snapped or uprooted. A power line into the camp site was down due to a tree falling on the line. The tornado dissipated before reaching Cox Ferry Road. Total path length was 2.86 miles. Maximum rating and wind speed was EF1 and 95 mph in Yazoo County. Max width was 300 yards in Yazoo County.

Several trees and power lines were blown down across Hinds County, including on Old Port Gibson, Lebanon Pine Grove, Adams Station, and Cayuga roads.

Trees and power lines were blown down at the intersection of Prentiss and Capitol streets.

Trees and power lines were blown down near the intersection of Kimbell Road and McWilliams Drive.

Trees and power lines were blown down across the Jackson Zoo.

A severe thunderstorm brought a swath of damaging winds to portions of central Hinds County. A tree was blown down on Royal Street near Edwards. Several trees and power lines were blown down around Clinton. Trees were blown down across Billy Bell Road to the south-southeast of Pocahontas.

A power line was blown down on Highway 49 in the southbound lane near Kickapoo Road.

A tree was blown down into power lines at the intersection of Lindsey Drive and Robinson Road in Jackson.

Trees and powerlines were blown down along Clinton-Tinnin Road.

A power pole snapped along Wayneland Drive. Transformer fire occurred.

A tree and power line was blown down at North Norrell Road and Jimmy Williams Road.

A tree was pushed onto power lines along Northside Drive at Casablanca Drive.

A tree fell onto a powerline on Bettie A. Jamison Road.

Powerlines were brought down by large limbs along Kings Highway near Old Canton Road.

Strong winds from a thunderstorm caused damage near the intersection of MS Highway 18 and Greenway Drive, including a tree downed near the Walmart and power outages around the area.

A line of severe thunderstorms produced a swath of damaging winds across central and eastern Hinds County. Trees were blown down near Bolton, Clinton, Jackson, and Richland. Power lines were also blown down near Terry.

A line of severe thunderstorms produced a swath of damaging winds across central and eastern Hinds County. Trees were blown down near Bolton, Clinton, Jackson, and Richland. Power lines were also blown down near Terry.

A tree was split near the intersection of Old Canton Road and Westbrook Road in Jackson, and trees and power lines were blown down along Childress Drive.

A tree was split near the intersection of Old Canton Road and Westbrook Road in Jackson, and trees and power lines were blown down along Childress Drive.

A swath of wind moved through central Hinds County and caused damage from Edwards to Clinton. A tree was blown down on Good Hope Road near Edwards. Another was blown down on North Chapel Hill Road near Bolton. Several trees were blown down onto powerlines along I-20 westbound between Bolton and Clinton. Another tree was blown down onto a powerline on Tinnin Road just north of Clinton.

A swath of wind moved through central Hinds County and caused damage from Edwards to Clinton. A tree was blown down on Good Hope Road near Edwards. Another was blown down on North Chapel Hill Road near Bolton. Several trees were blown down onto powerlines along I-20 westbound between Bolton and Clinton. Another tree was blown down onto a powerline on Tinnin Road just north of Clinton.

This tornado touched down just southwest of the intersection of Adams Station Road and Old Adams Station Road. Here, heavy tree damage was noted as dozens of trees were snapped and uprooted. A power line was down here as well. The tornado then crossed Learned Road, just south of Learned, and damaged dozens of trees. The tornado continued northeast and crossed Holiday Road where tree damage was noted. The tornado tracked over some pasture and farm land and dissipated as it crossed Oakley Road. The maximum wind speed with this tornado was 110 mph.

This tornado touched down just southwest of the intersection of Adams Station Road and Old Adams Station Road. Here, heavy tree damage was noted as dozens of trees were snapped and uprooted. A power line was down here as well. The tornado then crossed Learned Road, just south of Learned, and damaged dozens of trees. The tornado continued northeast and crossed Holiday Road where tree damage was noted. The tornado tracked over some pasture and farm land and dissipated as it crossed Oakley Road. The maximum wind speed with this tornado was 110 mph.

This tornado touched down south of Bolton along Houston Road. The tornado quickly intensified as it crossed Raymond-Bolton Road where numerous trees were damaged. Heavy tree damage again was noted as the tornado crossed Airplane and St. Thomas Roads. The roads were blocked by numerous trees and two power poles were snapped along Airplane Road. The tornado then moved to just east of Bolton where it crossed the Bolton Cemetery, where numerous trees were damaged. A home sustained minor roof damage here and a metal tractor shed was destroyed. More trees were downed on the Frontage Roads along I-20 and a large billboard was damaged. The tornado then moved across fields west of West Northside Drive. One mobile home had part of the tin roof torn off. More heavy tree damage was observed on Edwards Road and then again as it crossed Jimmy Williams Road. Here the tornado intensified and reached its widest point. Additional tree damage occurred across Lorance Road and then again across Clinton-Tinnin Road. The tornado downed about 30 large trees across Kennebrew Road as it crossed into southern Madison County. Damage was noted on Shady Grove Road and near the petrified forest area before it moved into Flora. The tornado caused minor structural damage in downtown Flora. It also caused damage to the old water tower in Flora. Tree damage was noted on the north side of Flora as well. The tornado dissipated as it exited the Flora city limits to the north. The total path length was 20.79 miles. The maximum estimated winds were 110 mph, which occurred in Hinds County.

Power lines were blown down on Pocahontas Road.

Damaging wind gusts associated with a line of thunderstorms blew trees down onto power lines along Robinhood Road.

A swath of damaging winds occurred across western Hinds County. Multiple trees were blown down along the Natchez Trace Parkway between Milepost 39 near Port Gibson in Claiborne County and Milepost 77 near Raymond in Hinds County. Multiple trees and powerlines were blown down in the Utica area as well, including around Highway 27 and Old Port Gibson Road. As the storm continued to track east, it blew down trees in the Learned area and caused roof damage to a restaurant on Smith Drive/Port Gibson Street in Raymond. A tree also fell through the second story of a home on West Court Street in Raymond.

A swath of damaging winds occurred across western Hinds County. Multiple trees were blown down along the Natchez Trace Parkway between Milepost 39 near Port Gibson in Claiborne County and Milepost 77 near Raymond in Hinds County. Multiple trees and powerlines were blown down in the Utica area as well, including around Highway 27 and Old Port Gibson Road. As the storm continued to track east, it blew down trees in the Learned area and caused roof damage to a restaurant on Smith Drive/Port Gibson Street in Raymond. A tree also fell through the second story of a home on West Court Street in Raymond.

A tree was blown down onto a power line. The power line blocked both the east and west bound lanes of Highway 18 at Springridge Road.

A thunderstorm brought a swath of wind damage to portions of eastern Hinds County. A utility pole was broken off on Northside Drive, and another was broken on Westhaven Drive. A tree was blown down onto utility equipment on St. Thomas Road. Trees were blown down on Clinton-Raymond Road. A big tree was also blown down near Longwood Drive, while a fence and large limbs were also blown down on Turnberry Cove. Powerlines were snapped on Springridge Road in Clinton and a 56mph gust was measured near Clinton. Utility poles were broken along I-55 and Elton Road near Byram. A tree was blown down onto a house on Savanna Street and powerlines were also blown down in that same area.

Trees were blown down on power lines on Highway 49 at FOA Road.

Trees and power lines were blown down along Newman Road.

Trees fell onto equipment near Halsey Avenue and also on Jackson Highway, just west of Highway 80. Both of these caused power outages. Also, a large tree was split near Lexington Avenue.

Trees were blown down and powerlines were snapped near the Salvation Army office on Presto Lane.

A powerline was blown down on I-20 at Clinton-Raymond Road.

A tree was blown down on McLean Road with power outages.

Power lines were blown down in the Adams Community.

Trees and power lines were blown down. Trees blocked the road at Midway Road and Thigpen Road.

Multiple trees were blown down in the county. Some trees fell on power lines. All of the city of Utica was without power. A tree fell on a trailer on Stubbs Road in Terry. This was due to a heat burst that formed from decaying showers.

Light freezing rain of two tenths of an inch or less fell across the county. This brought down some powerlines down to the west of Raymond. Power outages occurred around Jackson, affecting 900 customers. Power lines were also down at Highway 18 and Ellis Avenue in Jackson. The light freezing rain brought down a tree, which blocked the right land of I-20 westbound at mile marker 26 in Clinton. A tree was brought down on the campus of Mississippi College in Clinton. Another tree was brought down, blocking a railroad, along Highway 51 to the south of County Line Road. A traffic accident occurred in Utica on Highway 18, which resulted in the fatality of a 24 year old male on the morning of the 24th.

Eleven hundred Entergy customers were without power across northeast Jackson after gusty thunderstorms pushed through the city.

A tree and a power line were down along Billy Fields Road.

Power lines were blown down south of Raymond.

A tree was blown onto an apartment building on McFadden Road. Large tree limbs and power lines were blown down at Wynndale Road and Terry Road. A tree limb fell and broke a window along Manhattan Road.

Large limbs were blown down on Martin Road in the northern part of the county. Power lines were also blown down along Spring Ridge Road.

During the evening of the 29th, trees and power lines were blown down along Redwood Avenue and Queen Mary lane in West Jackson. Shortly after midnight, a large tree was blown down at the intersection of Seven Springs Road and Springridge Road. Additional trees and power lines were blown down all across the county during the overnight hours causing power outages in several areas. Several roads near Terry and Raymond had to be closed due to fallen trees. By early morning more than 50 trees were blown down across the county.

Power lines were blown down on Overstreet Avenue.

Power lines were blown down southwest of Raymond. Trees were blown down along Belknapp Road, and Military Road.

Power lines were blown down southwest of Raymond. Trees were blown down along Belknapp Road, and Military Road.

Power lines were blown down along Rosemary Road.

Power lines were blown down across I-55 near Woodrow Wilson Drive. Three lanes of the interstate were closed.

A power pole and lines were blown down near Ellis Avenue. Power lines were also blown down at the I-220 overpass at Livingston Road.

Power lines were blown down at the intersection of Oak Street and Bush Road.

Power lines were blown down at the intersection of Oak Street and Bush Road.

A few power lines were down on Gallatin St.

This tornado began along Airport Road to the southwest of Clinton and moved northeast across Interstate 20, US Highway 80, Interstate 220, and Interstate 55 before lifting near the intersection of Old Canton Road and Pear Orchard Road in southeast Ridgeland.||The most intense damage occurred in Clinton and western Jackson. In these areas, numerous homes and businesses were damaged and destroyed both by the tornado wind and from falling trees, cars were flipped and smashed, thousands of trees were snapped or uprooted, and numerous power lines and power poles were downed or snapped. The basis for the EF-3 rating was houses that were destroyed in neighborhoods just southwest of US Highway 80 and just south of Clinton Blvd in Clinton. The tornado maintained EF-2 and EF-1 strength as it moved through western Jackson. However, once it crossed Interstate 55, the tornado weakened to EF-0 and low end EF-1. Maximum winds were around 140 mph.

Damaging thunderstorm winds affected areas of Downtown Jackson as well as portions of North Jackson. A tree was blown down along Robinhood Road between State Street and Manhattan Road. Power lines were blown down near Interstate 55 and Fortification Street. A downed tree was reported on a home near the intersection of Hartfield Street and Oxford Avenue in the Fondren District.

Damaging thunderstorm winds affected areas of Downtown Jackson as well as portions of North Jackson. A tree was blown down along Robinhood Road between State Street and Manhattan Road. Power lines were blown down near Interstate 55 and Fortification Street. A downed tree was reported on a home near the intersection of Hartfield Street and Oxford Avenue in the Fondren District.

The tornado first touched down along Lebanon-Pinegrove Road and then tracked north-northeast following a path along Terry Road. Numerous hardwood trees were uprooted and snapped in a convergent pattern and several sheds and a carport were damaged or destroyed. Some of the trees fell across a power line bringing the line and a power pole down. Several houses sustained minor damage and one well built brick house had significant damage to the roof. At the same location where the significant roof damage occurred, a steel gate was torn from its hinges and heavy metal fencing was blown down. Maximum winds were around 115 mph.

This tornado first touched down in Midway Estates just to the west of Midway Road. Initially the tornado knocked down a few trees and caused minor shingle damage to roofs. The tornado tracked northeast crossing Tank Road, Green Gable Road, and Lebanon-Pinegrove Road. The damage was predominantly downed trees and minor structural damage. The tornado then moved nearly parallel to Interstate 55 and passed through Byram. Numerous structures were damaged, dozens of billboards were blown out, a tanker truck was overturned, numerous power poles were snapped and numerous trees were snapped and uprooted. The tornado was the most intense at this point with winds estimated to be around 120 mph. In addition, the maximum path width of 1/2 mile occurred in Byram. The tornado then crossed the Pearl River into Rankin County. The tornado was on the ground for almost 14 miles in Hinds County with a total path length of 26 miles through both Hinds and Rankin Counties.

This tornado first touched down in Midway Estates just to the west of Midway Road. Initially the tornado knocked down a few trees and caused minor shingle damage to roofs. The tornado tracked northeast crossing Tank Road, Green Gable Road, and Lebanon-Pinegrove Road. The damage was predominantly downed trees and minor structural damage. The tornado then moved nearly parallel to Interstate 55 and passed through Byram. Numerous structures were damaged, dozens of billboards were blown out, a tanker truck was overturned, numerous power poles were snapped and numerous trees were snapped and uprooted. The tornado was the most intense at this point with winds estimated to be around 120 mph. In addition, the maximum path width of 1/2 mile occurred in Byram. The tornado then crossed the Pearl River into Rankin County. The tornado was on the ground for almost 14 miles in Hinds County with a total path length of 26 miles through both Hinds and Rankin Counties.

Trees and power lines were down in the Dry Grove Community.

Trees were down in several spots in Jackson. Power lines were down on Northside Drive.

A power line was blown down.

An NWS employee reported two interstate service signs were bent over along Interstate 55 near exit 85. The awning and part of a sign were ripped off a nearby store building. Multiple tree limbs were down between Byram and Terry, with a few power outages reported around Byram. Large tree limbs were downed along Mason Blvd between Terry Road and south Frontage Road along Interstate 55.

A couple trees were spotted down at Ellis and Robinson. A tree fell on power lines and took down three power poles.

This tornado touched down just southeast of Brownsville along Lorance Road and traced east across northern Hinds County before moving into southwest Madison County. Hundreds of trees were snapped and uprooted along the path along with several power lines down. Several roads were blocked by downed trees along with Highway 49 just south of Pocahontas. Maximum winds were around 105 mph with a total path length across Hinds and Madison Counties of 12 miles.

This tornado touched down just southeast of Brownsville along Lorance Road and traced east across northern Hinds County before moving into southwest Madison County. Hundreds of trees were snapped and uprooted along the path along with several power lines down. Several roads were blocked by downed trees along with Highway 49 just south of Pocahontas. Maximum winds were around 105 mph with a total path length across Hinds and Madison Counties of 12 miles.

Several trees were blown down along with a few power lines on the north side of Brownsville.

This tornado touched down along Dulaney Road and then tracked northeast for about 3.5 miles. The tornado Midway, Lebanon-Pine Grove, Old Jackson and Flowers Roads before dissipating. A dozen homes were damaged, some by fallen trees and other by the wind associated with the tornado. Numerous trees and several power lines were blown down as well along the path. Maximum winds were around 110 mph.

This tornado touched down along Dulaney Road and then tracked northeast for about 3.5 miles. The tornado Midway, Lebanon-Pine Grove, Old Jackson and Flowers Roads before dissipating. A dozen homes were damaged, some by fallen trees and other by the wind associated with the tornado. Numerous trees and several power lines were blown down as well along the path. Maximum winds were around 110 mph.

Aside from the tornadic damage across Northeast Jackson, extensive and significant straight line wind damage occurred across a large portion of the City of Jackson, particularly just to the south of the tornado path. Hundreds of trees and numerous power lines were taken down by wind gusts between 80 and 100 mph. The very strong wind gusts alone damaged many homes and buildings. However, it was the large amount of trees that were blown down which caused the most significant damage. Hundreds of trees were blown down on homes which caused minor to major damage to many structures. Some 6 to 7 thousand homes sustained some kind of damage. Many signs were blow down or damaged along with many vehicles destroyed by fallen trees and limbs. This tornado and wind event was likely one of the most significant, widespread, and costly severe weather events the Jackson area has seen. Nearly everyone described this event as worse than Hurricane Katrina, for the Metro.

Aside from the tornadic damage across Northeast Jackson, extensive and significant straight line wind damage occurred across a large portion of the City of Jackson, particularly just to the south of the tornado path. Hundreds of trees and numerous power lines were taken down by wind gusts between 80 and 100 mph. The very strong wind gusts alone damaged many homes and buildings. However, it was the large amount of trees that were blown down which caused the most significant damage. Hundreds of trees were blown down on homes which caused minor to major damage to many structures. Some 6 to 7 thousand homes sustained some kind of damage. Many signs were blow down or damaged along with many vehicles destroyed by fallen trees and limbs. This tornado and wind event was likely one of the most significant, widespread, and costly severe weather events the Jackson area has seen. Nearly everyone described this event as worse than Hurricane Katrina, for the Metro.

The damage started with snapped trees, power lines and power poles across Livingston and County Line Roads and Watkins Drive. The tornado moved east-southeast, crossing Interstate 220 and downing numerous large trees, some on homes, as it moved through residential areas off Hanging Moss Road. Most of the damage in this area was EF-1 in nature with maximum winds between 90 and 105 mph. The damage became somewhat more intense as it moved through the Tougaloo area, with dozens of large trees snapped and uprooted, many on homes, causing serious damage. The tornado crossed State Street, and then crossed Interstate 55 where it caused roof damage to two hotels, and damaged a car dealership, snapping light poles, blowing the windows out of dozens of cars, and causing roof and awning damage. It also damaged the roof of a large medical building. As the tornado crossed Ridgewood Road, it blew out the back wall of a large restaurant building, and continued damaging roofs of buildings and knocking down numerous trees. The damage in the Interstate 55 area was rated as EF-1 with maximum winds between 95 and 105 mph.||Once the tornado crossed Ridgewood Road, it moved back into residential areas of northeast Jackson. The tornado reached its maximum intensity as it approached and crossed Old Canton Road. Hundreds of large trees were snapped and uprooted in these areas, causing major damage to numerous homes. On the east side of Old Canton, it caused extensive roof and facade damage to several commercial buildings, blew the walls out of the second story of a large warehouse type building, and caused extensive damage to the roofs of apartment complex buildings and a couple of residential homes. This area along the path from just west of Pear Orchard Road to the area on the east side of Old Canton Road was the maximum rated damage at EF-2 with maximum estimated winds of 115 mph.||While not accessible via ground survey, it is assumed based on radar data that the tornado continued on the ground across the Pearl River. Damage was again observed in northwest Rankin County in the subdivisions off of Old Fannin Road. Numerous trees were downed, a number on houses, and many homes had shingle damage. The most intense damage was where the tornado crossed Old Fannin Road in the Avalon and Barnett Bend subdivisions. Numerous large trees were snapped and uprooted, several causing major damage to some homes, and power poles were snapped off. Maximum winds here were estimated to be up to 105 mph, which is at the high end of EF-1 on the Enhanced Fujita scale.||Damage was somewhat less as it moved through the subdivisions east of Hugh Ward Parkway, but intensified again as it moved along Manship Road and into Mill Creek subdivision. A number of large trees were snapped and uprooted in these areas. The tornado crossed Lakeland Drive, continuing to down trees, and moved across the Northwest Rankin Attendance Center complex, blowing down trees, a fence at the baseball field, and blowing out an awning. The tornado crossed Vine Drive and caused extensive shingle and roof damage to a number of apartment buildings. The tornado dissipated shortly after this damage, causing sporadic tree damage at the edge of Castlewoods subdivision. Maximum winds in the area from Hugh Ward Parkway to prior to dissipation were estimated to generally be between 90 and 100 mph, which is EF-1 on the Enhanced Fujita scale.||Total path length was 14 miles.

Numerous trees and several power lines were blown down from around Raymond to around Clinton. Trees were across area roads with a couple down on some homes.

Several trees and power lines were blown down across the county by strong gradient winds behind a strong cold front. The majority of the downed trees and lines occurred around Downtown Jackson and Terry.

Numerous trees and power lines were blown down in Jackson and around Clinton.

A few trees and a couple power lines were blown down. One large tree was down on a house which caused major roof damage.

Strong wind gusts 40 knots (46 mph) ahead of a deepening surface low and approaching squall line caused a few trees to get blown down and knock down power lines. The damage occurred near the Metro Center Mall and caused power outages for a portion of that area.

A few power lines were blown down at the intersection of Lakeland Drive and Ridgewood Road. The downed power lines caused a small fire at a nearby gas station.

A very large limb was blown down and hit a pedestrian walking on the sidewalk. Additionally, this limb took down a live power line which also landed on the pedestrian. A combination of the large limb and electricity caused the fatality.

Numerous trees were blown down in the city, with a few down on a house. Just off Interstate 55, a large billboard was blown over. Additionally, several power lines were blown down.

A few powerlines were blown down in northeast Jackson.

A tree and a powerline were blown down on the SW side of Jackson. In addition, several large limbs were blown onto powerlines.

Numerous trees and powerlines were blown down across the city. There was some minor roof damage done to a few homes in the Belhaven area of town.

A few trees and 4 powerlines were blown down on Siwell road in S Jackson.

Thunderstorm winds produced widespread wind damage across the city of Jackson. Numerous trees and powerlines were blown down across several locations through the city. A traffic light was blown away at Clinton Blvd and Interstate 220. Several windows were blown out at Millsaps College on State Street.

Numerous trees and powerlines down. Downed trees blocked a few roads.

A brief tornado touchdown was seen across far northern portion of the county. Several powerlines were knocked down along highway 49.

A tree and several power lines were blown down.

Several large limbs and power lines were blown down.

Multiple clusters of thunderstorms pushed south across Mississippi on the afternoon and evening of July 13th. A number of these storms were severe and produced damaging winds gusts that brought down trees and powerlines along with one barn that was destroyed.

A line of severe thunderstorms moved through portions of western and central Mississippi on the evening of May 15th. Widespread damaging winds downed numerous trees and power lines with several trees falling onto structures and vehicles. Outflow from these thunderstorms created a dust storm across the Mississippi Delta as visibilities dropped to one quarter of a mile before the rain started. In addition, a separate cluster of storms in eastern Mississippi produced scattered wind damage across Noxubee County.

A strong weather system interacted with an unstable airmass to bring widespread severe weather to the region. There was copious amounts of wind energy in the atmosphere ahead of the squall line to bring down trees and power lines from gradient winds. In addition, damaging winds and tornadoes occurred within the squall line as it moved through Louisiana, Arkansas and Mississippi.

Major hurricane Ida made landfall as a strong category four hurricane around 11:55am on August 29 near Grand Isle, LA. It then moved very slowly north through south central Louisiana and into Mississippi on August 30. It then turned northeast and moved across the Jackson metro area as a tropical storm and into northeast Mississippi as a tropical depression through the early morning of August 31. Ida brought tropical storm force gusts to portions of Mississippi, which brought down trees and power lines. Rainfall amounts of 4-8 inches occurred, which resulted in localized flooding.

An outbreak of severe thunderstorms occurred on May 4th. An initial round of supercell thunderstorms that morning brought several brief tornadoes to the area along with a few instances of damaging winds. The main round of storms occurred during the afternoon in the form of an intense line of storms. Widespread wind damage occurred with embedded swaths of significant damaging winds up to 80 mph. This resulted in numerous downed trees, power lines and infrastructure damage. Seven tornadoes also occurred within the squall line.

As an arctic air mass continued to build southward across the South on February 17th, another wave of precipitation overspread this cold air mass across much of Mississippi. The main impacts across central and southern portions of the state were from freezing rain and resulting heavy icing, but some significant accumulations of sleet and snow also occurred in areas mainly north and west of the Natchez Trace. Freezing rain continued through the evening hours, ending from west to east by the early morning of February 18th. Ice accumulated quickly in many locations and downed numerous trees, large limbs, and power lines across the affected areas. Several trees and limbs fell onto power lines, resulting in more widespread power outages as well. Some trees fell onto homes or cars, and significant amounts of ice, sleet, and snow collapsed a few gas station awnings and roofs where accumulations were greatest. In the hardest hit areas, extensive damage to trees and power lines took several months and cost several hundred thousands of dollars to clean up.

A line of thunderstorms moved through Mississippi on the evening of December 13th. Damaging winds brought down trees and power lines across the region.

Hurricane Delta made landfall along the southwest Louisiana Gulf Coast around 5:00 p.m. CDT on October 9th and moved to the northeast across southwest and central Mississippi. Heavy rainfall saturated and loosened soils, allowing for many trees to be blown down even as the hurricane weakened into a tropical storm and then tropical depression. Some of the trees fell onto and damaged homes and power lines in the region. Strong winds continued into the morning of October 10th, and isolated damaging wind gusts occurred with the outer rain bands as far east as Jasper County. The greatest rainfall totals of around 5 to 7 inches were measured near the center of the storm's track in southwest Mississippi, with totals of 1 to 3 inches measured farther away from the storm's track. A brief EF-0 tornado developed from an outer rain band in Lincoln County on October 9th.

A cold front moved across the ArkLaMiss region during the afternoon and evening of August 16th. Ahead of the front, temperatures in the mid to upper 90s helped to create a very unstable airmass. Storms that developed across the Golden Triangle quickly became better organized and plowed across central Mississippi, affecting locations generally along and east of the I-55 corridor during the late afternoon and evening hours. These storms brought damaging winds to the region, which resulted in downed trees and power lines.

An early season winter storm brought heavy snow to much of Mississippi between the evening of the 7th and into the afternoon of the 8th. The greatest amounts fell mainly south and east of the Natchez Trace corridor. Amounts of up to 7 to 8 inches were measured in the Pine Belt. Heavier snow accumulations resulted in downed limbs and trees, power outages, and traffic accidents across the state.

A wake low developed across the region during the afternoon of May 3rd behind rain that moved across the southern portion of the ArkLaMiss. Another wake low developed in the early morning hours of May 4th behind a cold front. Strong winds associated with these wake lows brought down trees and power lines across portions of the area.

Gusty winds occurred ahead of a cold front that moved through the region. Some of these winds brought down trees and powerlines ahead of storms.

A powerful spring storm system impacted much of the region on April 2nd. As this system evolved, a severe weather outbreak occurred with many tornadoes impacting portions of Louisiana and Mississippi. In addition, multiple other thunderstorms produced damaging wind gusts, large hail, and significant flash flooding during the afternoon and overnight hours.

Stretching southward from a low pressure system in the Midwest, a cold front moved across Mississippi during the day on March 7th. Modest atmospheric instability and deep layer wind shear allowed for strong to severe thunderstorms to develop along the cold front as it moved through Mississippi. These thunderstorms produced isolated large hail up to the size of ping pong balls as well as several instances of damaging wind gusts which blew down trees and power lines.

Two separate bouts of severe weather impacted a large portion of the ArkLaMiss region over a two day period in late November. The first event began on the afternoon of Monday, November 28th and ended around midnight on Tuesday, November 29th . A potent upper level low pressure system spinning over the Northern Plains caused a strong surface low pressure system to develop and rapidly race northeast from the Central Plains to the Great Lakes region. This resulted in a strong cold front racing east into and through the ArkLaMiss region. As it did so, it encountered a strongly wind-sheared and marginally unstable air mass over the area. This equated to a line of storms racing east across the ArkLaMiss, that downed numerous trees and powerlines across the area. Numerous trees were also reported down well ahead of the front due to widespread sustained gradient winds between 25-35 mph, gusting between 40-50 mph at times over the ArkLaMiss. After this cold front pushed through the region, it stalled near the central gulf coast Tuesday morning, aiding in setting the stage for the second bout of severe weather that would affect the region from Tuesday afternoon into the early morning hours of Wednesday, November 30th.||Another piece of upper level energy associated with the low pressure system aloft over the Northern Plains, approached the Southeast United States Tuesday afternoon. As this happened, it caused the front stalled south of the area to begin lifting north through the area as a warm front. As warm moist unstable air overspread the region from the south, both wind shear and forcing over the region became adequate, such that supercell thunderstorms began developing and moving northeast through the area. Numerous storms became severe and produced damaging wind gusts and large hail, primarily ranging from quarter to golfball size. Hen egg size hail was reported in Leake County, while baseball size hail was reported from storms in Sunflower and Neshoba counties. A total of five tornadoes were also confirmed with supercells across the ArkLaMiss. All five of these tornadoes were rated EF1, with one such tornado cutting a 23.6 mile damage path from NE Rankin County through Scott & Leake counties. Another tornado affected Winston and Noxubee counties. Three more tornado damage paths were found in Oktibbeha, Clay, and Lowndes counties.||As a cold front finally pushed east and through the ArkLaMiss early Wednesday morning, severe weather finally came to an end across the entire area around sunrise.

Strong to severe storms developed across the area during the afternoon. This was aided by instability from daytime heating along with various outflow boundaries combined with a moist air mass. The severe storms had produced damage in the form of blown down trees and power lines. There were also some isolated events of hail.

The combination of rich gulf moisture, instability, and strong moisture convergence aided in providing strong storms over portions of Central Mississippi mainly during the afternoon hours. These storms caused some street flooding in Warren County. In addition there was some thunderstorm wind damage in the form of blown down trees and power lines.

A moist air mass combined with afternoon heating and good deep shear to develop strong to severe storms during the night of the 18th. This resulted in a brief tornado touch down in Simpson county that caused no damage. During the overnight hours from the 19th to 20th, a strong upper disturbance combined with afternoon heating, moist airmass, cold front and deep shear to cause more strong to severe storms. Some of these storms produced large hail along with wind damage in the form of blown down trees and power lines. Wind damage also occurred on the 19th outside of the thunderstorms due to a heat burst. This heat burst raised the temperature by a few degrees as decaying showers moved over the area, causing wind gusts and some wind damage.

Multiple rounds of wintry weather had occurred prior to this snowfall event. A cold front had moved through the region four days earlier on February 21st with a cold airmass in its wake. Several waves of upper level disturbances moved through Mid-South, over the course of the next three days. The first, on the night of the 22nd, brought mostly rain to the region but some light icing occurred in the far northern Delta early on the 23rd. A second, more potent disturbance, moved through Central Mississippi during the afternoon and evening hours on the 23rd. This brought a more significant icing event to locations generally along and north of I-20, causing some power outages and accidents.||With the cold remaining in place, the final round of wintry weather moved in on the morning of the 25th. A strong upper level disturbance moved across the region, which induced a low pressure system to move east across the northern Gulf of Mexico. With the cold air already entrenched over the region, this brought the moisture and atmospheric lift needed to generate precipitation. At first, the precipitation started as rain and freezing rain, with some light icing reported across the ArkLaMiss. As the atmosphere cooled through the late morning, the rain began to change to snow in the early afternoon across southeast Arkansas, northeast Louisiana and the Mississippi Delta. The changeover line from rain to snow slowly progressed from northwest to southeast across northern portions of the ArkLaMiss region. By the time the changeover occurred near the I-20 corridor, the precipitation was moving off to the east into Alabama.||Those who got snow north of I-20 saw several heavier bursts, which led to some high snowfall totals. The highest totals were generally along and north of the Highway 82 corridor. Locations from Grenada to northern Lowndes County saw the highest amounts in our county warning area, with totals ranging from six to eight inches. Those who saw the higher totals also dealt with trees being weighed down by the heavy snow. This led to snapping trees and numerous power outages.

A powerful spring storm system brought a multi-day severe weather outbreak across a large portion of the country during the April 27-30 time frame. This outbreak started across the Central Plains on the 27th and slowly migrated eastward over the following two days. A large tornado outbreak occurred across the Lower MS River & TN River Valleys on the 28th. The event was capped on the 30th with additional severe weather and a historic flash flooding/heavy rain event along the AL, FL gulf coast where rainfall totals peaked between 15-25 inches!||Across the NWS Jackson, MS forecast area, the tornado outbreak on the 28th was the main event. This event was driven by a classic severe weather pattern with a strong fast moving jet stream and a deep surface cyclone over the central plains. These features helped to produce strong wind shear in the atmosphere which in turn combined with rich gulf moisture and setup a volatile atmospheric mix. Multiple supercell thunderstorms developed during the afternoon/evening and produced many instances of damaging wind and large hail along with multiple tornadoes. The most devastating tornado was the EF-4 which tore a path across NE Leake, the corners of Attala/Neshoba counties, and through the heart of Winston County where the city of Louisville was especially hard hit. This tornado was on ground for 34.3 miles and resulted in 10 fatalities and many injuries. Other hard hit counties were Lowndes, Rankin, Hinds, Scott, Newton, Montgomery, Warren and Jones. Each of these counties experienced at least one tornado, some multiple tornadoes. Overall, 21 tornadoes were confirmed across the forecast area. Of these tornadoes, 3 were rated EF-3, 3 rated EF-2, 12 rated EF1 and 2 rated EF-0.

A strong cold front pushed across the region followed by an arctic air mass. A few strong thunderstorms developed and moved through the region along the advancing cold front. In addition to strong gradient winds just behind the front, a few bouts of thunderstorm winds occurred with the most strongest storms. These winds caused some sporadic down trees along with some power outages.

A squall line took shape across west-central Louisiana early to mid afternoon on the 21st. The squall line gradually moved to the east with some strong storms and embedded supercells developing in the ArkLaMiss Delta. The supercells produced a tornado in the far northwestern portions of the ArkLaMiss Delta. The tornado began in Chicot County, southeast of Dermott, and tracked through Chicot and Desha counties in Arkansas, before dissipating in Bolivar County Mississippi northwest of Cleveland. As the squall line progressed east through the late afternoon and evening multiple trees and power lines were downed across Mississippi. A 64 mph wind gust was recorded at the Cleveland Municipal Airport. The line of storms weakened later in the evening and finally moved out of the region in the early morning hours of December 22nd.||In addition to the damage from the line of storms, strong gradient winds ahead of the storms caused trees and power lines to fall in Adams, Clarke and Jones counties. Winds speeds between 45 and 50 mph were measured ahead of the line of the storms at the Greenville, Greenwood and Meridian airports.

A line of severe storms associated with an advancing cold front moved across the region. A few storms caused wind damage in the form of blown down trees and power lines. Some of these trees fell on structures.

A potent storm system developed across the Inter-Mountain West before tracking east across the Lower Mississippi Valley region February 21st. A rather cold and dry air mass was entrenched across the region through the 20th, with dew points in the teens and twenties. In fact, as atmospheric lift began to approach the area and some light showers moved across portions of the Delta, light sleet occurred. There was not enough sleet to cause travel problems, but it showed how cold the atmosphere was prior to the incoming low pressure system. ||By the morning of the 21st, the warm front was still located along the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Dew points were still in the upper 30s as of late morning across Central Mississippi. Some showers and isolated thunderstorms moved through the area producing small hail. The warm front slowly moved north and by mid to late afternoon, dew points had finally increased to the mid and upper 50s across the I-20 corridor and were in the mid 60s further south. This helped to fuel additional showers and thunderstorms as the main upper level storm system tracked northeast. As the moisture increased across the region, the combination of strong wind shear and an unstable air mass south of the warm front became more conducive to supercell and tornado development. Strong storms were moving through the southwestern portions of the region later that afternoon. ||Around 5 pm storms began to exhibit rotation on radar and a tornado developed in Concordia Parish just south of Clayton. This tornado produced some damage to some homes and trailers in the area. As the low pressure gradually tracked northeast and the warm front lifted further north, the environment became more favorable for tornadoes in southern Mississippi. One storm had continuous rotation as it moved from north-central Louisiana into south-central Mississippi. This storm crossed southeast Lawrence to northwest Marion counties around 10 pm and continued to track northeast. Rotation began to intensify and a strong tornado developed around 10:30 pm a few miles southwest of Bassfield. This tornado caused minor to moderate damage to some homes and buildings, snapped some power poles and caused extensive tree damage. Another weak tornado developed around 11 pm a few miles southwest of Collins snapping some trees and causing some damage to a mobile home and a chicken house. Scattered storms continued to affect the Pine Belt area into the early morning hours on the 22nd, before finally moving out of the area.||In addition to severe weather, flash flooding became an issue in central Mississippi. From the morning of the 21st through the early morning of the 22nd, the heaviest rainfall occurred over parts of central Mississippi, where 3 to 4 inches of rain fell and flash flooding was reported in the area.

An upper disturbance which was associated with a frontal boundary caused some strong to severe storms to move across the region. These storms produced some quarter size hail, as well as some wind damage to trees and power lines.

An approaching cold front, an unusually high amount of wind shear, and sufficient instability resulted in an outbreak of severe thunderstorms across portions of the lower Deep South, including a violent tornado that moved through Hattiesburg. During the morning hours of February 10th, a line of severe thunderstorms moved into the ArkLaMiss, downing trees and powerlines over portions of southeast Arkansas, northeast Louisiana, and central Mississippi. There was also a barn destroyed near Silver City in Humphreys County. The storms continued to push eastward through the early afternoon, then began to slow down as the cold front began to stall. To the south and east of this line of storms, several supercell thunderstorms developed in the more unstable air mass over south Mississippi, with many of the storms exhibiting strong rotation on radar. Shortly after 4 pm, a tornado developed over southwest Marion County near the Pickwick community and tracked across the county into far western Lamar County before lifting. The same storm which produced this tornado continued eastward across northern Lamar County, producing a large tornado which touched down west of Oak Grove and tracked through the very populated West Hattiesburg area. The tornado continued into Forrest County, tracking through the cities of Hattiesburg and Petal before ending in northwestern Perry County. Considerable damage occurred along the path of this storm, and several people were injured. Scattered severe storms continued to affect the Pine Belt area through the remainder of the evening and into the early morning hours of the 11th, before finally moving out of the area.||In addition to severe weather, flash flooding was a major issue in several areas. From the 10th through the early morning hours of the 11th, the heaviest rainfall occurred over parts of southeast Mississippi, where 5 to 7 inches of rain fell and flash flooding was reported in the area. Rainfall amounts of up to 3 1/2 inches occurred in the Jackson metro area, leading to considerable flash flooding. Quick rises occurred on several streams in the city of Jackson.

A regional severe weather outbreak unfolded during Christmas Day 2012 as a result of an anomalously strong and southward positioned trough axis over the southern plains and lower Mississippi River valley. Very strong cyclonically curved winds in the mid-levels of the atmosphere near 115 mph and a rapidly deepening surface low over Louisiana and Mississippi aided in strong low-level wind shear and destabilization for severe thunderstorm development. Early Christmas morning, a large elevated rain and thunderstorm shield overspread the entire ArkLaMiss region. A warm front pushed north through southern Louisiana and Mississippi through late morning and through the afternoon while a quickly advancing cold front and developing squall line were occurring across portions of Texas and Louisiana. A Particularly Dangerous Situation (PDS) Tornado Watch was issued for all of southern Louisiana and Mississippi late Christmas morning for the expected potency of the rotating thunderstorms. Supercells began to develop ahead of the squall line across southern Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama south of the warm front during the afternoon. With such ample wind and speed shear, strong tornadoes developed that afternoon. The most notable tornadoes in NWS Jackson's area were two EF2 tornadoes in Lawrence and southern Forrest counties that destroyed several mobile homes and campers, snapped power poles, and uprooted or snapped hundreds of trees. Luckily, no fatalities occurred in association with the tornadoes. The tornado damage in Forrest County was part of a 61 mile long tornado that began in Pearl River County Mississippi, where EF-3 damage occurred, and ended in western Greene County. Numerous trees were reported down across much of central Mississippi from the advancing squall line and its damaging straight-line winds. Flash flooding also occurred across many areas leading to road closures. The severe weather and cold front finally cleared Mississippi by early Christmas evening.

Tropical Depression Nine formed in the Atlantic, east of the Lesser Antilles, on the morning of August 21, 2012. Twelve hours later, Tropical Depression Nine had strengthened into Tropical Storm Isaac. Isaac continued to track through the eastern Caribbean Sea and Florida Straits while maintaining high end tropical storm strength. Just before noon central time on the 28th, Isaac was located about 75 miles south-southeast of the mouth of the Mississippi River(or about 160 miles southeast of New Orleans) and was found to have reached hurricane strength with winds of 75mph. An outer rain band from Isaac brought some showers to portions of the ArkLaMiss during the afternoon of the 28th, while the center of Isaac was still churning in the Gulf of Mexico. At 6:45pm on August 28th, Hurricane Isaac made a brief landfall along the coast of Southeast Louisiana in Plaquemines Parish. Maximum sustained winds were 80mph at this landfall. Isaac did not remain over land for long as he was back over water again by 9:00pm that same evening. Isaac made his second landfall along the coast of southeast Louisiana, just to the west of Port Fourchon, around 2:15am August 29th, again with maximum sustained winds of 80 mph. ||Isaac moved very slowly to the north and northwest over the course of August 29th, which made for prolonged impacts. Forward motion of about 5 mph lead to tremendous flooding issues for both Louisiana and portions of Mississippi south of I-20. Around noon on August 29th, Isaac was downgraded to a Tropical Storm, but this was not much relief to the many residents who were being inundated with rain and wind. Storm total rainfall across portions of Marion County indicated at least 10 to 15 inches fell. Numerous homes and buildings were flooded and some water rescues occurred in Lamar, Marion and Clarke counties. Further to the north, flooding issues were not quite as bad with about 5 to 7 inches of rain falling from the I-20 corridor and north. Tropical storm force wind gusts were noted as far north as Bolivar County, with the Golden Triangle region not seeing winds reach more than tropical depression strength. The worst of the wind was felt generally along and south of an axis from Marion County to Adams County. Numerous trees were down in Adams County, leaving many without power for several days. Eighty percent of the roads were blocked in Franklin County due to downed trees. ||With all of the rain that fell, some of the area rivers filled quickly. Minor flooding was recorded on the lower Pearl River at Rockport and Monticello, as well as on Bouie Creek at Hattiesburg and Tallahala Creek at Laurel. The biggest river impact in the Jackson Hydrologic Service Area was on Black Creek at Brooklyn. Black Creek entered moderate flooding and finally crested at 26.71 feet on August 31st at 5pm. This will go down as the second highest crest in history for this particular river and forecast point. This river flooding caused damage to 15 homes both upstream and downstream of the river gage. ||The winds and flooding were not all Isaac brought as a couple of tornadoes touched down in eastern Mississippi. Two tornadoes, one in Clarke County and one in Lauderdale County, occurred during the morning of August 30th. Both were rated EF-1 with winds around 100 mph. The tornado in Clarke County, near Crandall, resulted in 3 injuries to residents of a mobile home. One death attributed to Isaac occurred in Holmes County when a 64 year old woman was killed by a tree falling on her car. Isaac finally moved out of the region by the afternoon of the 30th, and was downgraded to a tropical depression by late afternoon on the 30th as it continued to track to the northwest into Missouri and the Ohio Valley.

During the late afternoon and evening hours of June 11, a sprawling linear complex of storms moved southward across the Jackson, MS forecast area. Widespread tree and power line damage occurred as 60 to 70 mph winds impacted the area. At the height of the storm, roughly 45,000 Entergy customers were without power. Locations in Sunflower County, around Ruleville and Indianola, were hit especially hard. Winds were likely around 80 mph in these areas causing significant roof damage to the North Sunflower Medical Center in Ruleville and a couple buildings in Indianola. Additionally, an 81 mph gust was measured in Isola in northern Humphreys County. Wind was not the only severe weather hazard during this event. Lightning was extreme with a few homes struck. One home in Brandon, MS was significantly burned after a lightning strike caused a fire. Heavy rain and flash flooding also occurred with a few locations receiving 3 to 6 inches. The worst flooding occurred in Cleveland and in Jackson.||This event was not confined to just central Mississippi. This storm system was very large for this time of year, especially for the part of the country it impacted. The system originated in central Missouri during the early morning hours of June 11. The complex expanded and intensified as it move southeast through midday and early afternoon before shifting more southward through late afternoon and evening. Across the region, over 400 reports of severe weather occurred, with the vast majority of those being damaging winds.

The combination of a strong upper level disturbance, rich gulf moisture, and good instability helped to develop a strong squall line that moved north out of southeast Louisiana causing scattered hail and thunderstorm wind damage across portions of central Mississippi. The thunderstorm wind damage was mainly in the form of blown down power lines and trees as well as some spotty damage to structures. Hail sizes ranged from a quarter to golf ball size.||Another squall line impacted the region on the 3rd causing additional thunderstorm wind damage to portions of central Mississippi. Lightning also stuck a house in Jones County starting a fire.

March 2012 came in like a lion as a large severe weather and tornado outbreak occurred on March 2nd. This outbreak covered a large amount of real estate across the Ohio, Tennessee, and Lower Mississippi River Valleys. This event was driven by a powerful storm system which clashed with unusual instability and wind shear for this time of year. ||Across the NWS Jackson, MS service area, quite a bit of severe weather occurred during the afternoon and evening of March 2nd. Most of the severe storms occurred across areas north of I-20. Large hail was the primary main severe weather culprit as several supercell storms produced golf ball sized hail. There were also a few instances of larger hail, up to the size of baseballs. Other instances of wind damage also occurred from these storms along with two tornadoes.

A line of severe storms ahead of a strong cold front pushed through portions of Central Mississippi from late morning through the early afternoon hours. The high winds associated with the line of storms produced damage mainly in the form of blown down trees and power lines. A couple homes were damaged as well.

A hot and humid air mass led to the development of a few strong to severe thunderstorms over portions of central Mississippi during the afternoon and early evening hours of August twentieth through twenty fourth. These storms produced wind damage primarily in the form of blown down trees and power lines. A few instances of structural damage also occurred.

A hot and humid air mass led to a few strong to severe thunderstorms that moved over portions of central Mississippi during the late afternoon of the thirteenth. These storms produced wind damage in the form of blown down trees and power lines. One severe storm caused an injury after a power pole was blown down onto a truck in Vicksburg.

Hot and humid summer time conditions lead to enough instability for several severe thunderstorms to develop during the afternoon and early evening hours July 10-13th. Some thunderstorms produced wind damage, as well as dime to golf ball size hail. The thunderstorm wind damage occurred in the form of tree damage and damaged power lines.

Abundant low level moisture and hot afternoon temperatures allowed plenty of instability to develop during the afternoon and evening hours of June 13th, 2011. Severe storms affected portions of central Mississippi as a result producing wind damage in the form of tree damage, roof damage, and damaged power lines. An intense outflow boundary produced some of the damage. The storms also produced some quarter sized hail.

Abundant low level moisture and hot afternoon temperatures allowed plenty of instability to develop during the afternoon and evening hours of June 7th, 2011. Severe storms affected portions of central Mississippi in response with the storms producing wind damage and nickel to golf ball sized hail. The thunderstorm wind damage occurred in the form of tree damage, damaged power lines and power poles. Isolated flash flooding occurred in Forrest County as well.

Severe storms developed across portions of central Mississippi during the afternoon hours producing thunderstorm wind damage in the form of downed trees and power lines. The storms also produced nickel to quarter sized hail in Washington County. A man was struck by lightning while fishing on the Pearl River in Hinds County.

A powerful storm system took shape across the central United States and clashed with a warm and unstable airmass. An extensive and intense squall line resulted which quickly pushed eastward across the eastern half of the country. Overall, this system produced a large severe weather outbreak and brought widespread wind damage to multiple states across the south, mid south, and southeast United States. Nearly 1500 reports of severe weather were reported, across 15 states, with the vast majority being damaging winds. Wind damage was not the only severe weather event type, large hail and tornadoes were also part of the mix. In terms of total events (severe weather reports), this outbreak is one of the largest in the United States.||Across the National Weather Service Jackson forecast area, numerous reports of down trees and power lines were reported along with multiple reports of damaged structures. These structures were damaged by either fallen trees or intense winds. Survey teams found 5 tornadoes across the area, two of which were rated EF2. The first strong tornado moved into northwest Catahoula Parish from LaSalle Parish. The other strong tornado occurred across Tensas Parish and tracked to the MS River, crossed the river and dissipated in far northwest Claiborne County. The other three tornadoes were rated EF1. One of these occurred just north of Utica, in Hinds County, another tracked across northern Simpson County near Braxton, and the other across southeast Lincoln and southern Lawrence Counties.

During the evening hours of November 29th and the overnight/early morning period of the 30th, the region was impacted by an outbreak of tornadoes. This outbreak brought 13 tornadoes to the forecast area. This occurred as potent storm system moved out of the Rockies and developed a strong area of low pressure across the Central Plains. This surface low caused a warm front to take shape and quickly lift northward across the forecast during the afternoon of the 29th. Warm and humid conditions pushed north, which led to unstable conditions over the region just ahead of the advancing strong cold front. The wind energy through the atmosphere was strong. The resulting wind shear (change in wind speed or direction with height) was strong and very favorable for rotating storms and supporting tornadoes. As the clash of systems occurred, a mix of supercell thunderstorms developed, along with a broken line of thunderstorms. A handful of these storms utilized the strong wind shear present and produced tornadoes. Overall, 13 tornadoes occurred with 5 being of the strong variety (EF2-EF3). The strongest tornado occurred over northwest Leake and southern Attala Counties. Here, an EF3 moved along a 10 mile path and destroyed numerous mobile homes, 6 people were injured. Four other strong tornadoes occurred and were all rated EF2. Two of these occurred in Yazoo County, one just southwest of Yazoo City and the other in Downtown Yazoo City. Numerous buildings were damaged along with many trees and power lines down. Another EF2 occurred in Starkville where it destroyed multiple mobile homes in town. Fifteen injuries occurred in this area. The final EF2 occurred in Smith County. This tornado had an 11 mile path which started just SW of Raleigh to 6 miles NE of Raleigh. One brick home sustained significant damage along with numerous other buildings and sheds damaged.||This outbreak broke a streak of 3 years when no tornadoes occurred during the month of November across Mississippi. Additionally, the last Fall outbreak of tornadoes occurred on November 24, 2004. Historically, November marks the peak of our 2nd severe weather season and ranks 3rd as the most active month for tornadoes in Mississippi, just a few behind March.

On the afternoon of July 30th a strong upper disturbance moved over the region and combined with deep moisture, moderate instability, and unseasonably strong winds aloft. The combination of these features caused an organized severe weather outbreak which produced widespread thunderstorm straight line wind damage. Some of the hardest hit areas included locations across Carroll, Grenada, Montgomery, and Leake Counties. Here, widespread trees and power lines were blown down.

Early on the 3rd, clusters of severe storms evolved into a line which produced scattered wind damage as it pushed east along and just north of I-20. An outflow boundary pushed out of this line and provided the focus for the second powerful and significant severe event.||Between 8 am and 1 pm, a Derecho evolved and raced east across the southern half of the forecast area at 60 to 70 mph. A Derecho is defined as a long lived windstorm, usually a large bow echo, which has a width of 40 to 250 miles and covers a long distance, typically one to three states. This large bowing squall line brought intense straight line winds and widespread damage across its swath. Some of the wind speeds within this Derecho ranged between 80 and 95 mph. There were numerous reports of trees down as well as downed power lines, which caused widespread power outages in many locations. Many structures were damaged by either fallen trees or just the wind itself. Scattered reports of hail and a few tornadoes also occurred. One fatality occurred in Jones County as a tree fell through a woman���s mobile home.||During the early predawn hours of May 4th. Isolated severe storms affected northern Forest county with some flash flooding.

A rare and widespread significant wind event impacted the NWS Jackson, MS forecast area during the evening of Aug 2nd and lasted into the early morning hours of Aug 3rd. Several clusters of storms developed across Northern Mississippi and Northern Alabama during the late afternoon and became further organized as the clusters moved to the south and southwest. Between 8 and 9 pm, a bowing line of storms was located from Oxford to Starkville, growing larger by the minute, and picking up speed as wind gusts between 50 and 70 mph were taking shape.||A large bow echo quickly evolved and raced to the west-southwest, across Mississippi, through the evening at 50 to 60 mph. The line of storms produced widespread severe wind gusts around 60 mph with many locations seeing significant wind gusts between 75 and 80 mph. Tree and power line damage was widespread and significant along the line with the focus and most intense portion of the bow echo located within an axis from Louisville, MS to Jackson, MS to St. Joseph, LA.||Some of the most significant wind damage occurred across Winston, Neshoba, Leake and Scott counties. Here, thousands of trees were downed along with numerous power lines. Many roads were blocked by downed trees, especially across Scott County. Wind gusts across these areas likely peaked between 75 and 85 mph.||The bow echo was re-energized across Madison and Hinds Counties as the line clashed with pre-line storms. The most intense portion of the bow echo was re-focused as it impacted portions of southern Madison and Hinds County. The most intense portion of the line then dove southwest and impacted Copiah, Claiborne, Jefferson, Franklin and Adams Counties. As the line crossed the Mississippi River, the parishes of Tensas and Concordia saw the brunt of the damaging winds. Similar to areas across Central Mississippi, these locations received significant winds between 75 and 85 mph. Thousands of trees and numerous power lines were downed from the winds. Power outages were substantial as many locations were without power for 2 to 4 days.||Looking at this event in a historic perspective, it was likely the most significant and widespread wind event ever in August for our forecast area.

Scattered to numerous afternoon thunderstorms developed across the region both on June 27th and 28th. Many of these storms became severe and produced damaging wind gusts which downed trees and power lines.

Scattered thunderstorms developed across the northern portion of the area on May 24th and 25th. A few of these storms became severe and produced a mix of hail and wind damage across the north. Areas around West Point, MS received golf ball sized hail while areas between Brooksville and Macon, MS were hit by 70 to 80 mph winds which caused damage to homes, businesses and downed many trees and power lines.

A large and powerful storm system brought several rounds of severe weather to a large section of the Central United States. The Central Plains were hit hard on Thursday, May 1st, while the Mid-South and Lower Mississippi River Valley were impacted on Friday, May 2nd into the early morning hours of May 3rd. As this severe weather episode evolved over the National Weather Service Jackson, MS service area, several tornadoes occurred, along with large hail and damaging winds.

The spring of 2007 started a bit early with the region seeing its first severe weather outbreak on February 24th. A large and powerful storm system took shape as a deep surface low tracked across Kansas and into portions of Iowa. This strong area of low pressure was driven by a powerful upper level trough which supported very strong winds through the entire atmosphere. These winds were felt at the surface to some degree as a large area across the Lower Mississippi River Valley saw sustained winds between 25-35 mph with gusts between 40-50 mph. Those gradient winds, in advance of the severe weather, were strong enough to down some trees and power lines across the region. Those damage reports were more scattered in nature.|Those strong winds from the deepening surface low helped to draw northward moisture and instability. The strong winds allowed for the environment to become highly sheared. Basically, there were increasing winds with height and a change in the wind direction as well. This particular combination of instability and high shear was quite rare. However, this set the stage for a severe weather outbreak which included numerous reports of damaging winds, large hail and a few tornadoes.

This narrative describes the continuation of supercell 1 as it moved out of Madison Parish and into Warren County near Paw Paw Island.Supercell 1 continued to produce large hail along its entire path. A swath of penny to quarter sized hail fell all across Warren County, the far southern extension of Issaquena County and then into western Hinds County before the storm weakened and became a large cluster of thunderstorms. The largest hail, up to golf ball size, fell across an area of central Warren County, just north of Bovina. In addition to the hail, this supercell produced periods of damaging wind gusts across central Warren County. These winds mainly downed trees and power lines.

A rare damaging wind event occurred across a large portion of central Mississippi during the evening of April 29th. This event can be referred as a "Wake Low" event. This occurs as steady rain falls across an area and causes the air pressure to remain high. The "Wake Low" comes as the back edge of the rain shield dissipates and the air pressure is allowed to quickly respond and fall some 4 to 6 millibars (.12 to .18 inches of mercury) in a short amount of time, roughly 5 to 20 minutes. This rapid fall in air pressure causes the winds to blow at a good rate. The larger the air pressure fall, the stronger the winds will blow. What makes this event so rare is that damaging winds between 45 and 60 mph occurred when they typically only produce 20 to 30 mph winds.The strongest winds occurred along a corridor from Warren and Yazoo Counties east-northeast to Madison, Leake and Neshoba Counties where 45 to 60 mph sustained winds were widespread. These were not the only counties to be impacted however. Locations from Hinds, Copiah, Rankin, Simpson, Scott, Smith and Kemper were all impacted and received sustained winds between 40 and 50 mph. All these counties across central Mississippi had numerous trees blown down with many trees knocking down power lines and caused large power outages. Several trees fell on vehicles and homes causing more significant damage. One person was killed in northern Warren County when a tree fell on the mobile home and caused it to catch fire.

Hurricane Rita made landfall during the morning of September 24th near the Texas, Louisiana state line at the Sabine Pass. The outer bands of Rita affected portions of Southwest Mississippi, all of Northeast Louisiana and a portion of Southern Arkansas early Saturday into Sunday. The major impacts from this hurricane were the large severe weather/tornado outbreak, heavy rainfall and lastly, tropical storm force winds and gusts across the west and southwest portion of the area.The severe weather outbreak, spawned from the outer edges of Rita, lasted about 36 hours from Saturday into Sunday evening. Officially, 55 tornadoes occurred across the Jackson, Ms, National Weather Service (NWS), county warning area (CWA). This makes the tornado outbreak during Rita the largest tornado outbreak in the NWS Jackson CWA in recorded history. Of the 55 total tornadoes, 1 was rated an F3 and 7 were rated F2. Additionally, 1 fatality occurred in Humphreys county and there were a total of 16 injuries. As a final note, tornado outbreaks are not uncommon during landfalling tropical cyclones. In fact, Hurricane Andrew produced 26 tornadoes across Mississippi in late August 1992. As you can see, the tornadoes during Rita (55) far surpass what occurred with Andrew (26).Heavy rain became a problem as a large area across Western Mississippi, Northeast Louisiana and Southeast Arkansas received 4 to 7 inches of rain. A smaller corridor of the region, generally along the Big Black River, received 7 to 10 inches early Sunday morning. This heavy rain caused areas of flooding for many locations with the worst flooding occurring in an area close to the Big Black River. The most significant flooding occurred in Warren and Yazoo counties were many homes were flooded as well several as roads washed out. Additionally, this heavy rain fell at a vulnerable time for many crops across the region. The main impact was to the cotton crop as many plants had the cotton open then became wet as the heavy rains fell.Lastly, tropical storm force winds extended out far enough from Rita to give a portion of the region sustained winds between 25 and 35 mph with wind gusts as high as 40 to 50 mph. These gradient winds from Rita were mainly confined to areas west of Interstate 55 from Grenada to Jackson, and then south-eastward from Jackson to Columbia. These winds were responsible for downing many trees and power lines across the western portion of the Jackson CWA, as well as having some trees fall on homes.

Hurricane Katrina will likely go down as the worst and costliest natural disaster in United States history. The amount of destruction, the cost of damaged property/agriculture and the large loss of life across the affected region has been overwhelming. Catastrophic damage was widespread across a large portion of the Gulf Coast region. The devastation was not only confined to the coastal region, widespread and significant damage occurred well inland up to the Hattiesburg area and northward past Interstate 20. This hurricane has changed life as we know it across the Gulf Coast region which will take many years to return to normal.Hurricane Katrina was a very large and powerful storm which set several unfortunate records. This storm began as Tropical Depression 12 during the late afternoon and evening of August 23rd. The storm slowly moved northwest, became more organized, and was upgraded to Tropical Storm during the late morning of August 24th as it moved across the Central Bahamas. The Tropical Storm continued to become better organized as it moved slowly west toward Southern Florida. Katrina became a Category 1 Hurricane late in the afternoon on August 25th just before moving inland across South Florida. Hurricane Katrina moved south westward across Southern Florida and only slightly weakened to a Tropical Storm for a few hours while over land. Katrina quickly regained Hurricane status as it moved back over water in the southeast Gulf of Mexico. Katrina continued to move to the west-southwest over the southern Gulf and steadily became better organized and more intense. During the very early hours of August 28, Hurricane Katrina under went rapid intensification and became a Category 5 hurricane. By Sunday afternoon, August 28th, Hurricane Katrina reached her maximum intensity. The sustained winds were 175 mph and the lowest central pressure was 902 mb or 26.64 inches of mercury. This incredible low pressure ranked Katrina 4th for the all time lowest pressures in the Atlantic Basin. By this time, the hurricane had made her turn to the north-northwest and set a coarse for Southeast Louisiana and the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Hurricane Katrina continued northward and made landfall in Southeast Louisiana near Empire around 540 am CDT. The sustained winds were 145 mph and the central pressure was 918 mb or 27.11 inches of mercury. This ranks Katrina as having the 3rd lowest pressure at landfall behind Camille (2nd) and the Labor Day Hurricane (1st). Katrina moved nearly due north across extreme Southeast Louisiana and moved inland again at the mouth of the Pearl River around 905 am CDT. Through the morning and afternoon hours, Katrina steadily moved north and then north-northeast across all of Mississippi. Katrina remained a hurricane as it crossed Interstate 20 near Newton, MS. Katrina was downgraded to a Tropical Storm around 600 pm CDT on Monday, August 29th. The storm continued to move north-northeast across eastern and northeast Mississippi through the evening. The center of the storm passed near Starkville and West Point before exiting the region about 1045 mph CDT Monday, August 29th. Additionally, Hurricane Katrina was responsible for 10 tornadoes. These tornadoes were confined to Central and East-Central Mississippi, mainly Newton, Lauderdale, Leake, Neshoba and Kemper counties. These tornadoes were of F1 and F2 strength, with 8 of the 10 rated as F1.The following are measurements of the strongest winds and lowest pressures measured by area instruments. These data may not represent the strongest winds or lowest readings due to instrument failure or power outages.The 3 strongest wind gusts were recorded at Laurel (110 mph), Hattiesburg (100 mph) and Columbia (81 mph). These readings all occurred before the instruments failed. The 4th strongest wind gust occurred in Starkville (76 mph).The 3 lowest pressures were recorded at Columbia (951 mb), Meridian Naval Air Station (964 mb) and at the NWS Jackson (973.3 mb or 28.74 inches). The observed pressure at the NWS Jackson set the all time record for lowest Sea Level Pressure. The previous record was (28.94 inches) which occurred on August 17, 1969 during Hurricane Camille.The damage from Hurricane Katrina was devastating and widespread. Damage occurred across all of the Jackson forecast area which includes 9 parishes in Northeast Louisiana, 2 counties in Southeast Arkansas and about 2/3 of Central and Southern Mississippi. As widespread as the damage was, the more concentrated and most significant damage occurred across Southeast and East-Central Mississippi. For other areas, especially those west of a Natchez to Yazoo City to Grenada line, damage to trees and power lines was significant and scattered across the landscape. As you move toward Central Mississippi and along Interstate 55 the damage and impacts increase. This portion of the state sustained widespread damage to trees and power lines. Millions of trees were uprooted, snapped or severely damaged. It was the fallen trees that caused just about all of the structural damage and downed power lines across this region. Hundreds of trees fell onto homes causing minor to major damage. These downed trees were responsible for 2 fatalities across Hinds and Warren counties. In each case, a tree fell on a house. Additionally, significant and extensive damage occurred to the Agriculture and Forestry industries of this region. The most devastating damage occurred across Southeast Mississippi, especially south and east of a Columbia to Collins to Laurel line. This region received sustained winds between 60 and 80 mph with gusts ranging from 80 to 120 mph. Wind damage to structures was widespread as many roofs were blown off or partially pealed off. Hundreds of signs were shredded or blown down. Many businesses sustained structural damage as windows were broken, roofs were blown off and walls were collapsed. Millions of trees were uprooted and snapped. Power poles and lines were snapped and taken down from wind and trees. It was the thousands of downed trees which caused the most significant structural damage as these trees fell onto homes and businesses. Ten fatalities were caused by trees falling on homes or on people in Jones county. This region received an enormous blow to the timber industry as a large percentage of trees were blown down or severely damaged. This timber damage will effect this region for decades. Additionally, the combination of the winds and loss of power caused significant losses to the poultry industry and other agricultural industries across this region. As Katrina moved northward, the impact across Central, East-Central and Northeast Mississippi was less, but still widespread and significant. The region east of a Monticello to Brandon to Ackerman line saw millions of trees and power lines blown down. Like the other areas, just about all of the structural damage occurred from fallen trees. Three fatalities occurred across Simpson, Lauderdale and Leake counties. Each of these fatalities was from fallen trees. The agricultural industry again was severely hit across this region with the biggest losses in the timber and poultry industries.The utility companies across the region were severely hit as well. Thousands of power poles and countless miles of power lines were taken down by fallen trees and wind. The power outages across the region were widespread and lasted for a period of a few days to as long as 4 weeks. An example of how widespread the power outages were can be shown from the Jackson Metro area which includes 3 counties, Hinds, Rankin and Madison. The first night, Monday night, the Metro had 97% of the area out of power. The most extensive outages were across the southeast and in rural areas. Here, power took 2-4 weeks to be restored due to the massive amount of damage.The agriculture and forestry industries of the state were severely effected by Hurricane Katrina. The timber industry was hit the hardest with timberland damaged estimated around 1.3 billion dollars. The devastating impact to this industry will be felt for decades. Another particularly hard hit industry was the poultry industry. In the region where the hurricane passed, about 9000 chicken houses exist and hold 20-25 thousand birds apiece. Approximately, 300 of these houses were destroyed and nearly another 2400 were damaged. The combination of lost birds and damaged houses bring damage estimates between 100-120 million dollars. The region's Row Crops were hard hit as well. The main crops in this industry are cotton, rice, corn and soybeans. The damage varied and was dependant on location. The estimated damage is around 100 million dollars. The region's catfish industry was also hard hit. The main damage has come from damaged levees and the loss of power. The power outage and the lack of a way to aerate the ponds has given way to disease and stress-induced conditions to the fish. The estimated damages are around 100 million dollars. Other impacted industries across the region include dairy and cattle (est damage 30 million) and Nursery Plants (est damage 18 million).Hurricane Katrina was responsible for 15 direct fatalities across inland Mississippi and 19 indirect. All the direct deaths, in some way, were attributed to fallen trees. Trees either fell on homes, on vehicles, or on the actual person. The indirect fatalities varied and ranged from heart attacks to heat stress during the days after without power.Damage costs associated with this hurricane will be the highest for any natural disaster in United States history. Preliminary amounts, across the NWS Jackson County Warning Area (CWA), show property damage estimates around 5.9 Billion dollars. Agricultural damage across the region was also extremely high with estimates around 1.5 Billion dollars. The total estimated damage is approximately 7.4 Billion dollars. All of these estimates are extremely preliminary and will likely be adjusted over the coming months.

Strong gradient winds in advance of a cold front led to numerous reports of downed trees and power lines. Several billboards were blown down.

A winter storm brought a mixture of sleet, freezing rain, and snow to much of central Mississippi on the 27th and 28th. The wintry mixture began early on the 27th across western portions of the area and spread eastward during the day. The precipitation did not end until the morning hours of the 28th. In some places, the precipitation changed to rain before ending and this helped to keep damage and inconvenience to a minimum. Overall, ice damage was rather light as much of the precipitation fell in the form of sleet. Total ice accumulations of one to two inches were common. Damage reports consisted primarily of downed trees and power lines.