Power Outage in New Augusta, MS

Tornado. A bowing segment of storms produced a tornado beginning along|Highway 198 near Isabelle Loop just northwest of downtown|Beaumont. The tornado traveled along the tracks of the Canadian|National Railroad, uprooting a tree which fell onto a manufactured|home in its wake. By this time, the tornado had strengthened to|an EF-2 and entered a lumber mill and caused extensive damage to|two large metal buildings. One of the buildings collapsed on|itself, likely due to it being only partially enclosed. Nearby|power poles were damaged, with one snapped clean at its base.|Damage was rated near expected bounds given the age and|construction of the metal buildings which lined up to the snapped|utility pole. The tornado quickly weakened somewhat (to an EF-1),|and continued southeast along the railroad tracks due to the|motion of the parent bowing segment. As it moved along, it caused|a decent amount of tree destruction to numerous hardwood and|softwood trees. As the tornado crossed Bolton Avenue and MS-15, it|restrengthened briefly into an EF-2 and snapped many hardwoods|and softwoods as well as uprooting several trees. It also damaged|the roof of a nearby small home and the roof of a church. A shed|or carport on the church property was also destroyed. More trees|were damaged as the tornado continued to move southeast and also|destroyed a large shed/unattached garage. The tornado then moved|east, parallel to 1st Street, where it likely lifted and|dissipated; however, the survey team was not able to access this|area as the street was closed due to down power poles and|continued tree damage.

April 17, 2022

Tornado. A brief tornado began along Highway 42 west of Richton destroying|a barn and heavily damaging another barn as it quickly reached|peak intensity. An open door structure and older construction|supported a lower bound estimate to the damage. The tornado|continued to the east northeast where several trees and large|branches were snapped. A clear convergence path was noted in the|damage just south of Highway 42. A carport was picked up and|deposited a couple hundred yards down path in power lines. The|tornado then weakened as it likely crossed Highway 42 with a few|large branches snapped and a couple uproots noticed. Some shingle|damage was also noted to a nearby home before the tornado lifted.

April 17, 2022

Thunderstorm Wind. Widespread trees and power lines downed across the city of Janice.

April 24, 2021

Thunderstorm Wind. High winds from a thunderstorm downed several trees on power lines along Old Augusta Road. Pea sized hail was also reported.

June 07, 2019

Thunderstorm Wind. High winds downed multiple trees and power lines. Also, trees were downed on a home and barn.

April 18, 2019