Power Outage in Picayune, MS

Widespread minor to moderate damage to trees and homes was reported across the county. Most structural damage was exterior, such as shingle damage, carport damage, or fascia damage. However, some homes did suffer major damage due to falling trees. Several roads, including state Hwy 43, were blocked by trees or other storm debris. At the peak of the storm approximately 60% of the electric customers in the county were without power.

Zeta produced tropical storm force winds which downed scattered trees and power lines throughout the county. At the peak, over 10,000 customers representing 35 percent of the county, were without power.

Carriere High School had portion of a roof ripped off a manufactured building at the School. Numerous trees down. Power lines down. Time estimated by radar.

A tornado touched down just west of Mississippi Highway 53 and south of Mcneil-Mchenry Road in Pearl River County. Near where the tornado touched down, an outbuilding was destroyed and tree limbs were downed. As the tornado tracked east-northeast, more tree limbs were downed and a few wooden power poles and trees were snapped. Shortly after travelling east of Highway 53, a mobile home and outbuilding were damaged. Additional tree damage continued farther east-northeast before the tornado lifted.

The Pearl River County Sheriff's Department reported numerous trees blown down and power outages across the county, with most of the damage across northern portions of the county.

A large oak tree, several other trees and power lines were blown down by thunderstorm winds.

A few tree limbs and power lines were blown down. Event time was estimated based on radar.

Trees were reported down south of McNeil. Also, trees were blown down onto sheds on Clay Road near Liberty Road. Power outage affected 5,700 customers in Pearl River County. Unconfirmed public reports of a tornado in the area.

Several trees and power lines were blown down in the vicinity of Highway 43 and Pine Grove Road.

Widespread power outages and trees down across Pearl River County due to strong winds on backside of rain shield.

Thunderstorm winds peeled off a portion of the roof of a church, blew down a few trees, and knocked out power to approximately 1,500 customers.

Trees were blown down in several areas of the county, resulting in power outages.

A severe thunderstorms produced damaging thunderstorm winds gusts across southern Pearl River County, particularly in the vicinity of Picayune. The thunderstorm wind gusts downed numerous trees and utility poles and caused damage to a few hundred homes and businesses in Picayune and surrounding areas of southern Pearl River County. Most of the property damage occurred when trees and large tree limbs were blown onto houses and businesses. Approximately 9,500 customers lost power during the storm.

Several trees were blown down in the Henleyfield area and power outages occurred from Henleyfield to Crossroads.

A small tornado caused severe to moderate structural damage to buildings, blew the windows out of several vehicles, and knocked down trees and power lines.