Power Outage in Prentiss, MS

Emergency management reported numerous trees and powerlines down near Partman Cemetery in Northwest Jefferson Davis county.

A line of severe thunderstorms blew down numerous trees and power lines in a swath across northern and central portions of Jefferson Davis County including several down along Mississippi Highway 13 north of Prentiss and several along MS Highway 35 near the intersection with Granby Road.

A line of severe thunderstorms blew down numerous trees and power lines in a swath across northern and central portions of Jefferson Davis County including several down along Mississippi Highway 13 north of Prentiss and several along MS Highway 35 near the intersection with Granby Road.

A tornado began around Al Williamson Road where trees were blown down. It then traveled along E D Gray Road where it snapped and uprooted numerous hardwood and softwood trees, caused roof damage to a few mobile homes, and caused some minor damage to a barn. The tornado intensified to EF-2 strength and caused damage along Clem Road including uprooted and snapped hardwood trees. A home in this area was damaged, with some of the roofing removed and the porch awning blown away. The more significant damage at this location was to an outbuilding that had significant roof damage with debris strewn into a nearby field. A power pole across the street was snapped, and several trees were snapped and uprooted along 56 acres of property. The tornado then crossed Atwood Road where it snapped a power pole and caused additional tree damage. The tornado then crossed into Covington County. The estimated maximum wind gust for the portion of this tornado in Jefferson Davis County was 120 mph. The total path length of this tornado was 14.99 miles across both counties.

Tropical storm force wind gusts resulted in numerous trees and power lines downed across the county.

A severe thunderstorm produced a swath of damaging winds across northern portions of Jefferson Davis County. The swath of scattered downed trees and power lines stretched from the Buddy Price Road and Progress Road areas and then through Prentiss to the Mt. Zion Road and Hall Lane areas near US Highway 84 northeast of Prentiss.

A severe thunderstorm produced a swath of damaging winds across northern portions of Jefferson Davis County. The swath of scattered downed trees and power lines stretched from the Buddy Price Road and Progress Road areas and then through Prentiss to the Mt. Zion Road and Hall Lane areas near US Highway 84 northeast of Prentiss.

Freezing rain fell across the county. Accumulations of three tenths to one half of an inch occurred. Sleet accumulations up to four tenths of an inch also occurred. Ice accumulated on power lines, trees and roads. Numerous limbs were brought down onto power lines along with some trees down. This resulted in widespread power outages across the county.

During the late evening, a severe thunderstorm was responsible for an extensive swath of significant damage across several counties in the southern portion of the NWS Jackson service area. The main corridor of focused and higher end wind damage was across southern Copiah to far southern Simpson, as well as all of northern sections of Lawrence, Jefferson Davis and Covington counties before dissipating across northwest Jones County. Based on a NWS damage survey of portions of this swath, along with accounts and assessments from local Emergency Managers, significant wind speeds across this swath ranged between 80 and 100 mph. Within the overall swath, there were generally 2 to 3 focused corridors, roughly running from west northwest to east southeast, where the greatest concentration of damage occurred. General dimensions of the swath can be described as roughly 80 miles long with a width of 6 to 8 miles where the greatest concentration of damage occurred. Damage across this large swath were primarily damaged trees and downed power lines. Tree damage was a combination of uprooted and snapped trees and was quite extensive and best characterized by hundreds of thousands of damaged trees. Downed power lines and broken poles were extensive as well across the swath. Additionally, many structures were damaged with degrees of damage from minor to major. All of this was due to a combination of the wind itself causing damage or by downed trees damaging the structure. In Jefferson Davis County, the strongest hit area included Highways 42, 13 and 541 along with W Whitesand, Williamson Mill, Smith Jones, and the Clem community.

During the late evening, a severe thunderstorm was responsible for an extensive swath of significant damage across several counties in the southern portion of the NWS Jackson service area. The main corridor of focused and higher end wind damage was across southern Copiah to far southern Simpson, as well as all of northern sections of Lawrence, Jefferson Davis and Covington counties before dissipating across northwest Jones County. Based on a NWS damage survey of portions of this swath, along with accounts and assessments from local Emergency Managers, significant wind speeds across this swath ranged between 80 and 100 mph. Within the overall swath, there were generally 2 to 3 focused corridors, roughly running from west northwest to east southeast, where the greatest concentration of damage occurred. General dimensions of the swath can be described as roughly 80 miles long with a width of 6 to 8 miles where the greatest concentration of damage occurred. Damage across this large swath were primarily damaged trees and downed power lines. Tree damage was a combination of uprooted and snapped trees and was quite extensive and best characterized by hundreds of thousands of damaged trees. Downed power lines and broken poles were extensive as well across the swath. Additionally, many structures were damaged with degrees of damage from minor to major. All of this was due to a combination of the wind itself causing damage or by downed trees damaging the structure. In Jefferson Davis County, the strongest hit area included Highways 42, 13 and 541 along with W Whitesand, Williamson Mill, Smith Jones, and the Clem community.

The tornado touched down near Jefferson Rd just east of the intersection with Jack Foil Rd in Walthall County. It quickly strengthened as it moved northeastward through the Hope area where it produced damage consistent with 115 mph winds. It also quickly grew in width and was roughly 1200 yd/0.67 mi wide by the time it approached Hwy 27. As it crossed Hwy 27 it continued to cause significant damage along East Sartinville Rd. The tornado was strongest as it approached James Ratcliff Rd. Two homes on this road were leveled, one being reduced to a slab. Consultation with subject matter experts including both engineers and experts in forensic tornado damage analysis supports raising the maximum intensity to 170 mph based on the house that was reduced to a slab and a large hard wood tree that was uprooted and tossed several feet from where it stood. The increased wind speed makes the tornado an EF-4 on the Enhanced Fujita scale. The other home that was leveled suffered damage consistent with a high end EF-3. While all walls were collapsed, there was no evidence of bolts that would have held the sill plates to the foundation. Thus, the wind speed for this particular damage is reduced slightly from the expected. As it continued to move northeastward, it continued snapping every tree near the center of its path. It also caused substantial damage to several small cinder block buildings, tore the roof off of a home and rolled a tied down single-wide manufactured home as it crossed East Sartinville Rd. From there it continued northeastward and tore the entire roof from a brick home just before moving into Lawrence County. It should be noted that from just southwest of James Ratcliff Rd through the remainder of the Walthall Co portion of the track, nearly every tree in the path of the tornado was snapped or uprooted.|| ||The tornado then moved into far southeast Lawrence County, where it began snapping large hardwood branches on JK Givens Road. The tornado started to strengthen as a large swath of broken and uprooted hardwood trees were noted farther along JK Givens Road. As the tornado moved east northeast to Tynes Ainsworth Road, it tossed and completely destroyed a mobile home, causing two fatalities. Concurrently, it also snapped numerous softwood and hardwood trees behind and around the mobile home. The snapping and uprooting of numerous softwood trees continued when it moved northeast across Felix Sartin Road, while also causing some shingles to be removed from a one-story residence. Swaths of snapped hardwood trees and the uproot of trees was noted at Holmes Road, where a few wooden power poles were also snapped. The tornado then trekked into northwest Marion County, causing the snapping of multiple softwood trees just north of Ranch Road. The tornado moved northeast to US Road 587 where it broke a few wooden power poles and continued snapping softwood trees. It continued along its east-northeast path impacting River Road and Cooper Road, and causing large softwood branches to snap and the snapping and uprooting of softwood trees. The uprooting of a few softwood trees was noted when the tornado reached Highway 13, though the amount of uprooted trees was not as impressive from earlier in its track, thus showing a declining in strength. The tornado moved northeast into Jefferson Davis County, resulting in the snapping of a few small softwood tree limbs at Raynes Road. The tornado lifted at Joe Dyess Road, but not before snapping a few small hardwood tree limbs.||The total path length of the tornado was 21.17 miles. Maximum width was 1.1 miles in Lawrence County. Maximum estimated wind speed for the tornado was 170mph, and rated an EF4. However the maximum estimated wind speed in Jefferson Davis County was 104mph, which was rated an EF1.

This strong tornado traveled over 84 miles through parts of six counties including southern Lawrence, central Jefferson Davis, northern Covington, far northwestern Jones, far southeastern Smith, and Jasper counties. Some of the communities impacted include Oak Vale, the area north of Carson, the north side of Collins, Hot Coffee, Summerland, Stringer, and the west side of Paulding. This tornado is preliminarily rated EF3 with an estimated peak wind of 150 MPH near MS Highway 35 northeast of Carson in Jefferson Davis County. The maximum path width was 1.16 miles also near MS Highway 35 in Jefferson Davis County. No fatalities were reported in this tornado, but there was an undetermined number of injuries. Additional details on the damage path and area of most significant damage follow.|| ||The tornado initially touched down in southeastern Lawrence County 11 miles south of the city of Monticello, causing minor tree damage. The tornado quickly strengthened as it took a northeast track, producing EF1 and EF2 tree damage along Givens Road and Divide Road. From an elevated location on Divide Road, surveyors were able to view extensive tree damage and ground scouring in the inaccessible Pearl River bottom in Lawrence County. This damage was also confirmed by satellite imagery. The tornado destroyed the roof of a home and completely destroyed a metal building structure on Rayborn Lane. The homeowner also stated that a well built log cabin that he owned along the Pearl River was completely destroyed. After crossing the Pearl River, the tornado proceeded to impact areas just east of the river, causing more significant tree damage along River Road and Coon Hunting Road. The tornado completely destroyed several chicken houses and significantly damaged two homes near MS Highway 43 before crossing into Jefferson Davis County. Once in Jefferson Davis County, the tornado snapped and uprooted numerous trees along Johnson Road, Palestine Road, and Lily Rose Road. The tornado crossed MS Highway 13 snapping a couple of wooden power poles and causing damage to large sections of the roof of a one- story home. Two mobile homes were destroyed along Greens Creek Road, with additional roof damage to homes as well as snapping and uprooting trees as the tornado progressed northeastward. A mobile home was destroyed along Newman Camp Road.|| ||The intensity of the tornado briefly increased to low end EF3 damage as it moved across Kirkley Lane, where extensive tree damage was noted. Damage to roofs, and the snapping and uprooting of trees continued as the tornado moved northeast. Large sections of a roof were removed from a one-story home on Haynes Gray Road, most walls of an apparently abandoned home were collapsed on SJ Garner Road, and the roof of a well built home was removed along Ross McPhail Road. Along Berry Loop, a mobile home was demolished and several other homes were heavily damaged.|| ||As the tornado neared MS Highway 35 and the Terrell community, it grew wider and stronger. Extensive tree damage and varying degrees of damage occurred to dozens of structures. In this area, multiple mobile homes were completely destroyed on both sides of the highway. A large church made of cinderblocks was leveled here and supportive of EF3 wind speeds near 150 mph. Multiple power lines were downed as well. The tornado reached its widest point in this location at 1.16 miles. EF3 tree damage continued as it crossed East Granby Road near the river as well as a small section when it crossed Three Notch Road. Several mobile homes were destroyed here as well. The tornado weakened a bit after this point, but remained strong as it crossed US 84 and neared US 49. A wide swath of extensive tree damage and downed power lines occurred along the path. A set of chicken houses west of Campbell Faler Road was destroyed, and a mobile home was rolled. As the tornado crossed Old Macintosh and Sunset Roads, more trees were downed along with some damage to structures. After crossing US 49, this strong tornado continued northeast where numerous trees were snapped and uprooted and a mobile home was destroyed on Hambone Road.|| ||The tornado continued across northeastern Covington County, crossing MS Highway 532 west of Hot Coffee, causing widespread tree damage and minor roof damage to some residential areas before crossing out of the county. The tornado then moved into northwest Jones and southern Smith County and crossed through the community of Summerland. Widespread tree damage continued through here, with some minor roof damage to residences, which was consistent with high end EF1 damage. A church along Smith County Road 8A had a steeple removed by the winds. The tornado then moved into southwestern Jasper County into the Stringer community. High end EF1 damage occurred in the area, with numerous trees snapped and uprooted in addition to a snapped power pole east of the community. Even though the circulation began to weaken, the tornado continued northeast and produced high end EF1 damage throughout central Jasper County before moving across the western side of Paulding. The tornado weakened in this area, still producing widespread EF0-EF1 tree damage as it crossed MS Highway 503 north of Paulding. The tornado lifted shortly thereafter along County Road 31. The maximum wind speed was 150mph in Jefferson Davis County. The total path length was 83.22 miles.

Trees were blown down across power lines.

This tornado started just north-northwest of the town of Silver Creek off of Stephens Cemetery Road and then crossed Highway 43. A barn and shed were initially damaged along with some downed trees. Damage to trees increased along Highway 43 with several snapped. The tornado then moved into the Silver Creek bottom then crossed Daughdrill Road. where more trees were snapped/uprooted along with downed power lines. One home had minor roof damage with a group of 3 chicken houses damaged, and one house destroyed. The tornado then crossed into Jefferson Davis County and intensified. As it crossed Spring Hill Church Road, trees and power lines were down. One home on blocks was destroyed. An area of woods adjacent to the home sustained significant tree damage where all the trees were snapped in a focused corridor from what appears to be an intense vortex. An EF2 rating was given here. The tornado then crossed Zion Hill Church Road, although the tornado weakened a bit at this point, it still snapped and uprooted numerous trees. The tornado then moved along Gholar Road. In this location, the tornado transitioned and took a hard right. While doing so, another intense vortex occurred within otherwise standard EF0, EF1 tree damage. The noted vortex destroyed a mobile home and threw a Nissan truck about 30 yds; one injury occurred here as the person was in the mobile home and was thrown out of it. Shortly after the hard right deviation, another intense vortex developed and more extensive tree damage occurred just east of Sophia Sutton Road. As the tornado crossed Highway 42, it reached peak intensity with winds around 130 mph. Here a large cinder block store was demolished and a well built brick home had the roof removed. Multiple power poles were broken along with numerous trees snapped/uprooted. The tornado continued east-northeast generally along portions of Double Ponds Road. Here more trees were snapped and uprooted. The tornado crossed Highway 13 and then dissipated at Sugar Ridge Road but not before snapping a few tree limbs. Maximum winds were 130 mph. Total path length was 10.92 miles.

This tornado started just north-northwest of the town of Silver Creek off of Stephens Cemetery Road and then crossed Highway 43. A barn and shed were initially damaged along with some downed trees. Damage to trees increased along Highway 43 with several snapped. The tornado then moved into the Silver Creek bottom then crossed Daughdrill Road. where more trees were snapped/uprooted along with downed power lines. One home had minor roof damage with a group of 3 chicken houses damaged, and one house destroyed. The tornado then crossed into Jefferson Davis County and intensified. As it crossed Spring Hill Church Road, trees and power lines were down. One home on blocks was destroyed. An area of woods adjacent to the home sustained significant tree damage where all the trees were snapped in a focused corridor from what appears to be an intense vortex. An EF2 rating was given here. The tornado then crossed Zion Hill Church Road, although the tornado weakened a bit at this point, it still snapped and uprooted numerous trees. The tornado then moved along Gholar Road. In this location, the tornado transitioned and took a hard right. While doing so, another intense vortex occurred within otherwise standard EF0, EF1 tree damage. The noted vortex destroyed a mobile home and threw a Nissan truck about 30 yds; one injury occurred here as the person was in the mobile home and was thrown out of it. Shortly after the hard right deviation, another intense vortex developed and more extensive tree damage occurred just east of Sophia Sutton Road. As the tornado crossed Highway 42, it reached peak intensity with winds around 130 mph. Here a large cinder block store was demolished and a well built brick home had the roof removed. Multiple power poles were broken along with numerous trees snapped/uprooted. The tornado continued east-northeast generally along portions of Double Ponds Road. Here more trees were snapped and uprooted. The tornado crossed Highway 13 and then dissipated at Sugar Ridge Road but not before snapping a few tree limbs. Maximum winds were 130 mph. Total path length was 10.92 miles.

Trees and power lines were blown down on Hall Lane and on Hartzog Road. Trees were blown down on Ramsey Road and on Ponderosa Road.

A tree was downed on Highway 13 South. A power pole was also snapped at Rose Street and Columbia Avenue in Prentiss.

A power pole was snapped at Rose street and Columbia Avenue in Prentiss.

An average of 4 to 6 inches of heavy snow fell across Jefferson Davis County, with the highest total of 6.5 inches falling in Prentiss. The snow resulted in numerous downed limbs and trees and power outages across the county. One downed tree landed on a home in Prentiss. An 8-year old boy in Bassfield suffered a head injury in his yard when a tree limb broke under the weight of the snow.

A line of severe thunderstorms produced a swath of damaging wind that blew down numerous trees and power lines across Jefferson Davis County. Some trees fell onto and damaged sheds.

Numerous trees were down along with power lines around Prentiss. Power outages occurred as well. Trees and powerlines were blown down on Highway 13 South and Lucas Road. Numerous trees were blown down near Highway 42 west and Oak Grove Road.

Numerous trees were down along with power lines around Prentiss. Power outages occurred as well. Trees and powerlines were blown down on Highway 13 South and Lucas Road. Numerous trees were blown down near Highway 42 west and Oak Grove Road.

Power lines were blown down near Airport Road and Johns Street.

There were some power lines down.

The tornado started along Smith Lane just north of Stowey Parkman Road. The tornado moved northeast, snapping and uprooting a number of trees and causing some minor damage to structures as it passed Wiley Dyess Road and T.W. Bass Road. The tornado reached its maximum intensity as it moved along and across Green Creek Road and Carson-Bunker Hill Road. Here two well built brick frame homes were heavily damaged, power poles were snapped, a well built farm building was destroyed. Another outbuilding was also destroyed, extensive tree damage occurred and several other homes and buildings suffered minor to moderate damage. The tornado weakened as it crossed Hunnicut Road snapping a few trees and dissipated before reaching State Highway 42 west of Bassfield. Maximum wind speeds were estimated at 120 mph.

By late afternoon of the 29th several large limbs and trees were blown down across the county. By mid evening power outages were occurring near Bassfield and in the northwest part of the county. Additional trees and power lines were blown overnight due to the strong winds. By noon on the 30th, widespread trees and power lines were blown down across the county causing widespread power outages.

Several trees were blown down overnight and into the morning hours. Power outages occurred overnight.

Sleet and freezing rain began falling across the county during the early afternoon hours. By the evening near a quarter inch of ice had accumulated on tree limbs, power lines and other elevated surfaces. A power line fell around 6:00pm from ice accumulation causing a few power outages.

Power lines were blown down in Prentiss.

Numerous trees and power lines were blown down across the central and southern section of the county. Several trees were down across roads with a tree on a mobile home and another on a truck in the around Bassfield. This damage occurred as a large bow echo, called a derecho, raced across the region.

Numerous trees and power lines were blown down across the northern section of the county. The damage resulted in numerous power outages. Many trees were down across roads with a couple down on homes. This damage occurred as a large bow echo, called a derecho, raced across the region.

Numerous trees and power lines were blown down across the northern section of the county. The damage resulted in numerous power outages. Many trees were down across roads with a couple down on homes. This damage occurred as a large bow echo, called a derecho, raced across the region.

Numerous trees and several power lines were blown down across the northern portion of the county. This occurred as a squall line moved across the area.

Numerous trees and several power lines were blown down across the northern portion of the county. This occurred as a squall line moved across the area.

Power lines and a few trees were blown down in Prentiss.

Tropical storm force winds occurred across Jefferson Davis County as the outer edges of Hurricane Gustav moved across southern Louisiana. Scattered trees and power lines were blown down, especially across the southern portion of the county. Wind gusts peaked between 45 and 55 mph for a few hours.

Several trees and power lines were blown down around Prentiss.

Numerous trees were blown down just north of Bassfield and toward Prentiss. A few power lines were down as well.

A few trees and power lines were blown down off Shivers Booth Road.

A few trees were blown down on power lines.

Several trees and a few power lines were blown down in town.

Several trees and a few power lines were blown down across the southwest portion of the county.

Several trees and large limbs were blown down on power lines around Prentiss.

Numerous trees and power lines were blown down south of Prentiss.

A few large limbs were blown down on powerlines.

Several trees and powerlines were blown down along highway 84.

Numerous powerlines were blown over.

A barn was destroyed, and a number of trees and powerlines were blown down.