Power Outage in Sandersville, MS

The storm moved across northern Jones County, where it briefly intensified to an EF-2 tornado. At its widest, the storm stretched nearly 1.5 miles. The tornado developed northeast of Soso, just east of the Amy community. The tornado tracked over areas recently devastated by tornadoes on Easter, so it was difficult to identify new damage in some areas. Scattered to numerous trees were snapped and uprooted as the tornado moved east across northern Jones County toward Sandersville. The storm intensified briefly to a low EF-2 along Lake Como Road, where the southern half of a chicken house was completely destroyed. Numerous trees were snapped and uprooted in the area. There was some structural damage caused by trees falling on houses. The most widespread damage extended from Shady Grove to Sharon, where swaths of trees were mowed down, snapped and uprooted. Downed powerlines blocked several roads. Several homes were damaged or destroyed by falling trees. The storm moved through Sandersville, where more trees were snapped and uprooted. The storm continued to move through heavily wooded areas north and east of Sandersville causing damage along the Jasper County line and near the Wayne County line.

Several trees and large branches were blown down in Sandersville and fell onto power lines. One tree fell onto a house.

A tree brought down a powerline and some limbs were also blown down.

Trees were blown down at the intersection of Bonner Road and Claiborne Road, while power lines were blown down on West Main Street near Sandersville. Falling limbs caused one injury in the Shady Grove Community. Trees and power lines were blown down at 1835 Highway 184 East and a tree was blown down on 7th Avenue near Highland Church around Laurel. Trees were also blown down along 5th Street, Lower Myrick Road and a tree was down on a home along 6th Avenue, all near Laurel. Trees and power lines partially blocked the 600 block of State Street to the north-northeast of Laurel. Power lines were down in the roadway on Welch Road off of Highway 533 to the west southwest of Moss. Trees and power lines were down along Highway 29 North near Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church. A tree and power lines were down at 163 Ira G. Odum Road, and the downed power line set fire to a pasture. Trees were down on Highway 590 near Ellisville and on Spur Line Road, both of which caused partial road blockages. Trees and power lines blocked Sandhill Church Road and another tree was down on Township Road in Ellisville. A tree was down along Pittman Road the southwest part of the county. Multiple trees were down at the intersection of Augusta and Ovett-Moselle Roads. Trees and powerlines were down along the 5400 block of Highway 11 North.

A tree and power line was blown down.

Tree and power lines were blown down along US Highway 11 on the south side of Sandersville. Additional trees were blown down near Seminary and Moselle.

Several trees and power lines were blown down near Sandersville. Power outages occurred in the city of Sandersville.

Power lines were blown down and a tree had blown down onto a house in Sandersville. A roof was partially removed from a house just south of Stringer.

Numerous trees and power lines were blown down across the northern part of the county. One tree fell on a house. A motorcyclist was injured when they ran into a tree which was down across a road just northeast of Laurel. This occurred as a large bow echo, called a derecho, raced across the region.

This tornado briefly touched down west of Sandersville and downed a few trees on some power lines. Max winds were around 75 mph.

Numerous trees and a few power lines were blown down across the northern half of the county from west to east. This damaged occurred from a small bow echo that raced across the northern portion of Jones County.

A few trees were blown down on power lines.

A few power poles were blown down.

High winds caused structural damage to a mobile home. A number of trees and power lines were blown down.

Several trees were blown down and caused minor damage. Several power lines were knocked down by downed trees and tree limbs.