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Thunderstorm Wind in Sharkey County, Mississippi

Thunderstorm Wind March 30, 2022 · Sharkey County, Mississippi

69 mph
Estimated gust (60 kt)
$25K
Damage as recorded

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A barn was destroyed and another barn had substantial loss of roofing material along with a collapsed exterior wall.

The wider storm

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.

Began near Onward (32.7300, -90.9400).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

20 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF2 Noxubee CountyEF2 Leake CountyEF2 Forrest CountyEF2 Madison ParishEF1 Holmes CountyEF1 Bolivar CountyEF1 Bolivar CountyEF1 Yazoo CountyEF1 Hinds CountyEF1 Hinds CountyEF1 Carroll CountyEF1 Madison CountyEF1 Lamar CountyEF1 Lauderdale CountyEF1 Lauderdale CountyEF1 Warren CountyEF1 Hinds CountyEF1 Clarke CountyEF0 Clarke CountyEF0 Lamar County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1017093. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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