Thunderstorm Wind — Attala, Mississippi

2023-03-12 · near Hesterville, Attala, Mississippi

Event narrative

A line of severe thunderstorms blew down scattered trees in a swath across the Kosciusko area. Trees were blown down across County Road 4227, at the intersection of MS Highway 19 and CR 3024, at the intersection of MS Highway 43 and CR 3034, across Williamsville Rd, and across portions of MS Highway 14 East.

Wider weather episode

Severe thunderstorms in the form of embedded supercells developed across Arkansas in the late evening on Saturday, the 11th of March, then continued into Mississippi in the early morning hours. These storms were located predominately within and directly ahead of an advancing storm complex associated with an approaching cold front. Initially producing damaging wind and large hail, these storms grew upscale into an organized cluster of storms, producing predominately wind damage once they moved across interstate 55 from west to east.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1101903. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.