Thunderstorm Wind — Franklin, Mississippi

2023-06-10 · near Quentin, Franklin, Mississippi

Event narrative

A tree was blown down along US Highway 84 between Eddiceton and Quinton.

Wider weather episode

A mid-level shortwave trough moving across the Southern Plains triggered a line of thunderstorms to develop across Arkansas and Louisiana on June 10th. As these storms intensified and spread east into Mississippi during the afternoon hours, additional scattered strong to severe storms developed in the unstable air mass over Mississippi. These thunderstorms produced hail and wind damage including some swaths of significant wind damage associated with microbursts.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1144915. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.