Thunderstorm Wind — Oktibbeha, Mississippi

2024-06-26 · near Starkville, Oktibbeha, Mississippi

Event narrative

A tree was blown down onto power lines near Briarwick Drive.

Wider weather episode

A weakening band of strong storms resulted in a lull in activity after morning storms across western and northern Mississippi on June 26th. By afternoon, instability increased allowing new strong, damaging thunderstorms to develop mostly across eastern Mississippi moving from west to east. Wind was the primary damaging hazard though mostly small hail and heavy rain were also present.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1191845. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.