Thunderstorm Wind — Lowndes, Mississippi

2024-06-26 · near Trinity, Lowndes, Mississippi

Event narrative

Five power poles were broken and several others were damaged along Carson Road due to strong outflow winds from nearby thunderstorms.

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 1191854. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.