Thunderstorm Wind — Forrest, Mississippi

2024-05-13 · near Dragon, Forrest, Mississippi

$260K

Property damage

78 EG

Magnitude

Event narrative

This swath of significant straight line winds started near the Leaf River and moved generally ESE. Heaviest damage was along Highway 11 and then again along Leeville near the intersections of Miller and Deermont. Numerous trees were uprooted, snapped or had large sections broken out of them. Several powerlines were downed as well. A few homes had shingle damage or roof damage from large limbs along with some fences damaged. One shed had the roof blown off. The tree fall pattern was to the SE. Peak winds in this swath are around 90 mph. Swath length was almost 3 miles and about a mile wide.

Wider weather episode

Severe thunderstorms moved across the state of Mississippi and produced damaging wind gusts, a few brief tornadoes, and heavy rainfall. Several swaths of wind produced significant damage.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1194833. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.