Strong Wind in Madison, Mississippi

Strong Wind March 4, 2025 · Madison, Mississippi

52 mph

Estimated gust (45 kt)

Death

What the National Weather Service wrote

Several trees and power lines were blown down. One downed power line started a brush fire, and a man was electrocuted by the downed lines. A peak wind gust of 52 mph was measured at the Jackson Medgar Wiley Evers Airport ASOS site KJAN at 2:39 PM.

The wider storm

A line of severe storms pushed across the region and produced damaging wind gusts that downed trees and power lines, and damaged several structures. Ahead of the storms, strong gradient winds also produced damage to a similar degree. One such incident resulted in a fatality in Vicksburg where a woman succumbed to an injury after she was struck by a large tree limb.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1258701. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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