Strong Wind — Madison, Mississippi

2025-03-04 · Madison, Mississippi

Event narrative

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.

Wider weather episode

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_id 1258701. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.