Thunderstorm Wind — Copiah, Mississippi

2025-08-20 · near Utica Institute, Copiah, Mississippi

Event narrative

Some trees were blown down along MS Highway 18 from near the Hinds County line to the community of Carpenter.

Wider weather episode

Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms developed across portions of Mississippi during the afternoon and evening hours of August 18th through 20th. Isolated damaging wind gusts occurred with the strongest of storms.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1292679. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.