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Thunderstorm Wind in De Soto County, Mississippi

Thunderstorm Wind June 13, 2011 · De Soto County, Mississippi

96 mph

Estimated gust (83 kt)

Injury

$3.0M

Damage as recorded

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Winds were estimated at 95 mph at the Olive Branch AWOS. Major damage occurred to airport hangars. Doors were blown out of two hangars while another one had the side panel blown out. One employee was injured when the wind slammed a hangar door into his hand. Two planes were overturned and damaged. In total, eight planes sustained damage. Minor damage occurred to buildings surrounding the airport.

The wider storm

A mesoscale convective complex developed over Southwest Missouri during the early morning hours of June 13th, 2011. The remnants of the complex moved into the Mid-South during the late morning into the afternoon hours. Additional thunderstorms developed along old outflow boundaries of the complex. Some of these thunderstorms became severe and produced large hail and damaging winds.

Began near Olive Branch (34.9913, -89.8359).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 326685. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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