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Thunderstorm Wind in Coahoma County, Mississippi

Thunderstorm Wind April 4, 2014 · Coahoma County, Mississippi

75 mph

Estimated gust (65 kt)

Death

$30K

Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

Straight line winds destroyed a mobile home off of Stribling Road near Farrell. The homeowner was injured when he was thrown from the mobile home. He later died from his injuries.

The wider storm

A cold front moved into the Mid-South during the early morning hours of April 4th, 2014. Discrete showers and thunderstorms initially developed across Eastern Arkansas during the evening hours of April 3rd but transitioned into a quasi-linear convective system as it pushed into North Mississippi during the early morning hours. Numerous reports of wind damage and large hail occurred with the storms. One fatality occurred when a mobile home was destroyed.

Began near Sherard (34.2281, -90.6957).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 514129. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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