Thunderstorm Wind — Sharkey, Mississippi

2019-04-13 · near Auter, Sharkey, Mississippi

Event narrative

A tree was blown down in the vicinity of Highway 434 east of Nitta Yuma.

Wider weather episode

During the late afternoon of April 13 and into the evening and overnight, a strong spring storm system pushed across the Lower Mississippi Valley region and brought widespread severe weather, a regional tornado outbreak, and flash flooding. This event started over eastern Texas and steadily pushed eastward into the evening and overnight. Storms associated with this system started as a few line clusters then evolved into a full blown linear complex. Within this line, smaller bowing segments formed and it was these features that supported the regional outbreak of tornadoes. A total of 20 tornadoes occurred across our forecast area, six of which were rated as strong (EF2). In addition to the tornadoes, several reports of large hail were received along with many instances of wind damage. Heavy rainfall was also impactful and multiple inches of rain quickly fell across some locations and caused flash flooding, some of it extensive.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 820414. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.