Thunderstorm Wind — Sharkey, Mississippi

2020-03-04 · near Spanish Fort, Sharkey, Mississippi

Event narrative

A few small branches were blown down in the area.

Wider weather episode

A cold front stalled across southern Mississippi by the early morning hours on March 4th. With strong wind shear and an unstable atmosphere in place along the boundary, a few rounds of severe thunderstorms developed and moved across central and southern portions of Mississippi through the morning. These storms produced significant wind and hail including a swath of 90 mph wind and wind-driven hail damage to trees and structures that extended from Yazoo County to Newton County. There was also one EF-0 tornado which developed in Jefferson Davis County and moved into Covington County.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 879635. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.