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Thunderstorm Wind in Leake County, Mississippi

Thunderstorm Wind January 25, 2021 · Leake County, Mississippi

58 mph

Estimated gust (50 kt)

Death

Injuries

$18K

Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

Trees were blown down on the Natchez Trace Parkway. One fatality occurred from a tree that fell onto a car. Two injuries occurred when a separate car hit the same tree.

The wider storm

As a front moved into the region, showers and thunderstorms developed in the warm, moist airmass ahead of it. A few storms were severe and brought damaging winds and hail to portions of Central Mississippi.

Began near Thomastown (32.9000, -89.6300).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 930321. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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