Thunderstorm Wind — Sunflower, Mississippi

2021-05-04 · near Frazier, Sunflower, Mississippi

Event narrative

Several trees and power lines were blown down along Highway 488.

Wider weather episode

An outbreak of severe thunderstorms occurred on May 4th. An initial round of supercell thunderstorms that morning brought several brief tornadoes to the area along with a few instances of damaging winds. The main round of storms occurred during the afternoon in the form of an intense line of storms. Widespread wind damage occurred with embedded swaths of significant damaging winds up to 80 mph. This resulted in numerous downed trees, power lines and infrastructure damage. Seven tornadoes also occurred within the squall line.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 959510. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.