Thunderstorm Wind — Leflore, Mississippi

2021-05-04 · near Schlater, Leflore, Mississippi

Event narrative

An extensive swath of wind damage occurred across the Schlater area. Numerous trees were downed, 10 light poles snapped, several homes damaged by falling trees along with several irrigation pivots that were rolled.

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 959660. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.