April 24-25 Local Storm Reports
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS... ....COUNTY LOCATION.... 1000 AM WILDSVILLE LA WIND DAMAGE 04/24/03 CONCORDIA A FEW TREES DOWN AND LARGE LIMBS. REPORTED BY CONCORDIA PARISH EMA. 0120 PM QUITMAN MS 0.75 INCH HAIL 04/24/03 CLARKE REPORTED BY CLARKE COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE. 0133 PM CROSSETT AR WIND DAMAGE 04/24/03 ASHLEY NUMEROUS TREES DOWN, COUNTY WIDE. REPORTED BY ASHLEY COUNTY EMA. 0208 PM BRANDON MS 0.75 INCH HAIL 04/24/03 RANKIN PENNY HAIL OCCURED IN THE RESERVOIR AREA OF BRANDON PROPER. REPORTED BY THE RESERVOIR TOWER. 0315 PM PHILADELPHIA MS 0.75 INCH HAIL 04/24/03 NESHOBA REPORTED BY NESHOBA COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE. 0330 PM 2 W CLEVELAND MS 0.75 INCH HAIL 04/24/03 KEMPER REPORTED BY KEMPER COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE. 0337 PM LAUREL MS FUNNEL CLOUD 04/24/03 JONES REPORTED BY JONES COUNTY EMA. 0400 PM BASTROP LA 0.75 INCH HAIL 04/24/03 MOREHOUSE REPORTED BY MOREHOUSE COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE. 0400 PM COUNTY WIDE MS FLOODING 04/24/03 MADISON SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS FLOODED. REPORTED BY MADISON SO 0405 PM MCVILLE MS FLOODING 04/24/03 ATTALA STREET FLOODING. REPORTED BY HAM RADIO OPERATOR. 0410 PM MCVILLE MS FLOODING 04/24/03 LEAKE STREET FLOODING. LEAKE AND ATTALA COUNTY LINE. REPORTED BY HAM RADIO OPERATOR. 0415 PM SHUBUTA MS 0.75 INCH HAIL 04/24/03 CLARKE REPORTED BY CLARKE COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE. 0415 PM 2 N CARTHAGE MS WIND DAMAGE 04/24/03 LEAKE A FEW TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY LEAKE COUNTY EMA. 0415 PM FLOYD LA TORNADO 04/24/03 WEST CARROLL POSSIBLE TORNADO. MOBLIE HOMES DAMAGED NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN. REPORTED BY WEST CARROLL COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE. 0415 PM 5 NW EPPS LA TORNADO 04/24/03 WEST CARROLL *** 3 INJ *** A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN 5 MILES NW OF EPPS IN A FIELD JUST TO THE WEST OF DUCKWORTH RD. THIS TORNADO CONTINUED FOR 11 MILES...TO THE NE...INTO FLOYD. ALONG ITS PATH...A MOBILE HOME WAS TOTALLY DESTROYED ON HUNT RD. ON HIGHWAY 17 A HOUSE WAS DESTROYED DUE TO SEVERAL TREES LAYING IN THE HOUES. THIS SAME LOCATION HAD MONOR DAMAGE TO 2 MOBILE HOMES. IN FLOYD...TWO HOMES HAD THEIR ROOFS BLOWN OFF. HUNDREDS OF TREES WERE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. THE PATH WIDTH WAS 75 YARDS. NWS SURVEY RATED THIS TORNADO AN F2. 0417 PM OAK GROVE MS 0.75 INCH HAIL 04/24/03 LAMAR REPORTED BY LAMAR COUNTY EMA. 0417 PM OAK GROVE MS WIND DAMAGE 04/24/03 LAMAR A FEW TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY LAMAR COUNTY EMA. 0425 PM CROSSETT AR WIND DAMAGE 04/24/03 ASHLEY NUMEROUS TREES DOWN, COUNTY WIDE. REPORTED BY ASHLEY COUNTY EMA. 0441 PM 1 N PHILADELPHIA MS 0.75 INCH HAIL 04/24/03 NESHOBA REPORTED BY NESHOBA COUNTY EMA. 0455 PM 5 S LAKE PROVIDENCE LA FUNNEL CLOUD 04/24/03 EAST CARROLL REPORTED BY NWS COOPERATIVE OBSERVER. 0500 PM MS FLOODING 04/24/03 NESHOBA NUMEROUS REPORTS OF STREET FLOODING COUNTYWIDE. REPORTED BY NESHOBA COUNTY EMA. 0510 PM LUMBERTON MS 0.75 INCH HAIL 04/24/03 LAMAR REPORTED BY POLICE. 0515 PM PHILADELPHIA MS 0.88 INCH HAIL 04/24/03 NESHOBA REPORTED BY NESHOBA COUNTY EMA. 0515 PM NESHOBA MS WIND DAMAGE 04/24/03 NESHOBA A FEW TREES DOWN REPORTED BY NESHOBA COUNTY EMA. 0535 PM 1 SE MAXIE MS TORNADO 04/24/03 FORREST POSSIBLE TORNADO. REPORTED BY FORREST COUNTY EMA. 0540 PM CLINTON MS TORNADO 04/24/03 HINDS SOME TREES AND LIMBS DOWN... PORCH ON HOUSE DAMAGED... SHINGLES OFF ROOF...F0 DAMAGE BASED ON NWS SURVEY AND REPORTS FROM EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND SPOTTERS 0540 PM ANGUILLA MS 0.75 INCH HAIL 04/24/03 SHARKEY REPORTED BY SHARKEY COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE. 0540 PM CLINTON MS WIND DAMAGE 04/24/03 HINDS A FEW TREES DOWN.REPORTED BY HAM RADIO OPERATOR. 0540 PM CLINTON MS WIND DAMAGE 04/24/03 HINDS TREES DOWN AND WINDOWS BLOWN OUT OF A CAR... REPORTED BY HINDS COUNTY EOC 0543 PM CLINTON MS FUNNEL CLOUD 04/24/03 HINDS REPORTED BY HAM RADIO OPERATOR. 0600 PM FEARNS SPRINGS MS 0.75 INCH HAIL 04/24/03 WINSTON REPORTED BY WINSTON COUNTY EMA. 0612 PM MADISON MS TORNADO 04/24/03 MADISON POSSIBLE TORNADO ANNONDALE AREA. REPORTED BY HAM RADIO OPERATOR. 0612 PM 3 W MADISON MS TORNADO 04/24/03 MADISON BRIEF TOUCHDOWN BASED ON REPORTS FROM AMATEUR RADIO SPOTTERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT/FIRE DEPARTMENT 0612 PM 3 W MADISON MS TORNADO 04/24/03 MADISON BRIEF TOUCHDOWN BASED ON REPORTS FROM AMATEUR RADIO SPOTTERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT/FIRE DEPARTMENT 0614 PM MADISON MS TORNADO 04/24/03 MADISON POSSIBLE TORNADO REPORTED BY FIRE DEPARTMENT # 3. 0630 PM PHILADELPHIA MS 1.00 INCH HAIL 04/24/03 NESHOBA REPORTED BY NESHOBA COUNTY EMA. 0631 PM CLINTON MS WIND DAMAGE 04/24/03 HINDS NUMEROUS TREES DOWN. ROOF SHINGLES MISSING. TREES ON HOMES NEAR MCREE STREET. REPORTED BY HAM RADIO OPERATOR. 0641 PM JACKSON MS 0.75 INCH HAIL 04/24/03 HINDS REPORTED ON NORTHSIDE DR IN JACKSON. REPORTED BY HAM RADIO OPERATOR. 0714 PM KOSCIUSKO MS 0.75 INCH HAIL 04/24/03 ATTALA REPORTED BY ATTALA COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE. 0800 PM COUNTYWIDE MS FLOODING 04/24/03 NESHOBA NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODED. REPORTED BY NESHOBA COUNTY EMA. 0812 PM MARION MS 1.75 INCH HAIL 04/24/03 LAUDERDALE REPORTED BY LAUDERDALE COUNTY EMA. 0835 PM 5 S STRINGER MS 0.88 INCH HAIL 04/24/03 JASPER REPORTED BY JASPER COUNTY EMA. 0840 PM BROOKHAVEN MS 0.75 INCH HAIL 04/24/03 LINCOLN REPORTED BY LINCOLN COUNTY EMA. 0847 PM 1 W OFAHOMA MS TORNADO 04/24/03 LEAKE NUMBER OF SHALLOW ROOTED TREES DOWNED NEAR INTERSECTION OF NATCHEZ TRACE PARKWAY AND HIGHWAY 16...F0 DAMAGE BASED ON NWS SURVEY 0925 PM 10 SW CARTHAGE MS 0.75 INCH HAIL 04/24/03 LEAKE REPORTED BY LEAKE COUNTY EMA. 0920 PM COUNTYWIDE MS 0.75 INCH HAIL 04/24/03 LEAKE 4-5 TREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE. REPORTED BY LEAKE CD. 0944 PM 2 E HAMBURG AR TORNADO 04/24/03 ASHLEY A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN 2 MILES EAST OF HAMBURG AND STAYED ON THE GROUND FOR 3 MILES. THIS TORNADO DESTROYED ONE LARGE BARN AND 2 SMALL SHEDS. 6 HOUSES SUSTAINED MINOR ROOF DAMAGE. A FEW HUNDRED TREES WERE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. THE PATH WIDTH WAS 125 YARDS. NWS SURVEY RATED THIS TORNADO AN F1. 0952 PM 10 E CARTHAGE MS FLOODING 04/24/03 LEAKE WATER COVERING ROADWAYS. SIX INCHES OF WATER COVERING HIGHWAY 16 EAST OF CARTHAGE. REPORTED BY LEAKE CD. 0953 PM BRANDON MS TORNADO 04/24/03 RANKIN 12 MILE LONG PATH WHICH STARTED 1.5 MILES SW OF DOWNTOWN BRANDON AND ENDED 4 NW OF PELAHATCHIE. NUMEROUS HOMES AND BUSINESSES DAMAGED OR DESTROYED AND HUNDREDS OF TREES SNAPPED AND UPROOTED. F3 DAMAGE BASED ON NWS SURVEY. 0955 PM BRANDON MS WIND DAMAGE 04/24/03 RANKIN HOMES AND BUSINESSES DAMAGED IN AND NEAR BRANDON. LIKELY TORNADO. REPORTED BY BRANDON EOC. 1000 PM HAMBURG AR TORNADO 04/24/03 ASHLEY TORNADO REPORTED DOING DAMAGE NEAR HAMBURG. REPORTED BY WARREN ASP. 1015 PM MS FLOODING 04/24/03 NESHOBA NUMEROUS COUNTY ROADS FLOODED. REPORTED BY NESHOBA COUNTY EMA. 1020 PM HAMBURG AR WIND DAMAGE 04/24/03 ASHLEY POSSIBLE TORNADO. NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN. TWO HOMES DAMAGED. REPORTED BY ASHLEY COUNTY EMA. 1027 PM 3 S COSGROVE AR TORNADO 04/24/03 CHICOT A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN 3 MILES S OF COSGROVE IN CHICOT COUNTY FARMS AND STAYED ON THE GROUND FOR 3 MILES. A LARGE TIN BARN HAS ITS ROOF CAVED IN. SEVERAL TREES HAD BRANCHES SNAPPED ALONG WITH SHINGLE DAMAGE TO A HOUSE. A PORTION OF A MOBILE HOMES ROOF WAS PEALED BACK. A LARGE TIN SHED WAS TWISTED DOWN WITH SOME OF THE TIN ROOF THROWN INTO A POND. NWS SURVEY RATED THIS TORNADO AND F0. 1032 PM 5 NW LAKE VILLAGE AR 1.00 INCH HAIL 04/24/03 CHICOT REPORTED BY CHICOT COUNTY EMA. 1047 PM EUDORA AR TORNADO 04/24/03 CHICOT A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ON THE NORTH END OF EUDORA AND STAYED ON THE GROUND FOR 2.5 MILES. THIS TORNADO MAINLY SNAPPED TREES WITH A FEW UPROOTED TREES FALLING ON HOUSES. 4 HOUSES SUSTAINED MAJOR ROOF DAMAGE FROM FALLEN TREES...WITH 11 HOUSES SUSTAINING MINOR ROOF DAMAGE. PATH WIDTH WAS 30 YARDS. NWS SURVEY RATED THIS TORNADO AN F0. 1110 PM 3 E GREENVILLE MS 0.75 INCH HAIL 04/24/03 WASHINGTON REPORTED BY WASHINGTON COUNTY EMA. 1120 PM KILBOURNE LA 1.00 INCH HAIL 04/24/03 WEST CARROLL NWS SURVEY GOT THIS REPORT. 1158 PM 3 S GRACE MS 1.75 INCH HAIL 04/25/03 ISSAQUENA REPORTED BY MSU CHASE TEAM 1201 AM BELZONI MS FUNNEL CLOUD 04/26/03 HUMPHREYS REPORTED BY HUMPHREYS COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE. 0100 AM MERIDIAN MS FLOODING 04/25/03 LAUDERDALE SOME ROADS IN THE CITY COVERED BY 1 1/2 FEET OF WATER. WATER OVER MANY CREEK BANKS AND FLOODING SOME BUILDINGS. REPORTED BY THE CITY OF MERIDIAN. 1200 AM CHUNKY MS FLOODING 04/25/03 NEWTON NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODED IN TOWN. REPORTED BY NEWTON COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE. 0308 PM 5 NW BOGUE CHITTO MS 1.00 INCH HAIL 04/25/03 LINCOLN REPORTED BY LINCOLN COUNTY EMA. 0330 PM 2 NE RUTH MS 1.00 INCH HAIL 04/25/03 LINCOLN REPORTED BY LINCOLN COUNTY EMA. 0345 PM OAK VALE MS 1.75 INCH HAIL 04/25/03 LAWRENCE REPORTED BY FORMER NWS EMPLOYEE. 0355 PM TOPEKA MS 1.00 INCH HAIL 04/25/03 LAWRENCE REPORTED BY PUBLIC. 0400 PM MOSELLE MS 1.00 INCH HAIL 04/25/03 JONES REPORTED BY JONES COUNTY EMA. 0410 PM 3 W BUNKER HILL MS 0.88 INCH HAIL 04/25/03 MARION REPORTED BY FORMER NWS EMPLOYEE. 0415 PM BUNKER HILL MS 1.00 INCH HAIL 04/25/03 MARION REPORTED BY FORMER NWS EMPLOYEE. 0437 PM 5 SE MOUNT OLIVE MS 1.75 INCH HAIL 04/25/03 COVINGTON PUBLIC REPORT 0500 PM SANDERSVILLE MS 0.75 INCH HAIL 04/25/03 JONES REPORTED BY JONES COUNTY EMA. 0500 PM 6 W LAUREL MS WIND DAMAGE 04/25/03 JONES LARGE TREE DOWN. REPORTED BY JONES COUNTY EMA. 0510 PM HATTIESBURG MS 1.00 INCH HAIL 04/25/03 FORREST REPORTED BY FORREST COUNTY EMA. 0515 PM 4 S SUMRALL MS 0.88 INCH HAIL 04/25/03 LAMAR REPORTED BY SKYWARN SPOTTER. 0515 PM W. HATTIESBURG MS 1.00 INCH HAIL 04/25/03 LAMAR REPORTED BY SKYWARN SPOTTER. 0515 PM HATTIESBURG MS 1.75 INCH HAIL 04/25/03 FORREST GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AT HATTIESBURG AIRPORT. REPORTED BY FORREST COUNTY EMA. 0522 PM HATTIESBURG MS 2.50 INCH HAIL 04/25/03 FORREST REPORTED BY FORREST COUNTY EMA. 0525 PM MOSS MS 1.00 INCH HAIL 04/25/03 JASPER REPORTED BY JASPER COUNTY EMA. 0600 PM 5 N HATTIESBURG MS 0.75 INCH HAIL 04/25/03 FORREST REPORTED BY FORREST COUNTY EMA. 0623 PM HATTIESBURG MS 0.75 INCH HAIL 04/25/03 FORREST REPORTED BY FORREST COUNTY EMA. 0634 PM MCLAURIN MS 1.00 INCH HAIL 04/25/03 FORREST REPORTED BY FORREST COUNTY EMA.