Jackson, Mississippi
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Severe Storms Produce Tornado Near Pocahontas
County: Madison County
TORNADO STARTED ALONG COKER ROAD...WHERE IT DOWNED SEVERAL TREES AND LARGE LIMBS...BLEW DOWN A FENCE...DOWNED A POWERLINE...AND CAUSED MINOR DAMAGE TO A BARN. AT LEAST ONE HOME WAS DAMAGED BY A LARGE SECTION OF A TREE FALLING ON THE CORNER OF IT. THE TORNADO THEN TRACKED EAST NORTHEAST ACROSS MOSS RIDGE ROAD WHERE A COUPLE OF TREES AND SEVERAL LARGE LIMBS WERE DOWNED...DAMAGING SOME FENCES. FROM THERE THE TORNADO MOVED ACROSS LAKE LORMAN...AND THEN DOWNED SOME TREES...LIMBS AND A POWERLINE ALONG LAKESHORE DRIVE. THE TORNADO DISSIPATED SHORTLY AFTER THIS POINT. THE PATH OF DAMAGE WAS RELATIVELY FOCUSED...WITH VERY LITTLE DAMAGE OBSERVED OUTSIDE OF THIS PATH.
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Jackson, Mississippi
234 Weather Service Dr.
Flowood, MS 39232
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