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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.