Thunderstorm Wind, Mississippi
- When
- July 7, 4:50 PM CST to 4:55 PM CST
- Where
- Mississippi County, Gosnell to Blytheville
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Coordinates
- 35.970, -89.970
Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 7, 1996
One mobile home had its entire side stripped off. Numerous houses suffered roof damage.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS MEG wrote it up.
One mobile home had its entire side stripped off. Numerous houses suffered roof damage. Numerous wooden fences were damaged or blown apart. Many metal storage buildings were blown apart. At least three large trees were blown down. One tree fell on a mobile home and another tree fell on a truck. Numerous power lines were knocked down.
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 70 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:51 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5557913.