Thunderstorm Wind, Mississippi
- When
- April 30, 5:07 PM CST to 5:14 PM CST
- Where
- Mississippi County, Anniston to 1 mi E of Anniston
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Property damage
- $200,000
- Coordinates
- 36.830, -89.330
Damaging Wind in Missouri, April 30, 1997
A thunderstorm became severe over western Mississippi County, and then moved over the Anniston area. Extensive damage was done to buildings and a small airport along Highway 105 near Anniston.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $200,000
- 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 PAH wrote it up.
A thunderstorm became severe over western Mississippi County, and then moved over the Anniston area. Extensive damage was done to buildings and a small airport along Highway 105 near Anniston. An ambulance shelter in Anniston was damaged. A chemical storage building had four overhead doors blown out. Two offices in the main building were partially destroyed. A radio tower was broken. The roof of an airplane hangar buckled. An aircraft valued at 80,000 dollars which was inside the hangar was destroyed. A second airplane outside the hangar was heavily damaged when the wind blew it over. A large tree blocked the road between Anniston and Highway 105. Power was out for several hours in parts of East Prairie and Anniston. Wind speeds were clocked at 73 MPH at the airport.
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 56 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:07 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: 5593516.