Thunderstorm Wind, Pearl River
- When
- August 14, 3:40 PM CST to 3:55 PM CST
- Where
- Pearl River County, Picayune
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 30.530, -89.680
Damaging Wind in Mississippi, August 14, 1999
Thunderstorm wind gusts blew plate glass windows out of a restaurant just east of Picayune. Two people suffered minor injuries from flying glass.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 2
- Property damage
- $50,000
- 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 LIX wrote it up.
Thunderstorm wind gusts blew plate glass windows out of a restaurant just east of Picayune. Two people suffered minor injuries from flying glass. In addition, the roofs of small shopping mall and a church in Picayune were damaged by thunderstorm wind gusts. Dime size hail was also reported with the severe thunderstorm.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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.
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The same day elsewhere
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- Hail and Damaging Winds in Florida, August 14, 1999
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Virginia, August 14, 1999
- Lightning Strikes in North Carolina, August 14, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, August 14, 1999
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in Georgia, August 14, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Florida, August 14, 1999
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: 5718851.