Strong winds associated with a wake low occurred across portions of Central Mississippi during the early morning hours of October 22nd. These winds brought down trees in some locations.
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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.
The episode as NWS JAN wrote it up.
Strong winds associated with a wake low occurred across portions of Central Mississippi during the early morning hours of October 22nd. These winds brought down trees in some locations.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree fell onto a powerline on Bettie A. Jamison Road.
Several small and large trees were blown down around the County Line Road area near Crystal Springs. Numerous power outages occurred around this area as well.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 720037, 720036.