A windstorm blew into the Tallahatchie County area at about 2 p.m. on Wednesday, April 10, downing trees and power lines, while storms and floodwaters around the state claimed two lives, injured seven and damaged nearly 300 homes. Another round of severe weather is expected in the Magnolia State over the next few days.
In Tallahatchie County, the trees felled on April 10 lay mostly east to west, indicating the wind came out of the east.
Outage maps that evening showed over 1,200 customers of Entergy and Tallahatchie Valley Electric Power Association in Tallahatchie County were impacted.
Cleanup begins on the grounds of the Charleston property of Julius and Molly Roberson after an April 10 windstorm uprooted a tree in the front yard of their residence at the corner of East Gay and North Panola streets. Part of the falling tree damaged the roof. (Photo by Clay McFerrin)
The worst of the local damage was confined to the eastern section of the county, which much of it concentrated in and around Charleston.
Tallahatchie County Emergency Management Agency Director Thad Roberts said Tuesday that while numerous trees were felled, no local property damage had been reported to his office.
The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (MEMA), meanwhile, reported significant damage was caused by April 9-10 tornadoes, severe weather and flooding around the state.
Two deaths and seven injuries were reported to MEMA.
As of Monday, Mississippi counties had reported the following damage to 286 homes, ranging from affected to destroyed.
• Carroll – 4 homes
• Grenada – 9 homes, 1 injury
• Hancock – 28 homes
• Harrison – 6 homes
• Holmes – 4 homes
• Humphreys – 8 homes
• Hinds– 59 homes
• Lafayette – 2 homes
• Leake – 6 homes
• Madison – 16 homes
• Marshall – 9 homes
• Neshoba – 24 homes
• Panola – 6 homes
• Rankin – 16 homes, 1 injury
• Scott- 53 homes, 1 death, 7 injuries
• Smith – 2 homes
• Warren – 17 homes
• Washington – 2 homes
• Yazoo – 15 homes
Statewide, 47 public roads, two public bridges, seven public buildings and three nonprofit utility companies were also damaged.
The National Weather Service has confirmed four tornadoes touched down in Mississippi between April 9-10:
• EF 0 tornado in Warren County (Oak Ridge)
• EF 1 tornado in Hinds County (Learned/Raymond)
• EF 0 tornado in Madison County (Mannsdale)
• EF 1 tornado in Harrison County (Wolf River)
In the wake of this event, MEMA has distributed the following commodities in response:
• Tarps – 190 tarps
• Bottled water – 4,000 bottles
• Sandbags – 100,000
