Portions of central Mississippi were struck hard by severe weather on Tuesday night and into Wednesday morning.
As a tornado warning was issued by the National Weather Service (NWS) with a confirmed touch down in Raymond, heavy winds and hail ranging from pea to dime-sized crashed down in and around the Jackson metro. Damage being reported so far includes parts of roofs coming off in the Sheffield neighborhood as well as trees and power lines down throughout western and northern Hinds County.
We have a lot of wind damage in Sheffield area in Jackson. Trees down everywhere. Part of our roof off – neighbors with same issue.
Bad storm hit Jackson. We are luckier than a lot of others. pic.twitter.com/vCgqKOSh4D
— Austin Barbour (@Austin_Barbour) April 10, 2024
Slightly larger than pea size hail and 70mph winds in Gluckstadt @DaveRobertsWLBT @NWSJacksonMS pic.twitter.com/t5mYpKxtS2
— Eric Freeman (@EricFreemanRx) April 10, 2024
Significant #hailstorm in Ridgeland at 9:00pm. Up to dime-sized falling in abundance @NWSJacksonMS pic.twitter.com/ZerpUQLE1Q
— Mike Evans (@crabblers) April 10, 2024
As of 6:39 a.m., over 33,000 residents were still without power with the most outages coming in Hinds (8,963), Madison (8,248), and Warren (5,297) counties.
Severe weather is expected to continue throughout Wednesday with tornadoes likely in central and southern Mississippi, according to NWS.
We are watching the potential for severe storms on Wednesday (4-10-24). Most of the state could see impacts, especially the Southern half.
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🏠Know your safe place and review your storm plan with your family. pic.twitter.com/JwoTmqCJbl
— msema (@MSEMA) April 9, 2024
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