Straight Line Wind Event: Yalobusha & Tallahatchie Counties 3-8-12

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NOUS44 KMEG 100034 CCC
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ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-
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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...CORRECTED INJURY COUNT IN LAST ENTRY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
555 PM CST FRI MAR 9 2012

...WIND DAMAGE SURVEYED IN YALOBUSHA AND TALLAHATCHIE COUNTIES IN 
MISSISSIPPI...

* COUNTY/COUNTIES: YALOBUSHA

* LOCATION/TIME OF EVENT: TILLATOBA AT 4:45 PM CST

* BEGINNING POINT: 33.983 N 89.914 W

* ENDING POINT: 33.986 N 89.902 W

* RATING: STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE

* ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 95 - 100 MPH

* PATH LENGTH: 1 MILE

* MAXIMUM WIDTH: 1/3 MILE

* FATALITIES: NONE

* INJURIES: NONE

* SUMMARY OF DAMAGES: SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE WAS FIRST OBSERVED AT A
  AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR SHOP WHICH SUFFERED MAJOR METAL ROOF DAMAGE
  AND WALL FAILURE ON THE REAR OF THE BUILDING. WINDS WERE
  ESTIMATED AT AROUND 95 MPH AT THIS LOCATION. DAMAGE CONTINUED
  FURTHER TO THE SOUTHEAST WHERE A HOME LOST A MAJORITY OF ITS
  ROOF. WINDS AT THIS LOCATION WERE ESTIMATED AT AROUND 100 MPH.
  FURTHER SOUTHEAST...ROOF DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED TO A FEW MOBILE
  HOMES AND OUTBUILDINGS...WITH ONE SMALL MOBILE HOME ROLLED ON
  ITS SIDE. SEVERAL PINE AND CEDAR TREES WERE SNAPPED WITH AN OAK
  TREE UPROOTED.

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* COUNTY/COUNTIES: TALLAHATCHIE

* LOCATION/TIME OF EVENT: BLUE CAIN ROAD APPROXIMATELY 4 MILES
  WEST OF CHARLESTON

* DAMAGE LOCATION POINT: 33.977 N 90.137 W

* RATING: STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE

* ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 85 - 90 MPH

* PATH LENGTH: 1/2 MILE

* MAXIMUM WIDTH: 200 YARDS

* FATALITIES: NONE

* INJURIES: 2

* SUMMARY OF DAMAGES: 6 MOBILE HOMES WERE SHIFTED OFF OF THEIR
  FOUNDATIONS WITH SOME RECEIVING EXTENSIVE ROOF DAMAGE. THERE
  WERE A FEW SNAPPED PINE TREES AS WELL. 

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* COUNTY/COUNTIES: TALLAHATCHIE

* LOCATION/TIME OF EVENT: TATUM POND ROAD APPROXIMATELY 4 MILES
  EAST OF CHARLESTON

* DAMAGE LOCATION POINT: 34.006 N 89.994 W

* RATING: STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE

* ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 85 - 90 MPH

* PATH LENGTH: 2 MILES

* MAXIMUM WIDTH: 100 YARDS

* FATALITIES: NONE

* INJURIES: NONE

* SUMMARY OF DAMAGES: A METAL GARAGE WAS EXTENSIVELY DAMAGED AT
  THE INTERSECTION OF TATUM POND ROAD AND HIGHWAY 32. A COUPLE OF
  MOBILE HOMES EXPERIENCED ROOF DAMAGE FURTHER DOWN TATUM POND
  ROAD. SEVERAL TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED.  

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