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3/16/02 Severe Weather - Hinds County
March 16, 2002 Severe Weather - Hinds County
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...SURVEY OF DAMAGE NEAR BYRAM...
A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SURVEY TEAM WAS DISPATCHED THIS MORNING
TO INVESTIGATE DAMAGE WHICH OCCURRED AROUND 510 AM NEAR BYRAM IN
HINDS COUNTY.
A CORE OF TORNADO DAMAGE WAS FOUND ABOUT 4 MILES WEST OF BYRAM IN
THE SPRING RIDGE AREA. NUMEROUS TREES WERE UPROOTED AND SNAPPED...
WITH 9 HOMES SUFFERING STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. MANY POWERLINES WERE ALSO
DOWNED.
THE TORNADO WAS APPROXIMATELY 300 YARDS WIDE AT ITS WIDEST POINT.
THE TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND FOR ABOUT 2 MILES...AFFECTING AREAS
NEAR SPRING WOOD DRIVE AND SPRINGDALE ROAD. THE DAMAGE ASSOCIATED
WITH THIS TORNADO WAS RATED AT THE HIGH END OF THE F1
CATEGORY...IMPLYING WINDS BETWEEN 100 AND 110 MPH.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WOULD LIKE TO THANK HINDS COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE WITH THIS SURVEY.
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