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Event Details
| Event | Lightning |
| State | MISSISSIPPI |
| County/Area | RANKIN |
| WFO | JAN |
| Begin Date | 08/05/2011 15:25:00 CST-6 |
| Begin Range | 1 |
| Begin Azimuth | S |
| Begin Location | LUCKNEY |
| Begin Lat/Lon | 32.34/-90.07 |
| End Date | 08/05/2011 15:25:00 CST-6 |
| Deaths Direct/Indirect | 0/0 (fatality details below, when available...) |
| Injuries Direct/Indirect | 0/0 |
| Property Damage | 1.00K |
| Crop Damage | 0.00K |
| Episode Narrative | A hot humid air mass led to a few strong to severe storms that moved over portions of central Mississippi during the late afternoon and early evening hours of August fourth, fifth and early in the evening of the sixth. These storms produced thunderstorm wind damage, as well as minor damage from outflow winds. A lightning strike was reported at Dogwood Festival in Flowood, MS on the fifth. No significant injuries were reported. An indirect fatality occurred in Webster County around 545 am on the fifth when a car collided with a fallen tree on the Natchez Trace Parkway just north of Highway 82. |
| Event Narrative | Lightning struck near a restaurant at Dogwood Festival in Flowood. Three people were shaken up, but no one sustained significant injuries. |
All events for this episode:
| Location | County/Zone | St. | Date | Time | T.Z. | Type | Mag | Dth | Inj | PrD | CrD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals: | 0 | 0 | 150.00K | 0.00K | |||||||
| CALEDONIA | LOWNDES CO. | MS | 08/04/2011 | 15:45 | CST-6 | Thunderstorm Wind | 50 kts. EG | 0 | 0 | 1.00K | 0.00K |
| EUPORA | WEBSTER CO. | MS | 08/04/2011 | 18:00 | CST-6 | Thunderstorm Wind | 50 kts. EG | 0 | 0 | 100.00K | 0.00K |
| CHESTER | CHOCTAW CO. | MS | 08/04/2011 | 18:25 | CST-6 | Thunderstorm Wind | 60 kts. EG | 0 | 0 | 15.00K | 0.00K |
| FORESTDALE | NESHOBA CO. | MS | 08/04/2011 | 18:55 | CST-6 | Thunderstorm Wind | 43 kts. EG | 0 | 0 | 1.00K | 0.00K |
| DIXON | NESHOBA CO. | MS | 08/04/2011 | 19:10 | CST-6 | Thunderstorm Wind | 43 kts. EG | 0 | 0 | 1.00K | 0.00K |
| HEIDELBERG | JASPER CO. | MS | 08/04/2011 | 19:45 | CST-6 | Thunderstorm Wind | 39 kts. EG | 0 | 0 | 10.00K | 0.00K |
| LUCKNEY | RANKIN CO. | MS | 08/05/2011 | 15:25 | CST-6 | Lightning | 0 | 0 | 1.00K | 0.00K | |
| WELLS | LOWNDES CO. | MS | 08/05/2011 | 15:45 | CST-6 | Thunderstorm Wind | 43 kts. EG | 0 | 0 | 1.00K | 0.00K |
| PULASKI | SCOTT CO. | MS | 08/06/2011 | 17:08 | CST-6 | Thunderstorm Wind | 39 kts. EG | 0 | 0 | 10.00K | 0.00K |
| CLINTON | HINDS CO. | MS | 08/06/2011 | 17:53 | CST-6 | Thunderstorm Wind | 50 kts. EG | 0 | 0 | 10.00K | 0.00K |
| Totals: | 0 | 0 | 150.00K | 0.00K |
