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photo by Marcus Frazier
Four-year-old Anthony Smith Jr. focuses on his bandaged knee after walking under a fallen light pole and power lines that were blown over by the strong winds that ravaged the area Tuesday afternoon on Mulberry Alley in Natchez.
Winds of up to 35 mph hit area
Published Wednesday, March 19, 2008
NATCHEZ — An eastbound low-pressure system was responsible for strong winds that rushed through the Miss-Lou Tuesday.
The low-pressure system, located over east Texas Tuesday afternoon sent wind gusts of 30-35 miles per hour and sustained winds of 20-25 miles per hour through the Miss-Lou, National Weather Service Meteorologist Ashley Wester said.
Photo by Marcus Frazier
Traffic speeds by like the winds that peeled back the roofing on the former Stine building on U.S. 61 North Tuesday afternoon.
The pressure decrease brought high speed wind fields from higher up in the atmosphere closer to the surface, where we are more likely to see their effects, Wester said.
The weather service had already seen some damage in Louisiana — mostly weak trees falling — by Thursday afternoon, and expected to see similar effects until the storm’s squall line passed the area Tuesday night, Wester said.
“The main thing we are going to be looking for is strong winds,” she said.
Power to parts of southern Adams County was knocked out Tuesday afternoon, but an official from the Southwest Mississippi Electric Power Association said it would be restored by 8 p.m. Tuesday.
Comments
Posted by Mucasplug (anonymous) on March 19, 2008 at 7:24 a.m. (Suggest removal)
30 mph my foot. We had gust of 50. I was at Wal-mart an saw hundreds of what looked like long haired rats running across the parking lot, then I realized they were little hair hats. (man wigs)
Posted by jen_jen1227 (anonymous) on March 19, 2008 at 8:21 a.m. (Suggest removal)
lol!!!
Posted by Hardcorps (anonymous) on March 19, 2008 at 10:45 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Why are you disabling all the comments?
Posted by sayitloud (anonymous) on March 19, 2008 at 10:52 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Mucasplug that is by FAR the funniest thing I have ever heard! Little rats!! LMAO!!
Posted by kittykat2000 (anonymous) on March 19, 2008 at 11:15 a.m. (Suggest removal)
what comments are disabled?
Posted by ntzslums (anonymous) on March 19, 2008 at 12:07 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Southwest Mississippi Electric Power ASSociation......SUCKS!!!
Posted by tolduso (anonymous) on March 19, 2008 at 12:20 p.m. (Suggest removal)
why is the ferriday police indictments comments disable?
Posted by dixiemama (anonymous) on March 19, 2008 at 12:24 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I can't believe the picture of the little boy. Maybe it's the angle of the photo, but it looks like his parents would not have let him be walking under all those wires & fallen pole.
Posted by wonderingirl (anonymous) on March 19, 2008 at 12:25 p.m. (Suggest removal)
What did I miss about the Cauthen wreck that got the comments kicked off? What's controversial about 4 men going hunting? I could understand it not being newsworthy but the news (though cryptic) is still there. Only the comments are gone.
Posted by sayitloud (anonymous) on March 19, 2008 at 12:28 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I'm with you dixie...and 4 years old?
I had heard yesterday on the weather channel we would be getting 80 mph winds.....WAY stronger than 35 like the Democrat is saying. AND would 35 peel this roof off and uplift a huge tree? NO because we get those all the time.
Posted by overthehill60 (anonymous) on March 19, 2008 at 12:31 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Most of the times we find out more from the comments posted than the article itself. Why be able to post comments if they are going to be disabled?
Posted by sayitloud (anonymous) on March 19, 2008 at 12:41 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Absolutely overthehill60!
Posted by drawpaintsing (anonymous) on March 19, 2008 at 1:33 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I was driving across the bridge towards Natchez yesterday evening. The wind was so strong that is shifted my Blazer from the the right lane into the left. I had to grip my steering wheel to keep control of my truck. I have never been that scared before. My prayer eased me through it.
Posted by Hardcorps (anonymous) on March 19, 2008 at 1:53 p.m. (Suggest removal)
For once the Democrat blew instead of sucked.
Posted by shedevil (anonymous) on March 20, 2008 at 6:07 a.m. (Suggest removal)
they disable these comment when the truth comes out on the democrats friends.noticed they never named all of the injured or how the wreck happened
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