Strong storms down trees, power lines Thursday
Published 1:05 am Friday, April 19, 2019
Wilbert Smith of ABC Professional Tree Service works on clearing the scene Thursday after a tree crashed onto the road during a sever thunderstorm on Glenwood Drive in Natchez. (Nicole Hester | The Natchez Democrat)
Jose Perez, and Oscar Jasso work on clearing the scene Thursday after a tree crashed onto the road during a sever thunderstorm on Glenwood Drive in Natchez. (Nicole Hester | The Natchez Democrat)
Wilbert Smith, Oscar Jasso and Jose Perez of ABC Professional Tree Service work on clearing the scene Thursday after a tree crashed onto the road during a sever thunderstorm on Glenwood Drive in Natchez. (Nicole Hester | The Natchez Democrat)
Wesley McAlpin hangs protective devices on electrical wires after a tree crashed onto the road and pulling down the wires during a sever thunderstorm Thursday on Glenwood Drive in Natchez. (Nicole Hester | The Natchez Democrat)
A downed tree on Glenwood Dr. in Natchez, Mississippi, Thursday, April 18, 2019, after sever storms with high winds blew over multiple trees across Adams County. (Nicole Hester | The Natchez Democrat)
A tree lies on top of electrical wires Thursday on Glenwood Drive in Natchez after sever thunderstorms passed through the Mississippi- Louisiana area. (Nicole Hester | The Natchez Democrat)
Oscar Jasso, Wilbert Smith and Jose Perez of ABC Professional Tree Service work on clearing a down tree on Glenwood Dr. in Natchez, Mississippi, Thursday, April 18, 2019, after sever storms with high winds blew over multiple trees across Adams County. (Nicole Hester | The Natchez Democrat)
Oscar Jasso of ABC Professional Tree Service is lifted on a bucket truck to help trim tree limbs off a fallen tree on Glenwood Drive in Natchez. (Nicole Hester | The Natchez Democrat)
Fields are flooded along Louisiana -15 after sever thunderstorms passed through the area Thursday in Concordia Parish. (Nicole Hester | The Natchez Democrat
Ken Sutherland a senior lineman for Entergy works to restore power to residents in Concordia and Tensas Parish, Thursday, April 18, 2019, in Ferriday Louisiana after sever storms moved through the area. (Nicole Hester | The Natchez Democrat)
Entergy senior linemen, Ben Blckmon, Matt Krein, Ken Sutherland and Ryan Mclamore work on restoring power to resdients Thursday after sever thunderstorms passed through the area in Ferriday, Louisiana. (Nicole Hester | The Nathcez Democrat)
Ken Sutherland a senior lineman for Entergy works to restore power to residents in Concordia and Tensas Parish, Thursday, April 18, 2019, in Ferriday Louisiana after sever storms moved through the area. (Nicole Hester | The Natchez Democrat)
NATCHEZ — Strong storms, including heavy wind, rain and possible tornadoes shook the Miss-Lou Thursday afternoon.
A tornado warning was issued in Adams County when weather radar reports showed a circular wind pattern crossing the Mississippi River from Vidalia into Natchez between 12:30 and 1 p.m. Thursday. That storm moved north of Natchez near Fayette, according to meteorological reports.
David Cox, a Jackson National Weather Service meteorologist said winds in Natchez and Adams County reached up to 60 mph between 12:30 and 1 p.m. Thursday.
Fallen trees and power lines were reported in the northern part of Natchez at Airport, Steam Plant, Old Meadow and Airport roads, Cox said, though no tornadoes had been confirmed as of 5 p.m. Thursday.
The main concern of Adams County emergency response teams, officials said, included power outages and scattered fallen trees that blocked city and county roads.
Entergy Customer Service Manager Tim Runnels said approximately 3,800 power outages were recorded in Adams and Jefferson counties with scattered outages in the area of Gloster in Amite County.
In Natchez, four power poles were broken, Runnels said, adding that he predicted that most power outages would be back online in the city by 11 p.m. Thursday, with the exception of a few homes in the neighborhood around Raintree, Espero and Creek Bend roads behind Parkway Baptist Church on Seargent Prentiss Drive. Additional time would be needed to repair a broken transmission line in that neighborhood, Runnels said.
Entergy crews quickly responded to a power outage near Merit Health Natchez, Runnels said, as the hospital lost power from 12:55 p.m. until 3:20 p.m. Thursday.
Tim Houghton, acting Adams County Emergency Services public information officer, said an emergency generator supplied power to the hospital for the duration of the outage until the power was restored.
No injuries or structural damages were reported in Adams County as of Thursday evening, Houghton said.
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