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Flash Flood — Jefferson Davis, MS

Mar 27, 2009

For the third consecutive day a powerful storm system brought a round of severe thunderstorms containing damaging straight line winds and two tornadoes which occurred Friday afternoon and night. These storms were associated with a strong upper system moving across the region. Most of the damage was associated with straight line winds to be 70 to 90 mph. However, two tornadoes did occur with the strongest an EF1 in Smith County. This system also dumped several inches of rain which caused some fla

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 159134). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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