Strong winds and heavy rain knocked out power to some Greenwood residents early Tuesday afternoon.
"We've had some trees down, some limbs down," said Benny Herring, Greenwood's Public Works director.
The National Weather Service in Jackson reported today that Greenwood set a new one-day record for rainfall - 4.05 inches.
Wind gusts in Greenwood were reported to be as high as 70 miles per hour, according to Joanne Culin, a meteorologist based in Jackson.
In one instance, a large tree limb fell on a screened-in porch at 512 Bell Ave. On Parsons Avenue, a large tree fell across the street, Herring said.
He said city crews responded quickly to the downed trees.
Other storm damage in Greenwood on Tuesday afternoon included a collapsed radio transmission tower at WGNL-FM on Ione Street.
"We're on low power right now," said Cy Hughes, the radio station's program director, this morning.
"A strong wind came through and it just came tumbling down. It was about 12:30 p.m.," he said.
The tower's collapse also took out a primary power line, which supplied electricity to several residents, said Dudley McBee, general manager of Greenwood Utilities.
"It's hard to say how many; maybe 100 to 200 people were without power. Most of them have been restored," McBee said around 3 p.m. Tuesday.
One of the areas affected by the downed power line was an apartment complex on Browning Road, he said.
T.W. Cooper, the executive director of the Greenwood-Leflore Emergency Management Agency, said some reports of fallen trees had been received.
In Itta Bena, morning classes were called off at Mississippi Valley State University and water crept into several homes in the city after heavy rains soaked the area.
"We had one section of town - the Morgan Lane area - where the entire street flooded out," said Itta Bena Mayor Thelma Collins.
Collins, whose town has about 2,200 residents, said storms rocked the area throughout the night and she understood upwards of 6 inches of rain had fallen in a 24-hour period.
"We had several houses that got water," she said. "At least now it has stopped raining and conditions are improving. I'm really surprised the rain didn't soak in because it has been so dry here."
Rain was also reported or expected in other parts of Mississippi that are suffering from drought.
At Valley, storms sent water over some streets and into parking areas, especially on the east side of the triangular-shaped campus.
Debbie Montgomery, spokeswoman at the school of about 3,000 students, said classes were called off until Tuesday afternoon, primarily because of the street flooding and because electricity was out from about 5 a.m. until 8:30 a.m.
Montgomery said strong winds accompanying the storms sent water around entrances and to some buildings, soaking carpets. And she said the flooding had also caused drains in some building bathrooms to overflow, creating additional problems.
