There were no reports of significant damage in Leflore County or Carroll County from Tuesday’s stormy weather, according to authorities.
Fred Randle, director of emergency management for Leflore County, and Ken Strachan, Carroll County’s emergency management director, said the damage from the storm consisted mostly of fallen tree limbs that caused some power lines to collapse.
The National Weather Service had flagged nearly the entire state of Mississippi as facing some threat of severe weather Tuesday, with most of Carroll and Leflore counties dealing with an “enhanced risk” of severe weather with strong gusts of wind.
Strachan said he had received two reports of structural damage in Carroll County — one to a residence on Court Street in Vaiden and another to a structure along Mississippi 35 South. Otherwise no other homes or businesses in the county were reported to have damage, he said.
The county, which experienced strong winds, was under a tornado watch Tuesday. However, Strachan said, there were no reports of a tornado being spotted there.
Since the passing of the storm, officials have been working to clear the roadways, Strachan added.
The city of Greenwood dealt with four major outages caused by fallen tree limbs that knocked down power lines, leading to the temporary loss of power for a couple hundred residents, said Brian Finnegan, CEO of Greenwood Utilities.
Power was restored later.
Along U.S. 82, before its crossing with Mississippi 430 close to the eastern edge of Greenwood, several power lines were knocked down.
Construction crews, including those with Greenwood Utilities and Columbia, Mississippi, power line company MDR Construction, could be seen fixing affected lines throughout Greenwood.
Randle said the damaged power lines were expected to be repaired by the end of Tuesday.
- Contact Gerard Edic at 581-7239 or gedic@gwcommonwealth.com.
