More rain is expected tonight, along with a light dusting of snow, but not much snow accumulation is likely, according to the National Weather Service.
Mark McAllister, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Jackson, said the chance of rain is 90 percent tonight and 70 percent Thursday.
The rain and snow are expected to start mixing in the early evening, with the snow continuing overnight, McAllister said. The ground should be warm enough to prevent much snow from sticking, he said.
Then the precipitation is expected to clear out Thursday, leading to a dry weekend.
Rainstorms brought water into the Vaiden Town Hall and some other businesses in that city Tuesday night, but it could have been a lot worse, Mayor George Turbeville said today.
Turbeville said the water had been cleared out of City Hall. No equipment was damaged.
Water was discovered in about one-fourth of the Vaiden Bank building this morning, but that was removed, Turbeville said. Other businesses where water had to be cleaned out included Jeet-Yet sandwich shop and the Downtown Grill.
No other problems had been reported to the Carroll County emergency authorities as of this morning other than water on the highways.
Turbeville said debris clogging the drains had a lot to do with the problems at City Hall and elsewhere, but inmates were brought in to clear the drains out.
“We made sure we got everything cleared where there’ll be no more water coming into the buildings,” Turbeville said.
Without the inmates’ help, they still would have been fighting water today, he said.
Turbeville also commended Donna Brooks, Vaiden’s fire chief and disaster coordinator, for her hard work and levelheadedness.
“She was very much in action last night with the inmates, and we certainly want to express our appreciation to the warden,” he said.
Damage to two homes and one church in Holmes County also was reported Tuesday.
Possible tornadoes were reported in several counties late Tuesday night and early today, damaging homes and knocking down trees and power lines.
The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency says damage was reported in at least 11 counties.
Lingering showers were expected in Mississippi today as the storm system moved on to Alabama and Georgia.
In addition to the damage in Carroll and Holmes counties, damaged homes and downed power lines were reported Tuesday night in Adams, Calhoun, Copiah, Franklin, Hinds, Lincoln, Montgomery, Rankin and Yazoo counties, emergency and power company officials said.
There were no reports of serious injuries. But one person was reportedly hurt when a car hit a tree downed by winds on Interstate 59 south of Laurel, said National Weather Service forecaster Chad Entremont.
Entergy spokesman Mara Hartmann estimated about 3,800 customers were without power Wednesday morning, down from a high of about 11,000 customers Tuesday night. She says outages remained in the Brookhaven and Natchez areas.
"There were scattered outages from Senatobia down to Natchez," Hartmann said.
MEMA spokesman Greg Flynn says Old Benton Road in Yazoo City was one of the hardest hit areas, with at least two homes with major damage. MEMA also received several reports of trees blocking roads near Old Benton Road and U.S. 49.
Yazoo County reported inch-sized hail and flash flooding.
Senior meteorologist Mike Edmondston says the National Weather Service received several reports of funnel clouds and one tornado that touched down southeast of Yazoo City.
"A storm chaser driving on (Mississippi Hwy.) 16 said he saw several houses damaged, an outbuilding that was destroyed and a businesses that had windows blown out. He said he couldn't go any further because trees were blocking the road," Edmondston said.
