Mississippi Storm History: What happened on this date (November 8)

November 8, 7:24 PMJackson Weather ExaminerJohnny Kelly

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As a part of Tornado Awareness Month, the Jackson Weather Examiner will review severe storms that affected the state throughout the month of November.

On this date -November 8th:

In 2000,  severe thunderstorms moved across the state, bringing high winds, hail, flooding, and a tornado.

A F-0 tornado briefly touched down in the southern part of Prentiss County producing little damage. 

While high winds contributed to mainly tree and power line damage, a few locations received notable wind damage.

Notable wind damage:

• Three trailers had their roofs blown off. A shed was blown away. A mailbox was blown from its foundation. Several trees and power lines were knocked down. A woman was injured when a tree fell on her car in Lee County.
• Part of a tin roof was blown off of a building and deck furniture was blown into a wooded area next to the building in Grenada County
• . Numerous trees were blown down and caused damage to homes and power lines. A greenhouse and a chicken house were damaged. Several sheds were damaged. Several homes received damage to roofs and to attached porches in Leake County. 

Torrential rains fell across portions of Central Mississippi over a 3 to 5 hour period in the following counties:  Madison, Hinds, Rankin, and Copiah,  leading to significant flash flooding.   Many roads were flooded and some homes and businesses received water damage.  

Over 6 inches of rainfall was reported in portions of Copiah and Hinds Counties. (Up to 4 inches per hour fell in portions of Hinds County)

Large hail ranging from 1 inch to 1.75 inches fell across several locations including the city of Grenada, where several homes and buildings received minor roof damage.

Tornado County: Prentiss

Damaging Wind Counties: Adams, Chickasaw, Claiborne, Grenada, Hinds, Leake, Lee, Lincoln, Neshoba, Pike, Warren

Large Hail Counties: Alcorn, Grenada, Marshall

Flooding Counties: Hinds, Copiah, Madison, and Rankin

Mississippi Storm History: [November 4th--November 5th --November 6th--November 7th]