Severe weather update
Storms cause damage and injuries in Tate and Marshall counties
Photo: View of storm in Senatobia area on Wednesday night, April 2. (Credit: Tobie Town Weather on Facebook)
April 3, 2025 – Love Fire Department reports a downed power line in the area of 515 Thunderbird Drive South in Buena Vista Lakes.. Entergy will not be able to get to this until Friday. The fire department said it is working with the county road department crew to have barriers/cones out for the overnight hours.
The Walls Police Department reports U.S. Highway 61 there is flooded and closed. MDOT also reported flooding has closed Highway 61 at Star Landing Road and at Goodman Road.
Olive Branch Public Works closed Maywood Drive from Cedar Hill Lane to Redbud Lane due to erosion next to the street on the levee.
Storms that came through Northwest Mississippi Wednesday night and early Thursday morning cause damage in Tate and Marshall counties, but no damage was reported in DeSoto County. The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency Thursday provided the following report:
Preliminary reports of six people injured have been reported to MEMA: one in Marshall County, two in Tate County, and three in Tippah County. No fatalities have been reported.
MEMA is in the process of filling requests for tarps, water, and food for impacted counties. Marshall County has asked for and will receive 200 tarps, 4,000 bottles of water, and over 500 Meals Ready to Eat (MREs). 50 tarps are being sent to Tate County.
Preliminary damage assessments show that at least 60 homes have received damage across five counties:
- Benton – Conducting initial damage assessments
- Bolivar – 1 home
- Marshall – 40 homes, 1 injured
- Tate – 16 homes, 2 injured
- Tippah – 3 homes, 3 injured
Those numbers are expected to change as assessments continue over the coming days. MEMA encourages residents who’ve sustained damage from this severe weather event to do the following:
- File an insurance claim.
- Take photos of the damage to the home.
- Report damage to their county/MEMA via the self-report tool.
- If citizens have immediate, unmet needs, they are encouraged to contact their county emergency management agency. A list of those county contacts can be found here.
The National Weather Service is forecasting a continued threat of severe weather to impact the state on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. MEMA encourages all Mississippians to stay weather aware.
