Marion County escaped the brunt of storms that did heavy damage nearby and even killed a woman on the wet side of the state.
Marion County was placed under a tornado warning shortly before 4 a.m. The same storm damaged homes and buildings and injured several people in neighboring Washington Parish.
Marion County Emergency Management Director Aaron Greer said no reports of damage had come into his office. After initial warnings, area fire departments did not receive calls during the storm.
Greer said the area did receive a lot of rain, with 1.76 inches falling during the storm in Columbia.
According to the Washington Parish Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, the Angie, La., area was hit hard. More than 1,600 homes were without power at one point. Some residents in the Sandy Hook area also experienced power outages.
Two people were injured and several homes were damaged on Old Military Road in Washington Parish, which is near the Marion County line. Multiple trees were down and one was reported on top of a car.
Parish and prison work crews were out before dawn removing trees and debris from roadways with the assistance of first responders.
In neighboring Walthall County, trees were reported down and shingles blown from roofs. Tylertown firefighters were dispatched to a report of a tree on a house shortly after 4 a.m.
In Lawrence County, firefighters were called for multiple trees reported down, including one that had fallen on a parked car.
The Mississippi Department of Public Safety reported that the lone fatality occurred on U.S. 61 when a vehicle struck a downed tree near Port Gibson. Jayla A. Gray, 19, of Jackson was killed when the car she was a passenger in struck a tree that had fallen across the road. The driver and another passenger were uninjured. Troopers said the incident occurred shortly after 3 a.m.
