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Tornado Hits MSU Campus
Just prior to 3:00pm Sunday September 25, 2005 a tornado passed through the southeastern extent of the city of Starkville and entered the campus of MSU near the Wise Center . The tornado overturned a RV which was driving near the Forestry building and removed a section of roof from the Lloyd Ricks Annex. In addition, numerous trees were uprooted or snapped. The MSU Climate Lab recorded a wind gust of 68mph. as the tornado passed 100 yards north of Hilbun Hall. Upon leaving campus the tornado struck the University Hills mobile home park. Approximately 12 mobile homes were flipped and destroyed. Amazingly, all of the injuries both on-campus and in the mobile home park were superficial.
Below are the reports made to the National Weather Service (within minutes of touch-down) from the MSU Climate Lab.
. TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... .. COUNTY LOCATION ..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0238 PM TORNADO STARKVILLE 33.46N 88.82W
09/25/2005 OKTIBBEHA MS TRAINED SPOTTER
*** 4 INJ *** DR. MIKE BROWN FROM MSU REPORTED THAT AS
THE TORNADO EXITED MSU CAMPUS, THE UNIVERSITY HILLS
MOBILE HOME PARK WAS HIT. NUMBEROUS MOBILE HOMES WERE
DAMAGED AN DESTROYED. THERE WERE A FEW MINOR INJURIES.
0238 PM TORNADO STARKVILLE 33.46N 88.82W
09/25/2005 OKTIBBEHA MS TRAINED SPOTTER
DR. MIKE BROWN FROM MSU REPORTED A VERY CLEAR SOUTHWEST
TO NORTHEAST DAMAGE PATH ACROSS THE MSU CAMPUS. TELEPHONE
POLES WERE SNAPPED. NUMEROUS TREES WERE UPROOTED OR
SNAPPED. MANY CARS DAMAGED BY TREE DEBRIS. ONE RV ROLLED
ON ITS SIDE.
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