Published on: March 28, 2009 at 5:12 AM

Starkville is in Extreme East Mississippi and home of Mississippi State University:

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
449 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009

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0430 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG STARKVILLE 33.46N 88.82W
03/28/2009 OKTIBBEHA MS EMERGENCY MNGR

NUMEROUS TREES BLOWN DOWN ACROSS OKTIBBEHA CO. GRADIENT
WINDS FROM A WAKE LOW PASSAGE. WIND GUSTS LOOK TO HAVE
BEEN AROUND 50 MPH.