7:30 p.m.: Numerous reports of tree damage across Mississippi
Emergency management directors across the state have reported high levels of tree damage as high winds and tornadoes swept across Mississippi Wednesday.
Wind gusts higher than 58 miles per hour were recorded at the Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport Wednesday evening. The storm system, which has spawned at least three tornadoes over the past 24 hours, have downed trees along several state highways. A tree also fell on a house in Cameron, according to a report from the Madison County Emergency Management Agency, but no one was injured.
Severe weather is expected to continue through the night and into early Thursday morning, officials at the National Weather Service in Jackson said Wednesday afternoon. At least 20 counties remain under a tornado watch until 3 a.m. Thursday.