NWS Jackson, MS February 24, 2007 Severe Weather Newton County Tornado

Snow Squalls May Impact New Year's Eve Travel from the Great Lakes to the Mid-Atlantic; Heavy Rain & Isolated Severe Thunderstorms in Southern California

Snow squalls are likely to cross the Lower Great Lakes this evening and the Ohio Valley through the interior Northeast/northern Mid-Atlantic overnight, before potentially reaching the I-95 corridor from D.C. to New York City early New Year’s Day morning. Heavy rain and isolated severe thunderstorms will impact coastal southern California including Los Angeles tonight into early on New Year's Day. Read More >

EF-1 Tornado

BEGINNING POINT: 4 W LAWRENCE 10:40 PM
ENDING POINT: 4 NW LAWRENCE
PATH LENGTH: 3.5 MILES
PATH WIDTH: 150 YARDS
PRELIMINARY FUJITA RATING: EF-1
CASUALTIES: NONE

SUMMARY OF DAMAGE: NUMEROUS HARDWOOD TREES UPROOTED ALONG WITH NUMEROUS LARGE PINES SNAPPED. THIS TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ALONG PONDEROSA RD AND TRACKED NE...PARALLELING I-20...THEN CROSSING I-20 JUST TO THE W OF MILE MARKER 101. MANY LARGE PINE TREES WERE DOWN AT THIS LOCATION WITH SEVERAL TREES BLOCKING THE E BOUND LANES OF THE INTERSTATE.

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