Widespread Showers in the Eastern US; Severe Thunderstorms in the Plains; Heatwave in the Desert Southwest

Widespread showers and thunderstorms across much of the central and eastern U.S. will produce areas of excessive rainfall, especially in the southern Mid-Atlantic states. Scattered severe thunderstorms are expected from Montana into portions of the central/southern Plains this weekend. A heatwave will build in the Desert Southwest, in parts of Arizona, southeastern California, and southern Nevada. Read More >

...NWS Surveys Northeast Mississippi Tornado Damage...

NWS survey rated this tornado an EF2 with maximum winds near 115 MPH. Most of the damage was EF0/EF1 with maximum damage near Burnsville Mississippi. No injuries reported, with a number of homes damaged significantly. The tornado began in southeastern Alcorn County; just north of Jacinto Community tracking northeast at approximately 8 miles just northeast of Burnsville.

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
405 PM CST MON FEB 25 2019

...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 02/23/19 TORNADO EVENT NEAR BURNSVILLE 
MISSISSIPPI...

.TORNADO NEAR BURNSVILLE, MISSISSIPPI...

RATING: EF2 
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 115 MPH 
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 8.3 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 200 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0 

START DATE:FEB/23/2019
START TIME: 0437 PM CST
START LOCATION: 7 SE BURNSVILLE, MS
START LAT/LON: 34.7899/-88.4084

END DATE: FEB/23/2019
END TIME: 0447 PM CST
END LOCATION: 1 NNE BURNSVILLE, MS 
END LAT/LON: 34.8740/-88.3054

SURVEY SUMMARY: 
MOST OF THE DAMAGE WAS EF0/EF1 WITH MAXIMUM NEAR BURNSVILLE. A
NUMBER OF HOMES WERE DAMAGED WITH MOST OF THE PATH IN RURAL 
AREAS.

NOTE: INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN NWS
STORM DATA.

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