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Tracking Storm System Across the Central U.S.

A storm system will slowly continue to press across the central U.S. Friday and Saturday with widespread showers and thunderstorms. Slight risks for severe thunderstorms and excessive rainfall have been issued Saturday from the Ozarks into the mid-Mississippi River Valley with potential for damaging winds, large hail, tornadoes, and flash flooding. Read More >

Lafayette County, MS EF-3 Tornado

  

Tornado Track Map:

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Survey Results:

 

...PRELIMINARY EF-3 TORNADO IN LAFAYETTE COUNTY MISSISSIPPI...
* COUNTY: LAFAYETTE
* LOCATION/TIME OF EVENT: DAMAGE BEGAN SOUTH OF OXFORD AT 139 PM 
  ON WEDNESDAY APRIL 27 2011
* BEGINNING POINT: 34.2084, -89.5653
* ENDING POINT: 34.3299, -89.3785
* RATING: EF-3
* ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 140 MPH
* PATH LENGTH: 13.6 MILES
* MAXIMUM WIDTH: 1/4 MILE
* FATALITIES: 0
* INJURIES: 2
* SUMMARY OF DAMAGES: A NUMBER OF HOMES AND MOBILE HOMES WERE
  DAMAGED ALONG THE PATH OF THE TORNADO.

 

Radar Images:

Tornado began southwest of Oxford, MS at 1:39 pm Tornado began southwest of Oxford, MS at 1:39 pm
Tornado now southeast of Oxford, MS. Tornado now southeast of Oxford, MS.
Tornado is in dissipating stages. Tornado is in dissipating stages.