Tracking Storm System Across the Eastern U.S.

A storm system will continue to produce widespread showers and thunderstorms as it progresses eastward across the central U.S. into the Northeast through the weekend. There are risks of severe thunderstorms and excessive rainfall on Saturday from the Ozarks into the mid-Mississippi River Valley with potential for damaging winds, large hail, tornadoes, and flash flooding. Read More >

Tallahatchie County, MS EF-1 Tornado

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Survey Results:

...PRELIMINARY EF-1 TORNADO IN TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY MISSISSIPPI...

* COUNTY: TALLAHATCHIE

* LOCATION/TIME OF EVENT: SOUTHERN AND EASTERN TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY 1:15 AM ON APRIL 27 2011

* BEGIN POINT: 33.740847, -90.243633

* END POINT: 34.083966, -89.993233

* RATING: EF-1

* ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 90 MPH

* PATH LENGTH: 28 MILES

* MAXIMUM WIDTH: UP TO 50 YARDS

* FATALITIES: 0

* INJURIES: 0

* SUMMARY OF DAMAGES: DAMAGED SEVERAL HOMES WITH SHINGLE
DAMAGE AND RIPPED OFF A PORTION OF ROOF OF MOBILE HOME
AND BUILDING. MANY TREES SNAPPED AND UPROOTED. ESTIMATED
WINDS WITH TORNADO ABOUT 70 TO 75 MPH.

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Tracking Storm System Across the Eastern U.S.

National Weather Service - Memphis, TN -Tallahatchie Co, MS Tornado