Heavy Rainfall and Severe Thunderstorm Threats for the Plains and Southeast

A frontal boundary extending from the western High Plains to the Southeast will focus additional showers and thunderstorms this weekend. Some of these storms may become severe, alongside frequent lightning, and isolated instances of flash flooding. Meanwhile dry conditions will continue for the Great Basin where fire weather concerns linger. For the mid-Atlantic and Northeast, seasonable weather. Read More >

Belmont, MS EF-2 Tornado

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Survey Results:

...PRELIMINARY EF-2 TORNADO IN TISHOMINGO COUNTY MISSISSIPPI...

* COUNTY: TISHOMINGO

* LOCATION/TIME OF EVENT: BELMONT AT 348 AM ON APRIL 27 2011.

* BEGINNING POINT: 34.4683, -88.2808

* ENDING POINT: 34.5559, -88.1572

* RATING: EF-2

* ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 125 MPH

* PATH LENGTH: 9.29 MILES

* MAXIMUM WIDTH: 150 YARDS

* FATALITIES: 0

* INJURIES: 0

* SUMMARY OF DAMAGES: NUMBER OF HOMES...BUSINESSES AND APARTMENTS 
  DAMAGED. A LARGE METAL STORAGE BUILDING WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED.

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Heavy Rainfall and Severe Thunderstorm Threats for the Plains and Southeast

National Weather Service - Memphis, TN - Belmont, MS Tornado