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 >

Chester County, TN EF-0 Tornado

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Survey Results:

...PRELIMINARY EF-0 TORNADO IN CHESTER COUNTY TENNESSEE...

* COUNTY: CHESTER

* LOCATION/TIME OF EVENT: CHESTER COUNTY AT 900 PM ON APRIL 26 2011

* BEGIN POINT: 35.4529, -88.51625

* END POINT: 35.47845, -88.47143

* RATING: EF-0

* ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 70 MPH

* PATH LENGTH: 7.9 MILES

* FATALITIES: 0

* INJURIES: 0

* SUMMARY OF DAMAGES: NUMEROUS TREETOPS BROKEN OFF AND MANY LARGE TREES
BROKEN...DOWNED OR BOTH. SEVERAL PEOPLE BELIEVE THEY SAW THE TORNADO.

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Heavy Rainfall and Severe Thunderstorm Threats for the Plains and Southeast

National Weather Service - Memphis, TN - Chester County, MS Tornado