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 >

Houston and New Wren, MS EF-3 Tornado

Tornado Track Map:

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Survey Results:

...PRELIMINARY EF-3 TORNADO IN CALHOUN...CHICKASAW AND MONROE COUNTIES IN MISSISSIPPI...

* COUNTIES: CALHOUN...CHICKASAW AND MONROE

* LOCATION: EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN CALHOUN COUNTY TO COUNTY RD 69 IN 
  CHICKASAW CO TO HIGHWAY 6 NEAR BIGBEE IN MONROE COUNTY.

* TIME: 304 PM ON WEDNESDAY APRIL 27 2011

* BEGINNING POINT: 33.704, -89.311

* ENDING POINT: 34.0078, -88.5186

* RATING: EF-3

* ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 150 MPH

* PATH LENGTH: 49.9 MILES

* MAXIMUM WIDTH: 3/4 MILE

* FATALITIES: 7

* INJURIES: 7

* SUMMARY OF DAMAGES: 15 TO 20 HOMES DAMAGED OR DESTROYED...
  HUNDREDS OF TREES SNAPPED AND/OR DEBARKED...POWER LINES DOWN.
  FATALITIES AND INJURIES OCCURRED NEAR HOUSTON AND NEW WREN.

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Heavy Rainfall and Severe Thunderstorm Threats for the Plains and Southeast

National Weather Service - Memphis, TN - New Wren, MS Tornado