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 >

Rienzi, MS EF-0 Tornado

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Survey Results:

...PRELIMINARY EF-0 TORNADO IN ALCORN COUNTY MISSISSIPPI...

* COUNTY: ALCORN

* LOCATION/TIME OF EVENT: RIENZI AT 250 PM ON APRIL 27 2011.

* BEGINNING POINT: 34.7709, -88.5147

* ENDING POINT: 34.7941, -88.4851

* RATING: EF-0

* ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 65 MPH

* PATH LENGTH: 2.32 MILES

* MAXIMUM WIDTH: 50 YARDS

* FATALITIES: 0

* INJURIES: 0

* SUMMARY OF DAMAGES: MINOR DAMAGE TO A COUPLE HOUSES WITH TREES DOWN.

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Heavy Rainfall and Severe Thunderstorm Threats for the Plains and Southeast

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