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 >

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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Heavy Rainfall and Severe Thunderstorm Threats for the Plains and Southeast

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