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One of the tornadoes killed 143 people along its path, 73 of them in the U.S. state of Mississippi, making the tornado the third deadliest in Mississippi history, following the 1936 Tupelo F5, with 216 deaths, and the 1840 Natchez tornado, with 317 deaths. [1] [2] [3] [nb 2] [nb 3] [nb 4]
The two-day severe weather episode produced at least 19 tornadoes, and probably several more, mostly brief events in rural areas; killed 123 people across three states; and wrecked entire communities in Mississippi. The strongest tornado of the outbreak was an F5 that developed in Louisiana and crossed into Mississippi, killing 48 people, while ...
A tornado touched down near Viewtown and tracked east-northeast. Metal roofing was torn off an outbuilding and several small trees were downed in this area. The tornado crossed U.S. Route 211 and soon dissipated near Jefferson Mountain. Damage was estimated at $50,000. [65] F0 NE of Orlean: Fauquier: VA
Over 30 tornadoes have been confirmed from December 26-29 across the South. That includes four strong tornadoes, of at least EF-2 strength. Two were rated EF-3 in southeastern Texas.
The tornado was the strongest tornado of the 1971 Mississippi Delta tornado outbreak, and second deadliest behind a later F4 tornado the same day. The tornado is most notable for tracking directly through Inverness, Mississippi, destroying over 90% of the town. The tornado is the first and only F5/EF5 tornado to impact the state of Louisiana.
The weather service on Saturday evening issued an additional tornado watch impacting 3.5 million people for parts of Alabama, Florida, Louisiana and Mississippi through 2 a.m. CST.
0–9. March 1875 Southeast tornado outbreak; 1908 Dixie tornado outbreak; April 1924 tornado outbreak; 1938 Rodessa, Louisiana tornado; Tornado outbreak of February 11–13, 1950
S evere storms and at least one tornado are impacting Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and the Florida panhandle bringing torrential rain and flooding on Wednesday that has so far taken one life ...