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Tornado warnings are still in effect across parts of Louisiana and Mississippi, and the threat continues overnight when tornadoes can often be their deadliest. (5:57 p.m. ET) Winds Top 80 MPH
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.
The tornado was on the ground for approximately 55 minutes, traveling a total length of 40.81 miles (65.68 km), reaching a peak width of 1,700 yards (1,600 m) at times. Along with the two fatalities, 33 other people were injured and the tornado caused $25 million in damage. [33] [34] [37] [38] [39]
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.
Satellite image of the storm system responsible for the tornado outbreak that occurred on April 25–28, 2024. On April 20, 2024, the National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center (SPC) first delineated a severe weather risk for April 25–26, highlighting a zone extending from the Central Great Plains northeastward to the Midwestern U.S.
On March 24, 2023, a severe weather and tornado outbreak began across portions of the lower Mississippi River Valley in the United States. A slow-moving trough moved eastward across the United States and interacted with a moist and unstable airmass originating from the Gulf of Mexico, resulting in widespread heavy rainfall, severe thunderstorms, and significant tornadoes over a four-day period.
At least three people have died as severe thunderstorms batter the Southeast and East Coast on Sunday after deadly tornado-spawning storms tore through Texas and Mississippi, ripping off roofs and ...
A car crash in Mississippi along U.S. Highway 61 resulted in a non-tornadic fatality. [3] In Mississippi's largest city of Jackson, ABC station WAPT was knocked off the air due to a 2-hour power outage caused by lightning, that caused alarm systems to go off in the studio. [72]