24 April 2010
High Risk Expanded- Large Tornado Hits Yazoo City Miss.
Posted by Dan Satterfield
Reports of cars blown off the road along Interstate 55 in Miss. Here is the warning from the NWS in Jackson, MS. BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1245 PM CDT SAT APR 24 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... ATTALA COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF KOSCIUSKO... WESTERN CHOCTAW COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... NORTHEASTERN HOLMES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... SOUTHEASTERN CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... * UNTIL 145 PM CDT * AT 1244 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS AND STORM SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO 20 MILES WEST OF MCADAMS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... MCADAMS BY 100 PM CDT... HESTERVILLE AND KOSCIUSKO BY 105 PM CDT... POPLAR CREEK BY 120 PM CDT... CHESTER BY 135 PM CDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO WARNING MEANS THAT A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. YOU SHOULD ACTIVATE YOUR TORNADO ACTION PLAN AND TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION NOW. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES THAT HAS CREATED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE AND INJURIES! IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY!