Well Mississippi was hit hard overnight with strong tornadoes. At least 4 EF2s and 1 EF3 has been confirmed so far. The NWS survey team will update more tomorrow. Below are the preliminary reports so far.
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
656 PM CST TUE NOV 30 2010
...2 TORNADOES AND SIGNIFICANT STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE CONFIRMED
IN YAZOO COUNTY BY NWS SURVEY TEAM...
TORNADO #1
COUNTY: YAZOO
BEGINNING POINT: YAZOO CITY AT 807 PM CST
ENDING POINT: 2.1 MILES NORTHEAST OF YAZOO CITY AT 810 PM CST
RATING: EF2 MAX ESTIMATED WINDS 115 MPH
PATH LENGTH: 2.1 MILES
MAXIMUM WIDTH: 150 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
SUMMARY OF DAMAGE: THIS STORM TRACKED THROUGH DOWNTOWN YAZOO CITY.
IT DAMAGED SEVERAL BUILDINGS...MOST OF WHICH WAS ROOF DAMAGE...BUT
ONE BUILDING HAD SOME EXTERIOR WALLS DESTROYED ALSO. NUMEROUS
WINDOWS WERE BLOWN OUT OF DOWNTOWN BUILDINGS AND A LARGE AREA OF
SIDING WAS TORN FROM ANOTHER BUILDING. THE TORNADO KNOCKED DOWN
TREES AND DAMAGED THE ROOF AT THE COUNTY COURTHOUSE. DAMAGE IN THE
DOWNTOWN AREA WAS THE STRONGEST FOR THIS TORNADO AND RATED AS EF2.
THE TORNADO WEAKENED AS IT MOVED NORTHEAST FOR ABOUT A MILE WITH
ONLY SCATTERED TREE DAMAGE OCCURRING. AS THE TORNADO CROSSED JERRY
CLOWER BLVD...IT STRENGTHENED AND SNAPPED A POWER POLE AND DAMAGED
THE ROOF OF A STORE. THE TORNADO WEAKENED AGAIN PRODUCING ITS FINAL
DAMAGE TO TREES ON HONEYCUTT ROAD.
TORNADO #2
COUNTY: YAZOO
BEGINNING POINT: 15.5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF YAZOO CITY AT 746 PM CST
ENDING POINT: 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF YAZOO CITY AT 800 PM CST
RATING: EF2 MAX ESTIMATED WINDS 125 MPH
PATH LENGTH: 11.5 MILES
MAXIMUM WIDTH: 200 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
SUMMARY OF DAMAGE: NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER POLES SNAPPED AND TREES
UPROOTED. SEVERAL IRRIGATION PUMPS WERE FLIPPED OVER. SEVERAL HOMES
RECEIVED EXTENSIVE ROOF AND WALL DAMAGE. A SINGLE WIDE MOBILE HOME
WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED. THE ROOF WAS TORN OFF A MEDAL FRAME
BUILDING AND TWO SEMI-TRUCKS WERE FLIPPED OVER.
STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE
AN AREA OF SIGNIFICANT STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE OCCURRED ABOUT ONE
MILE SOUTH OF THE YAZOO CITY TORNADO TRACK. TWO TREES WERE KNOCKED
DOWN ONTO A HOUSE...TEN POWER POLES WERE SNAPPED AND BUILDINGS
DAMAGED ON THE BROADWAY STREET HILL...AND ADDITIONAL TREES WERE
DOWNED FURTHER EAST OF THE BROADWAY STREET HILL. THIS DAMAGE WAS DUE
TO A REAR FLANK DOWNDRAFT ASSOCIATED WITH THE YAZOO CITY TORNADO
WITH WINDS ESTIMATED TO BE 100 TO 115 MPH. THIS DAMAGE OCCURRED AT
ABOUT THE SAME TIME AS THE YAZOO CITY TORNADO.
This one has not been confirmed yet
JAN: 5 Sw Newton [Newton Co, MS] emergency mngr reports TORNADO at 30 Nov, 03:12 AM CST -- emergency manager reports path of damage in the area around 505 sw of newton...and that damage appears to have been produced by a tornado
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
515 PM CST TUE NOV 30 2010
...TORNADOES CONFIRMED IN ATTALA AND LEAKE COUNTIES BY NWS SURVEY
TEAM...
COUNTY/COUNTIES: LEAKE/ATTALA
BEGINNING POINT: 3.5 MILES NORTHWEST OF THOMASTOWN AT 938 PM CST
ENDING POINT: 3 MILES EAST MCADAMS AT 950 PM CST
RATING: EF3, MAX ESTIMATED WINDS 140 MPH
PATH LENGTH: 10 MILES
MAXIMUM WIDTH: 400 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 6
SUMMARY OF DAMAGE: THE INITIAL DAMAGE WHERE THE TORNADO DEVELOPED
WAS LIMITED TO SOME MINOR TREE DAMAGE ALONG BUDDY ODOM ROAD. THE
TORNADO TRACKED NORTH NORTHEAST AND RAPIDLY BECAME STRONG, WITH EF2
AND LOW END EF3 DAMAGE OCCURRING ALONG THE REST OF THE PATH. THE
TORNADO AFFECTED SHILOH AND BUDDY ODOM ROADS AS WELL AS STATE
HIGHWAY 429 IN LEAKE COUNTY; AND COUNTY ROADS 4022, 4033, 4126,
4045, 4171, 4142 AND STATE HIGHWAY 14 IN ATTALA COUNTY. SEVERAL
MOBILE HOMES, INCLUDING AT LEAST TWO DOUBLE WIDES, WERE COMPLETELY
DESTROYED AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS ALONG THE PATH, WITH DEBRIS CARRIED
WELL AWAY FROM THE REMAINS. IMPRESSIVE TREE DAMAGE OCCURRED AT
NUMEROUS LOCATIONS ALONG THE PATH, INCLUDING A COUPLE OF LOCATIONS
WHERE SOME DEBARKING/DENUDING WAS NOTED. VEHICLES WERE ROLLED OR
TOSSED AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS. A FRAME HOME WAS PUSHED OFF ITS
FOUNDATION AND A NUMBER OF FRAME HOMES SUFFERED MODERATE TO MAJOR
ROOF DAMAGE. NUMEROUS POWER POLES WERE SNAPPED ALONG THE PATH. THE
WIDEST POINT OF THE DAMAGE PATH WAS AROUND A QUARTER MILE, AND WAS
NEAR HIGHWAY 14 IN ATTALA COUNTY.
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1230 PM CST TUE NOV 30 2010
...TORNADOES CONFIRMED IN SMITH AND OKTIBBEHA COUNTIES BY NWS SURVEY
TEAMS...
COUNTY/COUNTIES: SMITH
BEGINNING POINT: 2.5 MILES E TRAXLER AT 243 AM CST
ENDING POINT: 6 MILES NE RALEIGH AT 258 AM CST
RATING: EF2, MAX ESTIMATED WINDS 125 MPH
PATH LENGTH: 11 MILES
MAXIMUM WIDTH: 0.3 MILE
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
SUMMARY OF DAMAGE: AT ITS WIDEST POINT THE TORNADO PRODUCED
SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO A BRICK HOME...REMOVING HALF OF THE ROOF AND
SEVERELY DAMAGING THE REMAINING HALF. THE WALLS OF THE HOME FELL IN
THE SECTION OF THE HOUSE WHERE THE ROOF WAS REMOVED. SEVERAL OTHER
HOUSES RECEIVED MINOR TO MODERATE ROOF DAMAGE. NUMEROUS SHEDS AND
SMALL BARNS WERE DESTROYED OR DAMAGED. TIN ROOFING AND SIDING WAS
REMOVED FROM A STORAGE SHED...SOME OF WHICH BECAME PROJECTILES THAT
WERE FORCED THROUGH THE WALLS OF A WOOD FRAME HOUSE. A MOBILE HOME
WAS BLOWN FROM ITS FOUNDATION. WIDESPREAD TREE DAMAGE OCCURRED.
COUNTY/COUNTIES: OKTIBBEHA
BEGINNING POINT: 1.5 MILES SW STARKVILLE AT 1108 PM CST
ENDING POINT: STARKVILLE AT 1109 PM CST
RATING: EF2, MAX ESTIMATED WINDS 115 MPH
PATH LENGTH: 1.5 MILES
MAXIMUM WIDTH: 200 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: SOME MINOR INJURIES
SUMMARY OF DAMAGE: INITIAL DAMAGE WAS ROOF AND SIDING DAMAGE TO A
CHURCH ALONG LYNN LANE. THE TORNADO MOVED NORTHEAST THROUGH AN AREA
OF APARTMENT BUILDINGS, CAUSING MINOR TO MODERATE ROOF DAMAGE TO A
NUMBER OF BUILDINGS, AS WELL AS DOWNING SEVERAL TREES. THE TORNADO
THEN MOVED INTO THE PINES TRAILER PARK, WHERE IT DESTROYED A NUMBER
OF MOBILE HOMES. TWO LARGE MOBILE HOMES WERE ROLLED AND DESTROYED,
AND SEVERAL MOBILE HOMES WERE MOVED A SUBSTANTIAL DISTANCE AND
DESTROYED. NUMEROUS LARGE PINE TREES WERE SNAPPED NEAR THE BASE,
WITH SEVERAL LANDING ON MOBILE HOMES CAUSING MAJOR DAMAGE. NUMEROUS
UTILITY LINES WERE SNAPPED AND DOWNED, AND A COUPLE OF POLES WERE
DOWNED. THIS WAS THE LOCATION OF MAXIMUM DAMAGE. THE TORNADO THEN
MOVED NORTHEAST ACROSS LOUISVILLE ROAD, CAUSING ROOF DAMAGE TO
SEVERAL HOMES AND CONTINUING TO SNAP TREES. IT MOVED THROUGH
ANOTHER TRAILER PARK, BLOWING OUT THE SKIRTING ON SEVERAL MOBILE
HOMES AND CAUSING MINOR ROOF AND STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO A COUPLE. AS
THE TORNADO PASSED THROUGH THE EAST SIDE OF THE STARKVILLE HIGH
SCHOOL COMPLEX, IT TWISTED SOME LIGHT STANDARDS ON THE ATHLETIC
FIELDS AND CAUSED SOME MINOR FENCE DAMAGE. IT THEN CROSSED YELLOW
JACKET DRIVE, BLOWING OUT A PORCH ON A RESTAURANT AND CAUSING SOME
MINOR ROOF DAMAGE. AS IT CROSSED HIGHWAY 12, IT BLEW DOWN A COUPLE
OF TRAFFIC LIGHTS, BLEW OUT A BUSINESS SIGN, AND DAMAGED ANOTHER
PORCH ON A RESTAURANT. THE TORNADO SNAPPED A FEW TREES AND CAUSED
SOME SHINGLE DAMAGE TO A COUPLE OF HOMES ON SOUTH MONTGOMERY STREET,
AND THEN APPEARS TO HAVE DISSIPATED. THE TORNADO WAS RATED EF2
BASED ON THE SMALL AREA OF THE MOST INTENSE DAMAGE IN THE PINES
TRAILER PARK; THE REMAINDER OF THE DAMAGE WAS GENERALLY EF1 IN
NATURE.
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