More Late Reports…
Some impressive wind reports from the NWS Jackson…the first number is sustained, second max gusts through 3:15 p.m.
Jackson 31, 43
Meridna 25, 30
Vicksburg 38, 44
Greenville 38, 47
Greenwood 40, 47
Hattiesburg 28, 35
Jackson Hawkins Airport 36, 45
Four counties in southern Arkansas are under Tornado Warning.
The storm in SE Arkansas is impressive and produced a tornado near Dumas, AR. It will cross the Mississippi River into Tunica County MS shortly.
Storms are moving quickly. Radar indicates the storms entering NW Mississippi are moving at up to 70 mph!
Further north…Blizzard wartnings cover parts of Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin.
February 24th, 2007 at 3:56 pm
I think this thing will be gone by morning and sunshine will come out tomorrow….
February 24th, 2007 at 3:58 pm
maybe it’s just me but a line (instead of individual supercells) seems to be forming back west. looks promising…
February 24th, 2007 at 3:58 pm
BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
347 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
MADISON PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA
ISSAQUENA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
WARREN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF VICKSBURG
* UNTIL 415 PM CST
* AT 347 PM CST…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VICKSBURG…MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
VICKSBURG.
THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.
February 24th, 2007 at 4:02 pm
Dan,I believe the storms are suppose to be out of here by early morning and they said the sun would be returning..everyone stay safe.
February 24th, 2007 at 4:06 pm
Latest discussion from BMX: Severe Weather threat increasing with latest model runs. http://www.srh.noaa.gov/bmx/cgi-bin/wxs1.php?sid=BMX&pil=AFD&version=0&max=13
February 24th, 2007 at 4:20 pm
Got my weather radio at Publix in Tuscaloosa today. The manager commented to me, ” Those things are seeling like crazy, is something going on?” I asked if he had been watching the news lately. No was the answer.
February 24th, 2007 at 5:18 pm
Dumas is in SE Arkansas, not NE. My mom and brother live there. He just called me with the following report.
I have a ground report out of Dumas,Arkansas from my brother just now. He says it is very bad. The tornado went right between our mother and his wife’s mother, missing each by just a couple of hundred yards or so. The Dollar General report is incorrect…they meant Freds, which used to be Wal-Mart. The Mad Butcher grocery and McDonalds in that parking lot were hit. It then moved NE and destroyed several businesses including Scott Tractor Company….the Case-International dealership where he works. They were in the process of combining it with the McGehee store and had just cleaned it out a week ago. He’s parts manager at both those stores and took off work at noon today…..The good news is that all my family is safe, but damage is devastating and there almost has to be fatalities. On the positive side, had it hit at noon when the lunch crowd was out, there would have been many fatalities. I just left there Tuesday morning and returned home Thursday night from a two week vacation.