The tornado touched down shortly after lunch. Past the airport, the About 135 structures were damaged, said Paul Sheffield, director of the Jones County Emergency Operations Center. A Michigan tornado in 1956 blew out all the windows in a mans home but left his tax return resting on his piano. The debris fallout showed up on radar as reaching as high as 30,000 feet, with a fallout zone possibly reaching north of Meridian, Mississippi. Drivers reported a possible tornado shortly before on Highway 84, which passes between Laurel and Wayne County. The one house that was a gift to that neighborhood is the one that got damaged the worst. Low 69F. Other tornadoes in this weeks outbreak performed equally wild feats, including carrying a house and depositing it in the middle of a highway. U kunt op elk moment uw keuzes wijzigen door naar Uw privacy-instellingen te gaan. You learn something new with every disaster, Sheiffield said. 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Two homes in particular were nearly completely deroofed. The Joneses live in Los Angeles but fell in love with the charming Southern home, which was located in a neglected neighborhood of Laurel. A semi-truck and flatbed trailer carrying automobiles was also overturned. The Joneses purchased it and put its renovation in the Napiers capable hands, planning on leasing it to a local resident they call Mr. Gary, who needed an affordable place to live. The most recent updates will appear at the top of the wall dating back to prior According to records, the largest tornado in the Laurel area was an F4 in 2013 that caused 71 injuries and 0 deaths. Finding cars flipped on Interstate 59 west of Enterprise MS. @NWSJacksonMS #mswx pic.twitter.com/pdX7kiY1xh, Jeff Piotrowski (@Jeff_Piotrowski) April 12, 2020. If youre looking for levity, look no further. The F-scale of damage will vary in the destruction area; therefore, the highest value of the F-scale is recorded for each event. Folks, if you are warned a second time and you hear sirens go a second time, its not an error and the second one could be as bad as the first., Two strong tornadoes on both sides of US-49 in Mississippi at 4:55PM, The rightward storm impacting Soso, MS and is moving NE at 45MPH towards Heidelberg/Sandersville, MS, The leftward storm looks to move just north of Bassfield (thank goodness). EF0 Light Damage (40 72 mph), EF1 Moderate Damage (73 112 mph), EF2 Significant damage (113 157 mph), EF3 Severe Damage (158 206 mph), EF4 Devastating Damage (207 260 mph), EF5 Incredible Damage (261 318 mph), Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The Laurel Boys Football season preview, complete with returning player information and program history is available. Statewide power outages are at 11,812 as of 11:07 a.m., 5,454 less than the number of outages at 9:27 a.m. This is Highway 35. pic.twitter.com/NXrVvwMDCi, Chelsey Sellars (@ChelseyOnTV) April 12, 2020. This!! Violent tornado outbreak in the Southeastern United States in December 2019, Map of tornado warnings and confirmed tornadoes from the outbreak. The tornadoes upward motion, coupled with strong jet stream winds aloft, proved extremely efficient at carrying debris long distances. Numerous trees were snapped and uprooted. During the outbreak, the National Weather Service issued several PDS tornado warnings as well as a rare tornado emergency for Alexandria. Welcome to the Laurel Football team feed. Hazardous. This storm tracker contains data from 1851. A church's steeple was damaged, and minor roof damage occurred to mobile homes in a hunting camp. Copyright 2023 WDAM. The tornado was initially weak, causing minor EF0 to EF1 tree and roof damage in DeRidder. During Monday nights season finale, the couple is revisiting one of the houses badly damaged by the natural disaster and starting over on a renovation project they had previously finished. One room on the side of the house, complete with its canopy awnings still affixed above (or, since the house was inverted, below) the window, was suspended in midair as the home rested on its peaked roof. One home lost a garage and outbuilding. NFL Draft: CA produces five first-rounders. [7] By the late morning of December16, a Moderate risk area was introduced from eastern Louisiana through central Mississippi. It was a lease-to-own situation for someone who needed it, Ben explains in the clip. [11] Numerous tornadoes, some strong to intense, were observed across Louisiana and Mississippi throughout the afternoon hours. Walking through the property and assessing the damage done by the tornado, the Napiers decide the entire ceiling needs to be replaced and part of the roof will need to be fixed a project which will cost between $65,000 and $70,000. However, we are finally seeing development, she wrote. Several hundred trees were snapped or uprooted by this long-lived, high-end EF1 tornado. A silo, a storage shed, and trees were damaged as well. The following morning, the storms propagated eastward into Georgia, where a few additional tornadoes occurred before the outbreak came to an end. Thank you for reading! The dual tornado traveled over 100 miles from Taylorsville to Soso, with wedges reported to be as large as a mile wide. Updated daily from May 1 through Sept. 30. Credit: Jason Matheson via Storyful. Since you viewed this item previously you can read it again. Those chaotic effects brought on by subvortex motions in tornadoes can lead to highly irregular damage patterns. Walters-Slay wrote in a press release that repairs on the Nora Davis campus have been slower than expected in the wake of the vandalism and COVID-19 pandemic. Ben and Erin Napier are restoring a special home for a second time after the completed project was devastated by a recent tornado. Southern Mississippi was ravaged with dual tornado storms on April 12, 2020. Search & rescues are underway in Bassfield at Graves-Key Rd. You would see past graduates pictures on the wall and every kid in this community they had a mom, a dad, a grandparent, or somebody on their wall, said Jackson. @weatherchannel #tornado pic.twitter.com/BzvqYfXAAf. Pizza acrobatics is an actual sport. Environmental Health. Numerous trees were downed, and a couple of homes suffered minor roof damage. Powered by. He wrote of a tornado that struck Jackson County, Ala., on March 21, 1932. They can drive blades of straw through a two-by-four but spare flowers in the garden with petals unruffled. Storm damage was also reported in Seminary, Mississippi, located 30 miles away from Soso. Andrew Phillips and his family survived the destructive #Laurel, MS tornado because they took shelter in their safe room. She and her husband Ben, 36, are surveying the historic property that they had fixed up for actor Richard T. Jones and his wife. On 10/7, the Laurel varsity football team won their away conference game against Natchez (MS) by a score of 42-12. This year, Sheffield said, theyll be more ready. Two mobile homes were completely demolished nearby, resulting in three injuries. Please log in, or sign up for a new account to continue reading. The tornado then regained EF1 strength as it crossed into Choctaw County, Alabama, downing trees and destroying a mobile home. Utility poles were snapped and trees were damaged. Several large metal buildings were completely destroyed in this area, and a large portion of the nearby Hope Baptist School was destroyed at EF3 intensity as well, with large amounts of debris scattered throughout the area. Vandals also were believed to have clogged sinks to flood another building. On 9/16, the Laurel varsity football team lost their away non-conference game against Petal (MS) by a score of 45-40. Three other homes suffered extensive roof damage, and others still sustained at least minor damage. Violent storms, tornadoes shift to East Coast after leaving at least 30 dead, 1.3 million without power, This picture has been identified. On Easter Sunday, he texted his parents to warn them about an approaching tornado. One double-wide mobile home was rolled off its plot and destroyed, resulting in two fatalities. Thank you for signing in! At least 43 of Mississippi's 82 counties, mostly in central and southern parts of the state, are under a tornado watch until 11 a.m., National Weather Service officials reported Tuesday morning. Trees were snapped and uprooted. A single-wide mobile home was lifted and carried about 50yd (46m), with the undercarriage of the structure wrapped around a tree and the remains destroyed. And Gary will have a home to come back to very soon, Erin adds. The roof was ripped off a well-built farm building, and the roofs of several homes and barns were damaged. A second house had a large number of its shingles removed. Erin and Ben Napier Rebuild Home for Resident After Tornado On 9/9, the Laurel varsity football team lost their home non-conference game against Mendenhall (MS) by a score of 13-10. People doubt her as a female roofer: Were proving them wrong every day, She rescues baby squirrels: Theyre quite destructive. An intense multiple-vortex tornado impacted the south edge of Sumrall, where a well-built brick group home sustained significant roof and exterior wall loss. The Nora Davis Magnet school also lost much of its roof in this area. It looks like a bomb had been dropped, Mr. Gary says of his dilapidated home. The tornado exited DeRidder, widening and strengthening as it continued northeastward into Vernon Parish and reaching EF3 strength as it passed to the southeast of Rosepine. A tornado warning is in effect until 7:15 a.m. for Lake, and 7:45 a.m. Newton, Hickory and Chunky. It reached a peak width of 350yd (320m).[64][63]. On 10/14, the Laurel varsity football team won their home conference game against South Jones (Ellisville, MS) by a score of 49-7. Radar shows widespread airborne debris lifted thousands of feet into the air by two long track tornadoes in southern MS. #mswx #weather #tornado pic.twitter.com/3J0bfAfsFp, Aaron Kawczk (@AaronKawczk) April 12, 2020. Northeast of this area, the tornado momentarily weakened and caused EF1 tree damage as it moved along the east side of Interstate 59. Damage from a likely tornado that passed through Covington County includes downed trees and powerlines, according to National Weather Service damage reports. Its sort of like being on an escalator. First all Black school in Laurel during segregation continues its legacy in 2023, Suspect charged with manslaughter for Bassfield shooting over the weekend, Paradise Pier opens this weekend in Biloxi, Hattiesburg police seek publics help to find runaway teen, Pine Belt Foundation honors provides honors, Columbia police release report of 2022 crime statistics. The combination of a tornados rotational speed added to a subvortexs additional spin can produce narrow strips of exceptional damage. Cleanup and repairs were expected to move ahead slowly. LAUREL, Miss. https://www.wjtv.com/news/laurels-historic-district-damaged-by-tornado A metal-constructed church was also destroyed. Damage pictures just coming in from the Seminary area. On 9/30, the Laurel varsity football team won their home conference game against Brookhaven (MS) by a score of 7-6. EF2 damage occurred beyond this point as the tornado moved through densely forested areas of Fort Polk, snapping and uprooting countless trees. Seven people were injured. The teachers were Black, the students were Black. The tornado continued to the northeast through residential neighborhoods at EF1 intensity, snapping and uprooting trees and causing roof damage to additional homes. Newlywed Ty Pennington Is 'So Happy' After Years of Bachelorhood: 'I've Been a Carny, Let's Face It', Erin Napier Shares Update on Construction at Her Family's New Country House: 'Work in Progress', 'Home Town's' Erin Napier Says She Gave Up Social Media for Lent: 'Life in the Last 40 Days', Ben and Erin Napier Will Do a House for Themselves on 'Home Town' Season 6: 'Something Very Different', Jonathan Scott and Zooey Deschanel Reveal Their Newly Completed L.A. Home: 'For Us and Our Family'. EF0 and EF1 damage to trees and homes continued through the extreme northwestern corner of Wayne County and into the southwestern corner of Clarke County, though a small pocket of EF2 damage occurred along County Road 223, where numerous large trees were snapped and a mobile home was rolled and destroyed. Track all current severe weather warnings, watches and advisories for Jackson, Mississippi and other areas in the United States on the interactive weather alerts page. (WLBT) - Tornadoes, damaging winds, and heavy rain pounded many areas of Mississippi Tuesday as a strong storm system enters the area. Additional trees were snapped or uprooted, and a house sustained partial removal of its roof before the tornado dissipated to the west-northwest of Lisman, Alabama after traveling 61.31mi (98.67km). One of the two twisters, rated an EF-4, carried photographs from a destroyed home in the town of Moss all the way to Tuscaloosa County, Ala. a distance of 121 miles. A metal self-storage building was partially destroyed along North 1st Avenue, and a large warehouse building near North Railroad Avenue sustained considerable roof damage. Sometimes some strange things happen in tornadoes. At 12:20 pm, the National Weather Services Mobile office tweeted that a tornado was moving through Mississippis Wayne County. Drivers reported a possible tornado shortly before on Highway 84, which passes between Laurel and Wayne County. [12], During the afternoon of December 16, a strong, long-tracked and damaging tornado touched down in DeRidder, Louisiana. Near the end of the tornado's path, a small mobile home was shifted slightly off its plot while a small and well-built block outbuilding was largely demolished. At least 43 of Mississippi's 82 counties, mostly in central and southern parts of the state, are under a tornado watch until 11 a.m., National Weather Service officials reported Tuesday morning. LAUREL, Miss. In the late 70s early 80s, I was maybe a fourth grader and it was about 10 years into integration, said Dr. Jaymar Jackson. Trees were snapped and uprooted. Given the general alignment of the cold front and wind shear aloft, the SPC was uncertain early on December16 over whether numerous discrete supercells would exist in the highest threat area. 3. Businesses and residents were left to take care of the mess themselves last year. At least 100 trees were snapped or uprooted. Motorists should continue to use caution, especially when driving through standing water. I love them., survived their entire home being reduced to rubble. A second home also had most of its roof ripped off. A Piggly Wiggly grocery store also sustained minor EF0 roof and exterior damage in this area as well, and numerous trees and a few power poles were downed. The tornado reached EF2 intensity again as moved through the eastern part of Laurel, where a house had its roof torn off and other homes sustained lesser roof damage. A house blown onto a street, an untouched cake and photos carried 100 miles: Tornadoes leave bizarre scenes in their wake. Please considersubscribingto support local journalism. Then, we decided we were going to start teaching the history of the Oak Parkites. He tweeted, SMH one violent tornado is more than enough. Photos and radar video shared on Twitter reveal one of the tornados touched down in Soso, Mississippi. A small outdoor metal shed was damaged, and numerous trees were snapped or uprooted. Numerous trees were snapped and uprooted. Jackson wears several hats these days, serving as principal at Laurel Education Center, assistant athletic director of the Laurel School District, and voice of the Golden Tornadoes. His parents emerged to find that their home was uninhabitable, with projectiles hurtled through windows, a missing roof and shredded furniture and shrapnel strewn about. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. The Napiers tell them that, miraculously, no one was injured in the storm, but that their neighborhood was not in good shape. On the other side of a subvortex, winds may counteract the rotational velocity of the main tornado producing a subtle, momentary calm. Hattiesburg Police said all roadways closed due to flash flooding are reopened as of 11:05 a.m. Residents of the area were under order to take shelter from the storm as the two tornadic supercells followed on nearly identical paths through Southern Mississippi. So, we decided we were to start teaching the history to the students of the Laurel School District and our tag line was Tornados of today have dragon DNA, she said. The rightward storm impacting Soso, MS and is moving NE at 45MPH towards from 2 miles southwest of Laurel (5:59 p.m.) to. Trees were snapped and uprooted. This house was special. Progress slow 1 year after Laurel tornado. Covington County remains under a tornado warning until 7:45 a.m. Jones County, including Laurel and Ellisville, is under a tornado warning until 8:15 a.m. Another tornado warning was issued for Lauderdale County, including Meridian, Collinsville and Marion until 8:30 a.m. More than 17,000 customers in Mississippi are without power, according to poweroutage.us. Trees shredded, roofs partially torn off of several houses, but looks like, at least in this immediate area on US-84, no major damage. Numerous trees were snapped as well. They say it lasted about a minute-and-a-half.. MaxPreps is a registered trademark of CBS Broadcasting Inc. Covering 6.4 Acres. In higher-end tornadoes, steel-reinforced concrete structures are frequently the only aboveground structures that remain. A few electrical transmission trusses were collapsed, and the Wade Services manufacturing plant off Eastview Drive took a direct hit and experienced a total collapse of its structures. The Mississippi Department of Transportation posted a video of what issuspected to be the tornado passing by its Newton office. [63], The tornado was on the ground for 1.5 hours and was rated low-end EF3 and injured two people. Erin documented the storm on Instagram as it happened in December 2019. Thats what started 2020. A majority of the damage in Pineville was rated EF1, though a small pocket of EF2 damage occurred along Edgewood Drive, where a house sustained considerable structural damage. Most of the damage done this time last year was classified as minor to major, whereas Soso was devastated with major destruction in the EF-4 twister that hit it just a few months later. When all is done, Nora Davis will become an elementary school for second-, third- and fourth-graders. Power outages have reached17,584 as of 7:48 a.m. A tornado was confirmed near Collins at 7:26 a.m., Weather Service officials reported. Numerous trees were snapped or uprooted as well. Damage was inflicted to 13 homes and 3 businesses suffered damage. Metal roofing was torn off of a three-story motel along Jefferson street as well. Click on each county to see the details. A tornado touched down in Laurel early Monday, cutting a notable path of destruction, blowing off rooftops and spreading debris across fields, The National Weather Service said. Wades own home, about five miles to the south, barely received a drop of rain. Damage to many trees and a few homes occurred as it continued northeast across Highway 45 and into Alabama where Highway 18 meets the state line near Hinton, Ala. Two mobile homes in southern Clarke County were rolled and severely damaged, and two single family homes in the county experienced severe roof damage. Winds S at 10 to 15 mph.. Mostly cloudyisolated thunderstorms developing overnight. Numerous trees were snapped, and a small section of tin roofing was ripped from a home. Mississippi emergency officials on Monday morning said 18 counties had reported some damage from the storms. The district had been using the space for storage after the tornado, and someone had apparently ignited a pile of boxes containing books. An EF5 tornado is a twister with winds at or above 200 miles per hour. Map it:See the power outages in Mississippi as severe storms move across deep south. One large building lost a substantial portion of its metal roof, and sustained collapse of brick facade. On 8/26, the Laurel varsity football team won their home non-conference game against Meridian (MS) by a score of 47-27. A tornado touched down Sunday night near Yatesville in west central Georgia. He was clearing debris at his parents home with a chain saw, and the sounds of other chain saws were audible in the background. On Dec. 16, 2019, the EF-2 storm drove through the center of the city, wiping out at least two A home suffered roof damage, and a nearby outbuilding was heavily damaged. Tornadoes are the definition of meteorological caprice. Additional minor EF0 and EF1 tree damage occurred as the tornado continued into Rapides Parish, moving to the northeast as it passed near Hineston and Otis. A mobile home was destroyed, and one person was injured after being thrown out of the structure. The tornado weakened back to EF1 strength as it continued to the northeast, crossing Louisiana Highway 10, where a church lost a portion of its metal roof and outbuildings were destroyed. 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