21 Tornado Reports, 1 Fatality In MS
UPDATED AT 9 PM EDT SATURDAY (02Z SUNDAY)
21 tornado reports were received by the government's National Weather Service this Saturday afternoon in Mississippi and Arkansas, as a result of storms moving outwards from Tropical Storm Rita in east Texas. Many of the tornadoes or funnel clouds were spotted or photographed by locals. One fatality occurred in Humphreys County, in Belzoni, MS this afternoon during a tornado. Major damage was also reported at the Jockey Manufacturing plant in Belzoni.
The image below from AccuWeather.com RadarPlus shows tornadic signatures on radar just before the storm produced the tornado in Belzoni.
Radar movies from today are available here.
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