Tornado

2023 - 3 - 2

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Flatwood replaces two trailers for tornado victims (Montgomery Advertiser)

The community of Flatwood has been able to replace two trailers with new mobile homes after the Nov. 30 tornado destroyed them.

It’s hard," Boyd said. The River Region United Way gathered the money and helped raise $185,000. Donations from the community made buying the new trailers in Flatwood possible. In a process that normally takes weeks. He is wary of storms, especially after the tornado Nov. Jordan said he was just “loving it."

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Tornados azotan Texas y Luisiana; cancelan vuelos en Dallas (San Diego Union-Tribune en Español)

Varios tornados afectan a Texas y Luisiana mientras un poderoso sistema de tormentas que arrojó nieve en California se desplazaba hacia el este, ...

A unos 160 kilómetros (100 millas) al este de Dallas, un tornado que tocó tierra cerca de la pequeña localidad de Fouke se desplazaba hacia el noreste en dirección a Texarkana, a unos 88 kilómetros por hora (55 mph), dijo el meteorológico. Sin embargo, se considera que la caída de nieve ayudará a reducir o eliminar las condiciones de sequía en algunas partes de California. Más hacia el este en Luisiana, un tornado tocó tierra cerca de la Universidad Estatal de Luisiana en Shreveport.

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Tornado, flood watch issued across the Mid-South (wreg.com)

Watch the latest forecast in the video player above. ** MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Several counties across the Mid-South are under a flood and/or tornado watch Friday ...

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Tornadoes touch down in Texas and Louisiana as storm that ... (CBS News)

Wind gusts of over 70 mph were reported in Texas as tornado watches were issued into Thursday night in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. National Weather Service ...

It was likely to produce snow across the eastern Great Lakes and New England later in the day. The station said a six-year-old and infant were in a car outside the laundromat when the high wind hit and their mother was insinde. National Weather Service teams planned to head out Friday to survey areas for likely tornado damage in the storm's path, which stretched from southeast Oklahoma into Texas and neighboring Arkansas and Louisiana. Twenty seconds later, it was gone. Get inside, away from windows!" "So treat it like one!

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WEATHER ALERT: Tornado Watch issued for Montgomery ... (Clarksville Now)

The watch, issued by the National Weather Service, applies to Cheatham, Dickson, Houston, Robertson and Stewart counties, and in Kentucky, Trigg, Todd, ...

Stay informed and be ready to act if a warning is issued. Several roads across the city and county are blocked by trees. Update, 11:15 a.m.: CEMC crews are working on an outage affecting around 1,500 members in the Woodlawn area. Residents are urged to not to call 911 to report outages. “CPD and other public safety agencies need the public to remain in place if possible and only call 911 for emergencies until further notice.” Clarksville Fire Rescue units are among the crews responding to the downed power lines and trees at multiple locations around town. If you must travel on the roadways, please remember to slow down and expect long delays. “Currently, all CEMC crews are working and more crews from other areas are en route to assist. Austin Peay State University classes are canceled for the rest of the day. “The safety of our community and our employees is our top priority. “Due to the widespread damage and some roads being impassable because of downed trees, restoration is slow,” CEMC said. “These are the significant issues.

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Dallas among places in South facing threat of long-lived, strong ... (FOX Weather)

The FOX Forecast Center is tracking a potential severe weather outbreak on Thursday in the South, where long-lived, strong tornadoes, widespread damaging ...

[NIGHTTIME TORNADOES FOR MORE LIKELY TO TURN DEADLY THAN DAYTIME ONES](https://www.foxweather.com/extreme-weather/nighttime-tornadoes-far-more-likely-to-turn-deadly-than-those-during-the-day) [HOW YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR A TORNADO](https://www.foxweather.com/learn/what-you-should-do-to-prepare-for-tornadoes) [Softball-sized hail](https://www.foxweather.com/learn/how-large-is-golf-ball-sized-hail) reportedly crashed through roofs of mobile homes and truck windshields early Thursday during a severe storm near Dilley, [Texas](https://www.foxweather.com/category/texas), according to the National Weather Service. [lioness behavior](https://www.foxweather.com/learn/does-march-come-in-like-lion-go-out-like-lamb)," FOX Weather meteorologist [Britta Merwin](https://www.foxweather.com/person/m/britta-merwin) said. The airport is a major hub for American Airlines. Other reported wind gusts include: [WHY TORNADO VALLEY IS SHIFTING EAST](https://www.foxweather.com/learn/its-not-your-grandparents-tornado-alley-anymore) We’re really focusing on northeast Texas, [Louisiana](https://www.foxweather.com/category/louisiana), [Arkansas](https://www.foxweather.com/category/arkansas) – some areas that have been hit hard over the last month." Severe Thunderstorm Watches have been issued for parts of Texas and Oklahoma until Thursday night. Areas further east in central Arkansas and northern Louisiana are under a Tornado Watch that runs until midnight. [Tornado Watch](https://www.foxweather.com/learn/meaning-tornado-watch-warning-emergency) has been issued for nearly 10 million residents in North Texas, southern Oklahoma and southwestern Arkansas. The watch goes until 10 p.m.

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Tornadoes strike Texas and Louisiana as storms pummel the South (CNN)

A wide range of extreme weather is stretching across the US as storms threaten heavy snow in the Southwest and a severe weather system is bringing the ...

Huntington Lake in the Sierra Mountains was lashed with 144 inches of snow over a six-day period this week, according to the Fresno County Office of Emergency Services. Nearly 100 inches of snow have fallen on the Lake Arrowhead and Crestline communities in recent days. Several areas across the state saw more than 100 inches of snow, according to the National Weather Service. [a tornado watch](https://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0055.html) that was scheduled to last until 10 p.m. This lengthy winter storm already has wreaked havoc in the West, with snow in New Mexico due to continue through Thursday afternoon. Torrential rainfall in the system is also a concern. A line of severe storms moving through Texas brought several wind gusts in the 60 to 80 mph range across the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. More than 320,000 homes and businesses in Texas were without power as of 9:15 p.m. “The wind started picking up, and this lady said, ‘My babies are in the car,’” Langston told the station. “Think now about what (to) do during a warning wherever you expect to be.” Storms coincided with power outages in Texas. “It just came up, and 20 seconds later it was gone,” he said.

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Tornado alerts issued as intense storm sweeps Texas and the South (Axios)

A satellite image of thunderstorms hitting the Southern Plains and Mississippi Valley on Thursday evening, with white dots showing lightning detected by ...

[severe storm system](https://www.axios.com/2023/02/27/california-storm-blizzard-plains-severe-weather) unleashed powerful winds and [triggered tornado warnings](https://www.axios.com/2023/02/27/severe-storms-slam-plains-tornado-oklahoma-derecho) for Texas, Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma. [Poweroutage.us](https://poweroutage.us/). [police said](https://twitter.com/McKinneyPolice/status/1631460638500311042). [confirmed](https://twitter.com/NWSShreveport/status/1631446897683582976) in Louisiana as the storm system caused widespread power outages in Texas and hundreds of flights into and out of Dallas Fort-Worth Airport were [canceled](https://twitter.com/dfwtower/status/1631508474793164800). [line of storms](https://www.axios.com/science/extreme-weather) passed through on Thursday night, bringing damaging winds of up to [75 mph](https://twitter.com/NWSFortWorth/status/1631461146921168896). [Energy & Environment](https://www.axios.com/energy-environment)

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Drone captures tornado form and roll across Texas in dangerous ... (FOX Weather)

Multiple tornadoes were spotted throughout Texas and Louisiana Thursday, but a storm chaser captured one of the twisters by drone in Linden, Texas.

Severe storms moved through the Lone Star State Thursday, bringing damaging wind, large hail and several tornadoes. The drone footage shows the funnel spin from the storm, and eventually, the column of air reaches the ground. The drone footage on the Texas tornado shows the funnel spin from the storm, and eventually, the column of air reaches the ground.

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Tornado damages trees at LSU Shreveport, neighborhoods and ... (Shreveport Times)

Just after 5:30 p.m. a tornado touched down in Shreveport. Here's what you need to know.

" Larry Clark LSUS chancellor said, "Just left LSUS. "We lost power for less than two hours and have multiple downed trees across campus. Shreveport police and the Caddo Parish Sheriff have set up a command center at Gateway Assembly of God off Youree. Our Health and Physical Education Building sustained light roof damage, but there aren't currently any leaks. According to Corporal Chris Bordelon of the Shreveport Police Department, there has been one confirmed tornado with damage to homes, businesses, and vehicles.

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Tornadoes reported; CPSO confirms touchdown along Youree Drive ... (KSLA)

(KSLA) — Multiple tornadoes spun up as a line of storms rolled across east Texas and northwest Louisiana on Thursday evening. Twisters have been reported ...

About half of those were within an area bounded by East Kings Highway, East Flournoy Lucas Road, the Inner Loop Expressway and East Bert Kouns Industrial Loop. Then there were a lot of emergency vehicles in the area of Youree Drive. Power outages were reported in the area of Youree Drive and Bert Kouns Industrial Loop. “And that’s when the wind started picking up,” Langston recalled. No injuries were reported. “And this lady said, ‘My babies are in the car.’ And she wanted me to help her.

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It's been a year since a tornado killed 7 people in Iowa. Take a look ... (desmoinesregister.com)

The EF4 tornado that ripped through southern Winterset, killing five adults and two children, was the deadliest in Iowa since 2008.

A reading of names begins at 4:35 p.m. Winterset will hold a night of remembrance to mark the one year anniversary at 4 p.m. - 125 killed: June 30, 1860, "Camanche tornado" in Hardin, Linn, Jones and Clinton counties. The South Central Iowa Landfill also took a direct it. Out of the 50 properties damaged, Leners estimates 35 to 40 sustained major damage. According to Ayala, there was millions of dollars in damage left behind. During a news conference the following day, Iowa Gov. [8 family members huddled in a pantry as a tornado approached. The tornado touched back down southwest of Winterset at 4:26 p.m. The chance of a tornado in Winterset was just 5%, said Diogenes Ayala, director of Madison County Emergency Management & Homeland Security. Even those areas spared from twisters were pummeled by vigorous rain and hefty hailstones. Take a look back at the storm:

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Over 260000 without power, tornado sirens sound as winds hit ... (NBC News)

Tornado sirens sounded in Dallas and in other parts of Texas Thursday and high winds overturned multiple tractor-trailers as severe weather struck.

[NBC Dallas-Fort Worth reported](https://www.nbcdfw.com/weather/weather-connection/live-radar-dangerous-wind-threat-remains-260k-customers-without-power/3204174/) that its crews spotted five overturned tractor-trailers on highways north and east of Dallas. [said](https://twitter.com/NWSSanDiego/status/1631139818527772674) the snow total for Snow Valley in the San Bernardino Mountains was 120 inches, or 10 feet, from Feb. In Crestline, where a grocery store roof [collapsed this week](https://www.nbclosangeles.com/weather-news/crestline-grocery-store-roof-collapses-snow-storm/3106501/), it was 91 inches. Video shared by the agency appeared to show one in Shreveport. The California National Guard said Thursday that a UH-60 Blackhawk was being sent to help. Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency for 13 counties, and the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Office said MREs would be flown by helicopter to affected communities.

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Texas, Louisiana slammed by hurricane-force winds, tornadoes (Fox News)

Tornadoes and winter storms touched down in Texas and Louisiana Thursday, leaving thousands without power and forcing the cancellation of hundreds of ...

The service noted that storms into the evening will "continue to be capable of producing short-lived tornadoes." FlightAware.com reports Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport and Dallas Love Field Airport have tallied more than 400 cancelations in total. Further east, in Louisiana, a tornado touched down near Louisiana State University in Shreveport. More than 4,700 in northwest Louisiana were without power. [forced the cancelation](https://www.foxnews.com/us/flights-texas-canceled-storms-approaching) of hundreds of flights into and out of Dallas. [Dallas-Fort Worth area](https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/dallas-fort-worth) expired by late afternoon, but strong winds and hail continued, according to the National Weather Service.

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Texas, South brace for dangerous storm outbreak, tornado threat ... (The Washington Post)

The National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center has declared a level 4 out of 5 risk of severe weather on its forecast maps for Thursday, including the ...

That upper-air disturbance is blowing east out of Arizona into southwest New Mexico, and will reach Texas during the afternoon. Storms will be knocking on the doorstep of Memphis around midnight, then may fizzle during the second half of the overnight as they traverse northern Louisiana and Mississippi before redeveloping some in the face of daytime heating Friday afternoon. Specific hazards will depend largely on storm mode, or the structure and shape of the thunderstorms that form. The level 4 out of 5 risk zone includes much of the Interstate 20 and 30 corridors in northeast Texas and southwest Arkansas, as well as extreme northwest Louisiana. Much of northeast Texas, southeast Oklahoma and the majority of Arkansas could see a general 2 inches of rain, as moisture pools along the warm front before the band of cold frontal downpours sweep through. Then the actual cold front will swing through after, with a line of thunderstorms materializing along it. In all, the Storm Prediction Center logged 82 reports of severe weather on Wednesday, more than 60 of those reports were from large hail. Additional heavy accumulations are probable in parts of the interior Northeast and New England. local time, and a [severe thunderstorm watch](https://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0054.html) just to the west until 8 p.m. As warm air has surged ahead of the storm, dozens of record high temperatures have been set from Texas to Florida. “A regional severe-thunderstorm outbreak appears likely from parts of central and north Texas, across southeastern Oklahoma and the Arklatex region, and portions of the lower Mississippi Valley,” the Storm Prediction Center wrote Thursday morning. Damaging winds, destructive hail and tornadoes threaten parts of Texas, Arkansas and the Deep South Thursday.

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Thousands without power after storm hits Texas with heavy rain ... (CBS News)

Tornado warnings issued for Dallas, Fort Worth and surrounding areas of Texas expired by late afternoon but strong winds and hail continued, according to the ...

Meteorologists say the storm produced a "once-in-a-generation" snow in California and Oregon with up to 7 feet accumulating in spots. "Normal operations are resuming after heavy winds and rains moved through our area," the airport told CBS News in a statement Thursday night. [heavy snow in California](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/california-snow-winter-storm-residents-trapped/) moved eastward Thursday, knocking out power to tens of thousands of people and forcing the cancellation of hundreds of flights into and out of Dallas.

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Tornadoes Expected From Texas to Tennessee (The New York Times)

More than 30 million people in the South could experience severe weather on Thursday. The more dangerous storms are not likely to pick up until the ...

This region (sometimes called Ark-La-Tex) is under a “moderate risk” of severe storms, forecasters at the Storm Prediction Center said on Thursday morning. “We get lots of severe weather days during the year, but we don’t typically have this great of confidence combined with the unusually strong storm system.” The last was issued this past Sunday when damaging winds and tornadoes tore through parts of Oklahoma. Some thunderstorms formed already on Thursday morning, but the more dangerous storms were not likely to pick up until the afternoon, forecasters said. More than 400 flights into or out of Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport and Dallas Love Field Airport were canceled on Thursday, according to FlightAware, a flight-tracking website. More than 30 million people in the South could experience severe weather on Thursday.

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Tornadoes, power outages as storm crosses Texas, Louisiana (Associated Press)

DALLAS (AP) — Tornadoes touched down in Texas and Louisiana as a powerful storm system that dumped heavy snow in California pushed through the Southern ...

It was likely to produce snow across the eastern Great Lakes and New England later in the day. National Weather Service teams planned to head out Friday to survey areas for likely tornado damage in the storm’s path, which stretched from southeast Oklahoma into Texas and neighboring Arkansas and Louisiana. Get inside, away from windows!”

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Posibilidad de tornado: estas son algunas medidas preventivas (Univision)

Estamos bajo nivel 2 y 3 de tornados para el jueves. | Univision 62 Austin KAKW | Univision.

- Si te encuentras en un vehículo: Estar en un vehículo durante un tornado no es seguro. Si no puede llegar a un refugio seguro, busca refugio en un área baja como una zanja o un barranco. - En tu trabajo o escuela: debes dirigirte a la ubicación de refugio contra tornados de forma rápida y tranquila. Si estás en una casa rodante, un vehículo o al aire libre, muévete al refugio sólido más cercano y protégete de los escombros voladores. - Un aviso significa que un tornado ha sido avistado o detectado por radar; debes buscar refugio de inmediato. - Una vigilancia significa que es posible la formación de tornados: los tornados son posibles dentro y cerca del área de vigilancia.

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