![]() ![]() Nine people dead in McNairy County after storms Meanwhile, the National Weather Service in Memphis determined three EF-3 tornadoes touched down on Friday in Covington and Adamsville, Tennessee, and in Wynne, Arkansas, according to the Memphis Commercial Appeal. The Tennessee Emergency Management Agency also confirmed 259 homes damaged by the weather. Nine were in McNairy, three in Shelby, one in Roane, one in Tipton and one in Henry counties, according to a news release Sunday afternoon. The Tennessee Department of Health has confirmed 15 total deaths related to severe weather in five different counties. Additional deaths, EF-3 tornadoes confirmed They were part of a large swath of storms scattered across the Mississippi Valley. The same system resulted in the storms and tornadoes that swept through West Tennessee earlier Friday. Severe storms marched through Middle Tennessee overnight Friday into Saturday morning, triggering thunderstorm and tornado warnings. Please consider becoming a subscriber to help power our ongoing local coverage. the Greater Memphis area and much of West Tennessee's projected window of intense weather activity was estimated between 2 and 6 p.m.Watch Video: Readyville man talks about the Saturday morning, Apstorm. ![]() Residents in the eastern half of Arkansas were to be the first to encounter the line of storms as the system moves from west to east, between 1 and 4 p.m. Many Shelby County and DeSoto County schools dismissed early in favor of avoiding routine dismissal times that would have pitted traffic congestion against wind gusts estimated to reach as high as 50 miles per hour.Įarlier in the day, the federal weather agency predicted how the storm would unfold. Memphis weather radar: Heavy rains, damaging winds and tornadoes possible Wednesday Weather Alert: Schools across the Greater Memphis Area set to dismiss early due to storms MLGW said it had made extensive preparations for storm damage, including bringing in 19 outside crews from Alabama, Louisiana, Illinois, Oklahoma and Texas. As of 6:30 p.m., the Memphis Light, Gas and Water outage map showed 5,925 customers without power.Īs the storm system moved east, stronger winds rocked some East Memphis and East Shelby County neighborhoods and towns.Įarlier, meteorologists advised residents to make arrangements for adequate shelter, to charge electronic devices and prep flashlights for potential power outages. The weather service said the tornado was indicated on radar.Īs of Wednesday afternoon, reported power outages in Shelby County jumped from around 6,100 hundred customers without power at 3:00 p.m. Collierville, Germantown, Capleville, Arlington, Lakeland, Bartlett and Oakland. ![]() The National Weather Service had issued tornado warnings for Memphis. The police department later posted an update on Facebook: "The building has been evacuated and everyone is safe and accounted for." The department told people to avoid the area of Marketplace Drive / Airport Drive and Marketplace Drive / Airways. In north Mississippi, the Southaven Police Department posted on Twitter that a roof had collapsed on a warehouse. "Our public works crews are not working anything," she wrote in a text message shortly after 6 p.m. "No reports of damage or down trees on their end." In Germantown, one of the suburbs in the path of the weather system, all appeared clear, said Jessica Comas, a spokesperson for the city. View Gallery: Severe weather hits Memphis areaĬollierville had some reported thunderstorm wind damage - a large tree down lying across power lines near Holmes Road and Byhalia, said meteorologist Tom Salem with the National Weather Service. ![]()
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