Reports of tornadoes received by the National Weather Service from April 12 to 13. Note: The actual number of confirmed tornadoes won't be known until the NWS surveys the areas where suspected twisters touched down.
- A severe weather outbreak struck the South from April 12 to 13.
- Numerous tornadoes and widespread damaging winds were reported.
- At least two long-track tornadoes moved across southern Mississippi.
A severe weather outbreak brought dangerous storms with numerous tornadoes and widespread damaging winds to the South from April 12 to 13.
This severe thunderstorm outbreak produced over 600 reports of damaging winds, large hail and tornadoes in parts of the South and East. There were more than 60 reports of tornadoes, but the actual number of confirmed tornadoes won't be known until the National Weather Service surveys the areas where suspected twisters touched down.
For more information on damage reports from the storms, see our full article on impacts at this link.
The National Weather Service issued 141 separate tornado warnings from 7 a.m. CDT Sunday, April 12, to 7 a.m. CDT Monday, April 13, according to Greg Diamond, a weather producer at The Weather Channel. This was the most within the 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. 24-hour period since March 2-3, 2012, according to Daryl Herzmann of the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
National Weather Service tornado warnings issued between 7 a.m. CDT Sunday, April 12, and 7 a.m. CDT Monday, April 13.
(Dina Knightly/weather.com)The National Weather Service reported a large and dangerous tornado in Monroe, Louisiana, at 11:44 a.m. CDT Sunday, April 12. Damage was reported in parts of the city, and a wind gust to 69 mph was clocked at Monroe Regional Airport.
Possible tornado damage was also reported just west of Yazoo City, Mississippi, on the afternoon of Sunday, April 12. At least one shed was destroyed, and power lines were draping over Highway 149, according to WLBT-TV.
Later that afternoon, a long-track tornado was in progress across southern Mississippi, prompting the National Weather Service to issue a series of tornado emergencies. NOAA's Storm Prediction Center issued a mesoscale discussion at 4:27 p.m. CDT estimating that an EF4 to EF5 tornado was likely ongoing. Radar indicated that Bassfield, Seminary, Laurel and Soso, Mississippi, were impacted by the tornado.
A second long-track tornado followed a similar path to that of the first one mentioned above. Soso, Mississippi, was simultaneously under a National Weather Service tornado emergency for both tornadoes. The first tornado was striking the town when the National Weather Service issued the second tornado emergency for the one following behind it. Between the two, tornado emergencies spanned 75 miles across southern Mississippi at 5:30 p.m. CDT Sunday, April 12. Photos out of Soso, Mississippi, showed major damage to the town.
National Weather Service tornado emergencies spanned 75 miles across southern Mississippi at 5:30 p.m. CDT Sunday, April 12.
On the evening of Sunday, April 12, a reported tornado caused damage in Chattooga County, Georgia, where homes and other structures were damaged or destroyed. People were trapped inside their mobile homes in Pennville, Georgia, according to WSB-TV.
Possible tornado damage was also reported that evening in Carbon Hill, Alabama.
Around 11:30 p.m. EDT Sunday, April 12, a large and dangerous tornado was reported just east of Chattanooga, Tennessee, prompting the National Weather Service to issue a tornado emergency. A 62-mph wind gust was recorded in Chattanooga. Widespread damage was reported in East Brainerd.
Severe Weather and Coronavirus: Do I Shelter?
The simple answer: yes.
However, sheltering may be more difficult over the next few months.
"Do not let the virus prevent you from seeking refuge from a tornado," the American Meteorological Society said in a statement issued last Thursday. "If a public tornado shelter is your best available refuge from severe weather, take steps to ensure you follow CDC guidelines for physical distancing and disease prevention."
But you need to know where to go and IF you can go to a shelter BEFORE a storm threatens.
“Most government entities use schools … you can only get so many people in those schools," Steven Still, director of emergency management in New Hanover County, North Carolina, told weather.com.
Of course, many schools are closed during this pandemic, so your normal shelter may not be open. And those shelters that are open may not accept as many people.
In all cases, if you are in a mobile home, absolutely find a different shelter option.
While the Red Cross recently issued new guidelines for maintaining social distance in its shelters, local officials say it's not that easy.
The shelter question extends well beyond tornadic threats. As reported by weather.com’s Jan Wesner Childs, a team at the Union of Concerned Scientists has compared coronavirus projection models from Columbia University with NOAA's most recent spring flood forecast and came to some startling conclusions about which communities are most likely to be hit with both the global pandemic and spring flooding between now and May 31.
A few states have issued their own advice in recent weeks:
Alabama
The Alabama Department of Public Health and the National Weather Service in Birmingham issued a joint statement advising people to go to shelters, as did similar agencies in Mississippi.
"If a warning is issued for your area, you are more likely to be affected by the tornado than the virus," the statement from the Alabama officials said.
But they also noted it's up to county and city governments to decide how and when to open shelters.
"If you rely on public community shelters, now may be the time to explore other options that might keep you safer from severe weather and possibly limit your exposure to COVID-19," the statement said.
Mississippi
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