Tuesday 16 April 2013

Last week's deadly Mississippi tornado ranks among the longest-tracked on record

Last week's deadly Mississippi tornado ranks among the longest-tracked on record, The deadly tornado that tracked on the ground for nearly 70 miles across portions of east-central Mississippi into western Alabama last week, ranks among the longest-tracked on record in Mississippi history.

The National Weather Service (NWS) in Jackson reported Monday (April 15) that the EF-3 tornado with winds up to 145 mph and a damage path of 68.4 miles long across Kemper and Noxubee counties into Alabama's Pickens County, ranks as the 23rd longest tracked on record to impact the state.

According to the NWS, the tornado tracked on the ground for more than an hour and a half with a 56-mile-long damage path in Mississippi and 12.37-mile-long damage path in Alabama.

Mississippi's longest-tracked tornado on record occurred back on March 3, 1966. This tornado tracked from the Candlestick Park area of Jackson in central Mississippi into western Alabama with a path of 203 miles. Fifty-eight people were killed and more than 500 others were injured in that tornado.

Emergency management officials confirmed one person was killed and five others were injured as the tornado crossed Kemper County with four others injured in Noxubee County.

Gov. Bryant has declared a state of emergency for the impacted counties to expedite the tornado recovery efforts.

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