Severe WX March 23-25th, 2023

[tornado examiner]

Very very bad damage in amory. At least EF3.
I'm in the middle of it. We have already transported several injured to nmmc.
Two fatalities so far.

What?

 

[tornado examiner]

At least 14 dead in Mississippi now.

Deleted tweet

 

[Equus]

Another source?



CNN confirmed 11 a bit ago apparently so looks legit and unfortunately climbing

 

[andyhb]

Here's that tweet, looks like it got modified.

 

[Equus]

Article listing locations

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/14-dead-as-destructive-tornado-storms-batter-mississippi-officials-say

 

[Smokedevil]

What?

Yup. Amory ms. It's bad. Very bad.

 

[tornado examiner]

Yup. Amory ms. It's bad. Very bad.

Are homes leveled?

 

[Taylor Campbell]

Tonight was sad. The destruction I saw in the Rolling Fork/Silver City area was immense. I imagine daylight views and news will only be more gruesome.

 

[UK_EF4]

The area just to the SW of Amory where the tornado seemed to peak on velocity scans unfortunately seems to have quite a few houses. Hopefully none of them sustained a direct hit.

 

[andyhb]

This video has a close-up view of the lights that were discussed earlier orbiting the tornado. Go about 1:38 in.

 

[Smokedevil]

Are homes leveled?

What I saw was partial destruction of brick homes, ie, a wall or two still standing, most or all of roofs gone, etc.
I saw a recently built chevron gas station leveled Tho.

 

[Smokedevil]

The area just to the SW of Amory where the tornado seemed to peak on velocity scans unfortunately seems to have quite a few houses. Hopefully none of them sustained a direct hit.

Just came through there. 45 was closed due to debris on the roadway.
We had to detour to get back to our ambulance station.

 

[tornado examiner]

This video has a close-up view of the lights that were discussed earlier orbiting the tornado. Go about 1:38 in.

I really do think those are car or truck lights…

 

[Equus]

Y'know, we saw a similar weird light in the Arabi tornado iirc, part of me almost wonders if we're dealing with some sort of odd electrical phenomenon or something

 

[Taylor Campbell]

This video has a close-up view of the lights that were discussed earlier orbiting the tornado. Go about 1:38 in.

This shows the object much better. Thank you. I was able to identify it in the other video after this one. That’s an incredibly wild scene. Cars get hurled by violent tornadoes and that likely could have been one. The only thing I didn’t see after the stall at the top like in the movie Twister was the explosion when it hits the ground.

 

[buckeye05]

Take with a grain of salt but I have CNN on at work, and they’re reporting a death toll of 19.

 

[andyhb]

What I saw was partial destruction of brick homes, ie, a wall or two still standing, most or all of roofs gone, etc.
I saw a recently built chevron gas station leveled Tho.

Do you know where this is in town? Highway 25 (Highland Drive)?

 

[notsoencrypted]

I am dreading the daylight photos... The damage already looks so significant even in the darkness. I also do not envy the NWS staff who will be doing the surveying after this.

 

[andyhb]

Take with a grain of salt but I have CNN on at work, and they’re reporting a death toll of 19.

If the toll from the Rolling Fork tornado surpasses 16, it would be the deadliest in MS since 1971 (Smithville killed 16 in MS, 7 in AL).

 

[Smokedevil]

Do you know where this is in town? Highway 25 (Highland Drive)?

Several areas. From hwy 278 on the west side of town, to highway 25 on the northeast side.
The damage path looked to be at least half a mile wide, but it was dark. And I was more focused on survivors/patients.