Friday, April 15, 2011

CSW BREAKING: No Fatalities Reported Due to Tornado in Metro Jackson MS


Monitoring live broadcasts from Jackson MS TV station WLBT-3- there are reports of at least 2 fatalities and at least several unknown-severity injuries as a tornado roared across northwest through northeastern parts of Metro Jackson Friday morning.

As of 1:15 p.m.- WLBT reports "7" persons had been taken to Jackson-area hospitals- and some of those injuries were life threatening.


That number of injured stood at 8 Friday evening according to area press reports.



However- no other media outlets were confirming fatalities as of 1:45 p.m. and no one had yet died as a reult of the tornado.



This appears to be a long-track tornadic supercell that began in northeastern Louisiana near Vicksburg MS and has continued to move northeast toward the Alabama state line.



The tornado began around 10:45 a.m. in far western Metro Jackson- then the storm moved across Clinton and into north Jackson just after 11 a.m..


A tornado producing damage was also reported in the Ross Barnett reservoir area.














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