'Spring' Storms Spawn Twisters, Kill 7 in Southeast, Snarl Holiday Travel
- 9 years ago
At least seven people were killed Wednesday as an unusual spring-like storm system wrapped the eastern half of the country in a warm, wet and windy embrace, snarling holiday travel across the region and spinning off more than a dozen tornadoes in the Southeast.
The National Weather Service declared a "particularly dangerous situation" for a wide area spanning eastern Arkansas, northwest Mississippi, northeast Louisiana and western Tennessee for much of the day - the first such warning anywhere in the country in a year and a half.
Most watches and warnings had expired by 8:30 p.m. ET, the National Weather Service said, although a few strong tornadoes were still possible Wednesday night across Middle Tennessee, extreme southern Kentucky and parts of northern Alabama and northeast Mississippi.
The National Weather Service declared a "particularly dangerous situation" for a wide area spanning eastern Arkansas, northwest Mississippi, northeast Louisiana and western Tennessee for much of the day - the first such warning anywhere in the country in a year and a half.
Most watches and warnings had expired by 8:30 p.m. ET, the National Weather Service said, although a few strong tornadoes were still possible Wednesday night across Middle Tennessee, extreme southern Kentucky and parts of northern Alabama and northeast Mississippi.