Tag: tornado

What came from Sunday’s severe weather

Here is the information provided Monday night from the National Weather Service in Memphis:

..Kossuth, MS Tornado…

Rating: EF1
Estimated Peak Wind: 100 mph
Path Length /statute/: 2.58 miles
Path Width /maximum/: 100 yards
Fatalities: 0
Injuries: 0

Start Date: 03/15/2026
Start Time: 08:17 PM CDT
Start Location: 1 NNE Kossuth / Alcorn County / MS
Start Lat/Lon: 34.8912 / -88.6302

End Date: 03/15/2026
End Time: 08:20 PM CDT
End Location: 4 NE Kossuth / Alcorn County / MS
End Lat/Lon: 34.9085 / -88.5911

Survey Summary:
An EF1 tornado started just to the west of the intersection of
County Road 636, causing minor roof damage to a home. The tornado
continued east across County Road 602, County Road 616, County
Road 627, and County Road 628, snapping uprooting numerous trees,
downing powerlines, damaging fences, and causing minor roof
damage. Continuing east along Highway 2, the tornado caused minor
damage to roofs of several homes. The tornado then intensified
causing the most extensive damage at a church, removing part of a
roof and blowing out a few windows. The tornado then made its
final trek northeast along County Road 502, causing minor roof
damage to a home before lifting over open fields.

More progress made after Amory tornado

Baseball and softball teams at Amory High School have been playing away games since the 2023 tornado destroyed their fields. However, significant progress has been made toward again allowing those teams to play their games at home.

Construction started earlier this year on new facilities at the original location of those ballfields — construction that was delayed because the city had to wait on federal approval so it could transfer the property to the school district.

The Monroe Journal reported earlier this month work on those ballfields is on schedule,

Baseball and softball seasons for the Panthers will start in February.

Meanwhile, something else will come out of the ground not far from the high school.

A fence now surrounds the property on Highway 25 where the Amory National Guard Armory once stood before the tornado destroyed it.

It appears work has started on the site where the National Guard has plans for its new home to be built.

That home is now being referred to as a readiness center instead of an armory, a move the military made with its facilities several years ago.