Power Outage in Tallulah, LA

Power line downed west of Tallulah.

Power line downed off of Highway 80.

A power pole was blown down, and a tractor shed was damaged near Tallulah.

Multiple trees and power lines were blown down near Waverly.

This tornado started on the south side of Tallulah near Mississippi Street and Clinton Street and tracked northeast. Initial damage was a combination of downed or damaged trees along with several homes having minor to moderate roof damage from shingle loss. One home had a large tree through it. Intensity increased quickly as the tornado crossed Johnson Street and moved into the area of Tallulah Academy and the ballpark. The school took a direct hit with a large section of the roof taken off and some peeled back. While the outer walls remained intact, damage was noted on the eastern side of the building. Along Wood Street, several mobile homes were damaged with one heavily damaged from being pushed off the blocks. Other homes on the south side of the street sustained various degrees of roof damage along with downed power lines. The ballpark took a direct hit, and several metal buildings there were heavily damaged. Also, large sections of fencing were torn down. The tornado continued across Silver Cross Cemetery where more trees were downed, and the brick archway was demolished. The tornado then moved across an open field as it approached the south side of Tallulah Airport. In the field, 12 power poles were taken down. Further down across Airport Road, an irrigation pivot system was flipped. As the tornado crossed|Thomastown Road, several trees were damaged and a large metal tractor shed was demolished. The tornado then continued across open fields and crossed the Mississippi River where tree damage was noted on either side. The tornado then continued into the Eagle Lake community. Multiple structures were damaged in the 1500-1700 blocks with a metal roof blown off and metal structures damaged. Multiple trees were downed along with power lines. Damage to trees was noted on the tree line as the tornado moved into the wooded area then dissipated. Total path length was 17.3 miles, and peak winds were 115 mph.

This tornado started on the south side of Tallulah near Mississippi Street and Clinton Street and tracked northeast. Initial damage was a combination of downed or damaged trees along with several homes having minor to moderate roof damage from shingle loss. One home had a large tree through it. Intensity increased quickly as the tornado crossed Johnson Street and moved into the area of Tallulah Academy and the ballpark. The school took a direct hit with a large section of the roof taken off and some peeled back. While the outer walls remained intact, damage was noted on the eastern side of the building. Along Wood Street, several mobile homes were damaged with one heavily damaged from being pushed off the blocks. Other homes on the south side of the street sustained various degrees of roof damage along with downed power lines. The ballpark took a direct hit, and several metal buildings there were heavily damaged. Also, large sections of fencing were torn down. The tornado continued across Silver Cross Cemetery where more trees were downed, and the brick archway was demolished. The tornado then moved across an open field as it approached the south side of Tallulah Airport. In the field, 12 power poles were taken down. Further down across Airport Road, an irrigation pivot system was flipped. As the tornado crossed|Thomastown Road, several trees were damaged and a large metal tractor shed was demolished. The tornado then continued across open fields and crossed the Mississippi River where tree damage was noted on either side. The tornado then continued into the Eagle Lake community. Multiple structures were damaged in the 1500-1700 blocks with a metal roof blown off and metal structures damaged. Multiple trees were downed along with power lines. Damage to trees was noted on the tree line as the tornado moved into the wooded area then dissipated. Total path length was 17.3 miles, and peak winds were 115 mph.

This tornado started on the south side of Tallulah near Mississippi Street and Clinton Street and tracked northeast. Initial damage was a combination of downed or damaged trees along with several homes having minor to moderate roof damage from shingle loss. One home had a large tree through it. Intensity increased quickly as the tornado crossed Johnson Street and moved into the area of Tallulah Academy and the ballpark. The school took a direct hit with a large section of the roof taken off and some peeled back. While the outer walls remained intact, damage was noted on the eastern side of the building. Along Wood Street, several mobile homes were damaged with one heavily damaged from being pushed off the blocks. Other homes on the south side of the street sustained various degrees of roof damage along with downed power lines. The ballpark took a direct hit, and several metal buildings there were heavily damaged. Also, large sections of fencing were torn down. The tornado continued across Silver Cross Cemetery where more trees were downed, and the brick archway was demolished. The tornado then moved across an open field as it approached the south side of Tallulah Airport. In the field, 12 power poles were taken down. Further down across Airport Road, an irrigation pivot system was flipped. As the tornado crossed|Thomastown Road, several trees were damaged and a large metal tractor shed was demolished. The tornado then continued across open fields and crossed the Mississippi River where tree damage was noted on either side. The tornado then continued into the Eagle Lake community. Multiple structures were damaged in the 1500-1700 blocks with a metal roof blown off and metal structures damaged. Multiple trees were downed along with power lines. Damage to trees was noted on the tree line as the tornado moved into the wooded area then dissipated. Total path length was 17.3 miles, and peak winds were 115 mph.

Up to 1 inch of sleet and snow fell before a transition to freezing rain through the afternoon and evening. Around 0.50 inches of ice accumulated, which downed trees, limbs, and power lines across the parish. Slick roads and scattered power outages occurred during the storm.

A tree was blown down on a house on Wyche Street in Tallulah. Power lines and large limbs were also down across the parish. A 52 mph wind gust was measured on a private weather station near Tallulah.

A tree was blown down onto a power line along Poplar Street.

A tree was blown down onto a power line.

Trees and power lines were blown down across Madison Parish.

Trees and power lines were blown down across Madison Parish.

Power poles were blown down.

Power lines were blown down along Sam Vilardo Road along with a few trees blown down along Highway 602.

A tree was down at Pilgreen Vail Road near Highway 577. Another tree fell on a power line on Highway 577.

Several power lines were blown down in Tallulah.

A few power lines were blown down.

Several trees and some power lines were down.

A few trees and power lines were down.

Trees and power lines were blown down across portions of the parish.

Over a half inch of ice accumulated on trees and power lines in southwest Madison Parish. All of the parish saw ice accumulations of at least one quarter inch.

A few trees were blown down on Highway 602 near Tallulah, as well as near Thomastown. A power line was blown down in Tallulah as well.

A few power lines were blown down.

Multiple trees were blown down across the parish between the afternoon of the 29th and mid day on the 30th. A few trees fell on power lines causing sporadic power outages, and a few roads were blocked by fallen trees.

Numerous trees and power lines were blown down along Route 577 between Bayou Macon Lounge and Waverly. Several metal carports were blown around as well.

Vehicles were blown off US Highway 65 and Interstate 20, to include a tractor trailer that was blown into the median of Interstate 20 at mile marker 171. Two wooden fences were damaged in the area, and a shop on Johnson Street was damaged. Trees and power lines were also blown down across the eastern portion of Madison Parish.

Multiple trees and power lines were blown down in Tallulah.

Several trees and power lines were blown down in the western portion of the parish.

Several trees and power lines were blown down in Mound.

An outflow boundary from a nearby storm blew trees and power lines down. Power outages were reported until late in the evening in Tallulah. Quarter size hail fell east of Tallulah near Tendal.

Roughly 20 trees were blown down across roads along with several power lines down. A couple trees were down on homes with eight other homes sustaining shingle damage.

Roughly 20 trees were blown down across roads along with several power lines down. A couple trees were down on homes with eight other homes sustaining shingle damage.

A few trees and power lines were blown down.

Sleet and freezing rain began falling across the parish during the early morning hours causing a few traffic accidents during the morning commute. By the evening up to a half inch of ice had accumulated on tree limbs, power lines and other elevated surfaces. Several trees had fallen, and power outages were being reported just south of Monticello by 7:00pm.

The start of the long-track violent tornado began around 6 miles west of Tallulah, just to the south of I-20. This tornado did not waste any time becoming strong and quite wide as it downed a few high tension truss towers on the south end of I-20. As the tornado crossed the interstate, a tractor-trailer was flipped over and thrown opposite of the initial traveling direction. The driver of the truck was injured as this occurred. The tornado then traveled quickly northeast and crossed Highway 80 and Willow Bayou Road, just to the northwest of Tallulah. Here, several homes were heavily damaged along with several vehicles and tractors damaged.||The tornado continued to the northeast and crossed Highway 65 and then tracked across the Mississippi River and into far northwest Warren County at Eagle Lake. This tornado destroyed a chemical plant near Highway 65 and the Mississippi River levee, in the community of Omega. A few rail cars were rolled off the track at this location and a large crane was flipped over and destroyed. Several storage tanks were severely damaged as well at this location.||The tornado produced mainly EF3 and EF2 damage across Madison Parish with maximum winds around 155 mph. Timber and power line damage along the path was substantial with dozens of power lines taken down along with thousands of trees snapped and uprooted.

The start of the long-track violent tornado began around 6 miles west of Tallulah, just to the south of I-20. This tornado did not waste any time becoming strong and quite wide as it downed a few high tension truss towers on the south end of I-20. As the tornado crossed the interstate, a tractor-trailer was flipped over and thrown opposite of the initial traveling direction. The driver of the truck was injured as this occurred. The tornado then traveled quickly northeast and crossed Highway 80 and Willow Bayou Road, just to the northwest of Tallulah. Here, several homes were heavily damaged along with several vehicles and tractors damaged.||The tornado continued to the northeast and crossed Highway 65 and then tracked across the Mississippi River and into far northwest Warren County at Eagle Lake. This tornado destroyed a chemical plant near Highway 65 and the Mississippi River levee, in the community of Omega. A few rail cars were rolled off the track at this location and a large crane was flipped over and destroyed. Several storage tanks were severely damaged as well at this location.||The tornado produced mainly EF3 and EF2 damage across Madison Parish with maximum winds around 155 mph. Timber and power line damage along the path was substantial with dozens of power lines taken down along with thousands of trees snapped and uprooted.

There were a number of power outages due to limbs down on power lines. Numerous limbs were down across Old Highway 80.

There were a number of power outages due to limbs down on power lines. Numerous limbs were down across Old Highway 80.

Tropical storm force winds occurred across Madison Parish as the outer edges of Hurricane Gustav moved across southern and central Louisiana. Many trees and several power lines were blown down, especially across the southwest half of the parish.

Several trees and power lines were blown down.

Several trees and power lines were blown down.

Several trees and a few power lines were blown down across the central portions of Madison County.

Several trees and a few power lines were blown down across the central portions of Madison County.

A few trees and power lines were blown down.

Numerous trees and a few power lines were blown down along East Bear Lake Road. Some trees were down on 3 homes and 1 on a vehicle.

Trees and power lines were blown down across the parish.

Trees and power lines were blown down across the parish.

The wind storm that moved out of eastern Richland Parish continued eastward into Madison Parish and caused significant damage from around Tendal to Tallulah. A few hundred trees were blown down along with dozens of power lines and power poles. In Tallulah, the hardest hit area of town was between the railroad tracks and the interstate. Many large trees were blown down, some on homes, along with more power lines.

Several trees and a few power lines were blown down around town.

A few power lines were blown down.

The rear flank downdraft of a supercell thunderstorm blew down several trees and power lines in Waverly. A portion of US Highway 80 was blocked by the trees and power lines. Also in Waverly, a few homes sustained damage to roofs and siding.

Numerous large limbs were blown down across town. A few of these large limbs downed power lines.

A few powerlines were blown down.

Several trees and power lines were blown down.

Several complexes of strong to severe storms developed during the afternoon. This was aided by instability from daytime heating along with mesoscale processes from outflow boundaries combined with a moist air mass. The severe storms produced damage in the form of blown down trees and power lines.

A powerful spring storm system brought a multi-day severe weather outbreak across a large portion of the country during the April 27-30 time frame. This outbreak started across the Central Plains on the 27th and slowly migrated eastward over the following two days. A large tornado outbreak occurred across the Lower MS River & TN River Valleys on the 28th. The event was capped on the 30th with additional severe weather and a historic flash flooding/heavy rain event along the AL, FL gulf coast where rainfall totals peaked between 15-25 inches!||Across the NWS Jackson, MS forecast area, the tornado outbreak on the 28th was the main event. This event was driven by a classic severe weather pattern with a strong fast moving jet stream and a deep surface cyclone over the central plains. These features helped to produce strong wind shear in the atmosphere which in turn combined with rich gulf moisture and set up a volatile atmospheric mix. Multiple supercell thunderstorms developed during the afternoon/evening and produced many instances of damaging wind and large hail along with multiple tornadoes. The most devastating tornado was the EF-4 which tore a path across NE Leake, the corners of Attala/Neshoba counties, and through the heart of Winston County where the city of Louisville was especially hard hit. This tornado was on the ground for 34.3 miles and resulted in 10 fatalities and many injuries. Other hard hit counties were Lowndes, Rankin, Hinds, Scott, Newton, Montgomery, Warren and Jones. Each of these counties experienced at least one tornado, some multiple tornadoes. Overall, 21 tornadoes were confirmed across the forecast area. Of these tornadoes, 3 were rated EF-3, 3 rated EF-2, 12 rated EF1 and 2 rated EF-0.

A hot humid air mass led to a few strong to severe thunderstorms that moved over portions of northeast Louisiana during the late afternoon of the thirteenth. These storms produced wind damage in the form of blown down trees and power lines. A measured gust of 49 mph was recorded at an airport east of Tallulah.

A large damaging supercell thunderstorm developed and tracked east across a portion of northeast Louisiana before crossing the Mississippi River into Warren County. This thunderstorm will be referenced as supercell 1 as the narrative describes its evolution and what severe weather it produced during its life.The storm initially developed across far western Richland Parish around 2 pm. As the storm neared the Richland/Franklin Parish line, near Mangham and Archibald, it intensified rapidly and became a supercell thunderstorm. Large hail began falling just east of Big Creek in Franklin Parish along with 60 mph wind gusts. At first the hail was penny to golf ball size but quickly grew larger with tennis ball to baseball sized hail occurring along a swath from extreme northern Franklin Parish, to just south of Delhi in southeast Richland Parish and then into western Madison Parish just south of Waverly and Tendal. Luckily, this very large hail swath occurred across a rural area of these 3 parishes resulting is less property damage. However, the hail swath from the long lived supercell did cause crop damage across the area. The supercell continued to track east across central Madison Parish and through Tallulah. The hail became a bit smaller, but was still quarter to golf ball sized as the storm moved across Tallulah and then across the Mississippi River just north of Mound. Additionally, the rear flank down draft of this supercell downed a few power lines in the town of Delta.