The Delta Democrat-Times from Greenville, Mississippi • Page 16

Stoneville log Diary of a mad tornado When John Hursh looked at the weather wire at the Environmental Science Services Administration office at Stoneville, he couldn't believe his eyes. The wire, which began running at 2:30 a.m. Monday, showed more tornadoes sighted in Mississippi than in three decades. Hursh, chief meteorologist at Stoneville, released the wire copy to the Delta Democrat-Times today. It illustrates, in terse words, the magnitude of the disaster: The following are reports as received and reported by the Jackson Weather Service of these reports are confirmed but many are not many of these reports are not confirmed.

The first servere thunderstorm was indicated by radar at 9:45 a.m. CST just west Of Oeveland. 11:45 Cleveland Police Dept. reported sighting a tornado 6 miles south west of Cleveland. 12:10 cloud north of Tutwiler.

12:22 cloud reported at Drew. 2:35 cloud reported 5 miles east of Senatobia. 2:50 sighted at Delhi La. 3:35 indicated by radar just southwest of Ruleville. 3:55 cloud 4 miles west of Rolling Fork.

4:00 cloud just northeast of Drew. 4:08 reported at Drew. 4:13 cloud 12 miles southwest of Clarksdale. 4:15 aloft just west of Tutwiler. 4:16 just north of Webb.

4:20 miles northeast of Rolling Fork. 4:25 Miss, requested ambulance. 4:25 reported at Fitter. 4:25 on ground 6 miles west of Isola moving toward Greenwood. 4:00 3 miles southwest of Tutwiler.

4:00 of damage in Rome. 1 injuries. 4:20 miles northeast of Rolling Fork. 4:31 8 miles east of Anguilla. 4:45 3 miles southwest of Belzoni.

4:55 6 miles north of Clarksdale. 5:00 7 miles south of Community blown fatalities and numerous ambulances coming to Belzoni hospital. 5:05 indicated by radar 20 miles southwest of Greenwood. 5:10 of homes destroyed in Mattson Community southwest 01 Clarksdale. 5:10 received tornado at destruction.

5:20 went just west of Greenwood. 5:23 indicated by radar 8 miles north of Edwards. 5:30 indicated by radar at Hernando. 5:35 8 miles north of Edwards. 5:34 cloud 9 miles northwest of Holcomb.

5:45 indicates tornado 13 miles north of also one 6 miles southeast of Grenada. 5:55 just west of Flora. 5:58 funnel clouds reported at Inverness moving toward Ittabena. 6:00 indicates tornado 6 miles southeast of Yazoo City. 6:13 torando reported 20 miles south of Natchez.

6:20 6 miles southeast of Yazoo City. 6:20 reported southwest of Jackson. 6:25 cloud reported over Jackson. 6:43 funnel clouds west of Jackson. 6:39 indicates tornado 3 miles east northeast of Utica.

6:54 reported on ground 3 miles south of Clinton. 7:08 cloud in southwest Jackson. 7:10 indicated by radar 8 miles west southwest of Clinton. 7:10 indicates tornado 8 west southwest of Canton. 7:10 at Florence.

7:20 indicates tornado 3 miles west southwest of Florence. 7:23 in west Oxford. 7:22 miles west of Oxford. 7:35 cloud and high winds in McLauring Shopping Center just east of Jackson. 8:00 cloud 2 miles south of Brandon.

8:30 in hurricane community in Pontotoc house destroyed. 8:30 cloud 1 mile.south of Carthage. 8:50 cloud mile south of Magee. 7:42 received of 14 housetrailers destroyed at Oxford. 8:40 County line and one between Holly Springs and Ashland.

Seven injuries. 9:30 cloud between Starkville and Ackerman. NATIONAL WEATHER -Wednesday night will find snow flurries over the Northern and mid Rockies, while light rain and drizzle will develop in the Gulf coastal area. Clear and pleasant to partly cloudy skies should dominate the remainder of the nation. No major temperature change is expected from last night.

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