It proved to be a much more violent day than anticipated and a very memorable day in the Mid South and Mississippi and Ohio Valleys.
The most noteworthy tornadoes of the day killed 24 in Tennessee alone and 1 in Missouri, with an additional death caused by the powerful tornadoes and severe winds that slammed areas further north. It was the deadliest tornado outbreak since May 2003 and produced 66 tornadoes, the most of any day last year.
Of particular note is the Tri State Supercell which devastated part of Randolph and Greene Counties in Arkansas, Dunklin and Pemiscot Counties in Missouri, and then Dyer and Gibson Counties in Tennessee late that afternoon. Numerous other places were hit very hard as well including Christian and Todd Counties in Kentucky, St. Clair County in Illinois, and Woodruff, Cross, and Crittenden counties in Arkansas.
Several sites have some really good info on it.
Personally this was very memorable for me because I was about an hour north of my town at the time visiting with family in Crittenden County, Arkansas and was hit by the storm that went through Woodruff, Cross, and Crittenden Counties before moving into Memphis and fortunately I didn't encounter the tornado although I did get to see a rotating wall cloud which was fascinating yet pretty terrifying at the same time, but the largest hail I've ever seen covered the ground and did a lot of damage to cars and houses. Hail bigger than baseballs started falling as the sirens blared and smashed the windows of cars and even the windows of my aunt's house where I was.
In the days afterwards I was able to see the damage in Cross County and the damage to Caruthersville, MO which was another reminder of nature's power.
Anyways, just thought I'd share and and remind everyone what today was because it was quite an outbreak!
