Tornado hits Tupelo, MS

[MississippiMan]

A tornado has hit Tupelo, MS. If anyone on the ground has more info, please share.

Thx...

MM

[Verginius Rufus]

I've heard that Elvis might be dead.

Just goes to show you can't believe everything you hear. Somebody in the postal service wanted to issue an Elvis stamp, so they spread the rumor he was dead so they could issue the stamp.

Didn't Bobbie Gentry's brother marry Becky Thompson and buy a store in Tupelo?

[Red Badger]

You ain’t nuthin but a hound dog!.............

[E Rocc]

Watching from the deathplace of Elvis.

Overshare?

-Eric

[DannyTN]

I was actually behind Elvis in a grocery store here in Nashville a couple of years ago.

Where’s Kim Bassenger when you need her?

[i_dont_chat]

Posting from a city Elvis once visited. Looking for more details.

[republicanequestrian]

The global warming insert: “Last year, no tornadoes were reported in May.”

That aside, I pray everyone is safe.

[Abathar]

LOL!!!

[Man50D]

Just goes to show you can't believe everything you hear. Somebody in the postal service wanted to issue an Elvis stamp, so they spread the rumor he was dead so they could issue the stamp.

I'm glad he's alive. That means he didn't die on my birthday. Now if you could just spread the word so I don't hear about all day.

[Ingtar]

Memphis: where we have celebrations for the death of Elvis and Martin Luther King Jr.

I’ve lived here a long time and never understood that.

(Glad to see that damage to people appears light.)

[MamaB]

I live in N. AL and we have had 2 real doozies of storms. The one in 1974 destroyed a trailer park. We watched on tv when they were being formed. None of the tv stations had radar or generators. After that storm, all have both. In fact, the 3 main networks stay on the air full time when a storm threatens this area. Some complain about missing favorite tv shows but I think it is more important to know when to take cover.

The one in 1989 hit about a mile from here. My husband was coming home from work and just as he went under a traffic light, all electricity was lost in that area. My former choir director was in a store and it was nearly destroyed and the clock stopped about 4:39. I have never seen such damage. Most of a shopping center was hit and one building was totally destroyed. Cars were piled on top of others, trees were down, homes were destroyed, a school was hit but the kids inside were ok. Checks from here were found in eastern TN.

[NerdDad]

Damage to Furniture Market, MDOT building, Lowes, Jim Walter Homes, Scruggs Outdoor. Track took it just north of Tupelo airport. My workplace is righ beside the airport. I have some pics but will have to wait until I am at home and out from behind our firewall to be able to post.

Have not heard any reports of casualties but there was one report that there were people trapped inside of the MDOT building.

[MamaB]

According to the Tupelo newspaper, Building D of the Miss. Complex which is Tupelo Furniture Market’s Miss. Complex was destroyed. That is a very important business for Tupelo since it is where furniture manufacturers come to show off new products. My nephew was in MT and he came there before moving back to MS.

[MamaB]

Nah, 2 men were working inside but they are safe. This is what the newspaper in Tupelo says.

[NerdDad]

We share birthdays.

I was in Air Force basic training when Elvis left the building. Didn’t hear about it until 3 days afterward.

[vetvetdoug]

Some damage but no one was injured..thank God. My friend was in Tupelo when it came through and luck it went down NE Tupelo by Barnes Crossing at Highway 45. The airport suffered some damage as did the furniture display warehouses on the West of town. Send me an email address and I will send you the pictures her friend got together...

It was pretty bad this morning, Alcorn County, Union County, Lee County, Prentiss County, Itawamba County and Tishomingo County were all visited this morning with tornado warnings. Right now the sun is out and its clear....

[rwfromkansas]

I always hate when they say a “storm” or a “storm system” WAS a tornado.

It wasn’t a storm that was a tornado.

It was a storm that SPAWNED a tornado.

Big diff...... The tornado and storm itself are not the same thing. A tornado just comes from the storm sometimes, but not often.

[MamaB]

It looks like that storm is headed my way. TV stations are on full time weather coverage. Thank God for them. It is headed toward Town Creek which is west of Decatur. Schools are being closed in the Huntsville area including Morgan County, Guntersville, etc. The map looks like it is headed toward Athens. Gosh, it looks wicked.

[NerdDad]

Yall keep your heads down over there. This system is packing a mean punch.

Post later to let us know you made it through ok.

[PrairieLady2]

Good Pun!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_p63z8q8Ow

[NormsRevenge]

Take caution!

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