Most of the damage was reported in Bolivar, DeSoto and Panola and Prentiss counties in north Mississippi. The National Weather Service had issued a tornado warning for Alcorn County, Tishomingo County and several other counties in north Mississippi that didn’t expire until 5 p.m. Saturday. The National Weather Service in Memphis confirmed the tornado moved through shortly after 5:30 p.m. local time. An EF1 tornado starting in Tate County and moving into DeSoto County … For instance, the March 3, 1966 F5 that went through Jackson, Mississippi went through the southern part of the city, not north … One of the tornadoes traveled 202 mi (325 km) across northern and central Mississippi, …
Severe thunderstorms also moved through parts of Tennessee and Alabama. MARSHALL COUNTY, Miss. — A possible tornado caused damage in northern Mississippi on Tuesday, leaving people in Marshall County working to clean up the mess. Having been alive and in the area of some of these tornados, I can attest to the fact that many of the tornado tracks shown on this site are not quite accurate.
-- A suspected tornado heavily damaged a store and other structures Tuesday in northern Mississippi and Alabama as a severe storm system crossed the Deep South, authorities said.