Mississippi
NWS: Tornado with 110mph winds touched down in Warren County
WARREN COUNTY, Miss. (WLBT) – A tornado producing 110mph winds touched down in Warren County Friday morning, according to the National Weather Service.
The EF1 tornado was 8.5 miles long, ½ mile wide, and lasted 10 minutes near the Warrenton Community.
It began at 4:39 a.m. and ended at 4:49 a.m.
The tornado spawned as intense storms moved across Central Mississippi, leaving thousands without power and killing a man in Canton.
In Warren County, the storm intensified as it moved southeast, snapping and uprooting trees, the NWS reports.
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