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Subscribe to RSSTornadoes ripped through four states Wednesday, killing at least two, as a cold front clashed with warm air, producing unusual weather patterns over a large part of the country. The Weather Channel's Julie Martin reports.
Updated at 9 p.m. ET: Severe thunderstorms continued to threaten Wednesday night along a multi-state line stretching from the Southeast to as far north as the nation's capital, according to The Weather Channel.
The National Weather Service issued tornado watches across large swaths of Georgia, as well as parts of Maryland, Virginia, the District of Columbia, the Carolinas and northwest Florida, through Wednesday night. The Weather Channel warned of thunderstorms with spotty, damaging gusts and low chance of tornado in northeastern Florida and on the east side of the Florida panhandle.
Thirteen tornadoes were confirmed to have blown through the South on Tuesday and Wednesday, according to The Weather Channel -- they touched down in Missouri, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Mississippi and Illinois on Tuesday and Indiana, Tennessee and Georgia on Wednesday.
Earlier Wednesday, a violent tornado that ripped through Adairsville, Ga., killed at least one person, overturned cars, littered Interstate 75 with debris and forced officials to shut down a 10-mile stretch of the road, officials said.
Numerous buildings in nearby Bartow, Ga., some with people inside, were also damaged in the powerful storm, and police have received multiple calls of injuries and trauma, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.
A man was killed in the state when the tornado hit his mobile home, Bartow County officials said.
Eight people went to the hospital with injuries following the storm, officials at Gordon Hospital in Calhoun, Ga., said. The storm also left at least 12,400 without power statewide, utilities providers said.
That twister was only one of a handful that touched down in the South and the Midwest Wednesday, as storms throughout the region caused widespread power outages, structural damages and were blamed for another death in the region.
The National Weather Service also confirmed another twister touched down in Sardis, Miss., heavily damaging homes in Solsberry, Ind.
Earlier, a 47-year-old man in Nashville, Tenn., was killed when a tree fell on a shed he was in, according to local fire department officials.
Amateur video taken from inside a Food Lion store captures a tornado as it tears through Adairsville, Georgia. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.
Meanwhile, in Monticello, Ark., a woman was struck by lightning late Tuesday but only had minor injuries, according to police, and a 32-year-old woman and a 7-year-old boy were treated for minor injuries in Marion County, Ky., the emergency management division reported.
Packing quarter-size hail and powerful winds, the storms also knocked out power to thousands of people throughout the region early Wednesday.
In Memphis, Tenn., more than 13,000 customers lost power as high winds tore down power lines and at least two tornado warnings were issued in the area, but later expired, according to the National Weather Service.
And more than 7,300 Nashville customers were without power, according to Nashville Electric. Utilities reported another 8,000 outages in Arkansas, 7,000 in Mississippi, and nearly 12,000 in Indiana.
In Arlington, Tenn., downed power lines sparked a fast-spreading grass fire that caused the evacuation of a small mental-health facility, Arlington Fire Department Lt. Chad Wiseman said.
"The wind was pushing everything really fast," Wiseman said, adding that gusts reached 50 mph as the fire was burning. "The wind feeds everything. The wind will turn a little grass fire into something that was shooting 15- or 20-foot flames in the air. It looked pretty scary."
The fire was brought under control within an hour, officials said.
A number of factors have helped build the storm system, according to meteorologists. Unseasonably warm, wet air has been pushed up from the Gulf of Mexico by southerly winds, and that is being met by cold air coming in from the Plains via Canada, The Weather Channel’s Chad Burke said, adding that the cold air is being driven eastward by unusually high winds.
"It's not a normal pattern for this time of year," said Burke. "The warm air has changed the dynamic. On the back end of the storm, you have high temperatures in the 50s and 60s in places like Chicago. By tomorrow night, they'll be at 11 (degrees)."
NBC staff writers Vignesh Ramachandran and Isolde Raftery contributed reporting.
The Weather Channel's Jim Cantore joins Brian Williams to discuss the severe weather that has taken a hold of large swaths of the country this week.
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The weather is what it is, no amount of whining is gonna change it.
I don't mind the whining, but I get infuriated when people try and make money off of it. What next, Global Warming Insurance?
IDIOT, you just gave them and idea! :<O
No whining will not, perhaps Republicans should instead listen to Science. Scientists say with a 90% probability that man is responsible for most of the current Global Warming. To the ignorant folks, that doesn't mean the temperature is going to get hotter. It means we will have wild weather patterns, bigger stronger storms etc etc. . Turn off Fox News and read a book on it.
Repubs on the Science Committee say the earth is only 9000 years old.
No, it does not mean bigger storms or more wild weather, wherever do come up with that notion. I would suggest you turn off MSNBC and CNN and read book on it.
"The LORD is Slow to Anger and Great in Power. And Will Not at All Acquit the Wicked. The LORD has HIS Way in the Whirlwind and The Storm. And the Clouds are the Dust of HIS Feet." Nahum 1:3 Mother Nature? Keep Dreaming. HIS Name is YAHWEH and HE is LORD of Heaven and Earth. And for all the atheists who are Trespassing on HIS Land and Stealing HIS Air, HE Controls the Weather. Not sinful man. Glory Be To The ONE Who Made it All, Sustains it All and Rules it All Forever!
Good luck with your religious rant! That is hardly going to help them. Maybe they should have thought twice on the Sandy Victims in Jersey and voting for Reps that have no moral values to speak of. Praying isn't enough....doing and practicing Christianity is a lot different than just talk.
Oh...my...gosh.
Keep your dark age superstition and your creepy desire to be ruled over to yourself, please.
Or at least, don't let it cloud your perception of...you know, reality.
THEIR reality, is THEIR reality. YOUR reality is YOUR reality. Why is it, that non-believers want to put down believers? Are they hurting you? I am a non-believer. But I respect their right to believe.
So what does their belief have to do with the real reality?
The most important question I have is.....what did The Weather Channel name the storm?
Sandy was used twice in two recent events (hint) so that will not be used.
The National Weather Service also confirmed another twister touched down in Sardis, Miss., heavily damaging homes in Solsberry, Ind.
Which is a good trick, since Indiana and Mississippi are about 600 miles apart.
If you don't think weather patterns are changing then you're just not paying attention or in denial. It's a trend toward warming overall and, as someone whose livelihood and life depends on what the weather is doing on an hourly basis as well as on the long run, I can tell you we can expect more violent weather to occur more often due to that warming. It's rare to have fluctuating extremes in temperature that don't cause excessive wind and the potential for tornadoes, wind sheer, white squalls etc. Call it whatever you like...it's happening and will be happening more often.
I don't agree nor disagree. But "some" scientist say there is global warming. Some disagree. In a few hundred years the earth "may" be a few degrees warmer. So why is everyone arguing? They will not be around to see it either way. Unless you are Al Gore. His heirs will still be enjoying all the money he has made off of this "science".
This "more wilder weather more often" is lie simply not true and has no basis in fact. It might be some body's theory that this might occur, but it is not scientific reality..
i live in the mountains and its usually 30 to 40 degrees here this time of year. today it was 69. call it whatever you like but i call it comfortable.
Not one @!$%#ing dime for the red-neck, hillbilly white trash. They can all @!$%# off and die down there. Tell them to get out their bibles and pray for help. NJ doesn't give a @!$%# what happens to them.
But how do you really feel about it?
Hey what a coincidence. We couldn't give a flying *%&r#*e$r what happens to NJ either. We'll get by just fine without your (&%**# help. This is GA, not New Orleans, and not that cesspool that collects NYC's sewerage either.
Brenda's; Alpha, sierra, sierra, hotel, oscar, lima, echo!
Go ahead, piss the rednecks off....... You're on thin ice as it is!!
And that is why NJ has a bad name, because of folks like you. UGLY pure UGLY
they have already restored power and began cleanup in the effected areas in TN. and we did it without federal help and without sitting in tents for a month waiting on nanny president to bust a move. wow. i guess it must be the work ethic here. to bad you dont have that up north. but im sure if you wait long enough someone will come and DO THE WORK FOR YOU.
Because in the South we are not lazy, we work and get it done. PERIOD I got hit by a tornado back In April of last year. I did not even ask the insurance company to pay for it. We just cleaned up the trees off the house and moved on. The North just looks for freebies.
The communities mobilized and did an incredible job when the storms hit in 2011. I'm sure we received aid, but I don't remember all of the locals wailing on the news about not getting any aid. The churches mobilized and raised money and food and clothing for those affected. There were crews going around helping get trees and other debris off houses. Within a very short time local help was organized and the cleanup was very orderly. It was an event that brought out the best in everyone. Obviously - given all of the posts on here from the stinkheads that live in places like NJ - that kind of community doesn't exist in their own places and all they have to spit vitriol over is us asking for FEMA aid when we seldom ask for it anyway. Yet they act like they are the pious better people than Southerners are. Please. We sent tons of money, assistance and people when the disasters up North happened - particularly after 911. So go choke on your own bile you filthy bunch of hypocrite Northerners.
you can have tornadoes at any time....to those who did not know but i feel sorry for those that lost it all homes, vehicles, work sites, life's.
Why is tornado alley in the path of RED states? Makes one wonder just whose side is God on. Don't mess with God, he is pissed and extremely so with RED states. Poor suckers.
Yeah, I've heard this one before too. When a storm hits a red state, it is God's wrath. But when it hits a cesspool like NJ, it is just weather.
Hey KC - You ever live in NJ? I do. I wonder what backwater swamp you live in. NJ has some of the best schools in the country (we pay enough taxes for them). I can guarantee I pay more in income taxes than you gross in a year. We more than pay our fair share and never a complaint about helping other states but the ONE time we need it, Speaker Bonehead just walks off the floor.
there in is the difference. you NEED THE HELP. cant do it yourself. excuse me...WONT do it yourselves.
Hey catthepat, no I have never lived in NJ - definitely by choice -as I've been to the state many times. You can make 10 times more money than me, and I will still be living the better life for not living there. I'm sure NJ has some nice places, if you drive far enough, but nice places are the norm in the South. And if you believe what you say, then why don't you read some of the posts above ours and see what other Northern people have to say about Southerners. If you were as educated as you seem to think you are, then you would not have idiots posting about Southerners being a bunch of redneck hillbillies. We pay our fair share too, but you won't see these communities wailing about needing help.
I sure hope they don't ask for any Federal help or FEMA as they aren't going to get it. Any of these Red states elected officials who didn't vote for Sandy Aid are on their own. While I certainly hope no one is hurt or injured, perhaps a month with no electricity or water will get these folks to vote for better Reps. Perhaps someone with morals. The current Republicans are severely lacking in t hat department.
Many of the victims of Sandy still have no services and many of them are living in tents for 3 months now. Watch the NY news and it's unconscionable that we send billions of aid to other countries and we have taxpaying citizens living in tents.
Chambliss better not ask for any federal funds. He voted against relief money for Hurricane Sandy victims.
The National Weather Service also confirmed another twister touched down in Sardis, Miss., heavily damaging homes in Solsberry, Ind.
Sooooo...a tornado in Miss. damaged homes in Ind.?
Pray.
REPUKES are so evil THEIR OWN GOD Destorys their way of life!!!!
Funny how weather disasters became more-so with Obama in office! I'm not saying they're more frequent, it's just you hear much more how incompetent his policies and adminestration is, dealing with them!!
Hey,,,,,you-all voted him in...... "Enjoy!!"
Next time, put the adults in charge!!
It's funny how your hate has clouded your perception. It's starting to consume you where it is the only thing that defines you. I feel very sorry for you that your world is so awful.
Bush let New Orleans drown... enough said.
No, that was Mayor Nagin's and the Guv's refusal of federal aid that caused that problem. Remember all the flooded yellow school buses. 'Nuff said.
I voted Obama. =)
"The National Weather Service also confirmed another twister touched down in Sardis, Miss., heavily damaging homes in Solsberry, Ind."
I wonder how a twister that touched down in Miss. damaged homes in Ind.? :)
KC-1135148 The South is always the first to help. We are here ready to help if you need us in SC
God Bless and be safe!
Confederate trash
Confederate trash? That's what we call Northerners that move to the South. Northerners are like hemorrhoids - when they come down and go back up, they're not so bad. It's when they come down and stay that they're a pain in the a**.
Carol, you're kind thoughts are appreciated. Generosity and community are things idiots like Trantham wouldn't understand.
Let's see how many red state senators deny emergency funding to their red state brethern.
That.s the night that the lights went out in Georgia.
com'on people, my God, we are all American's, when one is hurt we all are hurt, why are we always fighting one another
And why did Speaker Bonehead walk out of the House without ever presenting the Sandy Aid Bill? It's been more than 3 months and there are people still living in tents. We send billions in aid to other countries while our people live in tents.
Senator Boner has already submitted a bill for 50 billion in aid for the victims of the tornado.
REPUKES ARE NOT AMERICANS. They have taken to many real American lifes with their guns.
Any Party of the South will ALWAYS BE TRATIORS
Why did this article bring about so many angry, ignorant comments? Some people need to get a life.
because michelle a certain segment of our culture is swoon not to think, not to see, not to reason - just believe in praying and angels and go along with what corporations and fox news tells you what is so... and throw hate and indifference in the mix - and really whats to like - AND THEY WILL TAKE US ALL DOWN WITH THEM - they are told to not believe in the hoax of climate change while everyday it is happening right in fron t of their eyes - but talking snakes and people coming back from the dead from a silly book written two thousand years ago - that they swallow whole - priceless
your comment doesnt even make sense
Fred is a good example of the what he is trying to talk about.
fred-2553568
Unfortunately to the deniers ignorance is bliss. If they don't except that it is happening they can keep their heads buried in the sand and not have to deal with it. It is their children that will suffer the consequences and be left with a dead planet. All we can do is take the steps we feel are necessary to fix the damage and pray that the nay-sayers will either die off or realize that they need to change before it's to late.
thank you saturn - and dougie - my comments make sense to saturn - thats enough for me - some people just dont get it
Raining & Slushy snow by the buckets, tons of rain in my street & the canal is still dry? Anyways did anyone else catch his phrase, Delightful fall weather? Is a day away from February Fall? Guess I don't know my seasons anymore.
Georgia's Senators voted against aid for Sandy. It will be a cold day in Hell before they should get a dime of our tax dollars in Georgia.
And the bad weather from GOD starts for 2013. Can't wait to see what major catastrophe's will be bigger and worst then 2012 and 2011. Remember the earthquake in D.C. on our National Mounuement. GOD is taking to us and the leader of of Nation and most Americans are not listening and turning their back to GOD.
Well you can say all you want on Man mades stupid ideals on why and at the end of this year (12.21.13), I will say.............................................told you so. TP MAN 10101, IS NEVER WEONG on this !
If you are going to complain about who "DENIED" Storm Sandy victims...get your facts straight...The GOP denied all the pork that was added. They NEVER denied help for the victims. They wanted the people helped, just not all the crap that the Dems added, that had nothing to do with the storm. They agreed, wholeheartedly, to help, just not all the other garbage. To be honest both parties do this, so until that stops, there will always be one party or the other denying something. Just to make political points, the party being denied, starts screaming. And for non-believers that make snide comments about wasting our time in the South "praying", why do you care? I am not a believer. However, I think people still have the right to their own beliefs. I see so much anger and hatred for religious people today. Why are people angry? They do not have to believe or participate.