Mississippi tornado

Coastal Mississippi Healthcare Foundation Pays It Forward, Donates $30,000 to Oklahoma Tornado Survivors

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 16:19:54 GMT

Source: mhanewsnow.typepad.com --- Monday, June 10, 2013
Singing River Health System employees have paid it forward by supporting Oklahoma tornado survivors with a generous donation to Coastal Mississippi Healthcare Foundation (CMHF). The Health System-based charity was a previous recipient of aid following Hurricane Katrina. CMHF raised more than $15,000 for the victims of the Oklahoma tornado disaster. More than 750 Singing River Health System employees, physician partners, patients and their family members donated to this cause. VHA, Inc., a closely affiliated organization who partners with non-profit hospitals, agreed to match the donation dollar-for-dollar, bringing the total raised to $30,000. The money will be donated to the medical employees of the Norman Regional Health System who were affected by the recent storms. The VHA Foundation was a great source of comfort for the employees of Singing River Health System following Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Along with many other organizations, VHA donated money to CMHF after Hurricane Katrina allowing the organization to distribute more than $800,000 to SRHS employees affected by Hurricane Katrina. “When our employees heard the news of the devastating tornadoes in Oklahoma, many immediately responded by saying, let’s pay it forward, and that is exactly what we have been able to do,” said Daniel Shepherd, executive director for Coastal Mississippi Healthcare Foundation. The fundraising drive lasted five days and involved setting up a donatio ...

Tornado Watch Coming for North Mississippi

Tue, 21 May 2013 19:51:35 GMT

Source: valleywx.com --- Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Storms developing over North Mississippi are showing some signs of becoming supercellular in nature – i.e., they’re rotating and getting strong quickly. They have a lot of lightning, heavy rain, and some hail is possible with them this afternoon. Even though Northwest Alabama is not IN the expected watch area, we will be watching everything closely in that area. MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0755 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0242 PM CDT TUE MAY 21 2013 AREAS AFFECTED...ERN AR...WRN TN...NRN MS...MO BOOTHEEL. CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...tornado WATCH LIKELY VALID 211942Z - 212045Z PROBABILITY OF WATCH ISSUANCE...95 PERCENT SUMMARY...TSTMS HAVE RAPIDLY INCREASED IN INTENSITY ACROSS ERN AR AND NRN MS. THE ENVIRONMENT IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY FAVORABLE FOR DMGG WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND PERHAPS A FEW TORNADOES. A WW WILL LIKELY BE COORDINATED SOON WITH LOCAL FORECAST OFFICES. DISCUSSION...NRN SEGMENT OF MCS MOVING ACROSS AR HAS FRAGMENTED ACROSS CNTRL AR...AND IS PROGRESSING NEARLY DUE EWD ACROSS ERN AR. ADDITIONAL MORE DISCRETE STORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS NRN MS. VWP DATA FROM NQA SHOWS FAVORABLY BACKED SFC WINDS WITH VEERING IN THE 0-1 KM LAYER...RESULTING IN 0-1 SRH NEAR 150 M^2 S^-2. ADDITIONALLY...BREAKS IN CLOUDINESS HAVE RESULTED IN TEMPERATURES HEATING UP INTO THE UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S F...RESULTING IN AN INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT. THIS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR LARGE HAIL AND DMGG WINDS...AS WELL AS TORNADOES ESPECI ...

A Mississippi man transformed tornado debris into a sustainable vegetable garden...

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 18:50:42 GMT

Source: www.facebook.com --- Sunday, April 28, 2013
A Mississippi man transformed tornado debris into a sustainable vegetable garden http://bit.ly/17NoVrL ...

Mississippi Storm Spawns Deadly Tornado

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 00:20:21 GMT

Source: www.kake.com --- Thursday, April 11, 2013
The tornado appeared to be at least an EF3, with winds between 136 mph and 165 mph, WAPT reports. ...