Category: outbreak

Recap of Severe Weather and Flooding Event – April 2-5, 2025

April 12, 2025

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Erik Proseus

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event recap, NWS, outbreak, severe thunderstorms, tornado

Recapping an historic sequence of heavy rain and severe storm events in early April 2025.
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The Top 11 of ’11: Mid-South weather stories from MWN (part 5)

December 31, 2011

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Erik Proseus

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flooding, mississippi river, outbreak, top 11, tornado

Here we go! The top 2 Mid-South weather stories of 2011 are revealed below. To read about the other 9, follow the links below: Part 1 (#11 Aurora Borealis appears in Mid-South skies, #10 MWN at the forefront of social media nowcasting, #9 Addition of key team members helps MWN expand it’s presence) Part 2…
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Recap of April 27-28 tornado outbreak

April 30, 2011

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Erik Proseus

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alabama, outbreak, tornado

AP Photo, Tuscaloosa, AL A tidal wave of information is available on the web and in the media surrounding what has become the deadliest tornado outbreak since the Great Depression (surpassing even the 1974 Super Outbreak). There are so many sources and information, especially with regards to numbers, that it is nearly impossible to keep…
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Spring severe weather season well underway – another round on the way

April 18, 2011

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Erik Proseus

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outbreak, severe weather, tornado

April 14-16, 2011 will go down in the history books for the devastating tornado outbreaks that occurred over at least 17 states from Oklahoma and Kansas to Mississippi and Alabama to North Carolina. Fortunately, the worst of the weather missed the Mid-South, though severe storms affected portions of the area Friday. The map below, courtesy…
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Remembering the Super Tuesday Outbreak in the Mid-South

February 5, 2009

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Erik Proseus

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outbreak, super tuesday, tornado

It was one year ago today that many Mid-Southerners were placing their votes on Super Tuesday with the threat of severe weather hanging over the region. That threat became reality late in the afternoon when the first tornado warning for Shelby County was issued as a tornado set down near Arlington and tore through NE…
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