NWS Forecasters Document Dust Devil

National Weather Service forecasters from Jackson, Mississippi documented a large dust devil in Louisiana. Check out their incredible story and video below!   Two of our forecasters, while driving through northeast Louisiana this afternoon, happened upon the formation of a dust… Posted by US National Weather Service Jackson Mississippi on Thursday, September 24, 2015

Snowstorm Across South Update

  Yesterday, the south experienced one the largest snowstorms in years. These areas have little snow removal equipment leading to serious travel problems…and you though Kentucky was bad! Many areas across the Mississippi valley through North Carolina picked up over a foot of snow! Take a look at some of the snow and travel issues […]

Columbia, Mississippi Tornado Video

Check out this insane video footage of the Columbia, MS EF3 tornado that hit on December 23rd, 2014.  The tornado claimed four lives and injures many others in the process.  There are a couple of Columbia, Mississippi tornado videos out there, however, none are quite this close. This was shot at a Bumper to Bumper […]

Tornado Touches Down in Mississippi

At least four people have died after a tornado touched down in Columbia, Mississippi earlier this afternoon. Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant issued a state of emergency for Marion and Jones counties for additional state resources to help with storm response efforts. According to Marion County officials, a tornado formed in Amite, Louisiana around 2 PM then […]

Rare PDS Severe Thunderstorm Watch Issued

A rare *Particularly Dangerous Situation* Severe Thunderstorm Watch has been issued for portions of the upper Mississippi River Valley until 9 PM CDT. This watch includes the city of Chicago, Illinois. “WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS AND SCATTERED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 80 MPH LIKELY ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE A TORNADO OR […]

Tornado Debris – How Far Can It Go?

Over the course of April 27 and April 28, a severe weather outbreak commenced over the south-central to southeast United States. 107 tornadoes were reported over the course of two days (filtered per SPC).  A few of the tornadoes were rather intense, launching debris from populated regions several miles away. Wx Or Not BG team […]

Tropical Storm Karen Is Official

Earlier this morning, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) upgraded a tropical disturbance in the Gulf to Tropical Storm Karen. This system looks to make landfall Saturday – Sunday along the Gulf coast, with locations in southern Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and the panhandle of Florida receiving the brunt of the impact. The image below is from […]