We got a little more than we wanted today when we asked for some more rain. There a tornado outbreak in northern Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky, up through Illinois, Indiana and other Mid-West states. West Tennessee only suffered minor damage this morning and stronger storms built up as they moved into Middle Tennessee this afternoon. I am not sure how the other states fared except Kentucky had some trees blown down and power outages.
I live in an area that has been commonly referred to as "Dixie Alley." While Tornado Alley run from roughly from Nebraska down through Texas, Dixie Alley runs from Kentucky to Louisiana and across Arkansas eastward through Georgia. Unlike the spring storms of Tornado Alley, Dixie Alley can have tornadoes forming at any time during the year. Some of our more dangerous occur between October through March. Then, we join with Tornado Alley to have more storms from April through June. Suffice to say, we can have a tornado at any time of the year.
The most recent tornado outbreak in West Tennessee that was really dangerous was in February 2008. Included is a video of the damage that occurred in Memphis, and Jackson Tennessee that centered on Union University. This tornado was estimated to be an F5. In May 2003, Jackson was hit with two tornadoes, an F4 and an F3. Damage was widespread.
When the sirens go off, Tennessee listens.
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