SO...Still waiting on all the numbers to come in on this event to offer a Vision Statement, but 5 states were struck very harshly 4 with EF 3 tornadoes damaging and/or destroying and EF2 Tornadoes created harsh damage in the fifth. While five more states received tornadoes in the event, the level of damage between just ANY ONE of the first five listed below starkly contrasts that received in the last five detailed below...and collectively the first FIVE states listed below detail a tragedy of Catastrophic proportion.
LOUISIANA
300 buildings including an airport destroyed in Monroe Louisiana, at least 5 other counties also received tornadoes
MISSISSIPPI
100 homes destroyed in Jefferson County Mississippi ALONE as 29 other Counties in the state are reporting damage which is still being tallied.
TENNESSEE
1000 buildings. in Tenn with 344 homes totally destroyed,
GEORGIA
and an EF 2 that was 1/2 mile wide was on the ground in Georgia for 8 miles damaging 150 homes and totally destroying 35, Another 70 homes were damaged or destroyed in Catoosa Co, Ga. At least 18 more Tornadoes struck Georgia and damages are still being tallied.
20 confirmed Tornadoes
SOUTH CAROLINA
900 buildings in SC were damaged with 111 totally destroyed,
At least 15 confirmed Tornadoes.
At this point 105 tornadoes have been confirmed across 10 states and several governors seeking federal disaster status, rest assured, at least 4 of these governors will likely succeed. 34 fatalities were attributed to tornadoes in these and 2 more to wind related deaths and an 11th state, while not receiving tornadoes did have a wind related fatality.
While 5 other states also received many tornadoes... the FIVE STATES above seem to have sustained the most harsh damage of the 2 day event...and While not downplaying the personal trauma of those directly impacted, the tornadic outbreak destroying homes and buildings in the other 5 states impacted in the 2 day event, saw numbers (still preliminary) which at this point are drastically lower...
ALABAMA
for example had the most confirmed tornadoes in the event, of the 25 tornadoes 5 were F2 and the other 20 were weak EF 0 and Ef 1 events which at this point while damaging some structures claimed no fatalities in the state and thus far, most of the damage seems to have been to trees and power lines. The most significant damage was in Boaz in which dozens of mobile homes received some degree of damage but only 2 were totally destroyed.
TEXAS
5 confirmed weak tornadoes ranging in scale from EF0 and EF1
Damaged approx. 60 homes and businesses and destroyed 11 homes. There was one non-tornado related fatality.
NORTH CAROLINA
12 Tornadoes confirmed in the state of which 6 were weak EF0, 5 were weak EF1 and one was an EF2. There was one non-tornado related fatality. 1 home was destroyed, 1 mobile home spun 180 degrees, a boat damaged, a carport damaged, some metal roofs blown off metal sheds, a couple sheds destroyed and minor roof damage reported. The most significant damage was to a Hog Barn in Onslow Co and another Hog Barn in Washington County (*Note, hog farms are big business in NC and a Hog Barn is a couple million dollars to build). But all in all, less than 2 dozen or so buildings impacted and mostly trees and powerline damage.
FLORIDA
2 EF0 Tornadoes struck, with the most significant damage being to a single structure, the Farmer's Co-Op Building in LIve Oak sustained damage to its warehouse and showroom
MARYLAND
An EF1 touched down in Carroll County, MD downing trees, powerlines, turning over an RV and damaging 2 homes
An EF0 Touched down in Caroline County,MD downing trees.
Later Today
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