The severe side of Winter Storm Walda continued to create problems across the South on Thursday, with a reported tornado causing damage, injuries and a reported death in Mississippi early in the afternoon.
Reports of damage and injuries came from the first tornado warning issued in the Southeast at around 12:00 noon local time on Thursday.
A supercell thunderstorm spawned a tornado in eastern Mississippi, quickly developing a "tornado debris signature" on radar. According to local reports, widespread power outages were observed in DeKalb, Miss., after the storm moved through.
Emergency Managers in Kemper County confirmed one fatality near Liberty from the storm.
"We do know that we have one death being reported, and other injuries in Kemper County," said Greg Flynn, spokesperson for the Mississippi EMA. "We have structural damage and certainly goes without saying that we have power outages."
As the storm tracked north, injuries were reported in Noxubee County, while power lines and trees were snapped near Macon, Miss.
This tornado may have persisted continuously for at least one hour, 19 minutes over a distance of 55 to 60 miles from Kemper County, Miss., to western Pickens County, Ala.
Today's reported death raises the number of total deaths from tornadoes in the U.S. so far in 2013 to three. By this time last year (April 11, 2012), there were 58 deaths attributed to tornadoes.
Tornado watches were issued for parts of six states as of late Thursday afternoon. More advisories are expected to be issued to the east as the system moves.
http://www.wunderground.com/news/severe-weather-news-thursday-20130411
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