MISSISSIPPI — A large tornado is on the ground in Mississippi. The storm is now screaming NE at 60mph and will be in Tennessee soon. Holly Springs pictured below:
The National Weather Service has issued a tornado emergency for Holly Springs, Mississippi, meaning significant damage is expected from the storm. Tune into your local news stations for information. ( LIVE STREAM HERE )
Good News – Overnight Erika collapsed. It is no longer a Tropical Storm, and does not appear to hold enough of an ability to reformulate.
CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY: All coastal watches and warnings are discontinued. SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT: There are no coastal watches or warnings in effect. Interests in the Bahamas, eastern and central Cuba, and southern Florida should monitor the progress of the remnants of Erika. (more…)
GAINESVILLE TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Creeks, lakes and rivers overflowing their banks isn’t just a problem in the counties in and around Dallas and Fort Worth. The Red River at the Oklahoma-Texas line has risen so high that officials may have to shut down the Interstate-35 corridor.
The river has risen even more since this image was captured. No-one is quite sure, but it’s expected at 43.0 ft. the Red River will actually crest the I-35 road/bridge.
Just after lunchtime Friday, the Red River, which divides Texas from Oklahoma, was observed at 42.02 feet. Twenty-five feet is flood stage. (read more with incredible video footage)
Any readers in the area who are in need of assistance please send us an email and let us know what we can do to assist. We are praying for you all – according to the media weather reports much more rain is forecast for this weekend. Be Safe !!
President Obama has declared a federal disaster area in the State of Texas ahead of more anticipated rains this weekend.
The National Weather Service said a strong cold front will move south and east over the weekend, bringing widespread rain and thunderstorms to much of the United States.
The possibility of heavy rain and flash flooding exists because of unstable air and moisture coming from the Gulf of Mexico.
“The already soaked soils of north Texas will be especially prone to flash flooding,” the weather service said. (link)
HOUSTON (AP) — Floodwaters kept rising Tuesday across much of Texas as storms dumped almost another foot of rain on the Houston area, stranding hundreds of motorists and inundating the famously congested highways that serve the nation’s fourth-largest city.
Meanwhile, the search went on for 30 people who were missing after flooding along the Blanco River in Central Texas, including a group of people who disappeared after a vacation home was swept down the river and slammed into a bridge.
Houston authorities recovered three more bodies from the floodwaters — two of them in the city and a third in a vehicle on Interstate 45. That brought to 11 the number of people killed by the holiday weekend storms in Oklahoma and Texas.
The water continued rising overnight as the area received about 11 more inches, much of it in a six-hour period. (more…)
(Via AP) “It looks pretty bad out there,” Hays County emergency management coordinator Kharley Smith said of Wimberley, where an estimated 350 to 400 homes were destroyed. “We do have whole streets with maybe one or two houses left on them and the rest are just slabs.”
About 1,000 homes were damaged throughout Hays County, which includes Wimberley. Five San Marcos police cars were washed away, and the firehouse was flooded, said Kristi Wyatt, a spokeswoman for San Marcos.
Rivers swelled so quickly that whole communities awoke Sunday surrounded by water. The Blanco crested above 40 feet — more than triple its flood stage of 13 feet. The river swamped Interstate 35 and forced parts of the busy north-south highway to close. Rescuers used pontoon boats and a helicopter to pull people out. (more…)
Dear Citizens of Kalifornia, Comrade Governor Jerry Brown has signed emergency power authority to control water use due to an excessive drought in the state. Part of that alarming reality was an admission by Governor Brown that citizens would be fined heavily for taking too long a shower.
Many non-California readers responded to the news with questions about how California was going to be able to enforce the length of a shower, or the use of water within the construct of personal activity taking place in the privacy of a citizen’s home.
Today some clarity begins to emerge.
REPORTING YOUR NEIGHBOR! State implementing ways to report ur neighbor when water is wasted. #CBS13 @CBSSacramento pic.twitter.com/LjxVJmWToI
— ronjonesreports (@ronjonesreports) April 7, 2015
California is currently creating a program for neighbors to turn-in other neighbors who are deemed to be in violation of the State Water use emergency laws. (more…)
…BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST TUESDAY NIGHT…
• THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING… • WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST TUESDAY NIGHT. • LOCATIONS…NEW YORK CITY AND SURROUNDING IMMEDIATE SUBURBS…LONG ISLAND…AND MOST OF SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT. • ACCUMULATIONS…SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 20 TO 30 INCHES…WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. SNOWFALL RATES OF 2 TO 4 INCHES PER HOUR EXPECTED LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. (NWS ALERT)
(CNN) — The National Weather Service has upgraded its blizzard watch to a blizzard warning for the area from northern New Jersey through southern Connecticut, including New York City. Twenty to 30 inches of snow is possible with winds gusting 55 to 65 mph. The Weather Service says whiteout conditions will make travel extremely dangerous in the affected area. The blizzard warning is in effect from 1 p.m. Monday through Tuesday, with the worst conditions expected from late Monday evening through midday Tuesday. (more…)
