Tim Destri
Tim Destri
close coast early fall gulf late mostly seasons seems south unheard winter
In the South there seems to be two seasons where tornadoes mostly occur: in the late fall and then sometimes in the late winter into early spring. We don't get as many down this close to the Gulf Coast as they do more inland, but it's not unheard of.
airport caused damage looks separate sure tornado wind
It looks like there were two separate tornadoes or a tornado and a straight-line wind event. We're pretty sure the airport damage was caused by a tornado.
hit system
The system weakened as it hit Slidell (La.). It really didn't do much to Mississippi.
alert encourage people radios wake weather
We do encourage people to get weather radios - or some other alert to wake you up when these things happen.