Tornado rips through Miss. State U.; 4 hurt
Rita spawns 17 twisters; more than 100 homes damaged
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Chuck Cariker, a Mississippi State University alumnus from Tunica, Miss., looks through his motor home after a tornado tore through the Starkville campus and swept his vehicle off the ground on ...
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Updated: 11:21 a.m. ET Sept. 26, 2005
STARKVILLE, Miss. - A tornado spawned by the remnants of Hurricane Rita ripped through Mississippi State University’s campus, injuring four people and forcing cancellation of Monday’s classes.
The tornado was one of at least 14 twisters that touched down Sunday in Mississippi, meteorologists said. More than 100 homes were damaged, the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency said. At least three tornadoes struck in Arkansas on Saturday.
By dawn Monday, the fading remnants of Rita were centered 80 miles north-northwest of Indianapolis and moving to the north-northeast at 30 mph.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9491254/
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Tornado rips through MSU, trailer park
The Associated Press
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STARKVILLE - A tornado ripped across the Mississippi State University campus on Sunday, injuring four people, damaging buildings, and plucking trees, telephone and power lines from their rightful places.
The storm also caused damage to the nearby University Hills trailer park, rolling an RV onto its side, officials said. At least five trailers suffered major damage and some minor injuries were reported.
"They sounded the sirens, but it was pretty much too late," said Glenn Palmer, weekend manager at University Hills. "I looked outside and saw the funnel cloud coming and knew we were in trouble."
http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050926/NEWS01/509260306/1002/NEWS01
Tornado victims assess damage
By Leesha Faulkner, Managing Editor
09/26/2005
Marlon Nichols repairs the roof of his parents’ house Sunday afternoon in Quito. A twister touched down Saturday in the south Leflore County community, ripping up trees, roofs and damaging a cotton gin
QUITO - Carolyn and Wayne Nichols hooked up a generator to their house Sunday, hoping to clear away debris left behind by a tornado the day before.
Carolyn Nichols drew attention to the car and truck that rested beneath the lumber and roofing, which they once had called a garage.
"The roof ripped off the living room and dining room," she said as she surveyed the damage.
By early Sunday afternoon a few friends and their son, Marlon, had come over to offer helping hands as much as condolences for the couple's property losses.
The Nicholses fared worse than some and better than others from the tornadoes spawned by Hurricane Rita as she tracked inland Saturday through Louisiana. At least one death was reported in Humphreys County, according to a spokeswoman at the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency in Jackson.
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=15279720&BRD=1838&PAG=461&dept_id=104621&rfi=6
Storm's remnants bring wind, rain, tornado warnings
More showers expected today, but cooler, drier weather ahead
Monday, September 26, 2005
By BUDD McLAUGHLIN
Times Staff Writer buddm@htimes.com
Though Hurricane Rita was a few hundred miles away, her remnants paid a visit to the area Sunday bringing high winds and tornado warnings, including one for Madison County.
The bad weather also caused the final day of Big Spring Jam to be canceled.
"We've got a pretty dynamic situation," said Andy Kula, senior forecaster at the National Weather Service's Huntsville office. "Tornadoes were sighted in Mississippi and western Alabama," and there were warnings for Colbert, Cullman, Franklin, Lawrence, Limestone and Morgan counties, as well as Madison County.
http://www.al.com/news/huntsvilletimes/index.ssf?/base/news/112772620473440.xml&coll=1
