April 20, 2019
12:15 a.m.
Four suspected tornadoes have been reported in Virginia. (click here)
The National Weather Service says damage has been reported Friday night after twisters touched down in Reston, Fredericks Hall, Barham and Forksville.
Authorities say a tree fell through the roof of a condemned house in Reston and tree damage was reported at an intersection in Fredericks Hall. Several trees were reported down in Barham, while a house and various small structures were damaged in Forksville.
The strong storm system was barreling through the South on Friday and killed an 8-year-old girl in Florida and threatened to bring tornadoes to large parts of the Carolinas and southern Virginia.
9:35 p.m.
Forecasters have confirmed that 14 tornadoes touched down in Mississippi as severe storms made its way across the South.
The National Weather Service said in a news release Friday that it had surveyed Thursday afternoon’s twisters.
The strongest tornado had winds as high as 132 mph (212 kph) when it hit a neighborhood in the central Mississippi town of Morton, damaging numerous homes.
Four of the twisters were in Rankin County, just east of Jackson.
Damage from the storm system was reported in at least 24 of Mississippi’s 82 counties.
8 p.m.
The National Weather Service reports downed trees and structure damage as severe storms roared through central and eastern North Carolina.
A preliminary report said there was roof and structure damage in one neighborhood in Chatham County outside of Siler City on Friday afternoon.
News outlets reported at least one house near Interstate 85 outside of Hillsborough in Orange County was severely damaged by winds that were thought to have resulted from a tornado.
To the east, several locations reported wind gusts approaching and in excess of 50 mph (22 km/h).
An immediate account of power outages was not available Friday evening due to problems with the Duke Energy website....
