Jackson, Miss. — With three more tornadoes confirmed Friday from an April 18 outbreak, (click here) the National Weather Service now says 43 tornadoes hit Mississippi that day, and 75 for the year.
The one-day amount alone equals Mississippi’s annual average of 43 tornadoes during the years 1991 through 2010. The most tornadoes ever recorded in a single year in the state were 109 in 2008.
Forecasters also confirmed on Friday that a tornado with top winds of 90 mph (145 kph) hit the Kiln area on the Mississippi Gulf Coast on Thursday....
