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Scale. that footage from the city of philadelphia, mississippi, central part of the state, tearing across fields, slamming into power lines and authorities in that area say the fire station and army national guard armory and city park damaged and a lot destroyed. for more in mississippi, the director of emergency management is mike womack, and, sir, good morning to you. good morning. bill: what town are you in? i m still in the jackson area, state emergency operations center. i ve got deputies and other staff that are out, throughout the state. and, particularly, in our counties, hit the hardest, monroe county, where we are reporting 13 fatalities. bill: 13 dead in monroe county and what town that is near? the eastern half of the state. it is, it is very near the alabama line. it is just south of the city of tupelo. the town of smithville is hit and it was a direct hit on this town of 800 individuals, and, ....
Tornado watches have been extended all the way to the noon hour. and i m expected them to continue even further than that. watches include kentucky, including louisville, bowling green, richmond, as well. much of tennessee and unfortunately the same part of mississippi that was hit last weekend by the tornadoes is now under a tornado watch, as well. so that s northwestern mississippi. including the city of tupelo. memphis, tennessee, under a tornado watch as is nashville. this is a very serious situation. we have a powerful line of thunderstorms rolling through tennessee right now. frequent lightning strikes. very large-sized hail and heavy downpours of rain are part of the system and not just in the south but the midwest is hit hard, as well. heavy rain and thunderstorms across indiana and ohio and into michigan at this time. seeing stronger downpours, as well, into the memphis, tennessee, area. teeming in terms of rain. along i-40 if you re driving towards jackson between memphis ....