TORNADO CONFIRMED IN MEMPHIS, TN; DAMAGE REPORTED DOWNTOWN!!!
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Intense tornadic thunderstorms have been tracking northeast out of east Arkansas this afternoon. The following text was taken from the text on National Weather Service TORNADO WARNING for Shelby CO. TN (Memphis): AT 443 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO NEAR ELMORE PARK...OR NEAR BARTLETT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM HAS HAD POSSIBLE DAMAGE REPORTED IN MIDTOWN MEMPHIS.
And, moments later:
* AT 454 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A TORNADO NEAR CORDOVA...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. TORNADO DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED IN CORDOVA OFF OF GERMANTOWN PARKWAY NEAR INTERSTATE 40 INTERCHANGE.
A tornado watch is in effect for all of northern Mississippi and west Tennessee; this is a developing situation and we will update as more details become available!!
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