Tornado’s Hit Memphis and Surrounding Areas

For years we have feared that Tornado’s would hit the City of Memphis.  Sure, we’ve had some close calls, hitting the ‘burbs or rural areas.  But the storm last night went right through the city.  A tornado touched town about .5 miles from my house.  We had no damage, we were very lucky.  But in the state of Tennesse there have been 24 confirmed deaths so far.  Please pray for all of the people effected by this storm.

**UPDATE** 31 people have been confirmed dead in the state of TN. 

**UPDATE** There have been a total of 56 confirmed deaths due to this deadly stream of tornado’s.  The trail of death stretched across four states, with four fatalities in Alabama, 13 in Arkansas, 7 in Kentucky and 32 in Tennessee.

Below are some pictures:

.5 miles from my house a tornado touches down in Bartlett

A wall cloud in Cordova

 

 This house’s roof was torn off and blown onto the nearby highway

This is a picture of Sears at The Hickory Ridge Mall

A warehouse near the MS/TN stateline

At Union University in Jackson TN, where my sister went to college  

 Another picture taken at Union University.  The tornado was an F4 on the Fujita Scale.

 In my Mother’s home town in East TN