Good Morning! I have officially graduated from High School. At Smithville, MS, the current temperature is 59 and it feels like 59. Highs will continue to range between 83 and 92 with lows between 60 and 68. There is a 30% chance of scattered thunderstorms on Monday and a 30% chance of isolated thunderstorms on Tuesday. Isolated storms will be possible each day with small to large hail, gusty winds, and heavy rain being the main threats. At the Regional Rehab Center in Tupelo, MS, the current temperature is 63 and it feels like 63. Todays high is 87 with a low of 63. Saturdays high is 86.
Now, for your tropical update. In the Atlantic, all is quiet. In the Eastern Pacific, Tropical Depression Aletta is still hanging on. Winds are at 35mph with a pressure of 1005mbars. Movement is to the Northeast at 3mph. The second area to watch is a nearly stationary low pressure area that is located several hundred miles to the South of Acapulco, Mexico. Shower activity is increasing and gradually becoming better organized. Conditions appear conducive for slow development and the National Hurricane Center is giving this system a medium chance, 40%, of becoming a tropical cyclone during the next 48 hours.
Hope yall are having a great Friday and I'll have another post tomorrow. Continue to pray for the tornado victims and those affected by damaging weather events.
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The reason I asked how far you are from Tupelo is that in April 1936 a tornado killed at least 216 people in Tupelo, MS.
However that number, 216, is based on the names of the white victims listed in the Tupelo Daily Journal. There are probably many more African American victims.
Back in 2003 a couple of college students went to the south side of Lake Okeechobee to research the 1928 West Palm Beach / Okeechobee hurricane. The death toll had been estimated at 1,836 for that hurricane. But the students counted over 2,500 tombstones with the correct date of the hurricane where the old labor camps were.
I bet if you and a couple of friends formed a team this summer and went to Tupelo African-American churches and churchyards you could document and name a lot of the African-Americans who died in that tornado. Be a heck of an accomplishment!
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