A barrage of severe thunderstorms slammed the Southern U.S. from February 6-13, generating multiple tornadoes, damaging winds and flood-inducing rain that swept across several states. In addition to causing home damage, downed trees, flooded roadways and swelled rivers, the storms caused major power outages that left thousands of customers without utilities during their peak.
According to the latest reports, prolonged periods of rain have placed more than 40 locations along rivers in the South at moderate flood stage. It also is worth noting that since the beginning of the year, areas from northern Louisiana to West Virginia and eastern Tennessee and Kentucky have so far sustained twice the normal amount of average rainfall.
Media Coverage:
The Weather Channel (Rockslide Derails Train in Kentucky; Rain-Damaged Highway Shuts Down Indefinitely)
Declaration Activity:
Office of Virginia Governor Ralph S. Northam (EO-50 Declaration of a State of Emergency Due to Extreme Flooding)
Associated County ZIP Code List (Statewide)
Approximate locations (according to media outlets) sustaining home damage (tornadoes) or flooding:
Florida
– Pinellas Park (Pinellas County, 33781, 33782)
*Concentrated tornado damage in Palm Grove Mobile Home Community
Georgia
– Folsom (Bartow County, 30103)
*Damage from unconfirmed tornado
Kentucky
– Dayhoit (Harlan County, 40824)
*Flooding
Mississippi
– Carthage (Leake County, 39051)
– Pickens (Holmes County, 39146, 39179)
– Yazoo City (Yazoo County, 39194)
*Wind damage/flooding
South Carolina
– Spartanburg (Spartanburg County, 29301, 29302, 29303, 29306, 29307, 29316)
*Damage from unconfirmed tornado
Virginia
– Leesburg (Loudoun County, 20175, 20176)
*Tornado
– Richlands (Tazewell County, 24641)
*Flooding