DEVELOPING STORY: Tens of thousands of Memphians are without power after a line of severe thunderstorms roared across the Mid-South earlier today. Power lines were snapped in half and a number of trees were toppled by winds that exceeded 60 miles per hour.
There was significant damage reported in Hernando where local leaders declared an emergency. Authorities believe much of the damage was caused by straight-line winds.Click here to download the free KWAM app to listen to our radio station across the Mid-South.
@NWSMemphis @memphisweather1 could only go around in the perimeter of the damage. There’s trees down all over the streets in the dead center of town along and north of commerce street in Hernando. pic.twitter.com/H1cnolSFrV
— ?Patrick Swindoll? (@DeltaRiceFarmer) June 18, 2023
Power lines down like this causing outages from early morning storms in Hernando, MS. #mswx
— ??????? ?????? (@Dentonwx) June 18, 2023
? Doug Stanton pic.twitter.com/H5Ckns0alH
Backyard Tree damage in Collierville @NWSMemphis @FOX13Memphis pic.twitter.com/2yeLABJIRW
— Chelsea Chandler (@CChandlerTV) June 18, 2023
Another round of severe weather is expected to impact the KWAM listening area later today. The KWAM emergency alert system has been activated and you will be the first to know of severe weather alerts.
KWAM will also break into regularly scheduled programming with updates.
