Tornado causes significant damage in Taylorsville
Updated: 11:39 AM CDT Mar 16, 2025
AND POWER LINES KNOCKED DOWN. 16 WAPTS KENNEDI COOPER HAS A LOOK AT SOME OF THAT DAMAGE THERE. 0:12-0:58 “GUYS WE’VE BEEN SURVEYING DAMAGE IN DOWNTOWN TAYLORSVILLE AFTER THE STORMS AND IT IS A COMPLETE MESS TAKE A LOOK AT THIS TREE RIGHT HERE IT IS COMPLETELY UPROOTED IT’S FALLEN OVER AND IF YOU LOOK RIGHT HERE ALL OF THESE TREE LIMBS IT IS MUDDY IT IS NASTY EVEN IN THIS AREA THERE’S TREES BROKEN IN HALF TREE LIMBS… TRASH IN THE GRASSY AREA YOU CAN SEE OVER HERE AT TAYLORSVILLE FARM SUPPLY IN THIS AREA THERE IS DAMAGE TO THE ROOFS EVEN OVER HERE IN THIS FOOTBALL FIELD ACROSS THE STREET YOU CAN SEE THERE IS DAMAGE IN THAT AREA WE’VE SEEN VOLUNTEER FIRE FIGHTERS PEOPLE TRYING TO HELP OUT WITH THESE DOWNED POWER LINES A TREE RIGHT HERE SNAPPED IN HALF… IT IS MESSY” SOT: “IT GOT REAL DARK AND ALL OF A SUDDEN BOOM” ONE MAN SAYS HE WAS SCARED AS HE SAW THE STORM APPROACHING…. SOT: “WE STILL SHAKEN UP” DANIELLE BERRY IS A STORM CHASER WHO TRAVELED FROM TEXAS TO TAYLORSVILLVE….. SHE SAYS HER AND TWO OTHER PEOPLE HAD BEEN STAKED OUT FOR HOURS WHEN THE STORM HIT……. SOT: DANIELLE BERRY “2:49-3:08” “WE COULDA BEEN IN A REALLY NASTY SITUATION WHERE WE WAS STUCK WITH THE DOWN TREES AND IF A TORNADO WOULD OF CAME THROUGH US WE COULD OF HAD NO ESCAPE SO IT’S EXHAUSTING YOUR HEAD IS ON A SWIVEL IF YOU ARE CHASING ALONE IT’S VERY DANGEROUS THERE’S A LOT OF THINGS YOU NEED TO LOOK AT THE RADAR NAVIGATION TAKING PICTURES… YOU ARE DOING ALOT” BERRY SAYS SHE JUMPED INTO A HOUSE TO MAKE SURE NO ONE WAS HURT…. SOT: DANIELLE BERRY <3:28-3:31> “THANK GOD I HAVEN’T SEEN ANY INJURIES THANK GOD MOST OF THE PEOPLE ARE SAFE OUT HERE” OUT: 0:59-1:12 “WE DID SPEAK WITH THE SMITH COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY AND NO INJURIES HAVE BEEN REPORTED BUT THERE ARE DOWNED POWER LINES AND DAMAGE TO SEVERAL HOUSES THAT’S ALL FOR NOW WE’
Tornado causes significant damage in Taylorsville
Updated: 11:39 AM CDT Mar 16, 2025
A tornado touched down Saturday in Smith County, causing significant damage to homes and power lines in Taylorsville.Huge trees were uprooted and others were torn in half. There was damage to Taylorsville Farm Supply and other businesses, as well.Danielle Berry, a storm chaser who traveled from Texas to Taylorsville, said she and two other people had been staked out for hours when the storm hit.”We could have been in a really nasty situation, where we were stuck with the down trees, and if a tornado would have come through, we would have had no escape,” Berry said. “It’s exhausting. Your head is on a swivel if you are chasing alone. It’s very dangerous. There are a lot of things you need to look at: the radar, navigation, taking pictures. You are doing a lot.”Berry said once the tornado passed, she ran to a damaged house to make sure no one was hurt.”Thank God I haven’t seen any injuries. Thank God most of the people are safe out here,” Berry said.Smith County Emergency Management Agency confirms no injuries have been reported, but there were downed power lines and damage to several houses.
SMITH COUNTY, Miss. —A tornado touched down Saturday in Smith County, causing significant damage to homes and power lines in Taylorsville.
Huge trees were uprooted and others were torn in half. There was damage to Taylorsville Farm Supply and other businesses, as well.
Danielle Berry, a storm chaser who traveled from Texas to Taylorsville, said she and two other people had been staked out for hours when the storm hit.
“We could have been in a really nasty situation, where we were stuck with the down trees, and if a tornado would have come through, we would have had no escape,” Berry said. “It’s exhausting. Your head is on a swivel if you are chasing alone. It’s very dangerous. There are a lot of things you need to look at: the radar, navigation, taking pictures. You are doing a lot.”
Berry said once the tornado passed, she ran to a damaged house to make sure no one was hurt.
“Thank God I haven’t seen any injuries. Thank God most of the people are safe out here,” Berry said.
Smith County Emergency Management Agency confirms no injuries have been reported, but there were downed power lines and damage to several houses.
