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By The Associated Press

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Published: Mon, March 03, 2008 - 7:55 pm

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A storm system passing through Mississippi
today has spawned at least one tornado and is being blamed for
destroying a home and severely damaging as many as five in Amite
County.
A tornado touched down briefly around 4 p.m. in western
Mississippi's Sharkey County near Holly Bluff and Rolling Fork and
was expected to reform later in the day as clouds moved northeast
across the state.
That according to National Weather Service senior meteorologist
Mike Edmonston.
He says high winds are blamed on the damage in Amite County near
Liberty, but a storm survey team will check the site Tuesday to
determine if the damage was actually caused by a tornado.
No injuries were reported to the Mississippi Emergency
Management Agency.
The advancing storm system spawned tornado warnings across
central and south Mississippi and eastern Louisiana. It packed high
winds, lightning, heavy rain and some hail and was expected to
cross through the state this evening.

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