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Public Information Statement

National Weather Service Wichita KS

512 AM CST Sat Feb 28 2026



...ON THIS DATE IN WEATHER HISTORY...



In 1987, the same powerful storm that struck most of the

central third of the United States on the 27th hit the

Deep South.  A mammoth F4 tornado with a track 40 miles

long and up to 2 miles wide smacked Southeast Mississippi

in the morning.  It killed 6, injured 350, and caused

$28.5 million damage.  Had the tornado struck on a

weekday, one can be very certain that the casualties

would have been much higher as nearly all of an

elementary school in the town of Glade was destroyed.  



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