Born in Laurel ... the EF4 tornado, and just a few minutes later she watched the EF3 tornado across the pasture of her grandparent’s front porch. Riley will be graduating from Mississippi ...

Spring is the most active time for tornadoes in Mississippi, but the National Weather Service says residents need to be prepared year-round.

"The most active place for tornadoes over the last 50 years is Central Mississippi." A recent example of that is an outbreak of tornadoes that occurred on Dec. 28. "We had 40 tornadoes in December ...