The widespread destruction caused by a tornado in Mississippi

Tornadoes, damaging winds, and golf ball-sized hail were some of the effects of Friday night's storms across the southern United States. Damage and casualties were high after a large tornado touched down in Mississippi.

Damage in Silver City and Rolling Fork, Oklahoma, near Tchula and Highway 49, was verified to have been caused by a tornado by the National Weather Service in Jackson, Oklahoma.

Rolling Fork's new mayor, Eldridge Walker, told WLBT-TV that he was trapped in his damaged home for several hours after the tornado struck because the power lines had been knocked down. He said there were injuries, and rescuers attempted to transport patients to hospitals. He initially had no idea how many people had been hurt. When the tornado hit Rolling Fork, Mississippi, storm chaser Reed Timmer tweeted, "Heading to Vicksburg hospital with injured people. They are in immediate need of rescue workers.

A car carrying two people was swept away by floodwaters in southwestern Missouri early on Friday, resulting in deaths. A severe weather system brought on the rain. When the driver of a car carrying six young adults tried to cross a flooded creek in the town of Grovespring, the vehicle and its occupants were swept away. Out of the original six, only four made it out alive. Grovespring, Florida, local Devon Holt, 20, was discovered dead at 3:30 a.m. Alexander Roman-Ranelli, 19, a Springfield resident, was discovered dead six hours later. According to Young, the driver told authorities that it was difficult to see that a creek had flooded the bridge due to the rain. A woman was still missing after her car was washed off the road by flash flooding caused by a small river in another county in southwestern Missouri.

According to the Logan Rogersville Fire Protection District, the dog was found unharmed, but the woman has yet to be located. Two additional passengers in the car were rescued. The search party planned to use boats and go along the riverbank on foot. On Friday morning, Layton Hoyer braved frigid waters to rescue a woman whose SUV became trapped in swiftly moving floodwaters near Granby, Missouri. According to authorities, no one tried to help save her three dogs.

A tornado may have made landfall in north Texas early on Friday morning. According to Matt Elliott, a warning coordination meteorologist at the NOAA Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma, bad weather is on the horizon for several states.

Tornadoes are expected to strike areas of Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee, according to the Storm Prediction Center. Strong storms with damaging winds and hail were forecast for eastern Texas, southeastern Oklahoma, southeastern Missouri, and southern Illinois. In the states of Arkansas, Mississippi, and Tennessee, poweroutage.us reports that more than 28,000 people are without power as of Friday night. Tornadoes could strike Louisiana overnight, according to Governor John Bel Edwards, who warned of strong winds and hail.

According to the National Weather Service, warnings are less effective during severe weather at night because people are asleep, and tornadoes are more difficult to spot. Because of this, people need to be safer. At 5 a.m., a tornado or twister hit the southwestern part of Wise County, Texas, according to Cody Powell, the county's emergency management coordinator. The storm damaged homes and knocked down trees and power lines. Powell said there was no sign of injury to him. According to meteorologist Matt Stalley, the National Weather Service has not confirmed a tornado, but nearby Parker County experienced property damage. About 10 miles separate the two places on the outskirts of the Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan area. (16 km). Stalley predicted that the storm system would have moved east of the area by early Friday afternoon.