I was commissioned to build a sculpture for the North Mississippi Medical Center and as part of that project I was to build a time capsule and produce a book on the history of the medical center.

Get the forecast for today, tonight & tomorrow's weather for Tupelo, MS. Hi/Low, RealFeel®, precip, radar, & everything you need to be ready for the day, commute, and weekend! The Tri-State Tornado, 1925 (Missouri, Illinois, Indiana), The Outing of the SEALs Has SecDef Ticked Off, From Messiah to Hitler, What You Can and Cannot Name Your Child. This outbreak is the second deadliest ever recorded in US history. It moved through the residential areas of north Tupelo, including the Gum Pond neighborhood which was the hardest hit. by Ke Francis | Framed to 31"x27" inches | Hand colored etching.

The official death toll, as with many historic counts, didn’t reflect the extent of the destruction, as only the names of white residents were recorded. This tornado struck Tupelo, Mississippi, on April 5, 1936, killing 233 people. Tupelo’s first hospital was destroyed by a tornado in 1936 and the interviews for the book included a series of enthralling tornado stories. More than 200 homes — including high-end homes on the west of town and low-rent structures on the east side — were hit hard. More than 200 homes — including high-end homes on the west of town and low-rent structures on the east side — were hit hard. Among the survivors were a young Elvis Presley and his mother. All rights reserved. Buyenlarge / Getty Images . Tupelo, MS Tornado (April 5, 1936) The day before the Gainesville tornado (above) struck, a deadly EF5 tornado touched down in Tupelo, Mississippi. After Moore, TIME takes a look back at 10 other deadly tornadoes that have wreaked havoc throughout U.S. history. As plotted here, this massive funnel moved east-northeast across central Lee County, passing through residential areas in the northern half of Tupelo. MDJ Time Capsule: The 1936 Tupelo-Gainesville Tornado Outbreak, Remembering the deadly Super Tornado Outbreak of 2011, US storms: deadliest tornadoes in American history, 10 Facts You Want to Know about Tornadoes. Although the outbreak was centered on Tupelo, Mississippi, and Gainesville, Georgia, where the fourth and fifth deadliest tornadoes in U.S. history respectively occurred, other destructive tornadoes associated with the outbreak struck Columbia, Tennessee; Anderson, South Carolina; and Acworth, Georgia.

The residential areas of Tupelo, Miss., experienced the worst of this tornado. People claimed to have been turned around in their pants, chickens lost their feathers, cast-iron wash pots were turned inside out. This tornado was probably a member of a tornado family beginning near Coffeeville, Yalobusha County, Mississippi. This is the only continuous tornado outbreak in the United States history to produce more than one tornado with triple digit death tolls. Official records at the time didn't include African Americans, and the twister heavily damaged Black neighborhoods, so the toll was likely higher. Tupelo is a city in, and the county seat of, Lee County, Mississippi, United States. By Tim Newcomb May 21, 2013.

I recorded stories, photographed improvised tornado shelters, and built sculptures, produced paintings, prints and drawings from the outrageous narratives. © 2020 TIME USA, LLC.

A tornado is a violently rotating column of air that rotates while in contact with both the surface of the Earth and a cumulonimbus cloud or, in rare cases, the base of a cumulus cloud.

The Southeastern United States is the eastern portion of the Southern United States, and the southern portion of the Eastern United States. The residential areas of Tupelo, Miss., experienced the worst of this tornado. People claimed to have been turned around in their pants, chickens lost their feathers, cast-iron wash pots were turned inside out.

A tornado is a violently rotating column of air that rotates while in contact with both the surface of the Earth and a cumulonimbus cloud or, in rare cases, the base of a cumulus cloud. Severe flash floods from the associated storms produced millions of dollars in damage across the region. The 1936 Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak was an outbreak of at least 12 tornadoes that struck the Southeastern United States from April 5–6, 1936. Mississippi is a state located in the southern region of the United States, with part of its southern border formed by the Gulf of Mexico. Tupelo’s first hospital was destroyed by a tornado in 1936 and the interviews for the book included a series of enthralling tornado stories. In total, 48 city blocks were destroyed. The Tupelo Tornado, 1936 .

The Most Violent Outbreak of Tornadoes in History by Valentina Venetskaya. A flash flood is a rapid flooding of geomorphic low-lying areas: washes, rivers, dry lakes and basins. A movie theater morphed into a makeshift hospital to care for the injured. Approximately 454 people were killed by these tornadoes—419 by two tornadoes alone. Little attention was paid to any part of the track except that through Tupelo. The 1936 Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak was an outbreak of at least 12 tornadoes that struck the Southeastern United States from April 5–6, 1936. Tupelo, genus Nyssa, is a small genus of deciduous trees with alternate, simple leaves. April 5, 1936, 216 killed. Tupelo, Miss., 1936.

1936 Gainesville GA Tornado by quincannon40. I continue to expand this body of work and major works from this series are included in the High Museum, Atlanta, the Rose Museum, Boston, the Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C., the New Orleans Museum of Art, the Hechinger Collection and more than fifty private collections. "Tornado Debris and Lamp" by Ke Francis | 10.5"x12" inches | Color Litho | c.1990, “Tornado Figures 8/50” by Ke Francis | Image size is 5"x5" inches on 7.5"x11.5" inch paper, framed to 10.5"x11.5" inches | Etching and watercolor, "Rain Gauge and Rabbit" (Left) by Ke Francis | 12.5"x6.5" inches | Color Engraving, "Rain Gauge Engraving" (Right) by Ke Francis | 12.5"x6.5" inches | Engraving, "Approaching Storm 7/12" by Ke Francis | 13"x16" inches | Color Linocut, "Injured Figure and Snake Spirit" by Ke Francis | 30"x40" inches | Color Woodcut | c.2001, “Tornado Landscape III” by Ke Francis | Image size is 12"x5.5" inches on 18"x11.5" inch paper | Etching and watercolor, “Tornado News 1/4” by Ke Francis | Image size is 4"x6" inches on 8"x6" inch paper; framed to 13"x13" inches | Etching and watercolor, "Ghost Rabbit Tornado Head and Aura" by Ke Francis | 49"x38" inches | Color Woodcut | c.2007, "Tornado Debris, Saw, and Survivor" by Ke Francis | 50"x40" inches | Color Woodcut | c.1989, "Wishing You the Best" by Ke Francis | 48"x70" inches | Color Woodcut | c.2006, "Yellow Tuning Forks" by Ke Francis | 36"x64" inches | Color Woodcut | c.2002, "Build Again #2" by Ke Francis | Framed to 36"x72" inches | Woodcut | 10/100, "Tornado Series: Cover A.P." Early in the 1980s I began work on a body of work based on interviews of tornado victims. A movie theater morphed into a makeshift hospital to care for the injured.