The system weakened as it hit Slidell (La.). It really didn't do much to Mississippi.

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We do encourage people to get weather radios - or some other alert to wake you up when these things happen.

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In the South there seems to be two seasons where tornadoes mostly occur: in the late fall and then sometimes in the late winter into early spring. We don't get as many down this close to the Gulf Coast as they do more inland, but it's not unheard of.

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