JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- The National Weather Service says a strong storm system spawned three likely tornadoes that touched down Saturday in northeastern Mississippi, toppling trees and power lines, damaging a flea market building and peeling roofs off some homes.
No injuries or deaths were immediately reported.
It was the second weekend in a row for severe weather to pound Mississippi and other parts of the South.
Zwemer Ingram, a weather service meteorologist in the Memphis, Tenn. office, says trained storm spotters saw "very, very strong indications" of a tornado about 2 p.m. Saturday in Tippah County, Miss., between the communities of Blue Mountain and Ripley. The area is north of Tupelo.
He says another trained spotter saw a likely tornado a short time later seven miles north of Booneville, and law enforcement officers saw one two miles northwest of Iuka.