Meteorologists are expecting warm and sunny weather for the rest of this week with highs in the 70s.
That's good news for a Delta battered by a long string of storms headed northeast Friday evening.
Authorities confirmed three tornadoes in Leflore County. One landed on U.S. 49 near Sidon, causing windows and doors to be blown away. Another near Morgan City knocked over light poles and dropped branches.
There was one report of a tree landing on a house in Greenwood. No injuries were reported. "We dodged the bullet again," said T.W. Cooper, director of Leflore County Emergency Management.
Hail ranging in size from golf balls to marbles hammered the rest of the county.
Miller Carter was sitting in his Quito home around 5:30 p.m. when hail smashed three windows. "The glass was flying like paper," he said.
Carter crouched in his hallway until the worst of it was over. He spent the night next door with his son. "I've never in my life seen anything like this," said Carter, who turns 85 on Wednesday.
No tornadoes were spotted in Carroll County, according to Harold Scruggs, director of Carroll County Emergency Management.
The only injuries occurred to a number of cars in North Carrollton dented by golf-ball-sized hail.
A trailer home was also "busted up pretty good," Scruggs said.
The same storms that swept through the Delta are responsible for at least 11 deaths in the Tennessee Valley. The system is now moving into the Carolinas, where it is expected to taper off.
Forecasters expect cloudy skies but little rain for the next week. However, more severe weather is expected in the next 10 to 14 days.
