Sen. Melanie Sojourner’s house hit by tornado

Published 6:34 pm Saturday, September 21, 2013

NATCHEZ — Sen. Melanie Sojourner’s Kingston house sustained major damage when a F2 tornado hit it late Friday night.

Adams County Emergency Management Director Stan Owens said a preliminary survey by the National Weather Service shows that an F2 tornado hit near the intersection of Upper Kingston and Kingston roads at approximately 11:30 p.m. The tornado, Owens said, traveled approximately one mile.

Owens said he has not had any other reports of damage aside from Sojourner’s house.

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Sojourner’s daughter Kaelin Daye said no one was at home at the time the tornado struck.