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Storm fatigue: Small Mississippi town has seen more tornado warnings this year than anywhere else in America
MERIDIAN, Miss. - Another severe weather outbreak is sweeping through much of the South this week -- their fourth outbreak in as many weeks, leading anxious residents once again casting a wary eye on the skies.An overlay of the Wednesday's daunting severe weather risk outlook by NOAA's Storm Prediction Center matched with the number of tornado reports and Tornado Warnings already received this year illustrates the issue. There have already been about 25 earlier tornado reports this year inside the area of greatest risk for Wednesday.The area of greatest risk stretches into Mississippi which is likely not a surprise to those who live there.No place has had to defend against tornados as much as Mississippi this year. There have already been 87 tornado reports in the state -- more than Texas despite being 1/6th the size -- and accounting for nearly 20% of all tornado reports in the nation in 2022.