Thunderstorm cell brings damages to New Albany/ edited

EDITED  2:15 pm  union county schools will perform their Grease matinee at 2:30 pm

A thunderstorm system 20 miles or more wide struck Union County at approximately 12:30 pm Saturday October 26th.

One large tree branch broken and cleaned up near community college.

Power outages are widespread throughout Union County. Considerable damage is also reported in Tupelo and elsewhere in Lee County.

Public safety officials told NAnewsweb at 1:00 pm that no personal injuries were yet known. But emergency workers are busy throughout the county.

Officials said a tree had fallen through a dwelling southeast of New Albany in rural Union County.

NAnewsweb.com is in continual contact with public officials. As further reliable information becomes available over the next few hours, it will be posted here.

The Union County public schools’ performance of “Grease” at the Magnolia Civic Center has been canceled because of a power failure throughout downtown New Albany. It is not known whether the afternoon performance will be rescheduled.