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Tall pines were no match for strong storms that swept across Kentwood on Friday.
Viewer-submitted photos from Roshonda Burton show trees strewn across Interstate 55, and Louisiana State Police trying to clear the roads of debris.
Trees down on I-55 in Kentwood
Across the Northshore, the Slidell Police Department posted photos of downed trees and power lines in the area with a warning for motorists on the roadway.
Trees, power lines damaged during heavy storm
Also Friday, the National Weather Service confirmed a tornado moving east at 25 mph near Pearlington, approximately nine miles southwest of Waveland, Miss.
A St. Tammany Parish native described the twister to WWL Louisiana.
"I couldn't even hear myself thinking," explained Jeffery Crossland, who described the waterspout as more than 300 feet wide. "Sounded like the train was right next to the truck. Then between that, the wind shear, and the rain here, it was pretty amazing."
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