NWS Jackson, MS April 25-27, 2011 Severe Weather Outbreak

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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

1033 AM CDT THU MAY 12 2011

...UPDATED PRELIMINARY STORM SURVEY INFO FOR 4/26-27 TORNADO

OUTBREAK BRINGING THE TOTAL TO 32 IN THE JACKSON MS SERVICE AREA...

UPDATE TO ADD A TORNADO IN FAR NORTHERN LEFLORE COUNTY.

TOTAL CONFIRMED TORNADOES UP TO 32. THIS INCLUDES: 4 EF-0...11

EF-1...11 EF-2...4 EF-3...1 EF-4...1 EF-5

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COUNTY/PARISH: MOREHOUSE PARISH / ASHLEY COUNTY

BEGINNING POINT: 7 WSW BEEKMAN AT 1045 PM 4/26/11

ENDING POINT: 7 SE CROSSETT AT 1102 PM 4/26/11

RATING: EF-1 MAXIMUM ESTIMATED WINDS 110 MPH

PATH LENGTH: 13 MILES

MAXIMUM WIDTH: 0.25 MILE

SUMMARY OF DAMAGE: THIS TORNADO SNAPPED/UPROOTED NUMEROUS TREES

ALONG THE PATH. SOME ROOF DAMAGE WAS ALSO OCCURRED TO A FEW

STRUCTURES. THIS TORNADO DID CROSS THE STATE LINE INTO ASHLEY COUNTY

AR.

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COUNTY/PARISH: MOREHOUSE PARISH

BEGINNING POINT: 4 WSW BASTROP AT 1044 PM 4/26/11

ENDING POINT: 2 NW BASTROP AT 1046 PM 4/26/11

RATING: EF-0 MAXIMUM ESTIMATED WINDS 80 MPH

PATH LENGTH: 2.5 MILES

MAXIMUM WIDTH: 75 YDS

SUMMARY OF DAMAGE: THIS WEAK TORNADO OCCURRED TO THE WEST OF

BASTROP AND MOSTLY DOWNED LARGE LIMBS ALONG WITH A FEW

SNAPPED/UPROOTED TREES. SOME MINOR ROOF DAMAGE WAS ALSO NOTED TO A

FEW HOMES.

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COUNTY/PARISH: WEST CARROL/EAST CARROL PARISHES

BEGINNING POINT: 5 S PIONEER AT 1203 AM 4/27/11

ENDING POINT: 6 SW LAKE PROVIDENCE AT 1216 AM 4/27/11

RATING: EF2 MAXIMUM ESTIMATED WINDS 115 MPH

PATH LENGTH: 11.5 MILES

MAXIMUM WIDTH: 0.5 MILE

SUMMARY OF DAMAGE: EIGHT POWER POLES WERE SNAPPED...SEVERAL SHED AND

BARNS HAD ROOF DAMAGE AND TWO WERE DESTROYED. TWO GRAIN STORAGE BINS

WERE SEVERELY DAMAGED...SIDING DAMAGE OCCURRED TO A VOLUNTEER FIRE

DEPT BUILDING IN THE BOWIE COMMUNITY...AND NUMEROUS TREES WERE

SNAPPED AND UPROOTED.

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COUNTY/PARISH: SHARKEY

BEGINNING POINT: 2 SSW CARY AT 1235 AM

ENDING POINT: CARY AT 1237 AM

RATING: EF-0 MAX ESTIMATED WINDS 75 MPH

PATH LENGTH: 2 MILES

MAXIMUM WIDTH: 100 YDS

SUMMARY OF DAMAGE: COUPLE TREES WERE DOWN ALONG WITH MANY LARGE

LIMBS. SOME SHINGLES WERE OFF HOUSES AND A LARGE SECTION OF TIN WAS

PEALED OFF A TRACTOR SHED.

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COUNTY/PARISH: SUNFLOWER COUNTY

BEGINNING POINT: 3 W OF SUNFLOWER AT 1243 AM

ENDING POINT: 4 ENE OF DODDSVILLE AT 1256 AM

RATING: EF-2 MAXIMUM ESTIMATED WINDS 125 MPH

PATH LENGTH: 11 MILES

MAXIMUM WIDTH: 0.25 MILE

INJURIES: 3

SUMMARY OF DAMAGE: NUMEROUS TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN ALONG WITH A

LARGE PORTION OF THE ROOF TAKEN OFF A HOME. NUMEROUS OUTBUILDINGS

AND BARNS DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. SEVERAL MOBILE HOMES WERE DAMAGED

FROM EITHER TREES ON THEM OR FROM THE WIND. ONE MOBILE HOME WAS

DESTROYED AND THE FRAME WAS WRAPPED AROUND A TREE. A STORE

(STRUCTURE WAS LIKE A MOBILE HOME) WAS DESTROYED ALONG WITH SEVERAL

HOMES SUFFERING MAJOR ROOF DAMAGE. A 100 FT ANTENNA WAS BENT OVER

AND A SECOND ANTENNA WAS DOWN AND BENT. 15 POWER POLES WERE SNAPPED

ALONG THE PATH AS WELL.

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COUNTY/PARISH: YAZOO/HOLMES TORNADO:

BEGINNING POINT: 2 N YAZOO CITY AT 112 AM

ENDING POINT: 2 NNE EDEN AT 125 AM CDT

RATING: EF-1, MAXIMUM ESTIMATED WINDS 100 MPH

PATH LENGTH: 10 MILES

MAXIMUM WIDTH: 250 YARDS

SUMMARY OF DAMAGE: THIS TORNADO CAUSED A PATH OF EXTENSIVE DOWNED

TREES ALONG A PATH FROM US HIGHWAY 49W NORTH OF YAZOO CITY,

NORTHEAST ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF US HIGHWAY 49E TO JUST NORTHWEST OF

THE EDEN COMMUNITY. IT CAUSED ROOF DAMAGE TO A HOME ON MONEY SUNK

ROAD AND ALSO DAMAGED THE FRONT PORCH OF ANOTHER HOME. THE TORNADO

THEN CROSSED HIGHWAY 49E AT THE HOLMES COUNTY LINE, STILL SNAPPING

AND UPROOTING NUMEROUS TREES. THE TORNADO THEN APPARENTLY

DISSIPATED OVER THE HILLSIDE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.

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COUNTY/PARISH: LEFLORE COUNTY

BEGINNING POINT: 4 ENE MINTER CITY AT 118 AM

ENDING POINT: 7.5 ENE MINTER CITY AT 122 AM

RATING: EF-1 MAXIMUM ESTIMATED WINDS 90 MPH

PATH LENGTH: 3.5 MILES IN LEFLORE COUNTY (28 MILES TOTAL)

MAXIMUM WIDTH: 50 YARDS

SUMMARY OF DAMAGE: THIS TORNADO SNAPPED TREES AND LIMBS IN A RURAL

PART OF THE COUNTY. IT BEGAN IN TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY...TRACKED ACROSS

PART OF LEFLORE COUNTY AND THEN BACK INTO TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY.

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COUNTY/PARISH: LEFLORE COUNTY

BEGINNING POINT: SIDON AT 124 AM

ENDING POINT: 3 NE SIDON AT 127 AM

RATING: EF-1 MAXIMUM ESTIMATED WINDS 90 MPH

PATH LENGTH: 3 MILES

MAXIMUM WIDTH: 100 YDS

SUMMARY OF DAMAGE: A COUPLE DOZEN TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED

ALONG THE PATH. TWO WERE DOWN ON HOUSES, ONE ON A MOBILE HOME AND

ANOTHER ON A CAR. AN OLD COVER, FOR A MOBILE HOME, WAS TORN OFF.

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COUNTY/PARISH: HOLMES AND CARROLL COUNTY #1

BEGINNING POINT: 2 SW LEXINGTON 140 AM

ENDING POINT: 5 S VAIDEN AT 205 AM

RATING: EF-3 MAX ESTIMATED WINDS 140 MPH

PATH LENGTH: 23 MILES

MAXIMUM WIDTH: 1.0 MILE

SUMMARY OF DAMAGE: THIS TORNADO STARTED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF

STATE HWY 433 AND HEBRON RD SOUTHWEST OF LEXINGTON. A COUPLE OF

TREES WERE SNAPPED AT THE POINT. THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST

ACROSS HWY 17 WERE A FEW TREES WERE SNAPPED. THE TORNADO CONTINUED

NORTHEAST WERE IT CAUSED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO A COUPLE OF MOBILE

HOMES OF OF ARENIA MALLORY RD ALONG WITH SEVERAL TREES AND A FEW

POWER POLES SNAPPED. THE TORNADO CROSSED HWY 12 WERE IT CAUSED SOME

ROOF DAMAGE TO A BUSINESS ALONG WITH NUMEROUS SNAPPED TREES. THE

TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST TO DOE RD AND THIS IS WERE IT REACHED

ITS WIDEST POINT. HUNDREDS OF HARD AND SOFTWOOD TREES WERE SNAPPED

ALONG WITH 3 WOODED HIGH TENSION POLES. THE TORNADO WAS RATED AN EF3

AT THIS POINT. THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST BETHESDA AND BOWLING

GREEN ROAD WERE HUNDREDS OF MORE TREES WERE SNAPPED ALONG WITH SOME

ROOF DAMAGE TO A HOME. THE TORNADO CROSSED HWY 55 JUST WEST OF WEST

SNAPPING TREES AND SEVERAL POWER POLES ALONG THE WAY. THE TORNADO

CONTINUED NORTHEAST TO JUST SOUTH OF BEATTY WERE IT MERGED WITH

ANOTHER TORNADO.

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COUNTY/PARISH: HOLMES COUNTY

BEGINNING POINT: 5 ESE LEXINGTON AT 140 AM

ENDING POINT: 2.5 SW WEST AT 150 AM

RATING: EF-2 MAX ESTIMATED WINDS 130 MPH

PATH LENGTH: 9 MILES

MAXIMUM WIDTH: 1.0 MILE

SUMMARY OF DAMAGE: THIS TORNADO STARTED NEAR FOWLER RD WERE A FEW

TREES WERE SNAPPED AND CONTINUED NE TO HWY 12 WERE NUMEROUS LARGE

HARD AND SOFTWOOD TREES WERE SNAPPED ALONG WITH SEVERAL POWER POLES.

THE TORNADO WAS RATED AN EF2 AT THIS POINT. THE TORNADO CONTINUED

NORTHEAST AND CROSSED ELLINGTON RD WERE IT SNAPPED SEVERAL MORE

LARGE HARDWOOD TREES. THE TORNADO SNAPPED SEVERAL MORE POWER POLES

ALONG WITH SEVERAL HARDWOOD TREES OFF OF BOWLING GREEN RD BEFORE IT

CROSSED OVER I-55. THE TORNADO WAS AT ITS WIDEST POINT AFTER IT

CROSSED OVER I-55 WERE IT SNAPPED NUMEROUS TREES ALONG COUNTY RD 68.

THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST AND SNAPPED SEVERAL LARGE TREES

ALONG BRISTER RD. THE TORNADO ENDED NEAR STRAN RD WERE IT SNAPPED

NUMEROUS SOFT AND HARDWOOD TREES AND ALSO ALSO DAMAGED THE ROOF OF A

BARN.

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COUNTY/PARISH: ATTALA/MONTGOMERY

BEGINNING POINT: 2 SW SALLIS AT 149 AM

ENDING POINT: 9.5 NE HESTERVILLE AT 210 AM

RATING: EF-2 MAX ESTIMATED WINDS 125 MPH

PATH LENGTH: 23 MILES

MAXIMUM WIDTH: .4 MILE

SUMMARY OF DAMAGE: THIS TORNADO STARTED SOUTHWEST OF SALLIS NEAR

COUNTY ROAD 4106 WERE A LARGE TREE WAS UPROOTED AND A FEW SMALL

TREES WERE SNAPPED. TWO POWER POLES WERE ALSO SNAPPED. THE TORNADO

CONTINUED NNE TO COUNTY HWY 4110 WERE A COUPLE OF TREES WERE SNAPPED

ALONG WITH A FEW POWER POLES. THE TORNADO WAS RATED AN EF2 AT THIS

POINT. THE TORNADO CONTINUE NNE AND A HOME WAS PUSHED OFF ITS BLOCKS

OFF OF HWY 19. TIN WAS COMPLETELY TORN OFF A ROOF AT A CHURCH CAMP

OFF OF COUNTY HWY 4227. SEVERAL POWER POLES WERE SNAPPED ALONG WITH

HUNDREDS OF TREES SNAPPED AND UPROOTED. THE TORNADO WAS RATED AN EF2

AT THIS POINT ALSO. A MOBILE HOME AND A SHED WAS DESTROYED OFF OF

HWY 440 AS THE TORNADO CONTINUED ON ITS NNE TRACK. PART OF THE ROOF

WAS TORN OFF OF A HOME ON HWY 35. THE TORNADO CONTINUED TO SNAP AND

UPROOT TREES UNTIL IT CROSSED OVER INTO MONTGOMERY COUNTY NEAR

COUNTY HWY 3205. THE TORNADO ENDED IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY NEAR TOM

MANS ROAD WERE A FEW TREES WERE SNAPPED BEFORE IT MERGED WITH

ANOTHER TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM THAT MOVED INTO POPLAR CREEK.

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COUNTY/PARISH: HOLMES

BEGINNING POINT: 2.0 N DURANT AT 151 AM

ENDING POINT: 4.0 N DURANT AT 152 AM

RATING: EF-0 MAX ESTIMATED WINDS 85 MPH

PATH LENGTH: 1.8 MILES

MAXIMUM WIDTH: 50 YDS

SUMMARY OF DAMAGE: THIS TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR A FARM ON

HUCKLEBERRY ROAD. IT DAMAGED THE ENTIRE EAST FACING HALF OF A

STORAGE SHELTER AND PEELED OFF HALF OF THE SHEET METAL ROOF. THIS

DEBRIS WAS THROWN ABOUT 25 YARDS ACROSS HUCKLEBERRY ROAD INTO A

FIELD. AS THE TORNADO TRAVELED TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST IT SNAPPED A

FEW HARDWOOD AND SOFTWOOD TREES AND LIMBS. THE TORNADO LIFTED JUST

AS IT CROSSED COUNTY ROAD 68.

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COUNTY/PARISH: HOLMES AND CARROLL #2

BEGINNING POINT: 2.5 NW WEST AT 159 AM

ENDING POINT: 2.5 ESE VAIDEN AT 212 AM

RATING: EF-2 MAX ESTIMATED WINDS 115 MPH

PATH LENGTH: 9.5 MILES

MAXIMUM WIDTH: 0.5 MILES

SUMMARY OF DAMAGE: THIS TORNADO CROSSED THROUGH A RURAL AREA WITH NO

STRUCTURES. MANY TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN ALONG THE PATH AND A POWER

POLE WAS BLOWN NEARLY TO THE GROUND ALONG HIGHWAY 51. THE TORNADO

CROSSED HIGHWAY 51 ABOUT ONE HALF MILE SOUTH OF THE BEATTY

COMMUNITY...AND DOWNED HUNDREDS OF TREES JUST SOUTHEAST OF THE

BEATTY COMMUNITY AS IT TRACKED NORTHEAST. THE RATING ON THIS TORNADO

HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO EF-2 BASED ON NEW INFORMATION.

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COUNTY/PARISH: GRENADA

BEGINNING POINT: 3.5 S GORE SPRINGS AT 206 AM

ENDING POINT: 2.5 SSE GORE SPRINGS AT 208 AM

RATING: EF-1 MAX ESTIMATED WINDS 105 MPH

PATH LENGTH: 1.5 MILES

MAXIMUM WIDTH: 150 YDS

FATALITIES: 0

INJURIES: 0

SUMMARY OF DAMAGE: THIS TORNADO UPROOTED AND SNAPPED SEVERAL TREES

ALONG ITS PATH. A DETACHED HOME-BUILT STORAGE ROOM WAS DESTROYED AND

ANOTHER STORAGE ROOM WAS WRAPPED AROUND A TREE. WIND-RELATED DAMAGE

OCCURRED TO THE ROOFS OF TWO HOMES...AND ANOTHER ROOF WAS DAMAGED BY

A FALLEN LARGE LIMB.

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COUNTY/PARISH: MONTGOMERY/CHOCTAW

BEGINNING POINT: 1.75 W OF POPLAR CREEK AT 217 AM

ENDING POINT: 10 ENE OF POPLAR CREEK AT 228 AM

RATING: EF-2 MAX ESTIMATED WINDS 115 MPH

PATH LENGTH: 11.5 MILES

MAXIMUM WIDTH: 1 MILE

INJURIES: 0

SUMMARY OF DAMAGE: THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST WEST OF THE POPLAR

CREEK COMMUNITY AND HEADED OFF TO THE NORTHEAST. THOUSANDS OF TREES

WERE SNAPPED OFF AND UPROOTED. A FEW TREES FELL ON HOMES, SHEDS AND

SMALL BARNS CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. ONE POWER POLE WAS SNAPPED

AND SOME TREES FELL ACROSS POWER LINES. THE DAMAGE PATH ENDS 10

MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF POPLAR CREEK.

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COUNTY/PARISH: ATTALA

BEGINNING POINT: 2.5 NNW ZAMA AT 218 AM

ENDING POINT: 3.0 N ZAMA AT 220 AM

RATING: EF-1 MAX ESTIMATED WINDS 95 MPH

PATH LENGTH: 1 MILES

MAXIMUM WIDTH: 50 YDS

SUMMARY OF DAMAGE: THIS TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN A FIELD AND MOVED

NORTHEAST DESTROYING AN OLD BARN...UPROOTING A FEW TREES...AND

SNAPPING LARGE LIMBS OFF OF A FEW OTHER TREES AS IT CROSSED A FIELD.

THE TORNADO LIFTED JUST BEFORE CROSSING COUNTY ROAD 5055 ABOUT 3

MILES NORTH OF ZAMA.

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COUNTY/PARISH: CHOCTAW

BEGINNING POINT: 9 ESE OF KILMICHAEL AT 225 AM

ENDING POINT: 7 ESE OF STEWART AT 233 AM

RATING: EF-2 MAX ESTIMATED WINDS 120 MPH

PATH LENGTH: 7 MILES

MAXIMUM WIDTH: 1 MILE

INJURIES: 0

SUMMARY OF DAMAGE: THIS TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN A FEW MILES SOUTH OF

THE STEWART COMMUNITY WERE IT BEGAN UPROOTING AND SNAPPING OFF

THOUSANDS OF TREES. MANY STRUCTURES WERE HEAVILY DAMAGED BY FALLING

TREES. A FEW HOMES AND BARNS WERE DIRECTLY DAMAGED BY THE TORNADOES

WINDS. SEVERAL POWER POLES WERE SNAPPED AS WELL.

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COUNTY/PARISH: CHOCTAW...WEBSTER...CLAY...AND CHICKASAW (MEM)

BEGINNING POINT: 9 SW EUPORA AT 0229 AM

ENDING POINT: 1 S MCCONDY AT 0305 AM

RATING: EF-3 MAX ESTIMATED WINDS 140 MPH

PATH LENGTH: 40.0 MILES (JAN CWA) (3.2 MI IN MEM CWA)

MAXIMUM WIDTH: 1.0 MILE

FATALITIES: 0

INJURIES: 20

SUMMARY OF DAMAGE: MANY THOUSANDS OF TREES WERE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED

ALONG THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO. NUMEROUS ROOFS OF HOMES WERE SEVERELY

DAMAGED. NUMEROUS MOBILE HOMES WERE SEVERELY DAMAGED AND SEVERAL

MOBILE HOMES WERE COMPLETELY DESTROYED. NUMEROUS BARNS AND SHEDS

RECEIVED HEAVY DAMAGE OR WERE DESTROYED. NUMEROUS POWER POLES AND

POWER LINES WERE DOWN. EXTENSIVE DAMAGE OCCURRED TO A SCHOOL IN

CUMBERLAND AND THIS WAS THE BASIS FOR THE EF3 RATING.

THIS TORNADO TRACKED INTO SOUTHERN CHICKASAW COUNTY AND CONTINUES

FOR AT LEAST ANOTHER 3.2 MILES. SO FAR...THE TOTAL PATH LENGTH IS

43.2 MILES.

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COUNTY/PARISH: WINSTON

BEGINNING POINT: 11 WSW LOUISVILLE AT 229 AM

ENDING POINT: 7 WSW LOUISVILLE AT 234 AM

RATING: EF-1 MAX ESTIMATED WINDS 95 MPH

PATH LENGTH: 4 MILES

MAXIMUM WIDTH: 150 YDS

SUMMARY OF DAMAGE...THIS TORNADO REMAINED OVER RURAL AREAS OF THE

COUNTY UPROOTING AND SNAPPING TREES ALONG ITS PATH. ONE TREE FELL ON

A HOUSE AND THE ROOF WAS BLOWN OFF A SHED.

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COUNTY: CHOCTAW

POINT: 8 NNW OF ACKERMAN AT 231 AM

STRAIGHT LINE WINDS 90 MPH

FATALITIES: 1

SUMMARY OF DAMAGE: ONE PERSON WAS KILLED AT JEFF BUSBY STATE PARK

ALONG THE NATCHEZ TRACE PARKWAY. THIS OCCURRED FROM INTENSE STRAIGHT

LINE WINDS THAT WERE ASSOCIATED WITH A TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM TO THE

NORTH. THESE WINDS DOWNED MANY TREES IN THE AREA...ONE OF WHICH FELL

ON A TENT WHERE THE PERSON WAS CAMPING.

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COUNTY/PARISH: WEBSTER AND CHOCTAW

BEGINNING POINT: 2.5 S EUPORA AT 237 AM

ENDING POINT: 5.5 N MABEN AT 249 AM

RATING: EF-2 MAX ESTIMATED WINDS 125 MPH

PATH LENGTH: 14.5 MILES

MAXIMUM WIDTH: 0.75 MILE

FATALITIES: 1

SUMMARY OF DAMAGE:

THIS TORNADO CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO NUMEROUS ROOFS OF HOMES AND

SEVERE DAMAGE TO SEVERAL MOBILE HOMES. NUMEROUS SHEDS AND BARNS WERE

HEAVILY DAMAGED. THOUSANDS OF TREES WERE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED AND

SEVERAL POWER POLES WERE SNAPPED. A GAS STATION WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED

IN THE COMMUNITY OF SAPA AND THE CANOPY WAS CARRIED AWAY. THIS

TORNADO APPEARS TO BE A PART OF A FAMILY OF TORNADOES THAT HIT THE

CHOCTAW/WEBSTER COUNTY AREA IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE SAME STORM.

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COUNTY/PARISH: WINSTON

BEGINNING POINT: 3 NE LOUISVILLE AT 247 AM

ENDING POINT: 11 NE LOUISVILLE AT 257 AM

RATING: EF-1 MAX ESTIMATED WINDS 110 MPH

PATH LENGTH: 8 MILES

MAXIMUM WIDTH: 200 YDS

SUMMARY OF DAMAGE...THIS TORNADO SNAPPED AN UPROOTED NUMEROUS TREES

ALONG ITS PATH. ONE OF THE TREES FELL ON A HOUSE CAUSING SIGNIFICANT

ROOF DAMAGE. AT LEAST TWO OUTBUILDINGS WERE SEVERELY DAMAGED.

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COUNTY/PARISH: NOXUBEE/ LOWNDES

BEGINNING POINT: 1.25 NW BROOKSVILLE AT 318 AM

ENDING POINT: 6.5 NE BROOKSVILLE AT 325 AM

RATING: EF1 MAX ESTIMATED WINDS 95 MPH

PATH LENGTH: 6.25 MILES

MAXIMUM WIDTH: 150 YARDS

SUMMARY OF DAMAGE: THIS TORNADO DOWNED NUMEROUS TREES ALONG ITS PATH

AND KNOCKED A GRAIN BIN OVER ON A FARM. MINOR ROOF DAMAGE WAS NOTED

TO A COUPLE OF FARM BUILDINGS AND A HOME.

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COUNTY/PARISH: KEMPER / NOXUBEE / PICKENS AL TORNADO BEGINNING

POINT: 6.9 NNW OF SCOOBA AT 403 AM

MS ENDING POINT: 5.2 E OF PUALETTE AT 416 AM

AL ENDING POINT: N/A, DAMAGED NOTED TO AT LEAST THE DANCY COMMUNITY

ALONG HWY 17

RATING: EF-2, MAXIMUM ESTIMATED WINDS 125 MPH

PATH LENGTH: 12 MILES (IN MISSISSIPPI)3 MILES INTO SOUTHERN PICKENS

COUNTY AL

MAXIMUM WIDTH: 0.8 MILE

SUMMARY OF DAMAGE: THIS TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN THE WAHALAK

COMMUNITY NEAR HWY 45 IN KEMPER COUNTY, IT THEN TRACK INTO NOXUBEE

COUNTY IN THE JENKINS QUARTERS AREA AND MOVED ACROSS FIELD RD BEFORE

MOVING INTO THE NOXUBEE RIVER BOTTOM. TREES WERE SNAPPED IN THIS

AREA. THE TORNADO EMERGED FROM THE RIVER BOTTOM ALONG PAULETTE RD IN

THE COOKSVILLE COMMUNITY. HERE EF-2 INTENSITY WAS OBSERVED AS

HUNDREDS OF TREES SERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED ALONG WITH PART OF THE

ROOF TAKEN OFF A CHURCH AND WINDOWS BLOWN OUT OF A HOUSE. POWER

LINES WERE DOWN AS WELL IN THIS AREA. THE TORNADO THEN CROSSED

COOKSVILLE RD AND CONTINUED TO CAUSE EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE ALONG

WITH MANY POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN. A FEW HOMES IN THIS AREA SUFFERED

MINOR DAMAGE AS WELL. THE TORNADO THEN CROSSED INTO AL, IN THE FAR

SOUTHWEST PART OF PICKENS COUNTY, AS AN EF-2, AND TRACKED TO THE

DANCY COMMUNITY ALONG HWY 17. THE TORNADO WEAKENED IN DANCY, BUT

STILL WAS QUITE WIDE AND DOWNING TREES/LIMBS ALONG DAMAGING A OLD

SHED. THE TORNADO CONTINUED TO THE ENE AND WILL BE SURVEYED AT

ANOTHER TIME.

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COUNTY/PARISH: NESHOBA...KEMPER...WINSTON...AND NOXUBEE BEGINNING

POINT: 1 N PHILADELPHIA AT 230 PM

ENDING POINT: 6 SE MASHULAVILLE AT 300 PM

RATING: EF-5

MAX ESTIMATED WINDS 205 MPH

PATH LENGTH: 29 MILES

MAXIMUM WIDTH: .5 MILE

FATALITIES: 3

INJURIES: 8 (AT LEAST)

SUMMARY OF DAMAGE:

THIS TORNADO CAUSED A PATH OF EXTENSIVE DAMAGE IN NORTHEAST NESHOBA,

EXTREME NORTHWEST KEMPER, EXTREME SOUTHEAST WINSTON, AND SOUTHWEST

NOXUBEE COUNTIES. THE MOST INTENSE DAMAGE OCCURRED IN A SEVERAL MILE

AREA FROM EXTREME NORTHEAST NESHOBA COUNTY INTO EXTREME SOUTHEAST

WINSTON COUNTY. THE THREE FATALITIES OCCURRED IN NORTHWEST KEMPER

COUNTY WHEN A STRAPPED DOWN DOUBLEWIDE MOBILE HOME WAS THROWN A

DISTANCE OF APPROXIMATELY 300 YARDS INTO A TREELINE, AND THEN

OBLITERATED WITH THE DEBRIS AND FRAMING SCATTERED MANY HUNDREDS OF

YARDS DOWN THE PATH. THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF GROUND IMPACTS

BETWEEN THE ORIGINAL SITE OF THE MOBILE HOME AND WHERE IT ENDED UP

TO INDICATE THAT THE MOBILE HOME BOUNCED EXTENSIVELY AS IT TRAVELED.

TWO TRADITIONAL FRAME BRICK HOMES IN SOUTHEAST WINSTON COUNTY WERE

COMPLETELY LEVELED WITH ONLY A FEW SMALL PARTS OF INTERIOR WALLS

STANDING. NEW VEHICLES WERE THROWN OR ROLLED HUNDREDS OF YARDS

BEFORE BEING WRAPPED INTO TREES AND LEFT ALMOST BEYOND RECOGNITION.

IN PARTS OF NORTHEAST NESHOBA AND NORTHWEST KEMPER COUNTIES, THERE

WAS VERY HIGH END TREE DAMAGE WITH EXTENSIVE DENUDING AND DEBARKING

OF TREES, ALONG WITH AREAS WHERE THE GROUND WAS SCOURED OUT TO A

DEPTH OF TWO FEET IN PLACES, AND ASPHALT WAS SCOURED OFF PAVEMENT.

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COUNTY/PARISH: WEBSTER

BEGINNING POINT: 3.5 N BELLEFONTAINE AT 248 PM

ENDING POINT: 5 NNE BELLEFONTAINE AT 250 PM

RATING: EF-1 MAX ESTIMATED WINDS 95 MPH

PATH LENGTH: 2.5 MI

MAXIMUM WIDTH: 100 YDS

SUMMARY OF DAMAGE: THE TORNADO SNAPPED A FEW TREES ALONG THE PATH IN

WEBSTER COUNTY BEFORE ENTERING CALHOUN COUNTY. CALHOUN COUNTY IS

SERVED BY THE MEMPHIS, TN WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE. SURVEY DONE VIA

CIVIL AIR PATROL AIRCRAFT. THIS RATING OF EF-1 IS PRELIMINARY

PENDING COORDINATION WITH THE MEMPHIS OFFICE REGARDING DAMAGE IN

THEIR SERVICE AREA.

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COUNTY/PARISH: COPIAH/HINDS

BEGINNING POINT: 5 NW CRYSTAL SPRINGS AT 311 PM

ENDING POINT: 2 SSW TERRY AT 324 PM

RATING: EF-2 MAX ESTIMATED WINDS 115 MPH

PATH LENGTH: 7 MI

MAXIMUM WIDTH: 1/4 MILE

INJURIES: 2

SUMMARY OF DAMAGE: THIS TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST W OF GALLITON RD

AND TRACKED NE ACROSS HWY 27...MITCHEL LN AND MITCHEL RD...INTO

HINDS CO WHERE IT CROSSED HALEY RD THEN MIDWAY RD AT THE

INTERSECTION OF HALEY RD BEFORE CROSSING I-55 AND DISSIPATING JUST

EAST OF CHERRY GROVE RD. THE MOST INTENSE DAMAGE WAS AROUND MITCHEL

LN/RDS WHERE ONE WOOD FRAMED HOME WAS PUSHED OFF THE FOUNDATION AND

DESTROYED. ANOTHER WOOD FRAMED HOME WAS PUSHED OFF THE FOUNDATION. 3

TO 4 MOBILE HOMES WERE HEAVILY DAMAGED AS THEY WERE PUSHED OFF THE

FOUNDATIONS. IN HINDS CO...A WELL BUILT HOME HAD A LARGE SECTION OF

THE ROOF REMOVED AND CARPORT WAS BLOWN APART. MAJOR TREE DAMAGE

OCCURRED ALONG THE PATH...ESPECIALLY WITHIN THE 3 MILES OF HEAVIEST

DAMAGE.

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COUNTY/PARISH: NOXUBEE COUNTY

BEGINNING POINT: 3.6 NE OF MACON AT 318 PM

ENDING POINT: 4.5 W OF BIGBEE VALLEY AT 329 PM

RATING: EF-1 MAXIMUM ESTIMATED WINDS 110 MPH

PATH LENGTH: 9 MILES

MAXIMUM WIDTH: 500 YDS

SUMMARY OF DAMAGE: THIS TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN OFF MACEDONIA CEMETERY

RD AND DOWNED A COUPLE TREES AND SNAPPED SOME LIMBS OFF OTHERS. IT

THEN MOVED ACROSS AN OPEN FIELD AND TURNED OVER A IRRIGATION PIVOT

SYSTEM. THE TORNADO THEN CROSSED BUGGS FERRY RD AND TORN DOWN A

SMALL GRAIN BIN AND DOWN SEVERAL TREES. IT THEN REMAINED OVER MOSTLY

OPEN FIELDS, BUT CONTINUED TO DOWN/SNAP TREES. SEVERAL OF THESE

FIELDS HAD YOUNG CORN GROWING AND WHERE THE TORNADO PASSED, THE CORN

PLANTS HAD THE LEAVES SHREDDED. ANOTHER IRRIGATION SYSTEM WAS TURNED

OVER OFF BUGGS FERRY RD. WEST OF DEERBROOK RD, A TALL GRAIN SILO WAS

DAMAGED. JUST BEFORE THE TORNADO CROSSED DEERBROOK, A FARM WAS

DAMAGED. TWO LARGE EMPTY GAIN BINS WERE DESTROYED ALONG WITH A FEW

SMALLER ONES DAMAGED. FOUR METAL SHEDS SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE

DOORS AND ROOF. A RADIO TOWER COLLAPSE AS WELL ALONG WITH A FEW

TREES SNAPPED. THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST AND CROSSED HWY 388

AT THE INTERSECTION OF HWY 792 AND DOWNED SEVERAL MORE TREES BEFORE

DISSIPATING NORTH OF HWY 388.

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COUNTY/PARISH: NE KEMPER MS / SUMTER/PICKENS AL

BEGINNING POINT: 1.9 NE SCOOBA AT 347 PM

ENDING POINT MS SECTION: 8.9 NE SCOOBA AT 357 PM (32.9097

-88.3509)

ENDING POINT IN AL: N/A DAMAGE CONTINUED TO THE TOMBIGBEE RIVER IN

SOUTHERN PICKENS COUNTY

RATING: EF-2, MAXIMUM ESTIMATED WINDS 130 MPH IN MS

RATING: EF-3, MAXIMUM ESTIMATED WINDS 140 MPH IN AL

PATH LENGTH: 7 MILES IN MS AT LEAST 9 MORE MILES IN SUMTER/PICKENS

MAXIMUM WIDTH: 0.5 MI

SUMMARY OF DAMAGE: THIS TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST NE OF SCOOBA ON

BINNSVILLE RD. SEVERAL TREES WERE UPROOTED AND SNAPPED ALONG WITH A

SHED DAMAGED. THE DAMAGED INCREASED IN THE AREA WHERE BINNSVILLE RD

TURNS EAST. A WELL BUILT HOUSE HAD A PORTION OF THE ROOF TORN OFF

AND THE LARGE SHED WAS DESTROYED. FURTHER NORTHEAST, ALONG SUNFLOWER

RD SEVERAL MOBILE HOMES WERE DAMAGED ON THE EDGE OF THE PATH WITH

MAINLY THE ROOFS REMOVED. ONE MOBILE HOME WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED

AS EVERYTHING BUT THE FRAME WAS THROWN INTO THE WOODS. HERE, A MUCH

MORE INTENSE CORE OF THE TORNADO WAS OBSERVED AND THE TREE DAMAGE

WAS HIGH END, EF-2 DAMAGE OCCURRED AT THIS LOCATION. FROM THAT POINT

TO THE AL STATE LINE, EF-2 TYPE TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE OCCURRED,

ESPECIALLY ALONG THORTON RD. THE TORNADO DAMAGED SOME BUILDINGS AT A

CATFISH FARM AND TORN DOWN POWER LINES AND MORE TREES ALONG JONES RD.

THE TORNADO MOVED INTO AL AND FIRST CROSSED COUNTY ROAD 3 AND

PRODUCED EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE. THE TORNADO THEN CROSSED HWY 17 AT

THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROAD 34. EXTREME TREE DAMAGE WAS NOTED

HERE WITH ALL THE TREES (HARDWOODS AND SOFTWOODS) SNAPPED OR

UPROOTED. ACROSS COUNTY ROAD 34, A SECTION OF THE PATH MOVED ACROSS

A PINE FOREST. ALL THE PINES IN THE TRACK WERE SNAPPED AT THE BASE

OR UP AROUND 15 FT. NO TREE WAS LEFT STANDING IN THIS LOCATION. EF-3

RATING THE TORNADO CONTINUED INTO PICKENS COUNTY AND CONTINUED TO

DOWN/SNAP TREES. ONE LOCATION OFF COUNTY ROAD 85, A LARGE CINDER

BLOCK BUILDING HAD PART OF THE ROOF OFF AND AN OUTER WALL DOWN. THE

TORNADO CONTINUED INTO THE TOMBIGBEE RIVER BOTTOM AND MAY CONTINUE

FURTHER NE. THE TOTAL PATH LENGTH WAS AT LEAST 16 MILES ACROSS THREE

COUNTIES.

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COUNTY/PARISH: SMITH

BEGINNING POINT: 3.6 S POLKVILLE AT 427 PM

ENDING POINT: 2.6 N BURNS AT 438 PM

RATING: EF-3 MAX ESTIMATED WINDS 130 MPH

PATH LENGTH: 8.2 MI

MAXIMUM WIDTH: 1/4 MILE

INJURIES: 0

SUMMARY OF DAMAGE: THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR COUNTY ROAD 131 TO

THE SOUTH OF POLKVILLE...CAUSING TREE DAMAGE. IT ALSO CAUSED TWO

MOBILE HOMES TO MOVE OFF THEIR FOUNDATION. THE TORNADO TRACKED TO

THE NORTHEAST AND CAUSED MAJOR TREE DAMAGE ALONG COUNTY ROAD 559 TO

THE EAST OF TRENTON. TWO CHICKEN HOMES WERE DESTROYED...A MOBILE

HOME WAS DESTROYED...A HOME HAD ROOF DAMAGE. AN 18 WHEELER CAB AND

TRAILER WAS ALSO THROWN ABOUT 300 YARDS.

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COUNTY/PARISH: NEWTON

BEGINNING POINT: 2 S NEWTON AT 508 PM

ENDING POINT: 2 N HICKORY AT 522 PM

RATING: EF-3 MAX ESTIMATED WINDS 145 MPH

PATH LENGTH: 11 MILES

MAXIMUM WIDTH: 0.25 MILE

SUMMARY OF DAMAGE:

THIS TORNADO STARTED JUST SOUTH OF NEWTON ON HIGHWAY 15 NEAR THE

SOUTH MAIN INTERSECTION. THERE WAS MAJOR TREE DAMAGE HERE...AND

AMAZINGLY...THE NORTH END OF THE CONCRETE BRIDGE WAS LIFTED UP

CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE CONCRETE SIDES...GUARD RAILS...AND ASPHALT.

THE TORNADO THEN TRAVELED ENE WITH MORE DAMAGE TO TREES AND SEVERAL

HOMES. ONE MOBILE HOME AND TWO WOOD FRAME HOUSES WERE DESTROYED ON

CORINTH ROAD. IT THEN CONTINUED ENE CROSSING HWY 80 SEVERELY

DAMAGING THE ROOFS OF TWO HOMES AND ALSO DESTROYING A TRAVEL

TRAILER. IT PROCEEDED ENE AND DISSIPATED JUST SOUTH OF I-20.

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COUNTY/PARISH: SMITH...JASPER...CLARKE...AND CHOCTAW AL

BEGINNING POINT: 1 ESE RALEIGH AT 542 PM

ENDING POINT: 4.5 NE SNELL AT 713 PM

RATING: EF-4 MAX ESTIMATED WINDS 175 MPH

PATH LENGTH: 65 MILES (IN MS) 27.3 MI IN AL

MAXIMUM WIDTH: 0.6 MILE

FATALITIES: 7

INJURIES: 35 (AT LEAST)

SUMMARY OF DAMAGE:

THIS TORNADO STARTED BY DOWNING SOME TREES JUST SOUTHEAST OF

RALEIGH, NEAR AND ACROSS HIGHWAY 18. AS THE TORNADO MOVED NORTHEAST

ALONG BAILEY ROAD AND CROSSED COUNTY ROAD 130, IT INTENSIFIED AND

PRODUCED HIGH END EF-1 DAMAGE, SNAPPING AND UPROOTING TREES, TAKING

SHINGLES OFF ROOFS, AND BLOWING SKIRTING OUT FROM MOBILE HOMES. THE

TORNADO CONTINUED TO STRENGTHEN AS IT MOVED NORTHEAST, AND ALONG

COUNTY ROADS 136, 107, AND 105, IT PRODUCED DAMAGE INDICATIVE OF

HIGH END EF-2. A FEW MOBILE HOMES WERE DESTROYED AND SEVERAL HOMES

AND BUILDINGS SUSTAINED SIGNIFICANT ROOF DAMAGE, ALONG WITH

EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE. ALONG COUNTY ROAD 105, A MOBILE HOME WAS

PICKED UP BY THE TORNADO, BOUNCED ALONG THE GROUND A COUPLE OF

TIMES, AND WAS THEN THROWN INTO WOODS ACROSS THE ROAD, WITH DEBRIS

SCATTERED FOR AT LEAST A MILE DOWNSTREAM, INCLUDING THE FRAME OF THE

MOBILE HOME. THE OCCUPANT OF THE MOBILE HOME WAS THE FIRST FATALITY

OF THIS TORNADO. THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST, AND REACHED ITS

MOST INTENSE AND WIDEST POINT IN THE SMITH COUNTY PORTION OF THE

TORNADO JUST BEFORE CROSSING THE COUNTY LINE AT COUNTY ROAD 103.

HERE, IN THE CENTRAL CORE OF THE TORNADO THERE WAS AN AREA OF

COMPLETELY MOWED DOWN PINE TREES IN WHICH EVERY TREE WAS SNAPPED AND

MANY WERE DENUDED, AND TWO FRAME HOMES HAD THE ROOFS AND EXTERIOR

WALLS COMPLETELY DESTROYED WITH EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO INTERIOR WALLS.

IN ADDITION, MANY POWER POLES WERE SNAPPED, A MOBILE HOME WAS

ANNIHILATED, AND A LARGE SHOP BUILDING WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED. THE

DAMAGE HERE WAS RATED HIGH END EF-3 WITH MAXIMUM ESTIMATED WINDS OF

160 MPH.

THE TORNADO REMAINED INTENSE AS IT CROSSED INTO JASPER COUNTY AND

MOVED ACROSS COUNTY ROAD 13, CAUSING VERY IMPRESSIVE TREE DAMAGE

WITH NEARLY EVERY PINE TREE SNAPPED AND EXTENSIVE EVIDENCE OF

DENUDING AND DEBARKING. POWER POLES WERE ALSO SNAPPED. THE TORNADO

PRODUCED SIMILAR TYPE DAMAGE AS IT CROSSED COUNTY ROAD 16. THE

TORNADO THEN PRODUCED ITS FIRST AREA OF EF-4 DAMAGE JUST NORTHWEST

OF LOUIN ALONG COUNTY ROAD 164. HERE, THE TORNADO STRUCK AN AREA

WITH SEVERAL MOBILE HOMES AND ONE FRAME HOME. THE FRAME HOME WAS

COMPLETELY DESTROYED, WITH MOST INTERIOR WALLS DOWN AND SOME OF THE

FOUNDATION PUSHED CLEAN. SEVERAL MOBILE HOMES IN THE AREA, INCLUDING

TWO DOUBLE WIDES WHICH THE RESIDENTS SAID WERE WELL STRAPPED DOWN,

WERE COMPLETELY DESTROYED WITH THE DEBRIS AND FRAMES BLOWN GREAT

DISTANCES. IN FACT, ALL OF THE DEBRIS WAS SO DISPERSED AND MIXED

THAT IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE SURVEYORS TO RECONSTRUCT THE

POSITIONS OF THE MOBILE HOMES AND HOUSE WITHOUT EXPLANATIONS FROM

THE RESIDENTS. TWO PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN A MOBILE HOME AT THIS SPOT;

HOWEVER, SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE ABANDONED THEIR MOBILE HOMES AFTER

HEARING WARNINGS TO SHELTER IN A NEARBY BRICK HOME, AND WERE

CERTAINLY SAVED FROM SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH.

AFTER CROSSING HIGHWAY 15, THE TORNADO WEAKENED AND NARROWED

SOMEWHAT. AS IT CROSSED COUNTY ROAD 23, IT PRODUCED EF-2 DAMAGE,

DESTROYING TWO MOBILE HOMES AND CAUSING EXTENSIVE TREE AND POWER

LINE DAMAGE. THE TORNADO THEN PRODUCED A RELATIVELY NARROW PATH OF

EF-1 TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE FOR SEVERAL MILES, UNTIL

REINTENSIFYING NEAR ROSE HILL. AS THE TORNADO CROSSED HIGHWAY 18

SOUTHEAST OF ROSE HILL, IT REMOVED MOST OF THE ROOF OF A FRAME HOME

AND CAUSED HEAVY DAMAGE TO THE EXTERIOR WALLS, TOOK A LARGE SECTION

OF ROOF OFF ANOTHER FRAME HOME, COMPLETELY DESTROYED A LARGE TIED

DOWN MOBILE HOME, AND CAUSED EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE. THIS DAMAGE WAS

RATED AT THE LOW END OF EF-3. AFTER CAUSING THIS DAMAGE, THE TORNADO

WEAKENED AGAIN, CAUSING MAINLY EF-1 TYPE TREE DAMAGE UNTIL IT

REACHED THE CLARKE COUNTY LINE, WITH THE LAST POINT INSIDE THE

COUNTY LINE ON COUNTY ROAD 22 RATED AS EF-0, WITH JUST A FEW TREES

AND LIMBS DOWN. THE TORNADO THEN CONTINUED INTO CLARKE COUNTY AND

REINTENSIFIED SOMEWHAT, CAUSING TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE AS IT

CROSSED INTERSTATE 59 AND US HIGHWAY 11. THE TORNADO THEN BECAME

MUCH MORE INTENSE AS IT MOVED ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE TOWN OF

ENTERPRISE. A NUMBER OF HOMES AND MOBILE HOMES WERE HEAVILY DAMAGED

OR DESTROYED ALONG COUNTY ROAD 320 AND STATE HIGHWAY 513. THIS

DAMAGE WAS RATED AS HIGH EF-2 TO LOW END EF-3. AS THE TORNADO PASSED

ALONG A TWO MILE STRETCH OF STATE HIGHWAY 519 EAST OF ENTERPRISE, IT

HEAVILY DAMAGED SEVERAL FRAME HOMES AND CAUSED EXTENSIVE TREE

DAMAGE. ONE SPOT HERE WAS THE OTHER AREA OF EF-4 DAMAGE PRODUCED BY

THIS TORNADO. A NEW CONSTRUCTION FRAME HOME WAS COMPLETELY LEVELED

WITH THE DEBRIS SWEPT OFF THE FOUNDATION. RESIDENTS IN THE AREA

REPORTED THAT THE HOUSE WAS NEARLY COMPLETED. BASED ON THESE REPORTS

AND THE EXTENT OF OTHER NEARBY, PRIMARILY TREE, DAMAGE, THIS DAMAGE

IS BEING PRELIMINARILY RATED AS EF-4 WITH MAXIMUM WINDS OF 175 MPH,

BUT ADDITIONAL INVESTIGATION WILL BE DONE REGARDING THIS AREA. OTHER

DAMAGE IN THIS GENERAL AREA WAS RATED AS HIGH END EF-2 OR LOW END

EF-3.

THE TORNADO WEAKENED SLIGHTLY AGAIN AS IT CROSSED US HIGHWAY 45 AND

STATE HIGHWAY 145, AND THEN CAUSED HIGH END EF-2 AND LOW END EF-3

DAMAGE AT COUNTY ROADS 456 AND 457. HERE, SEVERAL STRAPPED DOWN

DOUBLE WIDE MOBILE HOMES WERE DESTROYED WITH DEBRIS STREWN OVER LONG

DISTANCES. NEARBY RESIDENTS REPORTED THAT ONE OF THE MOBILE HOMES

WAS OCCUPIED BY 11 PERSONS AS THE TIME OF THE TORNADO, AND THAT THIS

WAS THE LOCATION WHERE 4 PEOPLE WERE KILLED. ANOTHER RESIDENT OF A

NEARBY MOBILE HOME WAS CRITICALLY INJURED. FROM HERE, THE TORNADO

PASSED EAST NORTHEAST, JUST NORTH OF THE ENERGY AND SNELL

COMMUNITIES, CAUSING EF-2 DAMAGE TO A NUMBER OF FRAME HOMES ALONG

WITH EXTENSIVE TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE. THE TORNADO CROSSED

HIGHWAY 514 NORTHEAST OF SNELL, STILL CAUSING EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE

AND SIGNIFICANT ROOF DAMAGE TO SEVERAL LARGE FRAME HOMES, BEFORE

MOVING ACROSS THE STATE LINE INTO CHOCTAW COUNTY, AL.

NWS MOB SURVEYED THE PORTION OF THE TORNADO IN CHOCTAW COUNTY,

AL...AND FOUND AN ADDITIONAL 27.3 MILES TO THE TRACK. THE TOTAL PATH

LENGTH IS NOW 92.3 MILES.

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COUNTY/PARISH: LAUDERDALE

BEGINNING POINT: 7.5 NW MERIDIAN AT 545 PM

ENDING POINT: 9 N MERIDIAN AT 559 PM

RATING: EF-0 MAX ESTIMATED WINDS 80 MPH

PATH LENGTH: 12 MILES

MAXIMUM WIDTH: 100 YDS

SUMMARY OF DAMAGE: THIS WAS A RATHER WEAK TORNADO THAT STARTED JUST

NORTHWEST OF THE NELLIEBURG COMMUNITY. THE DAMAGE WAS THE MOST SEVERE

HERE WHERE MINOR ROOF DAMAGE OCCURRED TO A FEW HOMES AND SEVERAL

PINES AND HARDWOODS WERE UPROOTED. MOST OF THE TIN ROOF OF A BARN WAS

REMOVED HERE...AND PART OF A LARGE OAK TREE FELL ON A MOBILE HOME. AS

THE TORNADO TRACKED NORTHEAST...IT WEAKENED AND ONLY A FEW TREES WERE

BLOWN DOWN. JUST BEFORE IT DISSIPATED...A LITTLE NORTH OF THE MARION

COMMUNITY...MINOR ROOF DAMAGE (MOSTLY LOST SHINGLES) OCCURRED TO 8

HOMES AND THERE WERE ALSO A FEW SMALL PINE TREES BLOWN DOWN.

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NWS JACKSON WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A SPECIAL THANKS TO THE EMERGENCY

MANAGEMENT AGENCIES FOR THEIR TREMENDOUS HELP. THE SURVEYS WOULD NOT

BE NEARLY AS THOROUGH WITHOUT THEIR SUPPORT.

ADDITIONAL SURVEYS ARE PLANNED OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. A

COMPLETE SURVEY OF THIS EVENT WILL TAKE QUITE SOME TIME DUE TO THE

WIDESPREAD NATURE OF THE DAMAGE. SURVEYED INFORMATION WILL BECOME

AVAILABLE IN PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS...LOCAL STORM

REPORTS...ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE AND ON OUR WEB PAGE AT

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