Tornado Reports
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| 15:15Z | EF0 | KHGX | TX | Polk | Soda | Deputy witnessed funnel cloud. Tornado touched down near a travel trailer which was lifted off the ground, thrown and destroyed. Occupant of trailer was injured as he was exiting trailer when tornado hit. Tornado appeared to lift then touch down again about one half mile later with numerous large trees uprooted and snapped along a path to the east of the initial touch down. |
| 21:39Z | EF1 | KDGX | MS | Lawrence | Arm | This tornado started in a wooded area between River Road and GW Smith Road. As it moved east northeast, it snapped and uprooted a couple dozen hardwood and softwood trees along GW Smith Road. It also downed a couple power lines in this area. Several hay barns were damaged with tin thrown along the path. A well defined convergent pattern was noted with the tree damage. Also along this road, a mobile home had the front porch removed, and three other homes sustained minor roof damage. The tornado dissipated as it crossed highway 43. Maximum wind speeds were estimated at 95 mph. |
| 22:23Z | EF2 | KLIX | MS | Marion | Pickwick | This tornado started just inside Marion County on New Hope Road where a few outbuildings were destroyed. On the east side of the road, a home had a good portion of the roof torn off. The tornado then crossed Hurricane Creek Road and approached Mt Carmel Church Road, which is where the most intense damage occurred. Three mobile homes were completely destroyed with just the undercarriage left (3 injuries occurred here). A bit further northeast, the tornado crossed Regan Road where three homes sustained significant roof damage. Numerous trees were snapped or uprooted in this area as well. The tornado weakened as it crossed Hwy 35, but continued to produce low end tree damage across Hwy 13 South and Game Reserve Road. Additional damage to structures occurred near the Lamar County line along Columbia-Purvis Road, Powell Lane and Culdesac Drive. The tornado then entered Lamar County causing additional damage to structures with one home off Wiley Lott Road having the roof removed. A number of power poles were snapped in this area as well, along with significant tree damage. The tornado dissipated shortly after producing this damage. Maximum wind speeds were estimated at 120 mph. |
| 22:49Z | EF2 | KLIX | MS | Lamar | Tatums Camps | This tornado started just inside Marion County on New Hope Road where a few outbuildings were destroyed. On the east side of the road, a home had a good portion of the roof torn off. The tornado then crossed Hurricane Creek Road and approached Mt Carmel Church Road, which is where the most intense damage occurred. Three mobile homes were completely destroyed with just the undercarriage left (3 injuries occurred here). A bit further northeast, the tornado crossed Regan Road where three homes sustained significant roof damage. Numerous trees were snapped or uprooted in this area as well. The tornado weakened as it crossed Hwy 35, but continued to produce low end tree damage across Hwy 13 South and Game Reserve Road. Additional damage to structures occurred near the Lamar County line along Columbia-Purvis Road, Powell Lane and Culdesac Drive. The tornado then entered Lamar County causing additional damage to structures with one home off Wiley Lott Road having the roof removed. A number of power poles were snapped in this area as well, along with significant tree damage. The tornado dissipated shortly after producing this damage. Maximum wind speeds were estimated at 120 mph. |
| 23:00Z | EF1 | KMOB | AL | Washington | Bigbee | The tornado touched down in a deeply wooded area west of|County Road 34 in eastern Washington county. The tornado quickly|intensified to EF-1 strength as it crossed County Road 34 damaging|the roofs of a few homes and blowing down numerous pine trees. The|tornado continued northeast across the Tombigbee river crossing into|Clarke County. |
| 23:03Z | EF4 | KLIX | MS | Lamar | Oak Grove | The tornado started along Highway 589, where some limbs and small trees were blown down. It became intense rather quickly, producing significant damage as it moved through the West Lake Serene area. The tornado reached its maximum intensity in the area around and just southwest of Oak Grove High School where maximum winds were estimated at 170 mph, which is EF-4 strength. There was a brick home in a subdivision southwest of the high school, just west of old Highway 11, that was completely leveled with all interior and exterior walls down, and a fair amount of large debris was blown downstream. Additionally, very high end timber damage occurred in this location with a number of trees showing debarking and denuding. Several other homes in this subdivision also sustained EF-2 to EF-3 damage. As the tornado crossed old Highway 11, it produced extensive damage on the campus of Oak Grove High School. The field house adjoining the football stadium was destroyed, the baseball stadium and a large metal building adjoining the stadium were essentially destroyed, and several large steel/concrete light standards were snapped at both the baseball and football stadiums. A vehicle was thrown from the parking lot adjoining the baseball stadium, up a small hill and was deposited near the pitching mound in the middle of the baseball field. The main building of the high school also suffered roof damage.||The tornado then moved northeast into the heavily populated areas of Oak Grove and West Hattiesburg, including areas along Lincoln Road Extension, Weathersby Road, Oak Grove Road, and the area just south of Highway 98 along Clark, Lamar and Foxgate Avenues. Numerous homes were destroyed or suffered major damage, and a few homes showed evidence of high end EF-3 damage. Dozens of power poles were snapped and extensive tree damage occurred. Video evidence and ground survey damage appeared to indicate that the tornado was multi-vortex in nature during its Lamar County portion. Just before crossing Interstate 59, it caused significant roof damage to a number of apartment buildings just west of the interstate. In total in Lamar County, emergency management indicated that 51 homes were destroyed and 170 suffered major damage.||The tornado then moved into Forrest County just to the south of Hardy Street damaging numerous homes with the damage in the EF-2 and EF-3 category. It then crossed Hardy Street impacting the southeast corner of the University of Southern Mississippi campus. Numerous buildings were damaged in this area including several campus buildings and a large church. Numerous power poles were blown down in this area and several metal traffic lights were bent or torn off their bases. Damage in this area was also EF-2 and EF-3.||The tornado continued across Highway 49 impacting multiple neighborhoods. Numerous roofs were blown off houses and many trees fell on houses and vehicles. The tornado crossed North Main Street causing significant damage to the Red Cross building, the Girl Scouts building, and bending large metal poles at the Hattiesburg High School athletic fields. The tornado then moved across east 7th Street causing significant damage to several large brick buildings. Damage in the area between north Main Street and east 7th Avenue was in the high end EF-3 range with maximum winds around 160 mph.||The tornado continued into Petal with the most significant damage occurring to an Ace Hardware store on South Main Street. Numerous homes in the vicinity of the hardware store also had roofs torn off and exterior walls collapsed. This damage was also rated high end EF-3 with maximum winds around 160 mph.||The tornado began to weaken as it crossed the Evelyn Gandy Parkway to the northeast of Petal. Damage in this area was mainly EF-1 and EF-2 and consisted of roof damage and snapped trees. The tornado strengthened one last time as it moved through a neighborhood just off Twin Lakes Road. Numerous well built homes experienced EF-2 damage to the roofs in this neighborhood. The tornado weakened as it approached the Perry County line and dissipated a couple of miles into Perry County. Damage at the end of the track was in the EF-0 to EF-1 range.||In Forrest County, emergency management indicated that 133 homes were destroyed and 207 suffered major damage. There were 63 reported injuries.||This is the second violent tornado to impact Lamar and Forrest Counties in recorded history. The other violent tornado was the infamous Purvis tornado on April 24, 1908 that was on the ground for 155 miles and impacted many counties across Mississippi. In total, 143 people were killed by this tornado, including 60 in Lamar County and 4 in Forrest County. |
| 23:10Z | EF1 | KMOB | AL | Clarke | Salitpa | The tornado touched down in a deeply wooded area west of|County Road 34 in eastern Washington county. The tornado quickly|intensified to EF-1 strength as it crossed County Road 34 damaging|the roofs of a few homes and blowing down numerous pine trees. The|tornado continued northeast across the Tombigbee river crossing into|Clarke County where it produced damage on old lock road to 3 wood|frame homes (blowing one off of its masonry block foundation)...|rolling one single wide mobile home over onto its side...and blowing|another single wide mobile home off of its blocks. The tornado|continued east across highway 69 snapping several pine trees. The|tornado then dissipated in a deeply wooded area east of highway 69|before reaching U.S. Highway 43 north of Jackson. A second brief|tornado formed from this same thunderstorm a short distance farther|southeast near Highway 43 (see Antioch tornado with this event). |
| 23:15Z | EF3 | KLIX | MS | Forrest | Hattiesburg | The tornado started along Highway 589, where some limbs and small trees were blown down. It became intense rather quickly, producing significant damage as it moved through the West Lake Serene area. The tornado reached its maximum intensity in the area around and just southwest of Oak Grove High School where maximum winds were estimated at 170 mph, which is EF-4 strength. There was a brick home in a subdivision southwest of the high school, just west of old Highway 11, that was completely leveled with all interior and exterior walls down, and a fair amount of large debris was blown downstream. Additionally, very high end timber damage occurred in this location with a number of trees showing debarking and denuding. Several other homes in this subdivision also sustained EF-2 to EF-3 damage. As the tornado crossed old Highway 11, it produced extensive damage on the campus of Oak Grove High School. The field house adjoining the football stadium was destroyed, the baseball stadium and a large metal building adjoining the stadium were essentially destroyed, and several large steel/concrete light standards were snapped at both the baseball and football stadiums. A vehicle was thrown from the parking lot adjoining the baseball stadium, up a small hill and was deposited near the pitching mound in the middle of the baseball field. The main building of the high school also suffered roof damage.||The tornado then moved northeast into the heavily populated areas of Oak Grove and West Hattiesburg, including areas along Lincoln Road Extension, Weathersby Road, Oak Grove Road, and the area just south of Highway 98 along Clark, Lamar and Foxgate Avenues. Numerous homes were destroyed or suffered major damage, and a few homes showed evidence of high end EF-3 damage. Dozens of power poles were snapped and extensive tree damage occurred. Video evidence and ground survey damage appeared to indicate that the tornado was multi-vortex in nature during its Lamar County portion. Just before crossing Interstate 59, it caused significant roof damage to a number of apartment buildings just west of the interstate. In total in Lamar County, emergency management indicated that 51 homes were destroyed and 170 suffered major damage.||The tornado then moved into Forrest County just to the south of Hardy Street damaging numerous homes with the damage in the EF-2 and EF-3 category. It then crossed Hardy Street impacting the southeast corner of the University of Southern Mississippi campus. Numerous buildings were damaged in this area including several campus buildings and a large church. Numerous power poles were blown down in this area and several metal traffic lights were bent or torn off their bases. Damage in this area was also EF-2 and EF-3.||The tornado continued across Highway 49 impacting multiple neighborhoods. Numerous roofs were blown off houses and many trees fell on houses and vehicles. The tornado crossed North Main Street causing significant damage to the Red Cross building, the Girl Scouts building, and bending large metal poles at the Hattiesburg High School athletic fields. The tornado then moved across east 7th Street causing significant damage to several large brick buildings. Damage in the area between north Main Street and east 7th Avenue was in the high end EF-3 range with maximum winds around 160 mph.||The tornado continued into Petal with the most significant damage occurring to an Ace Hardware store on South Main Street. Numerous homes in the vicinity of the hardware store also had roofs torn off and exterior walls collapsed. This damage was also rated high end EF-3 with maximum winds around 160 mph.||The tornado began to weaken as it crossed the Evelyn Gandy Parkway to the northeast of Petal. Damage in this area was mainly EF-1 and EF-2 and consisted of roof damage and snapped trees. The tornado strengthened one last time as it moved through a neighborhood just off Twin Lakes Road. Numerous well built homes experienced EF-2 damage to the roofs in this neighborhood. The tornado weakened as it approached the Perry County line and dissipated a couple of miles into Perry County. Damage at the end of the track was in the EF-0 to EF-1 range.||In Forrest County, emergency management indicated that 133 homes were destroyed and 207 suffered major damage. There were 63 reported injuries.||This is the second violent tornado to impact Lamar and Forrest Counties in recorded history. The other violent tornado was the infamous Purvis tornado on April 24, 1908 that was on the ground for 155 miles and impacted many counties across Mississippi. In total, 143 people were killed by this tornado, including 60 in Lamar County and 4 in Forrest County. |
| 23:26Z | EF1 | KMOB | AL | Clarke | Winn | This very brief tornado touched down just east of|U.S. Highway 43 north of Jackson near Camp Maubila Road. In this|area the tornado peeled back the roof panels of a metal shed...|snapped several pine trees mid trunk. The tornado paralleled highway|43 for its short life...dissipating in a wooded area just east of|Highway 43. |
| 23:34Z | EF1 | KMOB | MS | Perry | Tallahala | This was a continuation of the EF-4 Hattiesburg tornado as it was weakening and crossing into Perry County Mississippi. The tornado was at EF-1 strength at 100 yards wide as it crossed the county line then weakened quickly to less than 80 yards wide at EF-0 strength as it crossed Corinth Church Road just south of Highway 42. The tornado dissipated just east of Corinth Church Road in a wooded area. |
| 00:46Z | EF1 | KMOB | MS | Wayne | Clara | The tornado touched down in the southwest portions of Wayne County just south of Strickland Road and just west of Salem Road along Byrd Creek in the Desoto National Forest. The tornado quickly intensified to EF-1 strength as it crossed Shows Road where it damaged the roofs of 2 homes and snapped or uprooted numerous large trees. The tornado overturned camping trailers at a hunting camp off of Fire Road 726 and continued east northeast crossing Pine Grove Road. The tornado weakened to EF-0 strength as it crossed a large section of the Desoto National Forest and Highway 63 approximately 4 miles southwest of Clara where it produced minor damage to the roofs of a few homes...destroyed a few small outbuildings...and topped out trees in an 80 yard wide path. The tornado then quickly re-intensified as it moved across Hudson Town Road and Roy Shoemaker Drive where it widened to 200 yards...snapping numerous large tree pine trees...damaging the roof of one brick home and causing damage to a barn. The tornado crossed Buckatunna Clara Road where it snapped numerous pine trees and caused major damage to 3 homes when pine trees fell on them. The tornado weakened and dissipated near Hutcherson Hutto Road. The storm that produced this tornado also had severe downburst winds on the rear flank downdraft. The rear flank downdraft with this storm uprooted or snapped a wide swath of trees south of the main tornado track. |
| 01:14Z | EF1 | KMOB | MS | Wayne | Denham | The tornado touched down near Mallie Bonner Road southwest|of the Denham area where it snapped a few pine trees. The tornado|strengthened quickly and widened to nearly 200 yards wide as it crossed|Denham Progress Road just north of Joe Taylor Road...destroying a single wide|mobile home...damaging the roofs of several wood frame homes...and snapping|or uprooting numerous large trees. The tornado quickly weakened and|dissipated as it crossed Joe Taylor Road. This tornado was produced by the|same supercell thunderstorm that produced the Clara tornado a few minutes|earlier. |
Storm reports are derived from "The Storm Events Database" (National Centers for Environmental Information) and/or "Past Storm Reports" (Storm Prediction Center).