Tornado Reports
Sort by Time Sort by Rating Sort by State Sort by County| Time | Rating | Radar | State | County | Location | Narrative |
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| 18:58Z | EF0 | KVAX | GA | Lowndes | Kinderlou | A fire department reported a brief tornado touchdown in a field. No structural damage occurred. There was a small but visible tornadic debris signature on KVAX dual-pol radar as well. The tornado was rated EF0. |
| 19:19Z | EF2 | KLIX | LA | Tangipahoa | Amite | The survey team found mostly EF1 tornado damage and found a few locations with low end EF2 damage. Damage began south of Louisiana Highway 16 near Highway 1054. Near this location, numerous trees were laid down or snapped off with some oriented to the northwest and some to the southeast. A few homes also sustained significant roof damage. On Leander Lane, 3 or 4 homes had varying roof damage with one well built home with more than half its roof pulled off and a wall collapsed in. An unanchored 12x24 shed was slid off its foundation and another outbuilding was destroyed. Two travel trailers were moved 50 yards and destroyed. Farther northeast on Eastwood Road, pine trees were snapped. Trees were also snapped near Katherine Holton Road and Chappepeela Ridge Road, along with a well built home having part of its second story roof pulled off and a wall collapsed. The tornado track ended shortly after this location near Rolling Pine Road. |
| 20:20Z | EF3 | KLIX | MS | Marion | Columbia | This tornado first touched down just east of the Pearl River just south of Columbia. It quickly became strong and moved northeast impacting the southeast side of Columbia. The tornado remained on the ground through Marion County before lifting as it approached the Lamar County line. Numerous businesses, homes, mobile homes, a National Guard building and power poles and lines were heavily damaged or destroyed by the tornado. One well-built home was mostly destroyed and nearly reduced to a slab. This home received the highest damage rating. Extensive tree damage also occurred along the path of the storm. Maximum wind speed of this tornado was 165mph. |
| 20:45Z | EF0 | KDGX | MS | Lamar | Sumrall | This tornado briefly touched down in Sumrall. The tin roof of a daycare center and several large limbs were knocked down from this brief tornado touchdown. The estimated wind speed was 70 mph. |
| 20:46Z | EF0 | KDGX | MS | Lamar | Sumrall | This tornado briefly touched down in a subdivision north of Sumrall. Twelve homes received minor roof damage, several fences were damaged, and two trees were downed. The estimated wind speed was 75 mph. |
| 21:22Z | EF2 | KDGX | MS | Jones | Service | This tornado started along Maxey Rd and tracked northeast for a little over 5 miles. Initially the damage was light with only a tree or two snapped and large limbs broken. As the tornado crossed State Highway 28, the width of the tornado increased as well as the intensity. Here, several large pine trees were uprooted and snapped along with a few portions of wooden fence torn down. Along Gardner Rd, more trees were damaged along with some minor roof damage to some homes. A large barn had most of the roof removed with the tin scattered along the path. Similar tree damage occurred as the tornado crossed Hines Rd, Tim Holifield Rd and Service Rd. The tornado reached peak intensity as it crossed Mullican Rd. Here three homes sustained moderate roof damage with dozens of trees snapped/uprooted. A mobile home at this location was totally destroyed and unrecognizable with the undercarriage thrown a considerable distance. Two fatalities occurred in the mobile home. Next to the mobile home was a small wood frame home on a slab. This structure was removed off the foundation. A large wooden storage shed was totally destroyed as well at this location. Peak winds here were at 125 mph. From this point, the tornado narrowed and weakened as it moved northeast and tracked across Bush Dairy Rd and then State Highway 15 where it eventually lifted. |
| 22:27Z | EF0 | KMOB | MS | Clarke | Creek | The tornado started along County Road 658 and traveled northeast. It crossed Pine Ridge Road and ended about one quarter mile into the woods. The skirting of a mobile home was blown out along with a few large pine branches and large tree tops were broken off. The estimated wind speed was 75mph. |
Storm reports are derived from "The Storm Events Database" (National Centers for Environmental Information) and/or "Past Storm Reports" (Storm Prediction Center).