The National Weather Service in Jackson, Mississippi finished their severe weather surveys for parts of southern Mississippi and have released stats on the tornadoes that affected the area. There were mutliple storms reports in the region and the NWS in Jackson is doing their best to survey all of the damage as fast as possible to determine what caused the damage – wind, tornado or otherwise.
From all of the damaged surveyed thus far, the NWS indicated that there was some straight-line wind damage and four tornadoes in total,
Looking at the survey data, it shows that from 7:22a to 7:26a on Tuesday morning there were two tornadoes on the ground in Covington County. That hasn’t happened since Easter 2020.
NWS Survey Results
Jeff Davis County Tornado
Survey Summary from the NWS:
The tornado formed just west of MS 13 where several trees were snapped in a nearby field. Several trees were snapped or uprooted along MS 13 just north of Golden Pine Road. The storm continued to track east northeast moving across an area from Odom Bass Road to White Rogers Road, mainly causing tree damage. On Mount Zion Road several tree trunks were snapped, large limbs snapped and large hardwood and softwood trees uprooted. Along Hartzog Magee Road several areas of hardwood and softwood trees were snapped or uprooted. Most of the metal roofing was removed from a mobile home and a small shed. Another mobile home on White Rogers Road also had a portion of roofing removed before dissipating.
Jeff Davis County to Collins Tornado
Survey Summary from the NWS:
This tornado began around Al Williamson Road, where trees were blown down. It then traveled along E D Gray Road, where it snapped and uprooted several hardwood and softwood trees, caused roof damage to a few mobile homes and some minor damage to a barn. The tornado then intensified to EF2 strength and caused damage along Clem Road. Hardwood trees were uprooted and snapped and damage occurred to a home, where some of the roofing was removed and the porch awning was also blown away. The more significant damage at this location was to a detached structure. Here, significant roof damage occurred and the debris strewn into a nearby field. Across the street, a power pole was snapped, and several trees were snapped and uprooted along 56 acres of property. The tornado then crossed Atwood Road, where it snapped a power pole and caused additional tree damage. The tornado then crossed into Covington County, where it uprooted some trees along MS Highway 35. It then crossed Kelly Road and Dale Easterling Road, where it snapped and uprooted hardwood and softwood trees. One tree fell onto a mobile home, and another mobile home had some minor siding damage. The tornado continued across Sunset Williamsburg Road before dissipating near the intersection of Sunset Road and Highway 49.
Okatoma / Salem Creek Tornado
Survey Summary from the NWS:
This tornado touched down near the intersection of Stroud Road and Burtons Creek Road. It traveled east-southeast along Rock Hill Road and caused significant roof damage to a home before crossing Highway 49. It continued eastward from there through fields and low creek areas before crossing William Warren Road. It then followed along Hambone Road and Cagle Road before crossing Salem School Road where additional significant roof damage occurred. It eventually crossed Highway 84 and finally dissipated as it reached Hebron Centerville Road. Throughout the path, it uprooted and snapped numerous hardwood and softwood trees.
Clarke County Tornado
Survey Summary from the NWS:
This brief tornado began along CR 277 in southwest Clarke Co, where it demolished a shed and blew a smaller one away. Tin was pulled back on the roof of a house and trees were snapped and uprooted in the area. The tornado then paralleled CR 250, downing more trees, knocking a utility pole onto a house, damaging the roof of a manufactured home, and collapsing a house that was under construction before ending just short of CR 276.
