Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, April 26, 2011

Name: Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, April 26, 2011
Start: 2011-04-26T02:53
End: 2011-04-26T06:20
Location: Mississippi

April 26, 2011 · NWS JAN · 13 events in 12 counties and zones

Gradient induced high winds associated with a wake low occurred during the early morning hours of April 26th generally along the Interstate 20 corridor. The wake low and associated damaging winds spread from west to east along this corridor.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 8 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
Other

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $725,000
Crop damage: $485,000
Events: 13

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What happened

The episode as NWS JAN wrote it up.

Outside of the strong and damaging gradient winds from the wake low event, a few severe storms developed across the area as a band of storms pushed eastward. Two tornadoes occurred along with a couple isolated reports of damaging winds.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Jackson, MS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 25, 8:30 PM CST, 6 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 25, 8:30 PM CST, 6 hours 23 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
930 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011

.UPDATE...LATEST SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS NEGATIVELY TILTED SHORTWAVE
OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS...WHICH WAS GENERATING SEVERE WEATHER SQUALL
LINE THAT WILL SOON ENTER THE NORTHWEST DELTA REGION. SO A TORNADO
WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM FOR PORTIONS OF THE ARKLAMISS REGION EXTENDING
FROM WALTHALL TO JUST NORTH OF JACKSON TO VICKSBURG TO WINNSBORO LA.
SO HAVE UPDATED ZONES FOR THE TORNADO WATCH. THE REST OF THE
FORECAST LOOKS TO BE ON TRACK FOR AN ACTIVE NIGHT FOR TONIGHT./17/

./PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...407 PM CDT.SHORT TERM...SEVERAL ROUNDS OF
SEVERE WEATHER TO IMPACT THE CWA THROUGH THE PERIOD. PRESENTLY...MCS
THAT GRAZED THE NW SECTIONS MOVING ACROSS W TN WHILE A COUPLE OF
BANDS OF STRONG/SEVERE STORMS MOVING THROUGH W AR/E OK/NE TX. THESE
MCS STRUCTURES ARE THE LATEST IN A SERIES THAT HAVE BEEN PLAGUING
THE C MS VALLEY FOR SOME TIME AND DUMPING LARGE AMOUNTS OF RAIN.

THERE HAVE BEEN SOME DISCREPANCIES WITH THE MODELS ON THE HANDLING OF
THESE MCS SYSTEMS...BUT SEEMS AS THOUGH THE NAM/ECMWF/NSSL WRF AND TO
SOME EXTENT THE LOCAL WRF SHOWING SOME AGREEMENT WITH CONVECTIVE
EVOLUTION. CONVECTION LOOKS TO SWEEP INTO THE NW SECTIONS AFTER
MIDNIGHT...MAKING IT AS FAR S AS I20 IN W MS/NE LA...BUT DIMINISHING
THE FURTHER E IT GETS TOWARD MORNING. WHILE PREVIOUS WRF RUNS SHOWED
MORE OF A LINEAR CONVECTIVE MODE...CONTRARY TO FORECAST SHEAR
VECTORS AND WIND PROFILES...LATEST RUNS HAVE CHANGED TO SHOW SHORT
LINEAR SEGMENTS ALONG WITH SOME DISCRETE CELLS. HAVE CONTINUED SEVERE
WORDING IN NORTHERN AREAS OVERNIGHT.

OVERNIGHT CONVECTION WILL SERVE TO PUT DOWN A NICE BOUNDARY OVER C
AND N MS DURING THE MORNING. WHILE SOME LINGERING SCATTERED
CONVECTION WILL OCCUR ALONG AND NORTH OF THE BOUNDARY AFTER
SUNRISE...EXPECT DECENT MIXING TO WEAKEN LIFT/BOUNDARY DURING THE AFTERNOON.

MOVING INTO TUESDAY NIGHT...LOW LEVEL FRONTOGENESIS LOOKS TO GET
GOING OVER N MS ALONG OLD OUTFLOW BOUNDARY. NAM SHOWING SURFACE
DEWPOINTS AROUND 70F POOLING ALONG IT. AS SURFACE LOW PRESSURE
APPROACHES...LOW LEVEL WIND FIELD WILL ALLOW SCATTERED SUPERCELLS TO
DEVELOP ALONG THE BOUNDARY AND MOVE EAST ALONG IT
OVERNIGHT...ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING CAPES OF 500-1500 J/KG AND 0-3KM
SRH AROUND 800 M2/S2. POSITIONING OF THAT BOUNDARY WILL BE CRITICAL
AS TO HOW MUCH IT AFFECTS OUR AREA. RIGHT NOW...AREAS ALONG THE HWY
82 CORRIDOR LOOK TO BE THE MOST UNDER THE GUN.

BY SUNRISE WEDNESDAY...H5 3 PVU POT VORT MAX DIVES INTO BACK SIDE OF
SURFACE LOW ALLOWING FOR MORE DEEPENING AS IT EJECTS OUT TO THE NE.
NAM LOOKS TO VEER LOW LEVEL WINDS AROUND TOO FAST WHICH LIMITS
CONVERGENCE/CONVECTIVE INITIATION UNTIL LATER AND FURTHER EAST.
BELIEVE SEVERE CONVECTION WILL BEGIN DEVELOPING ALONG THE MS RIVER BY
MID/LATE MORNING AND INCREASE FURTHER EAST IN INCREASING
INSTABILITY/SHEAR. MODE LOOKS TO BE MORE LINEAR WEDNESDAY...THUS
DAMAGING WIND MAY BE OF MORE CONCERN./GRG/

&&

.AVIATION...GUSTY SOUTH WINDS AND SCATTERED CUMULUS BASED FROM 4 TO
7 KFT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. ANTICIPATE POWERFUL
SEVERE STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING MAJOR TURBULENCE TO PUSH EAST
TOWARD THE MS RIVER EARLY THIS EVENING AND PERHAPS AFFECT GLH/GWO BY
10 PM TO MIDNIGHT. OTHER SITES SUCH AS GTR/CBM/TVR/HKS/JAN MAY
EVENTUALLY BE AFFECTED BY THIS ACTIVITY LATE TONIGHT OR TOWARD
DAYBREAK. OTHERWISE TONIGHT EXPECT MVFR CEILINGS TO BUILD IN BY
MIDNIGHT IN MOST AREAS WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR ANY IFR CONDITIONS
OUTSIDE OF THUNDERSTORMS HIGHEST AROUND PIB/HBG. FOR TOMORROW
SUB-VFR CONDITIONS DUE TO CEILINGS WILL PERSIST THROUGH 9 TO 11 AM
WITH THUNDERSTORM CHANCES DURING THE DAY TOMORROW HIGHEST NORTH OF
THE INTERSTATE TWENTY CORRIDOR. /17/

&&

PREV LONG TERM DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 458 AM CDT MON APR 25 2011/

LONG TERM...THURSDAY THROUGH NEXT MONDAY...CONDITIONS LOOK MUCH
QUIETER THROUGH THE END OF THE WORK WEEK AS SLIGHTLY COOLER DRIER AIR
FILTERS INTO THE REGION AS HIGH PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE BUILDS EAST
INTO THE FORECAST AREA UNDER NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. THIS IS ABOUT THE
EXTENT OF THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE MODELS THROUGH THE LONG TERM
PORTION OF THE FORECAST. BOTH THE GFS AND ECMWF BRING ANOTHER SYSTEM
INTO THE CWA...BUT THERE ARE SUBSTANTIAL TIMING DIFFERENCES BETWEEN
THE TWO. THE GFS BRINGS A FRONT INTO THE FORECAST AREA LATE SATURDAY
INTO SUNDAY...WHILE THE ECMWF IS ROUGHLY 24 HOURS SLOWER BRINGING THE
FRONT INTO THE CWA SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. GIVEN THIS IS STILL
SEVERAL DAYS OUT...I'LL STAY PRETTY CLOSE TO MEX GUIDANCE THROUGH THE
WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT MONDAY. /19/

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
JACKSON       69  87  70  82 /  71  37  50  56
MERIDIAN      67  88  70  87 /  24  41  44  56
VICKSBURG     69  88  71  82 /  86  38  53  49
HATTIESBURG   67  89  70  91 /  22  25  19  43
NATCHEZ       69  88  69  81 /  42  29  24  44
GREENVILLE    70  87  69  79 /  82  59  71  57
GREENWOOD     69  87  71  80 /  85  56  71  63

&&

.JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MS...NONE.

LA...NONE.

AR...NONE.

&&

17/GG/BB

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 25, 2:02 PM CST, 12 hours 51 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
302 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011

ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023-025-MSZ018-019-025>053-262015-
ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND-
MADISON LA-FRANKLIN LA-TENSAS-BOLIVAR-SUNFLOWER-LEFLORE-GRENADA-
CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-WEBSTER-CLAY-LOWNDES-CHOCTAW-OKTIBBEHA-
WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS-HOLMES-ATTALA-WINSTON-NOXUBEE-ISSAQUENA-
SHARKEY-YAZOO-MADISON MS-LEAKE-NESHOBA-KEMPER-WARREN-HINDS-RANKIN-
SCOTT-NEWTON-LAUDERDALE-CLAIBORNE-
302 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...SOUTHEAST
ARKANSAS...AND NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND TUESDAY
SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY. THE
PRIMARY TIMING FOR A RISK OF SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED
TO BE BETWEEN 9 PM AND 9 AM AS A BAND OF STORMS MOVES ACROSS THE AREA
FROM WEST TO EAST. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS
TO 75 MPH...AND TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE MOST INTENSE STORMS.
AN ENHANCED RISK OF SEVERE STORMS WILL EXIST OVER THE DELTA NORTHWEST
OF A LINE FROM DELHI TO GRENADA. IN THIS AREA IN PARTICULAR A FEW
STRONG TORNADOES COULD OCCUR...ESPECIALLY WITH ANY DISCRETE SUPERCELL
THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN THE BAND OF STORMS.

IN ADDITION TO THE RISK OF SEVERE STORMS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL
WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AREAS WHERE STORMS MOVE REPEATEDLY ACROSS THE
SAME AREA. THIS COULD CAUSE LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. THE PRIMARY
RISK FOR THIS WOULD BE NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM TALLULAH TO MACON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY
ANOTHER EPISODE OF SEVERE STORMS WILL BE LIKELY TUESDAY NIGHT INTO
WEDNESDAY. ANY SEVERE STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO
PRODUCE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE ATMOSPHERE
LOOKS TO BECOME PARTICULARLY CONDUCIVE TO THE PRODUCTION OF
SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER DURING THIS TIME PERIOD...AND THE MOST
INTENSE STORMS MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TORNADOES.

THERE ALSO EXISTS THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL
TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY IF STORMS BEGIN TO MOVE OVER THE SAME
LOCATIONS. THIS RISK IS MAINLY FOR AREAS WITHIN THE HIGHWAY 82
CORRIDOR.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER
OPERATIONS...MAY BE NEEDED AT ANY TIME THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

LAZ024-026-MSZ054>066-072>074-262015-
CATAHOULA-CONCORDIA-COPIAH-SIMPSON-SMITH-JASPER-CLARKE-JEFFERSON-
ADAMS-FRANKLIN MS-LINCOLN-LAWRENCE-JEFFERSON DAVIS-COVINGTON-
JONES-MARION-LAMAR-FORREST-
302 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND
SOUTH MISSISSIPPI.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND TUESDAY
THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY
AN EPISODE OF SEVERE STORMS WILL BE LIKELY LATE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO
WEDNESDAY. THIS THREAT WILL BEGIN WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
TOWARD MORNING EARLY WEDNESDAY...AND SHIFT EAST THROUGH THE DAY.
WHILE THE COVERAGE OF STORMS MAY BE RELATIVELY ISOLATED...ANY STORMS
THAT DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE SEVERE AND PRODUCE
TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE ATMOSPHERE
LOOKS TO BECOME PARTICULARLY CONDUCIVE TO THE PRODUCTION OF
SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER DURING THIS TIME PERIOD...AND THE MOST
INTENSE STORMS MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TORNADOES.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER
OPERATIONS...MAY BE NEEDED LATE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY.

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN.

08

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 25, 10:20 PM CST, 4 hours 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1120 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1110 PM     HEAVY RAIN       DERMOTT                 33.53N 91.44W
04/25/2011  E0.00 INCH       CHICOT             AR   EMERGENCY MNGR

            WATER BEGINNING TO COVER AREA ROADS IN NORTHERN CHICOT
            COUNTY...REPORTED BY CHICOT EM

&&

EC

Local storm report, Apr 25, 10:21 PM CST, 4 hours 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1121 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1115 PM     HAIL             BOYLE                   33.70N 90.73W
04/25/2011  E0.50 INCH       BOLIVAR            MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED NEAR BOYLE...REPORTED BY BOLIVAR
            EOC

&&

EC

Special weather statement, Apr 25, 11:59 PM CST, 2 hours 54 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1259 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

MSZ027>029-032-260630-
WEBSTER MS-CARROLL MS-MONTGOMERY MS-CHOCTAW MS-
1259 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE
HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED FROM 5 MILES NORTH OF EMBRY
TO 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF VAIDEN AT 1259 AM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 35
MPH.

PEOPLE IN NORTHWESTERN CHOCTAW...MONTGOMERY...EASTERN CARROLL
AND WEBSTER COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THESE STORMS CLOSELY.

LAT...LON 3374 8902 3364 8903 3364 8901 3362 8901
      3329 8943 3329 8965 3333 9001 3368 8951
      3373 8950 3373 8919 3375 8918
TIME...MOT...LOC 0559Z 277DEG 32KT 3372 8937 3338 8980

EEC

Special weather statement, Apr 26, 2:11 AM CST, 42 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
311 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

LAZ016-023>025-MSZ047-053-260925-
TENSAS LA-CATAHOULA LA-FRANKLIN LA-CLAIBORNE MS-WARREN MS-MADISON LA-
311 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

STRONG WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR THE NEXT ONE
TO TWO HOURS. WINDS HAVE INCREASED BEHIND A COMPLEX OF
THUNDERSTORMS THAT ARE PASSING BY TO THE SOUTH AND EAST.

THESE STRONG WINDS CAN BRING DOWN LARGE LIMBS AND TREES.

PEOPLE IN WARREN AND CLAIBORNE COUNTIES...AND SOUTHERN
MADISON...FRANKLIN...CATAHOULA AND TENSAS PARISHES SHOULD STAY IN
SAFE SHELTER UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE.

LAT...LON 3246 9080 3198 9084 3174 9200 3224 9161
TIME...MOT...LOC 0808Z 254DEG 35KT 3229 9123

EEC

Special weather statement, Apr 26, 2:22 AM CST, 31 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
322 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

MSZ053-059>061-260900-
JEFFERSON MS-CLAIBORNE MS-FRANKLIN MS-ADAMS MS-
322 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 40 TO 50 MPH
WINDS WAS LOCATED FROM 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF ROCKY SPRINGS TO 9 MILES
WEST OF NATCHEZ AT 322 AM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

PEOPLE IN NORTHERN ADAMS...NORTHWESTERN FRANKLIN...CLAIBORNE AND
JEFFERSON COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THESE STORMS CLOSELY.

LAT...LON 3153 9151 3158 9141 3160 9150 3165 9151
      3162 9142 3174 9138 3176 9126 3177 9137
      3184 9134 3186 9129 3182 9125 3187 9126
      3199 9116 3203 9107 3208 9115 3209 9092
      3222 9073 3205 9072 3146 9097 3148 9151
TIME...MOT...LOC 0822Z 249DEG 31KT 3222 9102 3154 9150

EEC

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 156 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:53 UTC.

Open the radar archive at this moment

Event by event

8 high wind, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Bolivar

When: April 26, 2:53 AM CST
Where: Bolivar County, 0.69 mi S of Gunnison
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Emergency Manager
Coordinates: 33.940, -90.950

High Wind, Yazoo

When: April 26, 3:40 AM CST to 3:50 AM CST
Where: Yazoo forecast zone
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $50,000
Crop damage: $50,000
Reported by: Emergency Manager
Coordinates: 32.780, -90.396 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High winds associated with a wake low downed numerous trees across the county. Part of a roof was blown off a building on Route 433 South.

High Wind, Warren

When: April 26, 3:40 AM CST to 3:50 AM CST
Where: Warren forecast zone
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $50,000
Crop damage: $50,000
Reported by: Emergency Manager
Coordinates: 32.357, -90.852 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High winds associated with a wake low downed numerous trees and power lines across the county.

Thunderstorm Wind, Franklin

When: April 26, 3:42 AM CST
Where: Franklin County, 0.69 mi S of Bude
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: Emergency Manager
Coordinates: 31.460, -90.850

A few trees were blown down.

High Wind, Hinds

When: April 26, 4:10 AM CST to 4:30 AM CST
Where: Hinds forecast zone
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $50,000
Crop damage: $30,000
Reported by: Emergency Manager
Coordinates: 32.267, -90.443 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High winds associated with a wake low downed numerous trees around the city of Raymond. A tree was blown down, and a boat was blown from a lake into a yard in Clinton. The high winds downed multiple trees all across the county.

High Wind, Rankin

When: April 26, 4:15 AM CST to 4:35 AM CST
Where: Rankin forecast zone
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Crop damage: $30,000
Reported by: Emergency Manager
Coordinates: 32.264, -89.946 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High winds associated with a wake low downed a few trees across the county.

High Wind, Madison

When: April 26, 4:15 AM CST to 4:35 AM CST
Where: Madison forecast zone
Measured: 60 kt (69 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $200,000
Crop damage: $100,000
Reported by: Emergency Manager
Coordinates: 32.635, -90.034 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High winds associated with a wake low downed numerous trees across the county. Some of the trees fell on roads and power lines. One tree fell on a house near Lake Caroline causing significant damage to the house. The high winds destroyed a barn and caused minor damage to the roof of a house along Old Highway 51. A power pole was knocked down onto Sawbridge Drive at Dinsmore Crossing in Ridgeland. The most intense tree damage occurred across the northern two-thirds of the county.

High Wind, Attala

When: April 26, 4:25 AM CST to 4:45 AM CST
Where: Attala forecast zone
Measured: 60 kt (69 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $150,000
Crop damage: $100,000
Reported by: Emergency Manager
Coordinates: 33.086, -89.581 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High winds associated with a wake low downed numerous trees across the county, with the highest concentration of damage just east of Goodman. Several homes had trees blown onto them, and a store had the roof blown off. One structure in Sallis had a tree blown down onto the roof.

High Wind, Leake

When: April 26, 4:45 AM CST to 5:00 AM CST
Where: Leake forecast zone
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Crop damage: $50,000
Reported by: Emergency Manager
Coordinates: 32.754, -89.524 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High winds associated with a wake low downed a few trees across Highway 35.

High Wind, Neshoba

When: April 26, 5:00 AM CST to 5:20 AM CST
Where: Neshoba forecast zone
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Crop damage: $75,000
Reported by: Emergency Manager
Coordinates: 32.754, -89.118 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High winds associated with a wake low downed numerous trees across the county, with several trees across roads west of Philadelphia.

Tornado, Covington

When: April 26, 5:41 AM CST to 5:42 AM CST
Where: Covington County, 1.43 mi ESE of Collins to 1.68 mi E of Collins
Rating: EF1
Path length: 0.31 mi
Path width: 50 yd
Property damage: $45,000
Reported by: NWS Storm Survey
Coordinates: 31.625, -89.526

A short lived tornado touched down just south of Collins on Kola Road and destroyed two barns and downed a few trees and many limbs. The concrete foundation of the barn, which was attached to metal poles, was pulled out of the ground. Also, a nearby FEMA trailer suffered some minor damage as the tornado passed with some skirting pulled away from another trailer. Maximum winds were around 95 mph.

Tornado, Jones

When: April 26, 6:12 AM CST to 6:14 AM CST
Where: Jones County, 2.21 mi SSW of Service to 1.22 mi S of Service
Rating: EF1
Path length: 1.17 mi
Path width: 100 yd
Property damage: $180,000
Reported by: NWS Storm Survey
Coordinates: 31.700, -89.242

This tornado touched down west of Laurel and caused roof damage to a well built home and minor damage to several other well built homes. The roof of an outbuilding was blown off and a trampoline was thrown a considerable distance. A fence around a nearby pool was blown down and a car port was thrown some distance along with several trees and limbs down. Maximum winds were around 95 mph.

Thunderstorm Wind, Jones

When: April 26, 6:20 AM CST
Where: Jones County, Laurel
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: Emergency Manager
Coordinates: 31.700, -89.130

A couple of trees were blown down.

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
High Wind: Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
Tornado: A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 305103, 312380, 312381, 305104, 312383, 312387, 312413, 312422, 312426, 312424, 305109, 305135, 305139.