Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Mississippi, April 22 to 23, 2020

Trees were blown down along Martin Luther King Road near Annas Bottom Road.

Multiple trees were blown down in the county.

Ping pong ball size hail fell.

Power lines were blown down on Highway 18. Two homes sustained damage.

Trees were blown down.

Trees were blown down in the western part of the county.

During the late evening, a severe thunderstorm was responsible for an extensive swath of significant damage across several counties in the southern portion of the NWS Jackson service area. The main corridor of focused and higher end wind damage was across southern Copiah to far southern Simpson, as well as all of northern sections of Lawrence, Jefferson Davis and Covington counties before dissipating across northwest Jones County. Based on a NWS damage survey of portions of this swath, along with accounts and assessments from local Emergency Managers, significant wind speeds across this swath ranged between 80 and 100 mph. Within the overall swath, there were generally 2 to 3 focused corridors, roughly running from west northwest to east southeast, where the greatest concentration of damage occurred. General dimensions of the swath can be described as roughly 80 miles long with a width of 6 to 8 miles where the greatest concentration of damage occurred. Damage across this large swath were primarily damaged trees and downed power lines. Tree damage was a combination of uprooted and snapped trees and was quite extensive and best characterized by hundreds of thousands of damaged trees. Downed power lines and broken poles were extensive as well across the swath. Additionally, many structures were damaged with degrees of damage from minor to major. All of this was due to a combination of the wind itself causing damage or by downed trees damaging the structure. In Copiah County, the strongest hit area included Stronghope community and points east towards the river and across Duckworth, Pearl Valley and Beasley Roads with both structural damage to houses and trees down.

A few sections of the awning were peeled off at the Sonic in Brookhaven. The sign was also blown out. Several large trees were blown down at the Brookhaven Animal Rescue League Adoption Center, which also caused damage to fencing and power lines at the center.

Quarter size hail fell around Hazlehurst.

Quarter size hail fell along Lott Smith Road.

Trees were blown down.

Trees were blown down along Bobby Kennedy Road as well as along Highway 27.

During the late evening, a severe thunderstorm was responsible for an extensive swath of significant damage across several counties in the southern portion of the NWS Jackson service area. The main corridor of focused and higher end wind damage was across southern Copiah to far southern Simpson, as well as all of northern sections of Lawrence, Jefferson Davis and Covington counties before dissipating across northwest Jones County. Based on a NWS damage survey of portions of this swath, along with accounts and assessments from local Emergency Managers, significant wind speeds across this swath ranged between 80 and 100 mph. Within the overall swath, there were generally 2 to 3 focused corridors, roughly running from west northwest to east southeast, where the greatest concentration of damage occurred. General dimensions of the swath can be described as roughly 80 miles long with a width of 6 to 8 miles where the greatest concentration of damage occurred. Damage across this large swath were primarily damaged trees and downed power lines. Tree damage was a combination of uprooted and snapped trees and was quite extensive and best characterized by hundreds of thousands of damaged trees. Downed power lines and broken poles were extensive as well across the swath. Additionally, many structures were damaged with degrees of damage from minor to major. All of this was due to a combination of the wind itself causing damage or by downed trees damaging the structure. In Lawrence County, the strongest hit area included New Hebron along with Crooked Creek, Cliburn Cemetery, N Pleasant Hill and Sutton Roads including Highway 42.

During the late evening, a severe thunderstorm was responsible for an extensive swath of significant damage across several counties in the southern portion of the NWS Jackson service area. The main corridor of focused and higher end wind damage was across southern Copiah to far southern Simpson, as well as all of northern sections of Lawrence, Jefferson Davis and Covington counties before dissipating across northwest Jones County. Based on a NWS damage survey of portions of this swath, along with accounts and assessments from local Emergency Managers, significant wind speeds across this swath ranged between 80 and 100 mph. Within the overall swath, there were generally 2 to 3 focused corridors, roughly running from west northwest to east southeast, where the greatest concentration of damage occurred. General dimensions of the swath can be described as roughly 80 miles long with a width of 6 to 8 miles where the greatest concentration of damage occurred. Damage across this large swath were primarily damaged trees and downed power lines. Tree damage was a combination of uprooted and snapped trees and was quite extensive and best characterized by hundreds of thousands of damaged trees. Downed power lines and broken poles were extensive as well across the swath. Additionally, many structures were damaged with degrees of damage from minor to major. All of this was due to a combination of the wind itself causing damage or by downed trees damaging the structure. In Simpson County, the strongest hit area was right along the southern border, where many trees were snapped or uprooted.

During the late evening, a severe thunderstorm was responsible for an extensive swath of significant damage across several counties in the southern portion of the NWS Jackson service area. The main corridor of focused and higher end wind damage was across southern Copiah to far southern Simpson, as well as all of northern sections of Lawrence, Jefferson Davis and Covington counties before dissipating across northwest Jones County. Based on a NWS damage survey of portions of this swath, along with accounts and assessments from local Emergency Managers, significant wind speeds across this swath ranged between 80 and 100 mph. Within the overall swath, there were generally 2 to 3 focused corridors, roughly running from west northwest to east southeast, where the greatest concentration of damage occurred. General dimensions of the swath can be described as roughly 80 miles long with a width of 6 to 8 miles where the greatest concentration of damage occurred. Damage across this large swath were primarily damaged trees and downed power lines. Tree damage was a combination of uprooted and snapped trees and was quite extensive and best characterized by hundreds of thousands of damaged trees. Downed power lines and broken poles were extensive as well across the swath. Additionally, many structures were damaged with degrees of damage from minor to major. All of this was due to a combination of the wind itself causing damage or by downed trees damaging the structure. In Jefferson Davis County, the strongest hit area included Highways 42, 13 and 541 along with W Whitesand, Williamson Mill, Smith Jones, and the Clem community.

Quarter size hail fell along Smith Jones Road.

Trees were blown down along Dry Creek Road in Magee.

Trees were blown down in Roxie.

During the late evening, a severe thunderstorm was responsible for an extensive swath of significant damage across several counties in the southern portion of the NWS Jackson service area. The main corridor of focused and higher end wind damage was across southern Copiah to far southern Simpson, as well as all of northern sections of Lawrence, Jefferson Davis and Covington counties before dissipating across northwest Jones County. Based on a NWS damage survey of portions of this swath, along with accounts and assessments from local Emergency Managers, significant wind speeds across this swath ranged between 80 and 100 mph. Within the overall swath, there were generally 2 to 3 focused corridors, roughly running from west northwest to east southeast, where the greatest concentration of damage occurred. General dimensions of the swath can be described as roughly 80 miles long with a width of 6 to 8 miles where the greatest concentration of damage occurred. Damage across this large swath were primarily damaged trees and downed power lines. Tree damage was a combination of uprooted and snapped trees and was quite extensive and best characterized by hundreds of thousands of damaged trees. Downed power lines and broken poles were extensive as well across the swath. Additionally, many structures were damaged with degrees of damage from minor to major. All of this was due to a combination of the wind itself causing damage or by downed trees damaging the structure. In Covington County, the strongest hit area included Communities across the north portions of the county which include Dry Creek Lake, south of Jayneville Road around Waterpark Road, and Dry Creek Park Road. Roughly 20 homes sustained structural damage in the area of Sellers Road between and near Salem Church Road and William Warren Road.

During the late evening, a severe thunderstorm was responsible for an extensive swath of significant damage across several counties in the southern portion of the NWS Jackson service area. The main corridor of focused and higher end wind damage was across southern Copiah to far southern Simpson, as well as all of northern sections of Lawrence, Jefferson Davis and Covington counties before dissipating across northwest Jones County. Based on a NWS damage survey of portions of this swath, along with accounts and assessments from local Emergency Managers, significant wind speeds across this swath ranged between 80 and 100 mph. Within the overall swath, there were generally 2 to 3 focused corridors, roughly running from west northwest to east southeast, where the greatest concentration of damage occurred. General dimensions of the swath can be described as roughly 80 miles long with a width of 6 to 8 miles where the greatest concentration of damage occurred. Damage across this large swath were primarily damaged trees and downed power lines. Tree damage was a combination of uprooted and snapped trees and was quite extensive and best characterized by hundreds of thousands of damaged trees. Downed power lines and broken poles were extensive as well across the swath. Additionally, many structures were damaged with degrees of damage from minor to major. All of this was due to a combination of the wind itself causing damage or by downed trees damaging the structure.

Hail fell in Schlater that was just larger than quarters.

Trees were blown down onto a power line.

Several streets were flooded.

Lightning struck a home in the Cornerstone Subdivision. This resulted in a house fire that caused substantial damage.

Numerous trees were blown down in town along with several power poles snapped and multiple trees were blown down on houses.

A large oak tree fell onto a shop and three vehicles.

A tree was blown down on Huntington Hill Drive.

Trees were blown down around Terry.

Water covered several streets in Natchez.

A large oak tree was blown down across Sykes Road.

This tornado touched down to the northeast of Highway 49 in Florence. It began down just to the west of Briarhill Road and south of Gunter Road, where a tornado debris signature was observed by radar. In this area, many large limbs were snapped and some trees were uprooted along Gunter Road. It continued northeast before crossing Monterey Road, where a tree fell on a powerline. It then took a more easterly turn over Highway 469 before crossing Basswood Lane and again over Monterey Road. It continued across a wooded area before causing some high end EF0 tree damage along Star Road. The tornado continued eastward over the Robinhood subdivision where numerous large limbs were snapped and trees were uprooted. A few trees fell on powerlines, breaking a couple of powerpoles. In addition, rear-flank downdraft straight-line winds, around 75-85 mph ahead and south of the tornadic circulation, caused widespread wind damage. In this area, numerous trees were downed and large limbs broken. The tornado then crossed the area of Shell Oil Road, Cannon Road and Highway 18, causing minor EF0 tree damage, with a tree downed right along the highway. The tornado then crossed east of Highway 18, over Morrow Road, where minor tree damage occurred. The tornado lifted shortly thereafter crossing Morrow Road, where only minor straight-line wind damage was observed to a few trees along Johns Shiloh Road and Shiloh Road. The maximum estimated winds were 85 mph.

A tree was blown down on Rockwood Road near Star.

Street flooding occurred and water entered a few homes along Pine Park Drive.

A tree was blown down across a pool and partially on a house in the Crossgates neighborhood.

A tree was uprooted in the Fannin community.

Several trees were blown down.

Several roads in and around Port Gibson were inundated with water.

A tree was blown down on MS Highway 35 between Highway 21 and Old Jackson Road.

Williams Road was flooded. Flooding also occurred at Willow Lake Apartments and on Revelation Drive. Flooding also occurred on Old Pearson Road near US Highway 49.

Several trees and power lines were blown down along Highway 98.

Widespread flash flooding occurred across the city of Jackson. There was also significant flooding along Torrey Pines Drive near Byram, as well as along Woodell Drive near Forest Hill.

A tree was blown down onto a trailer.

A house was flooded in Castlewoods.

Roads were flooded in the Richland East neighborhood.

Several trees were blown down and blocked US Highway 11 near Arundel Road. A tree was also blown down on a house on Dunrovin Road and another tree was blown down on a trailer on Valley Road.

Flooding occurred along Ashley Road.

Multiple trees were blown down in the Brookhaven area due to gradient winds. Four houses had trees on them in the North Jackson Street/Georgia Avenue area.

A portion of County Road 146 was washed out.

Portions of CR 77-C, 102 and 96A were washed out.

A portion of County Road 18-5A was washed out.

An EF-0 tornado touched down along Morgantown Road just east of the Walthall County Line where a few large limbs were broken and a tree was uprooted in a field. It continued east through the Holly Springs community and uprooted or snapped the tops off of several trees along a narrow path. Several trees fell near a home on Molly Road. The widest area of damage occurred along Holly Springs Road near where several trees fell near a home and Holly Springs Baptist Church. It continued east toward MS Highway 587 where it blew a few trees down and snapped a few large limbs near a home. It dissipated shortly after crossing the highway. The maximum estimated winds were 85 mph.

Tank Road was flooded.

A tree was blown down across Highway 586.

Mississippi Highway 481 was closed in both directions at Mississippi Highway 902 due to water over the road.

The storm moved across northern Jones County, where it briefly intensified to an EF-2 tornado. At its widest, the storm stretched nearly 1.5 miles. The tornado developed northeast of Soso, just east of the Amy community. The tornado tracked over areas recently devastated by tornadoes on Easter, so it was difficult to identify new damage in some areas. Scattered to numerous trees were snapped and uprooted as the tornado moved east across northern Jones County toward Sandersville. The storm intensified briefly to a low EF-2 along Lake Como Road, where the southern half of a chicken house was completely destroyed. Numerous trees were snapped and uprooted in the area. There was some structural damage caused by trees falling on houses. The most widespread damage extended from Shady Grove to Sharon, where swaths of trees were mowed down, snapped and uprooted. Downed powerlines blocked several roads. Several homes were damaged or destroyed by falling trees. The storm moved through Sandersville, where more trees were snapped and uprooted. The storm continued to move through heavily wooded areas north and east of Sandersville causing damage along the Jasper County line and near the Wayne County line.

Trees were uprooted along County Barn Road. A tree also fell onto a trailer along Welborn Road.

Flash flooding occurred along Water Street, as well as Roosevelt and North Jackson avenues.

Numerous trees were blown down along County Road 212.

A house along Mississippi Highway 18 near Wright Road had taken on water from recent heavy rain and flooding also occurred on Highway 18 near Cidero Road.

Owen Boone Road near MS Highway 13 was flooded from earlier heavy rainfall.

Trees and utility poles were blown down in the Porterville area, including on US 45 near St. Luke's Church and on MS Highway 498.

Hail up to quarter size fell near Enterprise.