EF1 tornado, Stone County, Mississippi, June 18, 2026

1. EF065 to 85 mph

   Light damage. Surface peeled off some roofs, gutters and siding damaged, branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed over.

2. EF186 to 110 mphthis tornado

   Moderate damage. Roofs badly stripped, mobile homes overturned or badly damaged, exterior doors lost, windows broken.

3. EF2111 to 135 mph

   Considerable damage. Roofs torn off well-built houses, frame homes shifted on their foundations, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, cars lifted off the ground.

4. EF3136 to 165 mph

   Severe damage. Whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned, trees debarked, heavy cars lifted and thrown.

5. EF4166 to 200 mph

   Devastating damage. Well-built houses leveled, structures with weak foundations moved some distance, cars thrown and large missiles generated.

6. EF5over 200 mph

   Incredible damage. Strong frame houses swept off their foundations, car-sized missiles thrown more than 100 meters, steel-reinforced concrete badly damaged, high-rise buildings deformed.

7. Unrated

   The survey recorded a tornado but could not put a number on it, most often because it crossed open country and damaged nothing a rating can be read from.

Rating, as surveyed

EF1, preliminary

Date

June 18, 2026

Touchdown

8:10 AM CDT (13:10 UTC)

Lifted

8:17 AM CDT (13:17 UTC)

On the ground

7 minutes

Path length

4.7 miles (7.6 km)

Path width

375 yards (343 m)

Deaths

0

Injuries

0

County

Stone County

Touchdown point

30.811, -89.102

Lift-off point

30.851, -89.040

Highest wind the damage implies

110 mph

Surveyed by

NWS MOB

The office's name for it

Whites Crossing

Survey last edited

August 4, 2026

Record number

None yet. SPC numbers 2026 in the spring of 2027.

The tornado first touched down just northwest of the intersection of King Bee Rd and Ten Mile Church Rd. The tornado uprooted trees at a residence at Spiers Rd and King Bee Rd. The tornado intensified and likely reached its maximum intensity as it moved northeast toward Flint Creek Road. Numerous trees were snapped and uprooted. In addition, the roof was torn off of a residence and a mobile home, and roof damage was observed to several sheds and outside storage buildings. The tornado continued northeast and weakened as it crossed John Willis Rd. The tornado briefly intensified again to EF-1 strength as it crossed Highway 26 where several trees were uprooted and snapped. The tornado weakened and lifted as it crossed Big Four Rd north of Highway 26.

Review of Sentinel 2 and Planet high resolution satellite imagery revealed the tornado path to have started earlier along Ten Mile Church Road where scattered tree damage became apparent in a focused corridor. To the south, scattered trees were damaged in association with the storms RFD. The maximum tornado width has also been adjusted to approximately 375 yards.

Written by NWS MOB in the NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit. A survey is revised as better evidence arrives.

84 damage points were recorded along this path by NWS LIX and NWS MOB, in the Damage Assessment Toolkit the survey teams carry. The strongest indicator was rated EF1. The highest wind the damage implies is 110 mph.

• numerous large limbs also down in this area
• Tree damage visible at this location via Sentinel 2 satellite imagery.
• several large trees downed along with roof damage to a few sheds and outbuildings
• Significant corridor of downed softwood and hardwood trees with some snaps of softwoods. Strong convergence zone which is likely the center track of the tornado.

Survey points are preliminary and are the raw material the published rating was built from. Source: NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit.

15 minutes of warning. NWS MOB issued a tornado warning for this county at 12:55 UTC, 15 minutes before the tornado touched down, in force until 13:45 UTC.

The county was under a tornado watch, issued at 12:56 UTC and running to 18:27 UTC.

Every warning and watch covering the touchdown point that day, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service products. Lead time is measured from the issue of the warning in force to the touchdown time in the database, both of which were recorded to the minute by different people.

The Storm Prediction Center had this point in a Slight Risk, with a 0.10 chance of a tornado within 25 miles. The outlook in force was issued at 13:01 UTC.

SPC's Day 1 convective outlook as it stood when the tornado began, read at the touchdown point. The same archive is on the radar archive.

The radiosonde launches on either side of the tornado, from the nearest station that was launching then, drawn and analyzed the way Storm Lab does: the same diagram, the same parcel and shear definitions SPC's mesoanalysis uses.

Gulfport-Biloxi (GPT), 47 km from the path, in the two hours either side.

From the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of airport observations.

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 81 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the touchdown began at 13:13 UTC.

Open the radar archive at this moment, over the track

Reflectivity and velocity, decoded from the Level II archive in the browser. Volumes take a few seconds to open the first time.

Local storm reports within 60 km of the path, in the three hours either side.

From the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service local storm reports.

The live radar over the trackEvery 2026 tornado in MississippiEvery tornado in Mississippi since 1950Warnings in force in Mississippi nowThe forecast where you are

50 more have been surveyed in the United States that day, so far.

Ratings are the survey's, read off the damage rather than measured; the rating scale is above. A survey can be revised, so the rating, the path and the casualties can all still change.

NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit, the record the survey teams file from the damage, and NOAA Storm Prediction Center storm reports. Neither is the official database for 2026, which SPC publishes in the spring of 2027.