EF1 tornado in Wayne County, Mississippi

A brief EF1 tornado began at 8:55 PM CDT on March 30th, 2022 along

County Lake Denham Road where it uprooted several softwood trees and

resulted in minor roof damage to nearby homes. The tornado crossed

Denham Community Road where it briefly intensified to remove half

the roofing material of a medium sized storage building. Several

goat houses were also destroyed. A few trees were snapped along

this road however damage quickly became spotty after the northeast

bend of Denham Community Road. The end point is estimated at the

tree line prior to this bend just past the EF1 damage point.

A very active severe weather season continued as an outbreak of severe thunderstorms occurred across the area from the evening of the 30th into the early morning hours on the 31st. A strong spring storm system moved across the area. Ahead of the system plenty of Gulf moisture returned to the central Gulf coast. This led to a very unstable atmosphere over the region which combined to strong wind shear to produce 18 tornadoes which were rated from EF-0 to EF-2. In addition to the tornadoes, the storms produced damaging straight line winds and large hail. Numerous reports of damage came in from southeast Mississippi, southwest Alabama and the western Florida panhandle.