EF1 Tornado — Covington, Mississippi

2022-04-05 · near Mt Olive, Covington, Mississippi

Event narrative

An EF-2 tornado began in northern Jefferson Davis County and moved southeast into Covington County as it weakened. It uprooted some trees along MS Highway 35 and then crossed Kelly Road and Dan Easterling Road, where it snapped and uprooted hardwood and softwood trees and removed tin roofing from a building. 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 US Highway 49. The maximum damage rating for the portion of this tornado in Covington County was EF-1 with an estimated maximum wind gust of 105 mph. The total path length of this tornado was 14.99 miles across both counties.

Wider weather episode

A low pressure system moving east along the Arkansas Louisiana border helped to organize a line of severe thunderstorms early in the morning of April 5th. Widespread severe wind gusts and several tornadoes occurred with this squall line as it moved east across Mississippi. Some hail also occurred with these storms.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1020104. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.