EF1 tornado in Lauderdale County, Mississippi

This tornado began in a wooded area to the southwest of Old Wire Rd where a number of pine trees were snapped or uprooted. The tornado moved northeast crossing Old Wire Rd as well as Linton Rd where additional softwood pine trees were snapped or uprooted along with a number of large branches. The tornado reached peak intensity as it crossed Highway 496 where numerous pine trees were snapped and power lines were downed. The tornado narrowed and began to weaken slightly as it crossed Sam Hurt Rd and the western end of Shelby Gressett Road downing a few trees and snapped multiple large limbs. Uprooted trees continued to be noted where the tornado crossed I-20. Several trees were uprooted along Smith Spur Rd and an old gas station canopy was toppled along US Highway 80. The tornado quickly dissipated near US Highway 80 shortly thereafter. The maximum estimated wind speed of this tornado was 105 mph.

A strong weather system interacted with an unstable airmass to bring widespread severe weather to the region. There was copious amounts of wind energy in the atmosphere ahead of the squall line to bring down trees and power lines from gradient winds. In addition, damaging winds and tornadoes occurred within the squall line as it moved through Louisiana, Arkansas and Mississippi.