EF1 tornado in Lauderdale County, Mississippi

A second tornado near Toomsuba began just southwest of Sam Hurt Rd approximately 0.35 miles south of where the first tornado crossed. The tornado quickly strengthened to EF-1 and snapped multiple pine trees. The tornado continued northeast along the

eastern portion of Shelby Gressett Rd where a manufactured home sustained significant structural damage to the roof and upwind exterior wall. Tin was also peeled off a shed and cinder block walls were shifted. The tornado weakened to EF-0 as it crossed Smith Spur Rd along with Wright Spur Rd and Kewanee Rd where mainly large limbs were snapped along with an occasional tree uprooted. The tornado dissipated just east of Kewanee Rd in a wooded area. The maximum estimated wind speed of this tornado was 100 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.