EF1 tornado in Hinds County, Mississippi

This mainly weak tornado began near Medgar Evers Blvd near the intersection with Pocahontas Ave and tracked eastward through the city of Jackson, producing tree damage and sporadic roof and mostly minor structural damage except where downed trees resulted in greater damage. The tornado path was discontinuous at times, but

there was an uptick in tree and damage to homes east of Mill St and between Taylor St and Hartfield St with several utility lines downed as it moved through the Fondren neighborhood. Farther east, a couple trees were downed on the campus of St Dominic Hospital and a large portion of the outfield wall was downed at Smith-Wills Stadium. The tornado briefly reached low end EF1 intensity as it moved through the eastern portion of the Eastover neighborhood where multiple large hardwood trees were downed and the roof and eaves of a house were damaged near Eastover Dr and Lake Cir. The tornado continued into far western Rankin County, removing shingles from several roofs in the Laurelwood subdivision before lifting as it crossed Old

Fannin Rd near the Pinehaven neighborhood. The maximum estimated wind speed of this entire tornado was 90 mph. The total path length of the tornado was 8.46 miles.

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.