EF1 tornado in Lowndes County, Mississippi

A tornado touched down along Mickens Clay Road in the Deerbrook community of Noxubee County where it initially blew down some tree branches. The tornado continued northeast across Mississippi Highway 388 just west of Deerbrook Road and snapped and uprooted a few trees as it crossed the highway. Trees were snapped and uprooted as it continued northeast toward MS Highway 792. A residence and several barns were damaged on the west side of Hwy 792. The main house lost some shingles on its western side, and two barns near the house lost the southwest facing portions of their roofs and had southwest facing walls collapse. Trees at Hwy 792 were snapped and uprooted, and an open barn at the road buckled and partially collapsed. The tornado continued into farmland on the east side of the highway, where it overturned six center pivot segments and downed a few more trees. The tornado crossed into Lowndes County east of Old Macon Road. The tornado damaged a roof and some decking at a home along Chat and Chew Road and then dissipated. The maximum estimated wind gust 105 mph. The total path length was 7.43 miles across the two counties.

A few rounds of severe thunderstorms moved across portions of Mississippi from late in the evening of April 12th through the evening of April 13th. These storms produced wind damage and several tornadoes before a cold front brought an end to storms from west to east.