EF2 tornado in Rankin County, Mississippi

This tornado touched town in a forested area near Antioch-Shiloh Road and Gaddis Myers Rd. and moved northeast into a chicken farm along Gaddis Myers Rd. All four chicken houses were destroyed, and the debris was strewn throughout the area for several miles to the northeast from there. A few smaller trees were uprooted or damaged as the tornado crossed Mississippi Highway 43 and Elton Everett Rd. After it downed a few tree branches along Concord Road, the tornado dissipated before it reached the Smith County Line. A tornadic debris signature was observed on radar with this tornado. The maximum width was 250 yards. The maximum wind speed was 115 mph.

Severe thunderstorms moved across Mississippi during the evening and overnight hours of the 13th into the 14th, with flash flooding across areas of the Delta and several tornadoes. Severe storm coverage diminished during the night, but storms became severe again during the afternoon of the 14th as a cold front interacted with a warm and unstable air mass in the region. Tornadoes on the 14th were generally along and south of the Interstate 20 corridor with severe storms continuing into the evening.