EF2 tornado in Newton County, Mississippi

This long track tornado touched down in far northern Jasper County along County Road 24 where some minor tree damage occurred. It initially moved through a wooded hunting area with a TDS observed on radar at the time. Then the tornado moved northeast into Newton County near Mississippi Highway 15. It snapped and uprooted trees it crossed MS Hwy 15. The tornado then crossed MS Hwy 504 and Nicholson Rd. Along Shelby and Garvin Roads, many more trees were damaged and a couple of sheds were either destroyed or heavily damaged. Some minor roof damage to 2 homes occurred here as well. The tornado continued to move NE and crossed several more roads through a creek bottom area where it mainly damaged trees. The tornado increased in intensity as it neared the west side of Hickory and US Highway 80. It widened and heavily damaged trees and power lines, destroyed a shed, and caused minor roof damage to some homes in the Highway 80/503 area. The tornado crossed Interstate 20 at Hickory-Little Rock Rd. and continued to heavily damage trees and powerlines. One home had some of the roof removed and windows broken. Peak intensity occurred along Caldwell, Pleasant Ridge, and Tatum Roads where low end EF-2 damage occurred to timber. The tornado weakened as it reached Ridge Rd. An old chicken house was heavily damaged between Archie and McNeil Roads. Minor tree limb damage occurred near Chunky Duffy Rd. and Suqualena Rd. as the tornado crossed into Lauderdale County. It dissipated just east of the county line. The maximum estimated winds in Newton County were 115 mph. The total path length was 25.3 miles across the three counties.

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.