EF1 Tornado — Harrison, Mississippi

2024-04-10 · near Ligana, Harrison, Mississippi

Event narrative

This brief tornado quickly raced southeast causing tree damage across rural areas of Hancock County including across Northrup Cuevas Road, just north of a longer-lived tornado that tracked near Wolf River. NDVI differencing helped to identify this tornado damage path which aligned with the ground survey of a rolled manufactured home on Moran Road. The tornado then lifted shortly thereafter.

Wider weather episode

A strong upper level disturbance, surface low, and cold front produced a line of severe thunderstorms that pushed across Southeast Louisiana and Southern Mississippi in the morning and early afternoon hours of Wednesday, April 10, 2024. The line of severe thunderstorms produced strong straight line winds, extensive flash flooding in the New Orleans metro area and several tornadoes. 12 tornadoes have been confirmed in Mississippi from this event. 3 of them developed in Louisiana and tracked into Mississippi. 5 of those 12 tornadoes touched down and tracked across Stennis Space Center. At one point, as many as 3 of those 5 were on the ground at the same time. These tornadoes have been determined to range in strength from EFU to EF1 after NWS storm surveys and high resolution satellite analysis were conducted.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1178277. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.