EF1 Tornado — Itawamba, Mississippi

2025-02-15 · near Evergreen, Itawamba, Mississippi

Event narrative

An EF-1 tornado touched down just southwest of Evergreen, MS just south of Patterson Road at 10:27 PM. Multiple trees were damaged or uprooted along New Chapel Road, just south of Hwy 371. The tornado continued northeast toward Cummings Road, where additional trees and tree limbs were damaged. Along Cummings Road, a single-family home experienced roof damage. The tornado continued into a heavily wooded area, with additional tree damage found along Deer Hill Road and Van Buren Road. The most significant damage along this path occurred on Hopewell Keys Road where numerous trees were uprooted and snapped with minor home damage observed as well. The tornado lifted just before reaching the Tombigbee River around 10:34 PM. Peak winds were estimated at 95 mph.

Wider weather episode

An upper-level trough crossed the Four Corners region and dipped into northern Mexico on February 14, 2025. A warm front quickly accelerated northward into the Mid-South during the morning of February 15, 2025, as surface low pressure traversed the Southern Plains. The front stalled across the northern parts of the Mid-South. The airmass south of the warm front destabilized during the afternoon hours on February 15th. As the surface low tracked into the Mid-South a line of severe storms developed and pushed across the region during the evening hours of February 15th exiting into Middle Tennessee and northern Alabama by midnight. Damaging winds, large hail, and a few weak tornadoes occurred.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1236806. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.