EF2 Tornado — Wayne, Mississippi

2025-03-04 · near Whistler, Wayne, Mississippi

Event narrative

The tornado began in the forested area near Earl Pitts Rd before rapidly strengthening as it crossed highway 84. A single vehicle was rolled in a parking lot near highway 84 prior to the tornado destroying several newer chicken farm buildings. The tornado then continued north northeast across G&P farm rd where the tornado reached peaked intensity. At this location a single wide manufactured home was tossed roughly 50 to 100 yards and completely destroyed. The occupants were thrown from home resulting in two injuries at that location. A single-family wood frame home lost roughly 50 percent of its roof. The failure point of the roof was likely due to an open carport. Further up the road, a second manufactured home was rolled where two other injuries occurred. A few snapped tree trunks were noted along Riley Jordan Rd as the tornado continued northeast. The tornado paralleled Gravel Pit Rd resulting in minor tree damage and structural damage to a home. The roof of this home was partially removed likely due to a large overhang porch structure attached to the roof. A pickup truck was lofted and dropped roughly 20 yards from its original spot bending the frame on impact. Tree damage at this location was surprisingly minimal possibly hinting at either a discontinuous track or very small mesovortexes within a broader weaker parent circulation. Damage weakened significantly and the path became difficult to find as it crossed Gravel Pit Rd and then Clara West Rd likely supporting the discontinuous path. Minor damage was noted to trees and a manufactured home along old Exxon rd and Fred West Rd. At this point the tornado likely dissipated in the forest north of Fred West Rd. Special thanks to MEMA for providing drone imagery to further refine the track of this tornado.

Wider weather episode

Severe thunderstorms produced a couple tornadoes across southeastern Mississippi late in the day of March 4th.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1245293. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.