EF0 Tornado — Jones, Mississippi

2025-04-06 · near Soso, Jones, Mississippi

Event narrative

This brief EF-0 tornado touched down near Highway 29 south of Taw Jeffcoat road where it downed trees and limbs moving northeast. The tornado continued northeast doing generally light damage to a few trees and vegetation. The most substantial impacts were felt near the tornado's endpoint near Springhill Road and Copperhead Road where a large span farm outbuilding had its West-facing anchors pulled from the ground and flipped over prior to dissipation. Maximum winds were estimated at 85 mph and maximum width at 50 yards.

Wider weather episode

On the evening of April 5th into the morning of April 6th, strong to severe storms produced tornadoes, damaging winds and flash flooding.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1260083. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.