EF2 tornado in Lauderdale County, Mississippi

Tornado April 6, 2025 · Lauderdale County, Mississippi

EF2

Rating

5.3 mi

Whole path

800 yd

Path width

$600K

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Lauderdale County → Choctaw County, Alabama; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 800 yards (0.45 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF2 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF2 is considerable damage: roofs torn off well-built houses, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, consistent with estimated gusts of 111–135 mph. The rating comes from a survey of the worst damage after the storm, not from a wind measurement, so it says as much about what the tornado hit as about how strong it was.

What the National Weather Service wrote

This short lived EF-2 tornado began just south of Center Grove Road where it did minor tree damage, mostly large broken branches and uprooted softwood trees. It quickly intensified as it took a northerly turn, with the worst damage on Shannon Road. There, numerous trees were snapped in a concentrated corridor. Several single family residences sustained roof damage with greater than 20% loss of roofing material. It took a more easterly turn as it approached Highway 19. There, it weakened, but continued to do tree damage. It crossed the state line at Highway 19/10 and continued to do more tree damage in Alabama. Maximum width was estimated at 800 yards and maximum winds at 115 mph.

The wider storm

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

Began near Whynot (32.2400, -88.4800).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

9 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF2 Jasper County 1 dead EF2 Kemper County EF2 Smith County EF2 Forrest County EF1 Newton County EF1 Jefferson Davis County EF1 Clarke County EF1 Leflore County EF0 Jones County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1260088. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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