EF2 Tornado — Marion, Mississippi

2025-03-15 · near Kokomo, Marion, Mississippi

Event narrative

An EF-3 tornado touched down just southwest of Tylertown, MS in Walthall County and tracked through Darbun and into Marion County. This is the second Tylertown tornado of this severe weather episode, the one that tracked just to the east of the stronger one. This tornado moved northeast with many destroyed single and double wide manufactured homes along the entire track as well as miles and miles of snapped and uprooted trees. The EF-3 140 mph points were all destroyed and swept clean manufactured homes. There was one fatality noted in one of these homes in Walthall County. Satellite and drone imagery and ground surveys found multiple locations with a width around 0.5 miles or 880 yards. The tornado continued into Marion County near Darbun and tracked northeast across the Pearl River and dissipated at River Bend Road. It produced EF-2 rated damage from the Walthall County line to Morgantown Road. A couple of chicken coops were destroyed along with a handful of mobile homes. Several other homes suffered varying degrees of damage along with numerous power lines downed. Extensive tree damage was also noted. The tornado began to narrow and weaken as it crossed Holly Springs Road and MS Highway 587. Maximum estimated wind speeds in Marion County were 130 mph. The total path length was across Walthall and Marion counties was 25.83 miles. There were 2 injuries associated with this tornado in Marion County.

Wider weather episode

Isolated severe thunderstorms developed across portions of Mississippi in the overnight hours of March 14th. Coverage of severe storms increased into the morning of the 15th before a squall line developed and moved across the area.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1264296. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.