EF1 Tornado — Jefferson Davis, Mississippi

2025-03-15 · near Bassfield, Jefferson Davis, Mississippi

Event narrative

An EF-2 tornado began southeast of Santee in Jefferson Davis County and moved northeast along Santee Methodist Road with widespread damage to trees as it moved northeast across eastern Jefferson Davis County. It crossed Bowie Creek and into Covington County near Wilson Road. The tornado destroyed several commercial chicken houses and crossed Blackjack New Chapel Road. It downed numerous trees in a wide swath, then moved across Spring Hill School Road only about 200-300 yards east of where a previous long track tornado had occurred less than an hour prior. These two tornado tracks intersected in a forested area just north of the roadway. The tornado continued northeast, where it largely destroyed three additional commercial chicken houses as well as damaged multiple buildings at a Methodist Church complex. Nearby, a building suffered substantial roof damage. The tornado continued to down trees and do mostly light to moderate damage to homes and outbuildings as it neared Old Mcintosh Road. Along T King road just west of Kirkley Road, the tornado downed numerous trees. Further northeast, an outbuilding and trees were damaged before the tornado dissipated north of Sunset Road. The maximum estimated wind speeds in Jefferson Davis County were 100 mph. The total path length was 12.7 miles across the two counties.

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 1264307. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.