EF2 Tornado — Marion, Mississippi

2025-03-15 · near Columbia Marion Arpt, Marion, Mississippi

Event narrative

An EF-2 tornado began in far northeastern Marion County where it snapped several trees, damaged a home, and destroyed a barn. It reached its peak intensity as it crossed into southeastern Jefferson Davis County near Black Creed Road. Two mobile homes were destroyed along Hatten Road. The tornado remained strong as it moved into the Melba community, crossed Broome Rd and MS Highway 42 where additional homes sustained damage, and another mobile home was destroyed. It crossed Sumrall Road and crossed into southern Covington County near Oakdale Church Road where an RV was rolled over. As the it continued northeastward, the tornado removed a large portion of the roof of two homes along Lott Circle. Additional homes and outbuildings were damaged along Cooley Road and Seminary Mike Conner Road. One fatality and an additional injury occurred along Seminary Williamsburg Road just west of US Highway 49 when two mobile homes were destroyed or heavily damaged and an outbuilding was destroyed. A community center sustained roof damage as the tornado crossed Highway 49. The tornado weakened as it crossed Okatoma Creek and lifted along Willow Grove Church Road. The estimated maximum wind speeds in Marion County were 130 mph. The total path length was 18.29 miles across the three 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 1264310. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.