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EF1 tornado in Jones County, Mississippi

Tornado March 15, 2025 · Jones County, Mississippi

EF1
Rating
6.8 mi
Whole path
250 yd
Path width

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Covington County → Jones County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 250 yards (0.14 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF1 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF1 is moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 86–110 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

An EF-1 tornado began along Bill McQueen Rd in eastern Covington County and moved northeastward across Bob Boler Road, Graham Aultman Rd., Monroe Rd., and then crossed into northwestern Jones County near the Leaf River. The tornado lifted after it crossed US Highway 84 in the Hebron community and was observed by storm chasers around this time. The peak intensity was as it approached and crossed Monroe Road and into Jones County in the Leaf River bottom. Minor structural damage occurred along Monroe Road, but this tornado primarily snapped or uprooted a few thousand trees along its path. The estimated maximum wind speeds in Jones County were 105 mph. The total path length was 6.78 miles across the two counties.

The wider storm

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.

Began near Hebron (31.6830, -89.4010).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF4 Walthall County 6 deadEF3 Walthall County 1 deadEF2 Covington County 1 deadEF2 Humphreys CountyEF2 Carroll CountyEF2 Issaquena CountyEF2 Covington CountyEF2 Jefferson Davis CountyEF2 Jasper CountyEF1 Newton CountyEF1 Jasper CountyEF1 Clarke CountyEF1 Jasper CountyEF0 Newton CountyEF0 Simpson County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1264317. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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