EF2 Tornado — Jasper, Mississippi

2025-03-15 · near Paulding, Jasper, Mississippi

Event narrative

An EF-2 tornado began about 1 mile southwest of Paulding where it damaged large tree limbs and peeled tin off of the porch cover of a mobile home. It then tracked northeast and crossed MS Highway 503 in Paulding where it snapped softwood trees. One tree which fell onto a shed and damaged the roof of a home. The tornado continued to track northeast to Lake Eddins where the most intense damage occurred. Numerous softwood trees were snapped in a concentrated corridor along its path. A four car garage was completely destroyed, and a boat house was stripped to its studs. Several homes sustained roof damage. A second boat house also collapsed. The tornado weakened as it tracked northeast and broke large tree limbs. It crossed into Clarke County just east of MS Highway 18 and County Road 1840 and continued to snap softwood trees sporadically. It continued to do sporadic damage to softwood trees as it crossed Interstate 59 and dissipated east of County Road 330. The maximum estimated wind speeds in Jasper County were 115 mph. The total path length was 13.04 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 1264322. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.