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EF0 tornado in Jones County, Mississippi

Tornado January 9, 2026 · Jones County, Mississippi

EF0
Rating
0.3 mi
Path length
50 yd
Path width
$50K
Damage as recorded
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF0 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF0 is light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 65–85 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

This weak tornado began along Bush Dairy Road and was observed by security cameras at least two businesses, damaging a sign and producing tree limb damage as it crossed Audubon Drive. The roof of an adult care facility was partially removed. The tornado crossed MS Highway 15, then caused shingle damage to several apartment buildings along Barberry Drive before lifting.

The wider storm

Severe storms with sufficient shear and instability produced severe weather across central Mississippi. The main feature, a mesovortex within a broken line of storms, produced several weak, brief tornadoes and some damaging winds in central Mississippi. This event featured multiple rounds of storms as well as heavy rainfall, which led to flash flooding across southeastern portions of the area.

Began near Hoy (31.7369, -89.1478).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Jasper CountyEF1 Jefferson Davis CountyEF1 Walthall CountyEF0 Jasper CountyEF0 Lawrence CountyEF0 Madison County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1302403. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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