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EF1 tornado in Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi

Tornado January 10, 2026 · Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi

EF1
Rating
5.2 mi
Path length
350 yd
Path width
$250K
Damage as recorded
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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 350 yards (0.20 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 touched down in the Carson community in Jefferson Davis County. The tornado started just south of Carson on King Lane and tracked northeast crossing Highway 42 on the east side of Carson. There was significant tree and vegetation damage along Old Highway 42 and Alex Daley Road. Numerous trees were uprooted and snapped along Alex Daley Road. A chicken farm was hit just off of Alex Daley Road and sustained substantial damage. Most of the homes in this area had very little structural damage. The tornado continued northeast crossing Haw Pond Road and Highway 35 causing more tree damage. The tornado then continued to Santee Baptist Church Road where it damaged another chicken farm and continued to cause more tree damage. The tornado ended just beyond Santee Baptist Church Road in a wooded area.

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 Carson (31.5307, -89.7960).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1302405. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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