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EF0 tornado in Lawrence County, Mississippi

Tornado January 10, 2026 · Lawrence County, Mississippi

EF0

Rating

0.7 mi

Path length

75 yd

Path width

$5K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 75 yards (0.04 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

A tornado briefly touched down in the Wanilla community in northern Lawrence County. The tornado caused very minor tree damage along Smith Ferry Road and Old Highway 27. The tornado dissipated just beyond Old Highway 27 near the Pearl River.

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 Wanilla (31.6431, -90.1325).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Jasper County EF1 Jefferson Davis County EF1 Walthall County EF0 Jones County EF0 Jasper County EF0 Madison County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1302408. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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