EF1 Tornado — Walthall, Mississippi

2026-01-09 · near Knoxo, Walthall, Mississippi

Event narrative

An EF1 tornado touched down just southwest of Fordsville Road east of Tylertown, MS. The worst damage damage was seen just northeast of the touchdown point with light damage to a roof and an area of tree damage with multiple uprooted trees. Light tree damage was noted along the path until it crossed into Marion County where the roof of a restaurant was damaged on Highway 98.

Wider weather episode

A weakly forced convective regime was in place across southwest Mississippi during the morning of January 9th. A surface cold front was approaching from the northwest but remained well removed from the area. Meanwhile, a moist and moderately unstable airmass was in place along a stalled prefrontal boundary extending across Louisiana into southern Mississippi. Within this environment, clusters of showers and thunderstorms developed along and ahead of the prefrontal trough and moved northeast from southeast Louisiana into southwest Mississippi. One of the better organized cells embedded within a broader line of storms intensified over Walthall County and produced an EF1 tornado that touched down east of Tylertown. No injuries were reported with this tornado.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1305971. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.