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EF1 tornado in Marion County, Mississippi

Tornado January 9, 2026 · Marion County, Mississippi

EF1
Rating
6.8 mi
Whole path
125 yd
Path width
$60K
Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Walthall County → Marion County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 125 yards (0.07 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 EF1 tornado touched down just southwest of Fordsville Road east of Tylertown, MS in Wathall County. 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. It then crossed into Marion County where tree damage was noted near the intersection of Welch Lane and Branton Bay Road. The tornado tracked northeast, closely following Branton Bay Road up to Highway 98. The tornado did some roof damage to Popwell's Family Restaurant on Highway 98. The tornado ended as it crossed Old Highway 24. The maximum winds were estimated at 90 MPH. The total path length across Wathall and Marion counties was around 7 miles.

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 Kokomo (31.1570, -90.0060).

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 1306721. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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