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EF1 tornado in Covington County, Mississippi

Tornado February 15, 2026 · Covington County, Mississippi

EF1
Rating
0.6 mi
Path length
75 yd
Path width
$11K
Damage as recorded
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

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 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

This very brief tornado damaged three chicken houses along Gaylons Drive. It also uprooted trees and caused other minor tree damage. The tornado lifted before reaching Salem School Road.

The wider storm

A QLCS evolved within a strongly sheared environment to produce multiple tornadoes across south central Mississippi. The most prominent feature was the northern bookend vortex of the line. The line also produced wind damage.

Began near Ora (31.7000, -89.5500).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Jefferson Davis CountyEF1 Jefferson Davis CountyEF1 Jefferson Davis CountyEF1 Lawrence CountyEF1 Lincoln CountyEF1 Lincoln CountyEF1 Lincoln CountyEF0 Covington CountyEF0 Lawrence County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1308674. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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