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EF0 tornado in Covington County, Mississippi

Tornado February 15, 2026 · Covington County, Mississippi

EF0
Rating
0.3 mi
Path length
25 yd
Path width
$3K
Damage as recorded
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

NOAA recorded where this tornado touched down but not where it lifted, so it appears as a point. 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

This very brief tornado resulted in minor tree damage south of Taylorsville as it tracked across Charlie Red Drive and Ben Stroud 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 Hot Coffee (31.7900, -89.4400).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

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

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1308681. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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