EF1 tornado in Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi

Tornado February 15, 2026 · Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi

EF1

Rating

3.8 mi

Path length

350 yd

Path width

$34K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 350 yards (0.20 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 tornado began along Progress Road, damaging a mobile home and uprooting trees and breaking tree limbs. It continued northeast across Taylor Lucas Road and Dykes Road, where additional tree damage occurred. Finally, it crossed Burkett Road, Pleasant Hill Road, and McNeese Griffith Road producing additional minor tree damage and downing a utility wire before lifting.

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 Lucas (31.5200, -89.9500).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Covington County EF1 Jefferson Davis County EF1 Jefferson Davis County EF1 Lawrence County EF1 Lincoln County EF1 Lincoln County EF1 Lincoln County EF0 Covington County EF0 Lawrence County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1308698. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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