EF1 tornado in Wayne County, Mississippi

Tornado March 11, 2026 · Wayne County, Mississippi

EF1

Rating

4.0 mi

Whole path

50 yd

Path width

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

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 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 is the third of three EF1 tornadoes within the Pleasant

Grove area, with these final two tornadoes featuring a unique

interaction as they continued to the east. This southernmost

tornado began southwest of Old Highway 84 Loop causing minor

sporadic tree damage. The tornado intensified to EF1 intensity as

it began to cause more significant tree damage visible via

Sentinel 2 satellite imagery southwest of Daniel Roney Drive. The

tornado merged into the northern tornado path along Daniel Roney

Drive. Due to uncertainty on which tornado remained dominant

towards the northeast, this tornado track is estimated to have

ended just after crossing Daniel Roney Road as it turned

northward into the other tornado track. The peak width is also

estimated at approximately 50 yards based on the damage corridor

southwest of Daneil Roney Drive. After review of available high

resolution Planet satellite imagery, it was determined the

tornado began slightly earlier just off of Highway 84 where minor

tree damage was observed in a persistent, narrow path that

continued northeast into Old Highway 84 Loop.

The wider storm

A strong cold front moved across the area with a line of showers and thunderstorms. The storms produced several tornadoes and gusty winds across southeast Mississippi.

Began near Whistler (31.7042, -88.9176).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF0 Greene County EF0 Perry County EF0 Greene County EF0 George County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1319891. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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