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EF1 tornado in Lincoln County, Mississippi

Tornado March 11, 2026 · Lincoln County, Mississippi

EF1
Rating
10.5 mi
Whole path
700 yd
Path width

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

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 700 yards (0.40 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 near Pleasant Hill Drive and Elm Lane in southeastern Lincoln County and tracked eastward, crossing MS Highway 583 in the Ruth community. It then continued along Greenwood Road and Raiford Trail, crossing Primitive Drive in the Bristerville community, then across Monument Trail and Junction Lane before crossing into southwestern Lawrence County near the Verna community. It crossed Holmesville Road and paralleled Verna Road before lifting near Excell Boyd Road. Along the path, countless trees were snapped or uprooted, some in large swaths, multiple outbuildings sustained damage, utility poles were damaged, a mobile home sustained roof and skirting damage, and a site built home sustained minor wind damage. The maximum wind speed of this tornado was 105 mph.

The wider storm

An organized line of storms was able to tap into a favorable environmental shear profile to produce several swaths of significant wind damage, as well as a few tornadoes across south central Mississippi.

Began near Wilkinson (31.3822, -90.3880).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Lincoln CountyEF1 Lincoln CountyEF1 Jefferson Davis CountyEF1 Jefferson Davis CountyEF1 Jefferson Davis CountyEF1 Covington CountyEF1 Jones CountyEF1 Jones County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1321478. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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