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EF1 tornado in Lawrence County, Mississippi

Tornado March 11, 2026 · Lawrence County, Mississippi

EF1
Rating
6.2 mi
Whole path
1,000 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 1,000 yards (0.57 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 Junction Lane and Ard Trail in far southeastern Lincoln County, crossing Holmesville Road as it moved into far southwestern Lawrence County around Homesville Road. It continued across Woody Road, WS Cothern Road, and MS Highway 44, passing near the center of the Jayess community. It then tracked across Jessie Wallace Road and Latrell Sanders Road before lifting just north of the Walthall County line. Along the path, numerous trees were snapped or uprooted, some in large swaths. Utility poles were leaning or broken with several lines downed. Multiple homes and outbuildings sustained roof and siding damage, and a business received roof damage. A poultry farm southeast of Jayess sustained roof damage. The maximum wind speed of this tornado was 110 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 Verna (31.3670, -90.2440).

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 1321482. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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