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EF1 tornado in Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi
Tornado March 11, 2026 · Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi
NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Jefferson Davis County → Marion County → Marion County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 400 yards (0.23 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.
What the National Weather Service wrote
An EF-1 tornado touched down along Carson Bunkerhill Road, moved east across Bass Burkett Road and Lofton Drive, and dissipated as it crossed MS Highway 35. A few trees were snapped, but most trees were uprooted along the path. A couple power lines were down as well. The maximum wind speed of this tornado was 90 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 Leesdale (31.4769, -89.8074).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
8 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1321484. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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