EF1 tornado in Covington County, Mississippi

An EF-1 tornado touched down just east of MS Highway 42, tracked east, and dissipated in Covington County near MS Highway 589. Trees were damaged along Hosey Mikell, Ridgeland, Stubbs, and Willie Buckley roads. A notable increase in intensity was seen as the tornado approached and crossed Gum Swamp Road around Fairman Lane. Hundreds of trees were snapped and uprooted in the area. Some minor damage was done to a few structures on the east side of Gum Swamp Road. The tornado continued east into Covington County at Sumrall Road where additional trees were uprooted. The tornado continued northeast and ended along MS Highway 589 where it uprooted a tree and snapped some large branches. The maximum wind speed in this tornado was 105 mph.

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.