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EF0 tornado in Simpson County, Mississippi

Tornado April 25, 2026 · Simpson County, Mississippi

EF0
Rating
2.2 mi
Path length
100 yd
Path width
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 100 yards (0.06 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF0 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF0 is light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 65–85 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

An EF-0 tornado developed over downtown Magee just north of the Magee General Hospital and tracked southeastward crossing from 1st St to 5th St between 4th Avenue and 12th Avenue. It then crossed MS Highway 28 and Beulah Road before lifting near Tugwell Road. Along the path, several large tree limbs were downed, power lines were downed, and shingle damage occurred. The estimated maximum wind speeds of this tornado were 75 mph.

The wider storm

Multiple organized QLCSs push across central Mississippi and produced damaging wind gusts and several tornadoes.

Began near Magee (31.8729, -89.7294).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Hinds CountyEF1 Rankin CountyEF1 Copiah CountyEF1 Simpson CountyEF1 Simpson CountyEF1 Simpson CountyEF1 Jasper CountyEF1 Jefferson Davis CountyEF1 Hinds CountyEF0 Jasper County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1330660. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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