EF0 tornado in Washington County, Mississippi

Tornado April 28, 2026 · Washington County, Mississippi

EF0

Rating

0.3 mi

Path length

60 yd

Path width

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NOAA recorded where this tornado touched down but not where it lifted, so it appears as a point. 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

A very brief tornado occurred south of MS 454 along Deerfield Road. A few trees were uprooted along the road and trees were topped in a field. This tornado is rated EF-0 with 85 MPH winds.

The wider storm

Severe storms moved across the state of Mississippi during the morning, afternoon and evening hours of April 26 through April 29 2026. Some of these thunderstorms produced damaging wind gusts that downed trees and powerlines. Some of these storms produced hail and a brief tornado.

Began near Swiftwater (33.3100, -91.0600).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF0 Jasper County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1331191. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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