EF1 tornado in Harrison County, Mississippi

An EF-1 tornado with peak winds of 95 mph touched down just north of the intersection of Ohio Ave. and Polk St. in Gulfport. The tornado quickly tracked to the south causing sporadic tree damage that consisted primarily of large tree limbs being blown off of trees as tracked southward between Wisconsin Ave. and West Railroad Ave. The tornado continued south-southeast across US Hwy 49 with visible damage observed to commercial businesses in this area. Large branches and snapped trees were observed between 34th St. and 28th St. At the intersection of 28th St. and 22nd Ave. two metal buildings had their garage doors blown out as the tornado continued south-southeast. At the intersection of Pass Road and 22nd Ave. a large hardwood tree was completely uprooted. The tornado then crossed Pass Road and produced additional tree damage in the form of large branches and a few snapped trees. The snapped trees were either dead and diseased, so the windspeed was lowered to 90 mph to account for this. As the tornado crossed the railroad track, minor damage to a home in the form of a few removed shingles was observed on 3rd St. The tornado then moved offshore near the intersection of Beach Blvd. and Pratt Ave.

Thunderstorms developed across southeast Oklahoma during the late afternoon of April 24th, then congealed into a partially organized cluster of storms as they moved southeast across the ArkLaTex region during the evening. The storms continued to strengthen and evolved into a more organized mesoscale convective system within northwest flow aloft as they approached the local area. The MCS moved across coastal Mississippi on the early morning hours of April 25th, producing a couple of tornadoes along with areas of flash flooding.