EF1 tornado in Harrison County, Mississippi

An EF-1 tornado with peak winds of 90 mph touched down at 30th Street and Brookwood Ave. where large branches were down on several trees. Similar damage occurred as the tornado tracked to the southeast across Pass Road and 28th Street. The tornado continued to the southeast and reached peak intensity of 90 mph near the intersection of 5th Avenue and 25th Street where a few trees were snapped. One hardwood tree was hollow inside and the other snap was very high. Numerous large branches were also removed from several trees near this intersection. The tornado then continued to the southeast crossing Gulf Avenue near 24th Street producing sporadic tree damage. The tornado then crossed the railroad just west of Hewes St. where additional large branches were removed from several trees all the way to Beach Blvd. Numerous trees were observed to have lost large branches between Roberts Ave. and Centennial Plaza on Beach Blvd.

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.