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EF0 tornado in Hinds County, Mississippi

Tornado May 22, 2026 · Hinds County, Mississippi

EF0

Rating

2.0 mi

Path length

175 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 175 yards (0.10 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

This weak tornado tracked north northeastward roughly along Midway Road from north of Oakley Palestine Road to Thigpen Road, then lifted near Seven Springs Road. Along the path, several large tree limbs were downed. A tornadic debris signature (TDS) was observed on radar. Maximum winds were estimated at 75 mph (EF-0), the track length was 1.98 miles, and the maximum width was 175 yards.

The wider storm

A few severe storms produced damaging winds which downed trees across portions of central and southern Mississippi. A brief, weak tornado also occurred near Midway Road in Hinds County.

Began near Midway (32.2000, -90.3800).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1339177. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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