EF0 tornado in Walthall County, Mississippi

A NWS ground survey confirmed an EF-1 tornado with maximum sustained winds of 95 mph tracked across portions of northern Walthall County, near Enon, MS. This tornado began near L. L. Coon Rd where high resolution satellite imagery showed areas of damaged/displaced trees on a confined path that tracked southeast toward MS Hwy 44. The tornado strengthened to EF-1 strength as it moved into Willie Cothern Rd where it uprooted trees, lifted metal roofing off a porch, and snapped a swath of tree trunks on private property. The tornado turned more eastward as it crossed MS Hwy 583 where it damaged shingles on a church and uprooted and snapped a few trees. Minor tree damage continued eastward across New Home Church Road with plenty of tree debris across the road. The tornado then restrengthened some over inaccessible forested areas south of New Home Church Rd where patches of heavier tree damage/displacement was identified on high resolution satellite imagery. This tree damage gradually became more minor again near Hope Rd and Dee Toney Rd. Numerous small trees were leaning in a confluent pattern with large branches down near MS Hwy 27. Minor tree damage continued with uproots and large branches predominantly occurring along the damage path on Jordan, Sauls, and Dan Holmes roads. This tornado continued east-southeast into Marion County, within the NWS Jackson area of responsibility, where additional EF-0 and EF-1 tree damage was identified by ground survey. It's estimated that the tornado finally lifted near Circle Bar Road after being on the ground for approximately 13 miles and 24 minutes.

A slowly advancing cold front was positioned beneath strong west-southwesterly flow downstream of a broad upper-level trough with embedded shortwaves. A moist low level layer and strong instability combined with strengthening deep-layer and low-level wind shear to support discrete supercells across southwest and southern Mississippi during the late afternoon and evening. These storms produced large hail and multiple tornadoes over southwest Mississippi, one EF1 and one EF2 tornado.