EF3 Tornado — Greene, Mississippi

2011-04-15 · near Leakesville, Greene, Mississippi

Event narrative

The National Weather Service aerial survey revealed a continuous long track tornado from just west of Leakesville, Mississippi to Deer Park, Alabama. The tornado touched down west of Leakesville south of Highway 57. It crossed the highway, strengthened to EF-3 intensity, and then turned east toward the city of Leakesville paralleling Highway 57. The tornado damaged 98 homes: 47 with minor damage, 28 with major damage, and 23 homes completely destroyed. 14 businesses were completely destroyed. One fatality occurred in a destroyed mobile home. In Mississippi, the tornado did an estimated 11.1 million dollars worth of property damage to homes and businesses. The tornado continued east northeast into extreme southwest Washington County, Alabama.

Wider weather episode

Numerous supercell thunderstorms developed in the late morning through the evening hours across Mississippi and Alabama. A series of long track tornadic supercell thunderstorms impacted southeast Mississippi in the late morning through the afternoon hours...with another round of severe storms developing in the evening hours preceding a strong cold front.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 296776. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.