EF1 tornado in Choctaw County, Alabama

Tornado crossed from Clarke County, Mississippi and continued northeast crossing near Lisman. The tornado continued northeast crossing Highway 17 just north of Jachin before lifting. Several trees and power lines were snapped off or blown over by the tornado along the path. Major structural damage to a home was reported by Emergency Management in Lisman.

Numerous supercell thunderstorms developed in the late morning through the evening hours across Mississippi and Alabama. A series of long track tornadic supercell thunderstorms moved out of southeast Mississippi in the late morning, and crossed southwest Alabama in the late morning through the afternoon and evening hours. In southwest Alabama, the tornadoes missed the larger populated towns and communities, but did produce significant damage to numerous homes in rural areas. Several injuries were reported with 3 fatalities in Deer Park, Alabama (Washington County) from an EF-3 tornado during the early evening hours. Widespread damage to timber along several 200 to 600 yard-wide tornado paths resulted in significant losses to the timber industry. The Alabama Forestry Commission estimated timber losses in southwest Alabama to be near 7.3 million dollars.