EF2 tornado in Lauderdale County, Mississippi

This tornado touched down in a wooded area near Russell Topton Road, snapping trees and powerlines and causing minor roof damage as it crossed the road. The tornado continued northeast onto Lockhart Trailer Court Road and Chip Pickering Drive, where many trees were downed and some structural damage occurred to mobile homes. Here on Lockhart Trailer Court Road, a mobile home was rolled and destroyed, with one minor injury as the resident was thrown out. The tornado

continued northeast before crossing Fred Clayton Road and Campground Road. Here the tornado began to widen and more intense damage occurred. Some minor roof damage occurred to a church and numerous trees were snapped, with some causing damage to some structures. As it traveled roughly along Campground Road and the railroad tracks, the tornado became quite large, around a quarter of a mile wide or

so. Here significant tree damage, EF2 with winds near 115mph, occurred as nearly every tree were snapped and uprooted. The tornado continued northeast until crossing Green Loop Road. The tornado also was at its strongest at Green Loop as many mobile homes were rolled, with around 4 destroyed. One mobile home was thrown with the undercarriage wrapped around a tree. Here the most intense damage

occurred, with winds near 120mph winds. Around 10-11 people were thrown out of mobile homes but thankfully no injuries. The tornado continued before crossing Beaver Pond Road, snapping and uprooting trees. It then continued northeast across a wooded area near Ponta Creek before beginning to weaken and become smaller. It crossed Old Lauderdale Lizelia Road, Highway 45 and then Old Highway 45N,

snapping and uprooting trees before lifting northeast in a wooded area. The maximum estimated winds were 120mph.

Two rounds of severe weather impacted the ArkLaMiss region - one beginning shortly after midnight on the morning of January 21st and ending shortly before daybreak. The round of storms began during the evening hours on the 21st and ended just before midnight. During the early morning event, areas south of I-20 in Mississippi were impacted. Most notably, an EF-3 tornado tracked through Lamar and Forrest counties, killing four people in Hattiesburg and injuring over 50 others. In addition, damaging winds, large hail and flash flooding occurred in other areas across south Mississippi. The evening event impacted a larger proportion of the ArkLaMiss, and brought wind damage as well as large hail and a strong tornado.