EF1 tornado in Scott County, Mississippi

The tornado began at the Coal Bluff Park where several large softwood tree limbs were snapped and broken and two campers were blown over. It then progressed eastward across a forested area and likely moved across the Scott County Hunting Club, but the survey team could not see the damage due to private closed off roadways. However, uprooted hardwood trees were visible from the end of North Kincaid Road. It continued to track eastward across southwest Leake County to Utah Road where several softwood trees were snapped and it snapped large softwood tree limbs at Crawford Circle. It continued eastward progression caused the snapping of softwood and hardwood trees at Ludlow Road. It finally lifted just east of Lena along US Highway 500, but not before snapping large softwood tree limbs and trunks. This tornado continued into Leake County. Maximum estimated winds 90 MPH. Total path length 11.46 miles.

During the daytime hours of April 18th, a developing storm system helped generate a large line of thunderstorms which then moved across the region. From this, a regional outbreak of tornadoes along with widespread wind damage occurred. This line became efficient at producing tornadoes as a meso-scale vortex developed. The combination of multiple environmental features, set the stage for 43 tornadoes to occur over the forecast area. This ranks as 4th most for a single event across the forecast area. In addition to the tornadoes, widespread wind damage occurred as well.