EF1 tornado in Neshoba County, Mississippi

The tornado touched down at County Road 717 breaking small to large softwood and hardwood tree limbs. As it moved northeast to County Road 450 it snapped and uprooted several hardwood trees; in addition to peeling portions of a tin roof off a barn. It continued to break off small and large softwood tree limbs as it moved northeast to County Road 725. Once it reached the intersection of County Road 725 and US Highway 486, it was uprooting hardwood trees. Numerous large hardwood trees were uprooted and snapped along US Highway 486; in addition to peeling off portions of a tin roof from a barn. Several softwood trees were uprooted and snapped when it crossed County Road 729, and a downed power-pole was seen nearby likely caused by one of the aforementioned trees falling on top of it. Multiple snapped softwood trees occurred at County Road 1715 as it continued its northeastward trek. Once the tornado intersected Highway 16, large broken softwood tree limbs were noted. It continued to move north of Highway 16, breaking large softwood and hard tree limbs at County Road 749. It lifted at County Road 755, but not before uprooting a few large hardwood and softwood trees. Maximum estimated winds were 95 mph. Total path length was 9.13 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.