EF1 tornado in Winston County, Mississippi

This tornado began near the Winston/Noxubee County line off of Highway 490. Numerous trees where snapped and uprooted at this point. The tornado continued to move east across Butler Road continuing to snap and uproot both hardwood and softwood trees. The tornado turned more southeast as it crossed Richards Road continuing to snap and uproot trees. The tornado ended off of North Hayes Field Road snapping numerous pine trees along its path. Maximum estimated winds were 105 mph. Total path length is 7.00 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.