EF1 tornado in Alcorn County, Mississippi

The tornado touched down in the community of Union Center about four miles west of the town of Theo. Much of the damaged occurred along County Road 654A. Six mobile homes were hit with two destroyed and two heavily damaged. Four injuries occurred in the mobile home that was destroyed. Several vehicles and a RV was tossed about as well. Numerous trees were knocked down in the vicinity. The tornado then tracked northeast across U.S. Highway 72 and struck three houses near Chapman's Restaurant. The Bethlehem Baptist Church sustained roof damage and the nearby cemetery was damaged. The tornado was rated EF-1 with wind speeds estimated around 100 mph and a width of 100 yards.

A strong low pressure system tracked from Northern Arkansas into Southern Missouri during the evening hours of February 5th, 2008. Supercells developed out ahead of the system during the late afternoon into the early evening. The storms produced tornadoes, large hail and damaging winds. As the supercells moved east during the evening, a cold front moved into North Mississippi. A squall line developed along the front and produced another round of large hail and damaging winds. The front continued to push east into the overnight hours.