EF0 tornado in Yazoo County, Mississippi

The tornado began off Highway 49 along Fletchers Chapel Road near the Dover community. The storm tracked east across Old Dover and Paradise roads snapping large limbs and uprooting trees. The storm was most intense along Myrleville Road, where winds estimated at 85 mph snapped hardwood and softwood trees. Several large hardwood trees were also uprooted. The storm continued to cause damage, uprooting more trees and snapping large limbs across Luther Davis Road, Highway 433 and Scotland Road. The storm dissipated in a wooded area between Scotland Road and Fugates Road. The tornado was rated an EF-0 with maximum wind speeds of 85 mph.

An outbreak of severe thunderstorms occurred on May 4th. An initial round of supercell thunderstorms that morning brought several brief tornadoes to the area along with a few instances of damaging winds. The main round of storms occurred during the afternoon in the form of an intense line of storms. Widespread wind damage occurred with embedded swaths of significant damaging winds up to 80 mph. This resulted in numerous downed trees, power lines and infrastructure damage. Seven tornadoes also occurred within the squall line.