EF0 tornado in Lauderdale County, Mississippi

This tornado began along Hopewell Road then tracked northeastward along E L Johnson Road and across Chunky Duffee Road just south of the Duffee community. It crossed into northwestern Lauderdale County and ended near MS Highway 494. Along the path, several trees were uprooted or snapped and several large branches were broken. At least three sheds or outbuildings sustained roof damage along the path. Maximum estimated winds for Lauderdale County were 80 miles per hour and overall maximum estimated winds were 90 miles per hour, EF1 strength, in Newton County. The maximum width was also 400 yards in Newton County. The total path length was 5.54 miles.

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.