EF1 tornado in Holmes County, Mississippi

An EF-1 tornado touched down just south of Yellow Bluff Road and moved north-northeast, damaging and snapping trees along its path. The tornado crossed Thornton-Tolarsville Road where heavy tree damage was noted, and one mobile home had some of the roof blown off. In this section is where the tornado peaked with an estimated intensity of 110 mph winds. The tornado continued over mostly wooded area and crossed Queenie M. Johnson Road where it weakened and narrowed before dissipating after crossing Howard Road.

An upper-level shortwave trough moved from East Texas across Arkansas during the afternoon of May 2nd. At the surface, a warm front associated with the system developed and lifted north across Mississippi. Severe thunderstorms developed along and south of the warm front through the afternoon and evening, producing several tornadoes and scattered wind damage extending from the southwestern and west-central Mississippi toward north-central and northeastern portions of the state.