EF1 tornado in Holmes County, Mississippi

An EF-1 tornado touched down along Interstate 55 and Castalian Springs Road west of Durant and moved generally parallel to the Interstate on the west side of town. It snapped, uprooted, and damaged many trees along its path. The strongest phase of the tornado appeared to be as it crossed MS Highway 12 and Bowling Green Road. As it crossed Highway 12, multiple trees were damaged with one blown down onto a home and another down on a parked school bus. As the tornado crossed Bowling Green Road, a power pole and section of power lines were blown down. Several trees were also snapped or uprooted in the area. It continued across Huckleberry Road where an older building had roof damage, and then it dissipated after crossing Pilgram Church Road. Maximum winds were estimated to be 100 mph.

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.