EF1 tornado in Attala County, Mississippi

An EF-1 tornado touched down just south of Attala Highway 440 on a church property. A few trees were damaged here, and a power line was blown down. It damaged a few more trees along Highway 440 and caused some minor roof damage to a home. The tornado continued north-northeast through mostly wooded areas and then crossed Attala Roads 3111 and 3102, where multiple trees were snapped or uprooted. The tornado then weakened as it crossed MS Highway 35 near the intersection with Attala Road 3122 in the Carmack community and then dissipated. Peak winds were estimated to be 90 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.