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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
253 PM CST SUN FEB 22 2026
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 2/14-15/26 TORNADO EVENT - UPDATE # 5
UPDATE
UPDATED NORFIELD TORNADO INFORMATION TO REFLECT NEW
START POINT IN PIKE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI IN THE NWS SLIDELL AREA.
TORNADO INFORMATION REFLECTS TOTAL PATH INFORMATION ACROSS BOTH
NWS COUNTY WARNING AREAS.
OVERVIEW
TEN WEAK TORNADOES WERE CONFIRMED FROM SEVERE STORMS
LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING, INCLUDING EIGHT
EF1 TORNADOES AND TWO EF0 TORNADOES.
NORFIELD TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 110 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 7.2 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 800 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 2/14/2026
START TIME: 11:45 PM CST
START LOCATION: 6 NW SUMMIT / PIKE COUNTY / MS
START LAT/LON: 31.3447 / -90.5437
END DATE: 2/14/2026
END TIME: 11:54 PM CST
END LOCATION: 1 SSW BOGUE CHITTO / LINCOLN COUNTY / MS
END LAT/LON: 31.4154 / -90.4636
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THIS TORNADO BEGAN NEAR KENNA RD IN FAR NORTHWEST PIKE COUNTY WHERE
IT CAUSED MINOR TREE DAMAGE. IT TRACKED NORTHEASTWARD INTO SOUTHERN
LINCOLN COUNTY, SNAPPING AND UPROOTED NUMEROUS TREES ALONG ITS PATH.
THE BROAD DAMAGE FOOTPRINT WITH EMBEDDED AREAS OF MORE CONCENTRATED
DAMAGE SUGGESTS THIS PATH CONSISTED OF MULTIPLE VORTICES ORIGINATING
FROM THE SAME PARENT MESOCYCLONE. TREE DAMAGE WAS MOST PROLIFIC WEST
OF I-55 ALONG JACK LANE, SUMMIT DRIVE, BEACHNUT TRAIL, WALLACE
DRIVE, MONTGOMERY ROAD, DRY CREEK TRAIL, AND HOMESVILLE ROAD. A
HOUSE ON JACK LANE SUSTAINED SHINGLE DAMAGE, AND OUTBUILDINGS WERE
DAMAGED ON MONTGOMERY ROAD, BEACHNUT TRAIL, AND BIG CREEK DRIVE. A
MOBILE HOME WAS ALSO DAMAGED ALONG BEACHNUT.
THE TORNADO CROSSED I-55 ABOUT TWO MILES SOUTH OF THE BOGUE
CHITTO EXIT, THEN WEAKENED AND LIFTED AS IT MOVED THROUGH THE
NORFIELD COMMUNITY. THIS TORNADO MAY HAVE BEGAN FARTHER
SOUTHWEST, AND ADDITIONAL SURVEYS ARE PLANNED TO DETERMINE THE
CORRECT STARTING POINT.
ENTERPRISE TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 100 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 2.1 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 200 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 2/15/2026
START TIME: 12:02 AM CST
START LOCATION: 4 NNE BOGUE CHITTO / LINCOLN COUNTY / MS
START LAT/LON: 31.4872 / -90.4092
END DATE: 2/15/2026
END TIME: 12:05 AM CST
END LOCATION: 5 SE BROOKHAVEN / LINCOLN COUNTY / MS
END LAT/LON: 31.5131 / -90.3923
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THIS TORNADO BEGAN NEAR MOUNT OLIVE ROAD AND TRACKED
NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS SHELL OIL LANE AND MS HIGHWAY 583 BEFORE
LIFTING NEAR HIGHWAY 583 AND BETHEL ROAD. ALONG THE TORNADO PATH,
THE ROOF OF AN OUTBUILDING WAS DAMAGE ON SHELL OIL LANE AND A
HOUSE ON HIGHWAY 583 SUSTAINED ROOF DAMAGE. SEVERAL TREES WERE
SNAPPED AND UPROOTED.
LINCOLN/LAWRENCE TORNADO.
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 100 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 6.9 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 250 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 2/15/2026
START TIME: 12:10 AM CST
START LOCATION: 10 WSW MONTICELLO / LINCOLN COUNTY / MS
START LAT/LON: 31.5126 / -90.2838
END DATE: 2/15/2026
END TIME: 12:20 AM CST
END LOCATION: 8 WNW MONTICELLO / LAWRENCE COUNTY / MS
END LAT/LON: 31.603 / -90.2326
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THIS EF-1 TORNADO BEGAN JUST SOUTH OF UNION ROAD SOUTHEAST, WHERE
IT BROKE SOME LARGE BRANCHES. THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST AND
CROSSED HARMON DRIVE SOUTHEAST WHERE IT SNAPPED A COUPLE OF TREES.
THE TORNADO ALSO SNAPPED A FEW TREES AND CAUSED ROOF DAMAGE TO A
HOME ALONG PLEASANT GROVE DRIVE. THE TORNADO CROSSED HIGHWAY 84
UPROOTING A FEW MORE TREES, BEFORE CROSSING INTO LAWRENCE COUNTY.
THE TORNADO CROSSED FOSTER ROAD WHERE IT CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE ROOF
OF AN OUTBUILDING AND ENDED JUST EAST OF FOSTER ROAD.
MONTICELLO TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 105 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 4 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 200 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 2/15/2026
START TIME: 12:22 AM CST
START LOCATION: 2 S MONTICELLO / LAWRENCE COUNTY / MS
START LAT/LON: 31.5133 / -90.115
END DATE: 2/15/2026
END TIME: 12:29 AM CST
END LOCATION: 2 ENE MONTICELLO / LAWRENCE COUNTY / MS
END LAT/LON: 31.56 / -90.0749
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THIS EF-1 TORNADO BEGAN JUST NORTH OF BETHEL ROAD WITH SOME MINOR
ROOF DAMAGE TO A HOME. THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST CROSSING
JOHN PAYTON LANE, WHERE IT UPROOTED SOME TREES AND CAUSED DAMAGE
TO A MANUFACTURED HOME. THE TORNADO WAS AT ITS STRONGEST AT THIS
POINT. THE TORNADO CROSSED HIGHWAY 587 SNAPPING A FEW TREES ALONG
THE WAY. THE TORNADO CROSSED THE PEARL RIVER AND ENDED NEAR
HIGHWAY 184 EAST, WHERE IT SNAPPED SOME LARGE BRANCHES.
ARM TORNADO
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 85 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 2 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 200 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 2/15/2026
START TIME: 12:27 AM CST
START LOCATION: 4 ESE MONTICELLO / LAWRENCE COUNTY / MS
START LAT/LON: 31.5291 / -90.0477
END DATE: 2/15/2026
END TIME: 12:30 AM CST
END LOCATION: 4 SSW SILVER CREEK / LAWRENCE COUNTY / MS
END LAT/LON: 31.5563 / -90.0367
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THIS WEAK TORNADO TRACKED FROM ALONG ARM ROAD NORTHEASTWARD
ACROSS SAINT STEPHENS ROAD BEFORE LIFTING. RELATIVELY MINOR TREE
DAMAGE OCCURRED ALONG THE PATH WITH TREES UPROOTED AND SEVERAL
TREE LIMBS BROKEN.
PROGRESS TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 90 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 3.8 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 350 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 2/15/2026
START TIME: 12:32 AM CST
START LOCATION: 7 SE SILVER CREEK / JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY / MS
START LAT/LON: 31.5158 / -89.9456
END DATE: 2/15/2026
END TIME: 12:35 AM CST
END LOCATION: 3 SSW PRENTISS / JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY / MS
END LAT/LON: 31.5581 / -89.9055
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THIS TORNADO BEGAN ALONG PROGRESS ROAD, DAMAGING A MOBILE HOME
AND UPROOTED TREES AND BREAKING TREE LIMBS. IT CONTINUED
NORTHEAST ACROSS TAYLOR LUCAS ROAD AND DYKES ROAD, WHERE
ADDITIONAL TREE DAMAGE OCCURRED. FINALLY, IT CROSSED BURKETT
ROAD, PLEASANT HILL ROAD, AND MCNEESE GRIFFITH ROAD PRODUCING
ADDITIONAL MINOR TREE DAMAGE AND DOWNING A UTILITY WIRE BEFORE
LIFTING.
PRENTISS TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 90 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 5.9 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 200 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 2/15/2026
START TIME: 12:38 AM CST
START LOCATION: 2 SW PRENTISS / JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY / MS
START LAT/LON: 31.579 / -89.8947
END DATE: 2/15/2026
END TIME: 12:45 AM CST
END LOCATION: 4 N PRENTISS / JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY / MS
END LAT/LON: 31.6571 / -89.8573
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THIS TORNADO BEGAN ON THE WEST SIDE OF PRENTISS NEAR PROGRESS
ROAD, UPROOTING AND DAMAGING TREES AS IT TRACKED ACROSS MS
HIGHWAY 184. AS IT MOVED ACROSS US HIGHWAY 84 ON THE NORTHWEST
SIDE OF PRENTISS, IT REMOVED MUCH OF THE ROOF OF A HOUSE ON
RYJIAH LANE. THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS MS
HIGHWAY 42, TWO MILE ROAD, AND SKATING RINK ROAD PRODUCING
ADDITIONAL TREE DAMAGE AND DAMAGING THE ROOF OF AN OUTBUILDING.
FINALLY, IT DAMAGED OLD POULTRY HOUSES ALONG MS HIGHWAY 13 JUST
BEFORE LIFTING.
NORTH PRENTISS TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 90 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 2.1 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 150 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 2/15/2026
START TIME: 12:47 AM CST
START LOCATION: 5 N PRENTISS / JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY / MS
START LAT/LON: 31.6711 / -89.8517
END DATE: 2/15/2026
END TIME: 12:50 AM CST
END LOCATION: 7 NNE PRENTISS / JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY / MS
END LAT/LON: 31.6957 / -89.8357
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THIS TORNADO BEGAN ALONG ODOM BASS ROAD NORTH OF PRENTISS AND
TRACKED NORTHEASTWARD ALONG MOUNT ZION ROAD, CROSSING WHITESAND
CHURCH ROAD BEFORE LIFTING SOUTHWEST OF THE CLEM COMMUNITY. THE
TORNADO PRODUCED RELATIVELY MINOR TREE DAMAGE ALONG ITS PATH.
SALEM TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 95 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.6 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 75 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 2/15/2026
START TIME: 1:11 AM CST
START LOCATION: 4 N COLLINS / COVINGTON COUNTY / MS
START LAT/LON: 31.7047 / -89.5483
END DATE: 2/15/2026
END TIME: 1:12 AM CST
END LOCATION: 5 N COLLINS / COVINGTON COUNTY / MS
END LAT/LON: 31.7081 / -89.5391
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THIS VERY BRIEF TORNADO DAMAGED THREE CHICKEN HOUSES ALONG
GAYLONS DRIVE. IT ALSO UPROOTED TREES AND CAUSED OTHER MINOR TREE
DAMAGE. THE TORNADO LIFTED BEFORE REACHING SALEM SCHOOL ROAD.
NORTHEAST COVINGTON TORNADO
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 75 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.3 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 25 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 2/15/2026
START TIME: 1:24 AM CST
START LOCATION: 3 S TAYLORSVILLE / COVINGTON COUNTY / MS
START LAT/LON: 31.7856 / -89.4434
END DATE: 2/15/2026
END TIME: 1:25 AM CST
END LOCATION: 3 S TAYLORSVILLE / COVINGTON COUNTY / MS
END LAT/LON: 31.788 / -89.4391
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THIS VERY BRIEF TORNADO RESULTED IN MINOR TREE DAMAGE SOUTH OF
TAYLORSVILLE AS IT TRACKED ACROSS CHARLIE RED DRIVE AND BEN
STROUD ROAD.
EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE
FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:
EF0.....65 TO 85 MPH
EF1.....86 TO 110 MPH
EF2.....111 TO 135 MPH
EF3.....136 TO 165 MPH
EF4.....166 TO 200 MPH
EF5.....>200 MPH
NOTE:
THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENTS AND PUBLICATION IN
NWS STORM DATA.
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