903
NWUS54 KJAN 082313
LSRJAN
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
613 PM CDT FRI MAY 8 2026
.TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON
.DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.
..REMARKS..
0651 PM TORNADO 2 N BAXTERVILLE 31.12N 89.59W
05/06/2026 LAMAR MS NWS STORM SURVEY
*** 4 INJ ***
THIS TORNADO BEGAN NEAR OR JUST WEST OF THE
INTERSECTIONS OF TATUM SALT DOME ROAD AND R
THOMPSON ROAD WHERE IT PRODUCED DAMAGE TO
TREES CROSSING TATUM SALT DOME ROAD WITH A
NARROW SWATH OF DAMAGE PRODUCED JUST NORTH
OF R THOMPSON RD. THE TORNADO MOVED EASTWARD
THROUGH THE HALF MOON CREEK LOWER WOODED
AREAS BEFORE CROSSING BEACH ROAD, RETAINING
A CONSOLIDATED CORE THAT COULD BE OBSERVED
TRANSECTING THE ROADWAY TWICE AS THE TORNADO
TRACK ROUGHLY PARALLELED THE ROADWAY. THE
TORNADO PRODUCED MOSTLY VEGETATIVE DAMAGE
UNTIL IT APPROACHED WESTERN PURVIS IN THE
BOGGY HOLLOW AREAS WHERE OUTBUILDINGS WERE
DAMAGED OR DESTROYED AND TREES WERE BLOWN
ONTO HOMES. A MOBILE HOME WAS BLOWN OFF OF
ITS BLOCKS JUST NORTH OF PURVIS-TO-COLUMBIA
ROAD, WHICH THE TORNADO APPROXIMATELY MOVED
ALONG AS IT TRAVELED EAST-NORTHEAST. THE
TORNADO INTENSIFIED TO ITS MAXIMUM
INTENSITY, PRODUCING DAMAGE THAT SUGGESTS
MAXIMUM WINDS WERE AT LEAST 135 MPH AS
SEVERAL RESIDENCES HAD ROOFS REMOVED AS WELL
AS SOME EXTERIOR WALLS BLOWN INWARD NEAR
COAL TOWN ROAD AND HIGHWAY 589. SIGNIFICANT
DAMAGE WAS ALSO OBSERVED ALONG CENTRAL
INDUSTRIAL ROW WHERE SEVERAL METAL BUILDING
SYSTEM (MBS) WAREHOUSE AND COMMERCIAL
BUILDINGS HAD WALLS AND INTERNAL STRUCTURES
INCLUDING PILLARS/COLUMNS AND ROOFING
PURLINS DESTROYED. NUMEROUS OTHER FACILITIES
SUFFERED SUBSTANTIAL LOSS OF ROOFING
MATERIALS INCLUDING THE LAMAR COUNTY
MULTI-PURPOSE CENTER. THE TORNADO CONTINUED
EASTWARD DOWNING NUMEROUS TREES AND CAUSING
WIDESPREAD DAMAGE TO ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS
BEFORE DISSIPATING JUST EAST OF US HIGHWAY
11. THE TORNADO AT MAXIMUM WIDTH WAS
ESTIMATED AT 600 YARDS, HAD A TRACK LENGTH
OF 13.4 MILES, AND HAD A MAXIMUM ESTIMATED
INTENSITY OF 135 MPH, EF-2.
SS
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