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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
637 PM CDT MON OCT 27 2025
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 10/18-19/25 TORNADO EVENT - UPDATE #3
UPDATE...THE PATH OF THE HUNTERS BEND EF1 HAS BEEN ADJUSTED AND
EXTENDED NORTHEASTWARD BASED ON NEWLY AVAILABLE HIGH RESOLUTION
SATELLITE IMAGERY.
OVERVIEW...THREE TORNADOES HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED WITH STORMS FROM
SATURDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING, INCLUDING ONE EF1 AND TWO
EF0S.
HUNTERS BEND TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 105 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 4.9 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 350 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 10/18/2025
START TIME: 7:45 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 13 NW NEWELLTON / MADISON PARISH / LA
START LAT/LON: 32.2256 / -91.3768
END DATE: 10/18/2025
END TIME: 7:53 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 11 SW RICHMOND / MADISON PARISH / LA
END LAT/LON: 32.2641 / -91.3089
SURVEY SUMMARY:
AN EF-1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST SOUTH OF THE HUNTERS BEND AREA
AND MOVED NORTHEAST THROUGH THE COMMUNITY. SEVERAL LARGE TREES
WERE BLOWN DOWN ACROSS POWER LINES AND HUNTERS BEND ROAD NEAR THE
START, WITH CONTINUED TREE DAMAGE THROUGH THE FOREST AREAS TO THE
NORTHEAST. TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED WHERE THE ROAD TURNED
NORTH. ADDITIONAL DAMAGE TO A MOBILE HOME AND SEVERAL BARNS AND
OUTBUILDINGS OCCURRED AT THE EAST OF OF DR. THOMASON ROAD AT THE
TENSAS RIVER. A 12X24 FOOT HUNTING SHED WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED
WITH DEBRIS BLOWN NORTH INTO THE TREE LINE. HIGH RESOLUTION
SATELLITE IMAGERY AND ACCOUNTS FROM AREA LANDOWNERS INDICATED THAT
THE TORNADO CONTINUED EAST ACROSS THE TENSAS RIVER BEND INTO TENSAS
RIVER NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE LAND WITH DAMAGE AT LEAST 200 YARDS
WIDE IN THAT AREA. THE TORNADO ENDED IN A FIELD SOUTH OF SHARKY ROAD.
EAGLE BEND ROAD TORNADO
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 85 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 3 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 50 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 10/18/2025
START TIME: 9:29 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 6 SW YAZOO CITY / YAZOO COUNTY / MS
START LAT/LON: 32.8012 / -90.4917
END DATE: 10/18/2025
END TIME: 9:33 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 3 SW YAZOO CITY / YAZOO COUNTY / MS
END LAT/LON: 32.8203 / -90.4453
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A NARROW, BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ALONG EAGLE BEND ROAD SOUTH
OF YAZOO CITY WHERE THE TOP OF A PECAN TREE WAS DOWNED ONTO A
HOME. FORTUNATELY, THE HOME SUSTAINED LIMITED IF ANY DAMAGE. THE
TORNADO CONTINUED TO MOVE NORTHEAST, PARALLELING EAGLE BEND ROAD
WHILE STAYING SLIGHTLY NORTH OF THE ROADWAY. INTERMITTENT
VEGETATIVE DAMAGE WAS NOTED WITH A ISOLATED TREE FALL AS WELL.
THE TORNADO REMAINED AT EF-0 INTENSITY THROUGH ITS DURATION
BEFORE DISSIPATING NEAR OLD HIGHWAY 3 WHERE MINOR ROOFING TIN
PEELING WAS NOTED
JOHNS TORNADO
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 75 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 6.72 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 75 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 10/19/2025
START TIME: 02:07 AM CDT
START LOCATION: 9 SSE BRANDON / RANKIN COUNTY / MS
START LAT/LON: 32.1578 / -89.9474
END DATE: 10/19/2025
END TIME: 02:17 AM CDT
END LOCATION: 4 NW PUCKETT / RANKIN COUNTY / MS
END LAT/LON: 32.1284 / -89.8392
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ALONG SHELL OIL RD IN SOUTHEAST
BRANDON AND TRAVELED SOUTHEAST FOR 6.7 MILES BEFORE LIFTING NEAR
GILL RD IN JOHNS. THE TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND FOR ROUGHLY
10 MINUTES. NUMEROUS LARGE AND SMALL TREE BRANCHES WERE DOWNED
ALONG THE PATH.
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 EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN
NWS STORM DATA.
CE/NF/MH/LP/DL/KP/AC
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