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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1125 AM CDT SAT MAY 2 2026
...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 4/28/2026 & 4/29/2026 TORNADO EVENTS - UPDATE #1...
UPDATE
TWO ADDITIONAL WIND SWATHS WERE CONFIRMED FROM TUESDAY
NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON STORMS.
ASHLEY CO TORNADO
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 85 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.77 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 60 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/28/2026
START TIME: 09:37 PM EDT
START LOCATION: 5 SSW FOUNTAIN HILL / ASHLEY COUNTY / AR
START LAT/LON: 33.2917 / -91.8978
END DATE: 04/28/2026
END TIME: 09:37 PM EDT
END LOCATION: 5 SSW FOUNTAIN HILL / ASHLEY COUNTY / AR
END LAT/LON: 33.2876 / -91.8854
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A VERY BRIEF TORNADO OCCURRED ALONG COUNTY ROAD 498 IN ASHLEY
COUNTY. THIS TORNADO UPROOTED TREES AND CAUSED WOODEN POWER POLES
TO LEAN. THE TORNADO CROSSED COUNTY ROAD 498 AND DISSIPATED IN
THE FIELD JUST AFTER UPROOTING MORE TREES. THE TORNADO IS RATED
EF-0 WITH WINDS OF 85 MPH.
.ASHLEY CO WIND SWATH
RATING: TSTM/WIND
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 80 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 12.71 MILES
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/28/2026
START TIME: 10:48 PM EDT
START LOCATION: JEROME / DREW COUNTY / AR
START LAT/LON: 33.4001 / -91.4786
END DATE: 04/28/2026
END TIME: 10:48 PM EDT
END LOCATION: 1 NE LAKE VILLAGE / CHICOT COUNTY / AR
END LAT/LON: 33.3319 / -91.2743
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A SUPERCELL STORM MOVED OUT OF DREW COUNTY NEAR THE JEROME
COMMUNITY AND PRODUCED A SWATH OF WINDS OF 70-80 MPH ACROSS
CENTRAL CHICOT CO INTO AND AROUND LAKE VILLAGE. POWER LINES AND
POLES WERE DOWN IN THE RURAL PARTS OF THE COUNTY. MOST OF THE
DAMAGE IN LAKE VILLAGE WAS AROUND MULBERRY STREET. HERE MULTIPLE
TREES WERE UPROOTED ACROSS A FEW BLOCK RADIUS. POWER LINES WERE
DOWN AS WELL.
WASHINGTON COUNTY
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 85 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.31 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 60 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/28/2026
START TIME: 11:08 PM EDT
START LOCATION: 5 S GREENVILLE / WASHINGTON COUNTY / MS
START LAT/LON: 33.3119 / -91.0643
END DATE: 04/28/2026
END TIME: 11:08 PM EDT
END LOCATION: 5 S GREENVILLE / WASHINGTON COUNTY / MS
END LAT/LON: 33.3079 / -91.0616
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A VERY BRIEF TORNADO OCCURRED SOUTH OF MS 454 ALONG DEERFIELD
ROAD. A FEW TREES WERE UPROOTED ALONG THE ROAD AND TREES WERE
TOPPED IN A FIELD. THIS TORNADO IS RATED EF-0 WITH 85 MPH WINDS.
.JASPER CO WIND SWATH
RATING: TSTM/WIND
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 80 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 11.46 MILES
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/29/2026
START TIME: 03:50 PM EDT
START LOCATION: 9 ESE BAY SPRINGS / JASPER COUNTY / MS
START LAT/LON: 31.9025 / -89.16
END DATE: 04/29/2026
END TIME: 03:50 PM EDT
END LOCATION: 1 SE SANDERSVILLE / JONES COUNTY / MS
END LAT/LON: 31.7812 / -89.0268
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A SIZEABLE SWATH OF WIND DAMAGE DEVELOPED ACROSS SOUTH-CENTRAL
JASPER COUNTY AND MOVED INTO NORTHEAST JONES DURING THE AFTERNOON
O APRIL 29TH. MUCH OF THIS WIND WAS IN THE 60-65 MPH RANGE.
HOWEVER, A MORE INTENSE CORRIDOR DEVELOPED ON THE EAST SIDE OF
THE MOSS COMMUNITY AND IN THE BONNER COMMUNITY WITH PEAK WINDS
BETWEEN 70-80 MPH. NUMEROUS TREES WERE DAMAGED FROM BEING
UPROOTED, SNAPPED, OR HAD LARGE LIMBS BROKEN OFF. THESE WERE
DOWNED IN A SOUTH FACING DIRECTION. THREE HOMES HAD TREES DOWN ON
THEM ALONG WITH SOME ON A COUPLE SHEDS. POWER LINES AND POLES
WERE DOWNED BY TREES AS WELL. WORST IMPACTED AREAS WERE ALONG CR
31, 33, 311 IN JASPER CO AND THE 400-500 BLOCKS OF CLAIBORNE ROAD
AND BONNER ROAD IN NE JONES CO.
S JASPER TORNADO
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 75 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.85 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 100 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/29/2026
START TIME: 04:07 PM EDT
START LOCATION: 6 W HEIDELBERG / JASPER COUNTY / MS
START LAT/LON: 31.8893 / -89.0996
END DATE: 04/29/2026
END TIME: 04:08 PM EDT
END LOCATION: 5 W HEIDELBERG / JASPER COUNTY / MS
END LAT/LON: 31.8852 / -89.086
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THIS WEAK BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF CR
8 AND CR 31. MULTIPLE LARGE BRANCHES WERE BROKEN OFF WITH AN
UPROOTED TREE ALONG CR 31.
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.
KP/CE/MH/SW
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