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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
653 PM CST SAT JAN 10 2026
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 1/9-10/26 TORNADO EVENT - UPDATE # 2
UPDATE
ADDED NORTH LAUREL EF-0 AND GOODWATER EF-1 TORNADOES.
OVERVIEW
FOUR WEAK TORNADOES HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED FROM FRIDAY
MORNING AND SATURDAY MORNING'S STORMS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH
MISSISSIPPI. AN ADDITIONAL DAMAGE SURVEY IS PLANNED ON SUNDAY TO
ASSESS POTENTIAL DAMAGE IN JEFFERSON DAVIS, COVINGTON, AND LAWRENCE
COUNTIES.
..KNOXO - KOKOMO TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 90 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 7.1 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 125 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 1/9/2026
START TIME: 6:22 AM CST
START LOCATION: 4 WNW DEXTER / WALTHALL COUNTY / MS
START LAT/LON: 31.1084 / -90.0465
END DATE: 1/9/2026
END TIME: 6:40 AM CST
END LOCATION: 1 E KOKOMO / MARION COUNTY / MS
END LAT/LON: 31.1959 / -89.984
SURVEY SUMMARY:
STATISTIC ABOVE REFLECT THE FULL TORNADO PATH THROUGH BOTH THE NWS
SLIDELL AND NWS JACKSON CWAS. AN EF1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST
SOUTHWEST OF FORDSVILLE ROAD EAST OF TYLERTOWN, MS. THE WORST
DAMAGE DAMAGE WAS SEEN JUST NORTHEAST OF THE TOUCHDOWN POINT WITH
LIGHT DAMAGE TO A ROOF AND AN AREA OF TREE DAMAGE WITH MULTIPLE
UPROOTED TREES. LIGHT TREE DAMAGE WAS NOTED ALONG THE PATH UNTIL
IT CROSSED INTO MARION COUNTY. TREE DAMAGE OCCURRED NEAR THE
INTERSECTION OF WELCH LN AND BRANTON BAY RD. THE TORNADO TRACKED
NORTHEAST CLOSELY FOLLOWING BRANTON BAY RD TO US HIGHWAY 98, WHERE
ROOF DAMAGE OCCURRED AT THE POPWELL'S FAMILY RESTAURANT. THE
TORNADO LIFTED AS IT REACHED OLD HIGHWAY 24.
SPECIAL THANKS TO NWS SLIDELL FOR PERFORMING THIS SURVEY.
MADISON - LEAKE COUNTY TORNADO
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 85 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 4.6 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 75 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 1/9/2026
START TIME: 6:28 AM CST
START LOCATION: 11 WSW REDWATER / MADISON COUNTY / MS
START LAT/LON: 32.7595 / -89.7519
END DATE: 1/9/2026
END TIME: 6:38 AM CST
END LOCATION: 7 W REDWATER / LEAKE COUNTY / MS
END LAT/LON: 32.778 / -89.6773
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THIS WEAK TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR HIGHWAY 43 AND MATLOCK ROAD
IN EASTERN MADISON COUNTY AND TRACKED 4.6 MILES AND DISSIPATED AT
RED DOG ROAD IN WESTERN LEAKE COUNTY. TREE DAMAGE, FROM A HANDFUL
OF UPROOTED TREES, WERE THE MAIN DAMAGE AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF
THE PATH. THE REMAINING DAMAGE WAS MOSTLY SMALL/LARGE LIMBS DOWN
ALONG RED DOG ROAD AND THE NATCHEZ TRACE. ONE LARGE LIMB DOWNED A
POWER LINE. MAX WINDS WERE 85 MPH (EF0) AND TOTAL PATH LENGTH WAS
4.6 MILES.
NORTH LAUREL TORNADO
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 75 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.3 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 50 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 1/9/2026
START TIME: 8:47 AM CST
START LOCATION: 3 N LAUREL / JONES COUNTY / MS
START LAT/LON: 31.7369 / -89.1478
END DATE: 1/9/2026
END TIME: 8:48 AM CST
END LOCATION: 3 N LAUREL / JONES COUNTY / MS
END LAT/LON: 31.7404 / -89.1443
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THIS WEAK TORNADO BEGAN ALONG BUSH DAIRY RD AND WAS OBSERVED BY
SECURITY CAMERAS AT LEAST TWO BUSINESSES, DAMAGING A SIGN AND
PRODUCING TREE LIMB DAMAGE AS IT CROSSED AUDUBON DR. THE ROOF OF
AN ADULT CARE FACILITY WAS PARTIALLY REMOVED. THE TORNADO CROSSED
MS HIGHWAY 15, THEN CAUSED SHINGLE DAMAGE TO SEVERAL APARTMENT
BUILDINGS ALONG BARBERRY DR BEFORE LIFTING.
GOODWATER TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 105 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 9.1 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 300 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 1/10/2026
START TIME: 5:40 AM CST
START LOCATION: 2 SE HEIDELBERG / JASPER COUNTY / MS
START LAT/LON: 31.8682 / -88.971
END DATE: 1/10/2026
END TIME: 5:55 AM CST
END LOCATION: 6 SSE PACHUTA / CLARKE COUNTY / MS
END LAT/LON: 31.9499 / -88.8536
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THIS TORNADO BEGAN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF US HIGHWAY 11 AND MS
HIGHWAY 528, INITIALLY MAINLY PRODUCING DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AS
IT TRACKED ACROSS SOUTHEAST JASPER COUNTY. ALONG CR 642, THE ROOF
OF A MOBILE HOME WAS DAMAGED AND TREES WERE UPROOTED. THE TORNADO
STRENGTHENED AFTER CROSSING INTO CLARKE COUNTY, PRODUCING A
CONCENTRATED PATH OF SNAPPED TREES AS IT CROSSED CR 250 WEST OF
THE GOODWATER COMMUNITY. ADDITIONAL TREE LIMB DAMAGE OCCURRED
ALONG CR 280 BEFORE THE TORNADO LIFTED NEAR THE NANCY COMMUNITY.
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/MH/SS/CR/DL
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