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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS  
220 PM CST SUN FEB 15 2026  
   
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 2/14-15/26 TORNADO EVENT  
 
   
OVERVIEW  
TWO EF1 TORNADOES HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED FROM SEVERE  
STORMS LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.  
 
ADDITIONAL DAMAGE SURVEYS ARE ONGOING AND WILL LIKELY CONTINUE  
INTO MONDAY IN COVINGTON, JEFFERSON DAVIS, LAWRENCE, AND LINCOLN  
COUNTIES IN MISSISSIPPI.  
 
   
NORFIELD TORNADO  
 
RATING: EF1  
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 110 MPH  
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 6.8 MILES  
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 800 YARDS  
FATALITIES: 0  
INJURIES: 0  
 
START DATE: 2/14/2026  
START TIME: 11:46 PM CST  
START LOCATION: 6 NW SUMMIT / LINCOLN COUNTY / MS  
START LAT/LON: 31.3501 / -90.54  
 
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 THE PIKE LINCOLN COUNTY LINE AND TRACKED  
NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS 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 DAMAGE 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: 12:01 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: 12:04 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.  
 
 
 
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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