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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
759 PM CST SUN FEB 15 2026
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 2/14-15/26 TORNADO EVENT
UPDATE
ADDED LINCOLN/LAWRENCE EF-1 AND MONTICELLO EF-1
TORNADOES.
OVERVIEW
FOUR EF1 TORNADOES HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED FROM SEVERE
STORMS LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.
ADDITIONAL DAMAGE SURVEYS WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY IN COVINGTON,
JEFFERSON DAVIS AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES IN MISSISSIPPI.
NORFIELD TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 110 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 6.79 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 800 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 02/14/2026
START TIME: 11:46 PM CST
START LOCATION: 6 NW SUMMIT / LINCOLN COUNTY / MS
START LAT/LON: 31.3501 / -90.54
END DATE: 02/14/2026
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 DAMAGED 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/: 2.05 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 200 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 02/15/2026
START TIME: 12:01 AM CST
START LOCATION: 4 NNE BOGUE CHITTO / LINCOLN COUNTY / MS
START LAT/LON: 31.4872 / -90.4092
END DATE: 02/15/2026
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.
LINCOLN/LAWRENCE TORNADO.
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 100 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 6.92 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 250 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 02/15/2026
START TIME: 12:05 AM CST
START LOCATION: 10 WSW MONTICELLO / LINCOLN COUNTY / MS
START LAT/LON: 31.5126 / -90.2838
END DATE: 02/15/2026
END TIME: 12:18 AM CST
END LOCATION: 8 WNW MONTICELLO / LAWRENCE COUNTY / MS
END LAT/LON: 31.603 / -90.2326
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THIS EF-1 TORNADO BEGAN JUST SOUTH OF UNION ROAD SOUTHEAST, WHERE
IT BROKE SOME LARGE BRANCHES. THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST AND
CROSSED HARMON DRIVE SOUTHEAST WHERE IT SNAPPED A COUPLE OF TREES.
THE TORNADO ALSO SNAPPED A FEW TREES AND CAUSED ROOF DAMAGE TO A
HOME ALONG PLEASANT GROVE DRIVE. THE TORNADO CROSSED HIGHWAY 84
UPROOTING A FEW MORE TREES, BEFORE CROSSING INTO LAWRENCE COUNTY.
THE TORNADO CROSSED FOSTER ROAD WHERE IT CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE ROOF
OF AN OUTBUILDING AND ENDED JUST EAST OF FOSTER ROAD.
MONTICELLO TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 105 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 4.04 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 200 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 02/15/2026
START TIME: 12:18 AM CST
START LOCATION: 2 S MONTICELLO / LAWRENCE COUNTY / MS
START LAT/LON: 31.5133 / -90.115
END DATE: 02/15/2026
END TIME: 12:24 AM CST
END LOCATION: 2 ENE MONTICELLO / LAWRENCE COUNTY / MS
END LAT/LON: 31.56 / -90.0749
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THIS EF-1 TORNADO BEGAN JUST NORTH OF BETHEL ROAD WITH SOME MINOR
ROOF DAMAGE TO A HOME. THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST CROSSING
JOHN PAYTON LANE, WHERE IT UPROOTED SOME TREES AND CAUSED DAMAGE
TO A MANUFACTURED HOME. THE TORNADO WAS AT ITS STRONGEST AT THIS
POINT. THE TORNADO CROSSED HIGHWAY 587 SNAPPING A FEW TREES ALONG
THE WAY. THE TORNADO CROSSED THE PEARL RIVER AND ENDED NEAR
HIGHWAY 184 EAST, WHERE IT SNAPPED SOME LARGE BRANCHES.
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.
CE/JM/DL/DB/DC
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