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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
929 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 2026
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 5/6/26 TORNADO EVENT - UPDATE #3
UPDATE
FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL GROUND SURVEYS AND ANALYSIS OF
AERIAL IMAGERY, THE BEGINNING POINT OF THE GARDEN CITY TO
MONTICELLO EF3 TORNADO PATH HAS BEEN EXTENDED WESTWARD INTO FAR
SOUTHWESTERN ADAMS COUNTY, MAKING THE TORNADO PATH OVER 81 MILES
LONG. THE INJURY COUNT WAS ALSO INCREASED. ADDITIONAL ANALYSIS OF
SURVEY DATA IS STILL ONGOING, AND FURTHER REVISIONS ARE POSSIBLE.
THE SURVEY SUMMARY WILL BE UPDATED IN THE FUTURE TO INCLUDE MORE
DETAIL.
ADDITIONALLY, AN EF0 TORNADO PATH WAS IDENTIFIED IN AERIAL IMAGERY
IN CONCORDIA PARISH NEAR DEER PARK. SURVEYS EARLIER THIS WEEK IN
NESHOBA AND KEMPER IDENTIFIED SCATTERED STRAIGHT LINE WIND AND
LARGE HAIL DAMAGE, BUT NOTHING ELSE OF SIGNIFICANCE.
OVERVIEW
SIX TORNADOES HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED ACROSS THE NWS
JACKSON FORECAST AREA, INCLUDING ONE EF3, ONE EF2, TWO EF1S, AND
TWO EF0S. NO FURTHER GROUND SURVEYS ARE PLANNED AT THIS TIME, BUT
ADDITIONAL ADJUSTMENTS ARE STILL POSSIBLE AS ANALYSIS OF EXISTING
AERIAL IMAGERY CONTINUES AND AS NEW IMAGERY BECOMES AVAILABLE.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS WILL BE ADDED FOR THE EF3 TORNADO PATH IN THE
COMING DAYS.
DEER PARK TORNADO
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 85 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1.2 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 50 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 5/6/2026
START TIME: 4:03 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 11 SSW RIDGECREST / CONCORDIA PARISH / LA
START LAT/LON: 31.4499 / -91.6008
END DATE: 5/6/2026
END TIME: 4:06 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 10 SSW RIDGECREST / CONCORDIA PARISH / LA
END LAT/LON: 31.4563 / -91.5821
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THIS TORNADO DOWNED MULTIPLE TREES ALONG A PATH IN A WOODED AREA
WEST OF LA HWY 15 JUST NORTH OF THE DEER PARK COMMUNITY. THE
TORNADO WAS OBSERVED FROM LA 15 BY A STORM CHASER.
GARDEN CITY/LINCOLN COUNTY/MONTICELLO TORNADO
RATING: EF3
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 137 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 81.9 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 1.17 MILES
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 23
START DATE: 5/6/2026
START TIME: 6:22 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 5 WNW DOLOROSA / ADAMS COUNTY / MS
START LAT/LON: 31.338 / -91.4368
END DATE: 5/6/2026
END TIME: 8:31 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 1 S MONTICELLO / LAWRENCE COUNTY / MS
END LAT/LON: 31.5361 / -90.1129
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THIS TORNADO BEGAN IN THE ST. CATHERINE CREEK NATIONAL WILDLIFE
REFUGE IN SOUTHWESTERN ADAMS COUNTY, THEN TRACKED NEAR THE
HOMOCHITTO RIVER ACROSS NORTHERN WILKINSON COUNTY AND FAR
SOUTHEASTERN ADAMS COUNTY BEFORE MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN FRANKLIN
COUNTY, CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY, AND INTO LAWRENCE COUNTY, LIFTING
ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF MONTICELLO. COMMUNITIES ALONG AND NEAR THE
PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDED POSSUM CORNER, GARDEN CITY, WEST
LINCOLN, BOGUE CHITTO, ENTERPRISE, EAST LINCOLN, AND HARMONY. THE
FIRST INSTANCE OF EF3 DAMAGE WAS AN AREA OF NEARLY COMPLETE
DEVASTATION TO MIXED FOREST EAST OF THE GARDEN CITY COMMUNITY. A
SECOND AREA OF EF3 DAMAGE WAS IDENTIFIED IN WESTERN LINCOLN
COUNTY BETWEEN W LINCOLN DRIVE AND ROWAN LANE, WHERE ANOTHER
INTENSE AREA OF TREE DAMAGE OCCURRED. A THIRD CORRIDOR OF
EF3 DAMAGE OCCURRED JUST EAST OF I-55 BETWEEN BROOKHAVEN AND
BOGUE CHITTO. IN THIS AREA, TREE DAMAGE WAS EXTENSIVE WITH SOME
DEBARKING, A HOME WAS HEAVILY DAMAGED WITH EXTERIOR WALLS
COLLAPSED, AND A MOBILE HOME PARK WAS DEVASTATED WITH DEBRIS AND
VEHICLES ROWED ALONG A CENTER VORTEX PATH. ADDITIONAL HEAVY TREE
DAMAGE OCCURRED ALONG THE ENTIRE PATH. THERE WERE ALSO MULTIPLE
INSTANCES OF EF2 STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IN WILKINSON, FRANKLIN,
LINCOLN, AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES.
SPECIAL THANKS TO THE SR GIS MUTUAL AID TEAM FOR ASSISTANCE WITH
POST EVENT IMAGERY ACQUISITION AND ANALYSIS.
COAL TOWN - PURVIS TORNADO
RATING: EF2
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 135 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 13.4 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 600 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 4
START DATE: 5/6/2026
START TIME: 6:51 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 10 WSW PURVIS / LAMAR COUNTY / MS
START LAT/LON: 31.1171 / -89.591
END DATE: 5/6/2026
END TIME: 7:13 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 3 NNE PURVIS / LAMAR COUNTY / MS
END LAT/LON: 31.1767 / -89.3794
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THIS TORNADO BEGAN NEAR OR JUST WEST OF THE INTERSECTIONS OF
TATUM SALT DOME ROAD AND R THOMPSON ROAD WHERE IT PRODUCED DAMAGE
TO TREES CROSSING TATUM SALT DOME ROAD WITH A NARROW SWATH OF
DAMAGE PRODUCED JUST NORTH OF R THOMPSON RD. THE TORNADO MOVED
EASTWARD THROUGH THE HALF MOON CREEK LOWER WOODED AREAS BEFORE
CROSSING BEACH ROAD, RETAINING A CONSOLIDATED CORE THAT COULD BE
OBSERVED TRANSECTING THE ROADWAY TWICE AS THE TORNADO TRACK
ROUGHLY PARALLELED THE ROADWAY. THE TORNADO PRODUCED MOSTLY
VEGETATIVE DAMAGE UNTIL IT APPROACHED WESTERN PURVIS IN THE BOGGY
HOLLOW AREAS WHERE OUTBUILDINGS WERE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED AND
TREES WERE BLOWN ONTO HOMES. A MOBILE HOME WAS BLOWN OFF OF ITS
BLOCKS JUST NORTH OF PURVIS-TO-COLUMBIA ROAD, WHICH THE TORNADO
APPROXIMATELY MOVED ALONG AS IT TRAVELED EAST-NORTHEAST. THE
TORNADO INTENSIFIED TO ITS MAXIMUM INTENSITY, PRODUCING DAMAGE
THAT SUGGESTS MAXIMUM WINDS WERE AT LEAST 135 MPH AS SEVERAL
RESIDENCES HAD ROOFS REMOVED AS WELL AS SOME EXTERIOR WALLS BLOWN
INWARD NEAR COAL TOWN ROAD AND HIGHWAY 589. SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE
WAS ALSO OBSERVED ALONG CENTRAL INDUSTRIAL ROW WHERE SEVERAL
METAL BUILDING SYSTEM (MBS) WAREHOUSE AND COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS
HAD WALLS AND INTERNAL STRUCTURES INCLUDING PILLARS/COLUMNS AND
ROOFING PURLINS DESTROYED. NUMEROUS OTHER FACILITIES SUFFERED
SUBSTANTIAL LOSS OF ROOFING MATERIALS INCLUDING THE LAMAR COUNTY
MULTI-PURPOSE CENTER. THE TORNADO CONTINUED EASTWARD DOWNING
NUMEROUS TREES AND CAUSING WIDESPREAD DAMAGE TO ROOFS AND
OUTBUILDINGS BEFORE DISSIPATING JUST EAST OF US HIGHWAY 11.
PRENTISS TORNADO
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 85 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 3.7 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 200 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 5/6/2026
START TIME: 8:54 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 2 SSW PRENTISS / JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY / MS
START LAT/LON: 31.5755 / -89.888
END DATE: 5/6/2026
END TIME: 9:00 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 2 ESE PRENTISS / JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY / MS
END LAT/LON: 31.5784 / -89.8337
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THIS TORNADO BEGAN ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF PRENTISS NEAR MS HWY 13,
TRACKING ACROSS OLD HIGHWAY 13, TOM BULLOCK RD, AND MS HWY 42. A
STORM CHASER OBSERVED TURBULENT DEBRIS AND POWER FLASHES. AS IT
APPROACHED THE LAKE JEFF DAVIS AREA, IT BEGAN TO OCCLUDE TRACKING
ALONG ED PARKMAN RD BEFORE LIFTING. ALONG THIS PATH, SEVERAL
SMALL TREES AND VARIOUS TREE LIMBS WERE DOWNED.
WILSON ROAD TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 90 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 2 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 300 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 5/6/2026
START TIME: 9:10 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 7 NNE BASSFIELD / COVINGTON COUNTY / MS
START LAT/LON: 31.6015 / -89.7073
END DATE: 5/6/2026
END TIME: 9:14 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 7 NNE BASSFIELD / COVINGTON COUNTY / MS
END LAT/LON: 31.5914 / -89.6759
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THIS TORNADO BEGAN EAST OF BLACKJACK NEW CHAPEL RD AND TRACKED
ACROSS WILSON RD NEAR BURKHALTER RD, LIFTING SHORTLY THEREAFTER.
ALONG THE PATH, SEVERAL LARGE HARDWOODS WERE UPROOTED AND PART OF
THE ROOF WAS BLOWN OFF OF A SHED.
DARBUN TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 88 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 7.7 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 100 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 5/6/2026
START TIME: 10:55 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 5 N SALEM / WALTHALL COUNTY / MS
START LAT/LON: 31.3036 / -90.1114
END DATE: 5/6/2026
END TIME: 11:11 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 8 ENE SALEM / MARION COUNTY / MS
END LAT/LON: 31.2756 / -89.9874
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THIS INFORMATION REFLECTS THE ENTIRE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ACROSS
BOTH NWS SLIDELL AND NWS JACKSON AREAS. THE TORNADO DAMAGE PATH
BEGAN NEAR MS HWY 27 WHERE NUMEROUS TREES WERE LEANING IN A
CONFLUENT PATTERN WITH LARGE BRANCHES DOWN. MINOR TREE DAMAGE
CONTINUED WITH UPROOTS AND LARGE BRANCHES PREDOMINANTLY OCCURRING
ALONG THE DAMAGE PATH ON JORDAN, SAULS, AND DAN HOLMES ROADS. THE
TORNADO MOVED INTO MARION COUNTY, PRODUCING ADDITIONAL TREE
DAMAGE AS IT CROSSED REID RD, BRACEY RD, AND ROWLEY RD BEFORE
LIFTING NEAR CIRCLE BAR ROAD.
SPECIAL THANKS TO NWS SLIDELL FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE WITH THIS
DAMAGE SURVEY.
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.
MH/LP/CE/SW/BP/DL
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