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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1238 PM CDT FRI MAY 8 2026
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR MAY 6TH, 2026 TORNADO EVENT...UPDATE 2
SMITHBURG-DILLON, MS TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 90 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 6.65 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 175 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 05/06/2026
START TIME: 05:45 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 4 N MOUNT HERMAN / PIKE COUNTY / LA
START LAT/LON: 31.0194 / -90.2911
END DATE: 05/06/2026
END TIME: 05:56 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 5 SSW TYLERTOWN / WALTHALL COUNTY / MS
END LAT/LON: 31.0507 / -90.1866
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A NWS GROUND SURVEY CONFIRMED AN EF-1 TORNADO WITH MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 90 MPH TRACKED ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
PIKE AND SOUTHWEST WALTHALL COUNTIES. THIS TORNADO BEGAN NEAR
SMITHBURG, MS AT THE INTERSECTION OF MOUNT HERMAN ROAD AND SILVER
DRIVE WHERE IT UPROOTED A TREE AND SNAPPED BRANCHES. ADDITIONAL
EF-0 TREE DAMAGE WAS IDENTIFIED ON BLANCHARD AND SMITHBURG ROADS.
THE TORNADO PEAKED IN INTENSITY AS AN EF-1 AS IT CROSSED OVER
HAROLD ALFORD ROAD UPROOTING AND SNAPPING SEVERAL TREES AS WELL
AS TAKING DOWN WOODEN TRANSMISSION LINES. THE TORNADO THEN
WEAKENED CAUSING EF-0 DAMAGE TO TREES AS IT CROSSED BROCKDALE RD
AND THE BOGUE CHITTO RIVER. THE END POINT OF THIS TORNADO IS
ESTIMATED TO BE AFTER IT CROSSED MS HWY 27 WHERE IT CAUSED
ADDITIONAL TREE DAMAGE IN A CONFLUENT PATTERN. ADDITIONAL
REVISIONS TO THIS TORNADO ARE POSSIBLE AFTER HIGH RESOLUTION
SATELLITE ANALYSIS IS CONDUCTED OVER THE COMING WEEKS.
NORTHERN WILKINSON COUNTY, MS
RATING: EF2
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 115 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 4.67 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 700 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 05/06/2026
START TIME: 06:41 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 6 ENE DOLOROSA / WILKINSON COUNTY / MS
START LAT/LON: 31.3399 / -91.2644
END DATE: 05/06/2026
END TIME: 06:47 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 9 WNW CROSBY / ADAMS COUNTY / MS
END LAT/LON: 31.3547 / -91.1877
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN WEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF OLD HIGHWAY
61 PERRY TOWN RD, NEAR IRELAND, MS. THIS TORNADO DOES CONNECT
INTO JACKSON'S AREA AND MOVES THROUGH ADAMS AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES
BEFORE CONTINUING NORTHEAST. THIS IS A LONG TRACK EF3 TORNADO BUT
THE PART IN WILKINSON IS RATED EF2 BASED ON LARGE SWATCHES OF
SNAPPED TREES. THE MAJORITY OF THE DAMAGE IS TO TREES BUT
MULTIPLE LARGER SHEDS AND DOUBLE WIDES RECEIVED DAMAGE OR DESTROYED.
IT'S UNLIKELY THIS IS WHERE THE TRACK ACTUALLY STARTED BUT WE ARE
WAITING FOR ADDITIONAL DRONE AND SATELLITE DATA. IT'S ALSO
POSSIBLE THE TRACK CHANGES AS WE START TO DISCERN TORNADO DAMAGE
FROM STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE. THIS INFO WILL ALL BE UPDATED AS
NEW DATA ARRIVES.
ENON, MS TORNADO
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 85 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 4.07 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 50 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 05/06/2026
START TIME: 10:43 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 9 WNW SALEM / WALTHALL COUNTY / MS
START LAT/LON: 31.308 / -90.2374
END DATE: 05/06/2026
END TIME: 10:51 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 6 NW SALEM / WALTHALL COUNTY / MS
END LAT/LON: 31.3032 / -90.169
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A NWS GROUND SURVEY CONFIRMED AN EF-0 TORNADO WITH MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 85 MPH TRACKED ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN
WALTHALL COUNTY, NEAR ENON, MS. THIS TORNADO BEGAN NEAR MS HWY
44 AND WILLIE COTHERN RD WHERE IT UPROOTED TREES, LIFTED METAL
ROOFING OFF A PORCH, AND SNAPPED A FEW SMALLER TREE TRUNKS. THE
TORNADO CONTINUED EAST WHERE IT DAMAGED SHINGLES ON A CHURCH AND
UPROOTED AND SNAPPED A FEW TREES. MINOR TREE DAMAGE CONTINUED
EASTWARD ACROSS NEW HOME CHURCH ROAD WITH PLENTY OF TREE DEBRIS
ACROSS THE ROAD. THIS TREE DAMAGE GRADUALLY BECAME MORE SPARSE
AND LESS CONCENTRATED NEAR HARVEY RATLIFF ROAD. ADDITIONAL
REVISIONS TO THIS TORNADO ARE POSSIBLE AFTER HIGH RESOLUTION
SATELLITE ANALYSIS IS CONDUCTED OVER THE COMING WEEKS.
DARBUN, MS TORNADO
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 85 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 4.32 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 100 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 05/06/2026
START TIME: 10:55 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 5 N SALEM / WALTHALL COUNTY / MS
START LAT/LON: 31.3036 / -90.1114
END DATE: 05/06/2026
END TIME: 11:06 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 6 NE SALEM / MARION COUNTY / MS
END LAT/LON: 31.2911 / -90.0403
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A NWS GROUND SURVEY CONFIRMED AN EF-0 TORNADO TRACKED ACROSS
PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST WALTHALL COUNTY, NEAR DARBUN, MS. 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. THIS TORNADO CONTINUED EAST-SOUTHEAST INTO
MARION COUNTY, WITHIN THE NWS JACKSON AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY,
WHERE ADDITIONAL EF-0 AND EF-1 TREE DAMAGE WAS IDENTIFIED BY
GROUND SURVEY. IT'S ESTIMATED THAT THE TORNADO LIFTED NEAR CIRCLE
BAR ROAD. ADDITIONAL REVISIONS TO THIS TORNADO ARE POSSIBLE AFTER
HIGH RESOLUTION SATELLITE ANALYSIS IS CONDUCTED OVER THE COMING
WEEKS.
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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