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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
952 PM CDT MON APR 14 2025
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR APRIL 2-5 TORNADO EVENT - UPDATE #5
UPDATE
NO MAJOR CHANGES OR UPDATES, ONLY CORRECTION OF DATES
FOR EARLE, ARKANSAS TORNADO. ADDITIONAL SURVEYS ARE STILL ONGOING,
WITH A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF DAMAGE SURVEYS CONDUCTED THUS FAR
FOUND BELOW.
DENMARK, TN
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 80 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1.89 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 150 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/02/2025
START TIME: 04:21 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 5 NNE MERCER / MADISON COUNTY / TN
START LAT/LON: 35.5457 / -88.9741
END DATE: 04/02/2025
END TIME: 04:26 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 7 WSW BEMIS / MADISON COUNTY / TN
END LAT/LON: 35.5708 / -88.9607
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A SHORT-LIVED TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST SOUTH OF DENMARK JACKSON
ROAD, LEADING TO SOME MINOR ROOF DAMAGE TO MULTIPLE HOMES ALONG
DENMARK JACKSON ROAD AND VINE HILL ROAD. SOME TREES IN THE AREA
WERE EITHER UPROOTED OR HAD LARGE TREE LIMBS BROKEN AS WELL. AS
THE TORNADO MOVED UP VINE HILL ROAD, A TREE WAS UPROOTED, FALLING
ON A MOBILE HOME. ADDITIONAL TREE DAMAGE WAS NOTED IN THE AREA
BEFORE THE TORNADO LIFTED JUST SOUTH OF WOMACK LANE.
SKAGGS TO CORNING, AR
RATING: EF2
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 125 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 24.84 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 500 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/02/2025
START TIME: 05:56 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 2 SE POCAHONTAS / RANDOLPH COUNTY / AR
START LAT/LON: 36.2349 / -90.9378
END DATE: 04/02/2025
END TIME: 06:25 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 2 E CORNING / CLAY COUNTY / AR
END LAT/LON: 36.4082 / -90.552
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A RELATIVELY WIDE TORNADO BEGAN JUST SOUTHEAST OF POCAHONTAS ON
THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE COMMUNITY OF SKAGGS. AS THE TORNADO MOVED
THROUGH SKAGGS IT DAMAGED SEVERAL HOMES, MOST OF WHICH WERE
CHARACTERIZED BY EXTENSIVE ROOF DAMAGE WHILE COMPROMISING OUTSIDE
WALLS. SEVERAL OUTBUILDINGS IN THE AREA WERE COMPLETELY
DESTROYED, AND MANY LARGE TREES WERE UPROOTED. THIS TYPE OF
DAMAGE IS CONSISTENT WITH WINDS OF APPROXIMATELY 125 MPH, OR
EF2 IN INTENSITY. THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST FROM SKAGGS,
PRODUCING DAMAGE AGAIN IN THE COMMUNITY OF OLD REYNO, CROSSING
THE RANDOLPH COUNTY LINE AT COUNTY ROAD 109 INTO CLAY COUNTY.THE
TORNADO DESTROYED SEVERAL GRAIN BINS AS IT ENTERED CLAY COUNTY.
ADDITIONAL DAMAGE TO STRUCTURES AND TREES WAS OBSERVED AS THE
TORNADO MOVED NORTHEAST ACROSS THE HEELSTRING AREA, INCLUDING
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO A CHURCH AND SEVERAL RESIDENCES ALONG
COUNTY ROAD 125 BETWEEN COUNTY ROADS 116 AND 124. MOSTLY TREE
DAMAGE WAS NOTED ALONG COUNTY ROAD 131, BUT SEVERAL UTILITY POLES
WERE SNAPPED ON COUNTY ROAD 139. NUMEROUS TREES AND MINOR
STRUCTURE DAMAGE OCCURRED ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF CORNING LAKE,
WITH THE FINAL DAMAGE POINTS ALONG ELM ST NEAR AND JUST EAST OF
COUNTY ROAD 173.
FISHER, AR
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 110 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 7.47 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 400 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/02/2025
START TIME: 05:59 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 3 SSE FISHER / POINSETT COUNTY / AR
START LAT/LON: 35.4452 / -90.9406
END DATE: 04/02/2025
END TIME: 06:08 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 6 ESE WALDENBURG / POINSETT COUNTY / AR
END LAT/LON: 35.5137 / -90.8383
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR ZIEGENHORN LANE, DAMAGING A FEW
UTILITY POLES. DAMAGE WAS INITIALLY SPORADIC AS THE TORNADO MOVED
NORTHEAST, WITH TREE DAMAGE NOTED ON WENDY LANE. TREES WERE
SNAPPED ALONG LONGVIEW LANE AND PRAIRIE CITY LANE WITH THE
TORNADO WIDENING AND INTENSIFYING AS IT APPROACHED HIGHWAY 214 E.
NUMEROUS TREES AND SEVERAL UTILITY POLES WERE SNAPPED ON HIGHWAY
214 AND BORNHOFT LANE. DAMAGE WAS MORE SPORADIC FARTHER NORTHEAST
WITH THE TORNADO LIFTING NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF ROBERTS LANE
AND KINK ROAD.
LAKE CITY, AR
RATING: EF3
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 160 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 24.79 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 1500 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 8
START DATE: 04/02/2025
START TIME: 06:26 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 4 W TRUMANN / POINSETT COUNTY / AR
START LAT/LON: 35.675 / -90.5967
END DATE: 04/02/2025
END TIME: 06:55 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 2 W LEACHVILLE / CRAIGHEAD COUNTY / AR
END LAT/LON: 35.9225 / -90.2916
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THIS LONG-TRACK, SIGNIFICANT TORNADO FORMED NEAR HIGHWAY 69 E
NEAR GLEN LANE. MINOR DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED INITIALLY, MAINLY TO
TREES BETWEEN HIGHWAY 69 E AND INTERSTATE 555. THE TORNADO
INTENSIFIED AS IT CROSSED I-555, SNAPPING UTILITY POLES ALONG
HIGHWAY 463 AND DERAILING A TRAIN ON MAIN STREET JUST SOUTHEAST
OF BAY, AR. THE TORNADO SNAPPED ADDITIONAL WOODEN UTILITY POLES
ALONG HIGHWAY 158 EAST OF BAY AND GAINED STRENGTH AS IT MOVED
NORTHEAST. SEVERAL HIGH-TENSION POWER LINE TRUSSES WERE HEAVILY
DAMAGED OR DESTROYED NORTH OF COUNTY ROAD 672 AND WEST OF COUNTY
ROAD 683. SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO TREES AND A HOME WAS NOTED ON
COUNTY ROADS 686 AND 682, BUT THE DAMAGE BECAME MORE WIDESPREAD
AS THE TORNADO ENTERED LAKE CITY. SEVERAL HOMES SUFFERED
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS 18 AND 135.
A FEW DAMAGE INDICATORS IN THIS AREA INDICATED HIGH-END EF3 WIND
SPEEDS OF UP TO 160 MPH, BUT MOST OF THE STRUCTURES MAINTAINED AT
LEAST SOME WALL STRUCTURES, PRECLUDING A HIGHER RATING. SOME
STUBBED TREES WERE NOTED IN THIS AREA AS WELL, WITH MINOR
DEBARKING OBSERVED, POSSIBLY ENHANCED BY FLYING DEBRIS.
ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE WAS SURVEYED
ALONG COUNTY ROAD 984, FOLLOWED BY MORE SPORADIC DAMAGE OVER
AGRICULTURAL LAND. STRUCTURAL DAMAGE RAMPED BACK UP AS THE
TORNADO APPROACHED MONETTE. SEVERAL HOMES SUFFERED SIGNIFICANT
DAMAGE ON THE WEST AND NORTHERN SIDES OF MONETTE. THE TORNADO
MOVED NORTHEAST INTO THE DELFORE AREA, LIKELY LIFTING JUST BEFORE
REACHING THE MISSISSIPPI COUNTY LINE. THERE WERE ZERO FATALITIES
AND EIGHT INJURIES REPORTED WITH THIS TORNADO.
SOUTH BONO, AR
RATING: EF2
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 120 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 14.37 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 700 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/02/2025
START TIME: 06:28 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 4 SSW CASH / CRAIGHEAD COUNTY / AR
START LAT/LON: 35.7489 / -90.9784
END DATE: 04/02/2025
END TIME: 06:42 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 3 SSE BONO / CRAIGHEAD COUNTY / AR
END LAT/LON: 35.8623 / -90.7711
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THE TORNADO STARTED JUST WEST OF HIGHWAY 18 BETWEEN RISHER AND
RIGGS, CAUSING TREE DAMAGE AND ROOF DAMAGE TO MULTIPLE METAL
OUTBUILDINGS. THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST, CROSSING HIGHWAY
226 WHERE A FARM OUTBUILDING WAS DESTROYED, TREES SNAPPED, AND
DAMAGE TO FARM EQUIPMENT WAS NOTED. THE MOST NOTABLE DAMAGE WAS
ALONG COUNTY ROAD 160, WHERE A GRAIN SILO BIN WAS TORN AND
TWISTED. THE SILO HAD BEEN BOLTED TO THE GROUND. THE TORNADO
CONTINUED NORTHEAST TOWARDS HERMAN, WHERE TREES WERE SNAPPED AND
UPROOTED. DAMAGE WAS NOTED AT WESTSIDE HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE THE
GYMNASIUM ROOF WAS DAMAGED AND MULTIPLE NEARBY FARM SHOPS WERE
DESTROYED. ADDITIONAL TREES WERE DAMAGED ALONG HIGHWAY 63 BEFORE
THE TORNADO LIFTED.
BAY VILLAGE, AR
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 85 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 6.56 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 75 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/02/2025
START TIME: 06:40 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 5 NE CHERRY VALLEY / CROSS COUNTY / AR
START LAT/LON: 35.4423 / -90.6832
END DATE: 04/02/2025
END TIME: 06:46 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 8 ESE HARRISBURG / POINSETT COUNTY / AR
END LAT/LON: 35.4932 / -90.585
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST SOUTH OF BAY VILLAGE TO THE WEST OF
HIGHWAY 163 IN EXTREME NORTHERN CROSS COUNTY. MULTIPLE TREES WERE
UPROOTED JUST TO THE EAST OF HIGHWAY 163, PAST SUGAR CREEK. THE
TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH AGRICULTURAL FIELDS, WITH
ADDITIONAL POWERLINE DAMAGE NOTED ALONG DEAN LANE IN THE ANDERSON
TULLY AREA. THE TORNADO LIFTED SHORTLY THEREAFTER, LIKELY NORTH
OF DITCH 37 ROAD.
JEANETTE, AR
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 85 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 3.06 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 75 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/02/2025
START TIME: 07:35 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 6 WSW JENNETTE / ST. FRANCIS COUNTY / AR
START LAT/LON: 35.1311 / -90.5158
END DATE: 04/02/2025
END TIME: 07:38 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 4 W JENNETTE / CRITTENDEN COUNTY / AR
END LAT/LON: 35.1626 / -90.4778
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A BRIEF TORNADO FORMED JUST NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40 NEAR SFC 513,
OVERTURNING A CENTER IRRIGATION PIVOT. THE TORNADO MOVED
NORTHEAST, KNOCKING DOWN A FEW POWER POLES AND TREES NEAR THE
INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROAD 1005 AND HIGHWAY 149, LIFTING JUST
WEST OF THE JEANETTE COMMUNITY.
KENTON, TN
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 105 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 9.51 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 350 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/02/2025
START TIME: 08:35 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 5 ESE TRIMBLE / GIBSON COUNTY / TN
START LAT/LON: 36.1699 / -89.113
END DATE: 04/02/2025
END TIME: 08:46 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 3 NE KENTON / OBION COUNTY / TN
END LAT/LON: 36.2253 / -88.9648
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF BERMUDA GRASS
ROAD AND BASELINE ROAD, WHERE MULTIPLE TREES WERE SNAPPED AT THE
TOPS WITH DAMAGE TO THE ROOF OF A SINGLE-FAMILY HOME. THE TORNADO
CONTINUED NORTHEASTWARD, LEADING TO ADDITIONAL TREES SNAPPED NEAR
THEIR TOPS AND ADDITIONAL ROOF DAMAGE TO SOME HOMES ALONG MORELLA
ROAD. ONE HOME ALONG MORELLA ROAD HAD THE SIDING PEELED FROM THE
SIDE, WITH DAMAGE TO A NEARBY CARPORT. ADDITIONAL DAMAGE TO TREES
AND SOME HOMES WAS NOTED ALONG TULL ROAD, LES ROSS ROAD, AND
MASON HALL KENTON ROADS. SOME OF THE MOST INTENSE DAMAGE OCCURRED
ALONG CONCORD ROAD, WITH MULTIPLE TREES SNAPPED NEAR THEIR TOPS
AND UPROOTED, SIGNIFICANT ROOF DAMAGE TO MULTIPLE BARN
OUTBUILDINGS, AND DAMAGE TO THE ROOF AND SIDING OF A SINGLE-
FAMILY HOME. AS THE TORNADO CROSSED HIGHWAY 45W, MULTIPLE HOMES
HAD MINOR ROOF DAMAGE WITH SEVERAL TREES SNAPPED NEAR THEIR TOPS
OR UPROOTED. THE TORNADO CONTINUED EASTWARD THROUGH SEVERAL
FIELDS, WITH ADDITIONAL DAMAGE NEAR MACEDONIA ROAD AND OLD
SIDONIA KENTON ROAD. THE ROOF OF A HOME WAS DAMAGED WITH TREES
UPROOTED IN THIS AREA. ADDITIONALLY, A FARM OUTBUILDING WAS
DESTROYED ALONG OLD SIDONIA KENTON ROAD WITH THE DEBRIS FLOWN
SEVERAL HUNDRED YARDS THROUGH NEARBY FIELDS UP TO SIDONIA KENTON
ROAD. MULTIPLE HOMES ALONG THESE ROADS HAD MINOR ROOF DAMAGE,
WITH MULTIPLE TREES UPROOTED IN THE AREA. THE TORNADO LIFTED
SHORTLY AFTER CROSSING SIDONIA KENTON ROAD.
NORTH LATHAM, TN
RATING: EF2
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 120 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 6.38 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 350 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/02/2025
START TIME: 09:00 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 4 W LATHAM / WEAKLEY COUNTY / TN
START LAT/LON: 36.4404 / -88.797
END DATE: 04/02/2025
END TIME: 09:12 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 3 NNE LATHAM / WEAKLEY COUNTY / TN
END LAT/LON: 36.468 / -88.6892
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST WEST OF THE WEAKLEY COUNTY LINE, EAST
OF RALSTON ROAD BETWEEN THE RUTHVILLE AND CHESTNUT GLADE
COMMUNITIES. MULTIPLE TREES WERE UPROOTED ALONG A FIELD, WITH A
METAL BARN COMPLETELY DESTROYED ALONG VAUGHN ROAD. A NEARBY HOME
HAD MINOR ROOF DAMAGE AS WELL. THE TORNADO CONTINUED EASTWARD
CAUSING ADDITIONAL TREE DAMAGE AND DAMAGE TO HOMES ON CHESTNUT
GLADE ROAD. ONE HOME HAD THE MAJORITY OF ITS ROOF DAMAGED IN THIS
AREA, WITH MULTIPLE SURROUNDING TREES EITHER UPROOTED OR SNAPPED
ABOUT MIDWAY UP THE TREE. THE TORNADO CONTINUED TOWARD MAC
TERRELL ROAD, WHERE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE OCCURRED. THE
ROOF OF A SINGLE FAMILY HOME WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED, WITH A NEARBY
MANUFACTURED HOME COMPLETELY SHIFTED FROM ITS FOUNDATION AND
CLOSE TO THE ROAD. A NEARBY GARAGE HAD MULTIPLE WALLS AND THE
ROOF CAVED INWARD ON THE STRUCTURE. MOST OF THE TREES IN THE AREA
WERE EITHER UPROOTED OR SNAPPED NEAR THEIR TOPS. THE TORNADO
CONTINUED THROUGH MULTIPLE FIELDS, WITH ADDITIONAL TREE DAMAGE
NOTED. A HOME ALONG HIGHWAY 118 SUSTAINED GREATER THAN 20 PERCENT
DAMAGE TO ITS ROOF. AS THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST,
ADDITIONAL TREE TOPS WERE SNAPPED OR TREES UPROOTED WITH SOME
MINOR ROOF DAMAGE TO A HOME AND BARN OUTBUILDING ALONG BILL
NANNEY ROAD. THE TORNADO LIFTED SHORTLY THEREAFTER, BEFORE THE
AUSTIN SPRINGS COMMUNITY.
BELL CITY/MURRAY TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 100 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 17.49 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 200 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/02/2025
START TIME: 09:17 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 4 N PALMERSVILLE / WEAKLEY COUNTY / TN
START LAT/LON: 36.4756 / -88.5689
END DATE: 04/02/2025
END TIME: 09:32 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 1 SE MURRAY / CALLOWAY COUNTY / KY
END LAT/LON: 36.6014 / -88.3035
SURVEY SUMMARY:
NARRATIVE: AN EF-1 TORNADO BEGAN IN NORTHEAST WEAKLEY COUNTY,
TENNESSEE, ALONG HIGHWAY 89. MOVING NORTHEAST, THE TORNADO
BRIEFLY PASSED THROUGH EXTREME NORTHWEST HENRY COUNTY, TENNESSEE,
BEFORE MOVING INTO FAR SOUTHEAST GRAVES COUNTY, KY. IN TENNESSEE,
THE TORNADO DID EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE AND DAMAGED AN OUTBUILDING.
IN GRAVES COUNTY, THE TORNADO DESTROYED AN OUTBUILDING AND
UPROOTED TREES NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS 97 AND 1270.
TORNADO CONTINUES INTO CALLOWAY COUNTY, WHERE IT MAINLY DAMAGED
TREES AND THE ROOFS OF OUTBUILDINGS IN RURAL SOUTHWEST CALLOWAY
COUNTY. IT ALSO OVERTURNED A COUPLE CENTER PIVOT IRRIGATION
SYSTEMS. THE TORNADO THEN MOVED INTO THE SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH
SIDES OF THE CITY OF MURRAY, WHERE IT UPROOTED A FEW TREES AND
DAMAGED THE GUTTERS AND SHINGLES ON A FEW HOMES. NEAR THE
INTERSECTION OF FOURTH STREET AND SYCAMORE, THE TORNADO LIFTED
THE ROOF OFF OF AUTOMOBILE REPAIR SHOP AND THEN LIFTED SHORTLY
THEREAFTER.
WALNUT LAKE/MIDDLETON (MS/TN)
RATING: EF2
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 125 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 12.51 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 450 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 3
START DATE: 04/03/2025
START TIME: 12:07 AM CDT
START LOCATION: 4 ENE CANAAN / BENTON COUNTY / MS
START LAT/LON: 34.9524 / -89.0531
END DATE: 04/03/2025
END TIME: 12:23 AM CDT
END LOCATION: 2 SE MIDDLETON / HARDEMAN COUNTY / TN
END LAT/LON: 35.0397 / -88.8605
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THE TORNADO BEGAN ALONG HIGHWAY 72, SOUTH OF HOPEWELL, AND MOVED
NORTHEAST TOWARDS JONES ROAD, UPROOTING TREES AND DAMAGING A
MANUFACTURED HOME. AS THE TORNADO CROSSED INTO TIPPAH COUNTY,
MORE TREES WERE UPROOTED AND TRUNKS WERE SNAPPED ALONG COUNTY
ROAD 104, 105, AND 107. A HOME WAS SHIFTED OFF ITS FOUNDATION
ALONG COUNTY ROAD 101, ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL TREE DAMAGE. THE
TORNADO CONTINUED ALONG COUNTY ROAD 122, SNAPPING TREE TRUNKS AND
DESTROYING A MANUFACTURED HOME. TREE DAMAGE CONTINUED ALONG
COUNTY ROAD 113 BEFORE THE TORNADO CROSSED INTO SOUTHEAST
HARDEMAN COUNTY IN TENNESSEE. IN HARDEMAN COUNTY, THE TORNADO
MOVED THROUGH AN INACCESSIBLE FORESTED AREA SOUTH OF KENNEDY
ROAD. OBSERVED DAMAGE RETURNED ALONG NUBBIN RIDGE ROAD AND GENTRY
CHAPEL ROAD, WHERE NUMEROUS TREES WERE UPROOTED AND SNAPPED. MORE
TREES WERE DOWNED AS THE TORNADO CROSSED HIGHWAY 125 NEAR WINWOOD
FARMS LOOP AND ALONG NEELY ROAD, WHERE A HOME SUSTAINED MINOR
ROOF DAMAGE AND A SMALL BARN SUFFERED MAJOR LOSS OF ROOF PANELS.
THE LAST DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED ON NEELY ROAD JUST SOUTH OF HIGHWAY
57.
SENATOBIA, MS
RATING: EF3
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 165 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 12.22 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 650 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 2
START DATE: 04/03/2025
START TIME: 12:24 AM CDT
START LOCATION: 4 SE STRAYHORN / TATE COUNTY / MS
START LAT/LON: 34.5828 / -90.1044
END DATE: 04/03/2025
END TIME: 12:39 AM CDT
END LOCATION: 3 ESE COLDWATER / TATE COUNTY / MS
END LAT/LON: 34.6722 / -89.9223
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST WEST OF CYPRESS CORNER ROAD,
UPROOTING SEVERAL TREES BEFORE CONTINUING ITS NORTHEAST PATH
TOWARDS LINWOOD. THE TORNADO BEGAN TO INTENSIFY ALONG BROWNSFERRY
ROAD, SNAPPING TRUNKS OF SEVERAL TREES. FURTHER INTENSIFICATION
CONTINUED WHERE THE WORST OF THE DAMAGE OCCURRED NEAR WAVERLY
CIRCLE. ONE HOME HAD MULTIPLE WALLS COLLAPSED, AND ANOTHER HOME
HAD ALL OF ITS WALLS COLLAPSED ONTO THE CONCRETE SLAB. THE ONE-
OR TWO-FAMILY RESIDENCE DAMAGE INDICATOR INDICATED HIGH-END
EF3 DAMAGE CONSISTENT WITH WIND SPEEDS AROUND 160 MPH, GIVEN THE
MATERIALS USED TO FASTEN WALLS TO THE FOUNDATION.THE TORNADO
CONTINUED TO TRACK NORTHEAST AND CROSSED HIGHWAY 4, WEST OF
SENATOBIA, WHERE MORE TREE TRUNKS WERE SNAPPED AND SEVERAL LIGHT
POLES WERE DAMAGED. THE ROOF OF A HOME AND ADDITIONAL TREES WERE
DAMAGED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF VEAZEY ROAD AND STAGE ROAD. THE
TORNADO THEN CROSSED HIGHWAY 51 AND INTERSTATE 55, CAUSING MORE
TREE DAMAGE. THE TORNADO CAUSED ADDITIONAL DAMAGE TO A
NEIGHBORHOOD NEAR RIFLE RANGE ROAD, DAMAGING THE ROOFS OF HOMES
AND CAUSING TREE DAMAGE FROM DAVID ROAD THROUGH PEYTON ROAD. THE
TORNADO FINALLY LIFTED JUST BEFORE CROSSING BILLY'S CREEK.
SELMER, TN
RATING: EF3
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 160 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 29.33 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 650 YARDS
FATALITIES: 5
INJURIES: 14
START DATE: 04/03/2025
START TIME: 12:34 AM CDT
START LOCATION: 6 WNW RAMER / MCNAIRY COUNTY / TN
START LAT/LON: 35.1282 / -88.7145
END DATE: 04/03/2025
END TIME: 01:07 AM CDT
END LOCATION: 4 SW SALTILLO / HARDIN COUNTY / TN
END LAT/LON: 35.332300000000004 / -88.2639
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THE TORNADO DEVELOPED NEAR LOCKE ROAD AND QUICKLY INTENSIFIED AS
IT MOVED TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST JUST NORTH OF SULPHUR SPRINGS. IT
PRODUCED MAINLY TREE DAMAGE ALONG ELDIE FOSTER AND NELSON STORE
ROADS. THE TORNADO PRODUCED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO SEVERAL HOMES
ON SULPHUR SPRINGS ROAD NEAR DEE MOORE ROAD AND DESTROYED A
MANUFACTURED HOME. THE TORNADO THEN MOVED OVER A MORE FORESTED
AREA SOUTH OF ERVIN HESTER ROAD, BUT A WELL-DEFINED SWATH OF
DOWNED TREES CAN BE SEEN VIA AERIAL IMAGERY. THE TORNADO
INTENSIFIED AS IT MOVED ACROSS HIGHWAY 45 INTO SELMER, DAMAGING
NUMEROUS HOMES ON THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF TOWN. THE
MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE WAS SURVEYED ALONG NEW BETHEL ROAD AND
ADAMS EXTENSION, WHERE SEVERAL HOMES WERE DESTROYED. WIND SPEED
ESTIMATES IN THIS AREA WERE 145-160 MPH, CORRESPONDING TO A HIGH-
END EF3 RATING. BETWEEN THESE LOCATIONS, DAMAGE TO HOMES AND
TREES WAS GENERALLY IN THE EF2 RANGE. SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE
CONTINUED TO BE OBSERVED EAST OF THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD
TRACKS ALONG BETHESDA PURDY ROAD, WHERE A HOME SUFFERED MAJOR
ROOF DAMAGE AND A METAL BUILDING WAS DESTROYED. THE TORNADO
TRACKED FURTHER NORTHEAST, PRODUCING MINOR TO SIGNIFICANT TREE
DAMAGE, BUT AFFECTED A FEW MORE HOMES AND OUTBUILDINGS ALONG
PURDY ROAD AND AIRPORT ROAD. AERIAL IMAGERY REVEALED SIGNIFICANT
TREE DAMAGE BETWEEN PURDY ROAD AND BARNES ROAD, WITH DAMAGE TO
TREES AND OUTBUILDINGS NOTED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF OLD STAGE
ROAD AND LEAPWOOD ENVILLE ROAD. CONSISTENT TREE DAMAGE CONTINUED
AS THE TORNADO CROSSED PURON ROAD, NEELY SHARP ROAD, AND HIGHWAY
22 NORTH OF ADAMSVILLE BEFORE CROSSING INTO HARDIN COUNTY.
DAMAGE WAS GENERALLY CONFINED TO TREES WHERE THE TORNADO CROSSED
HIGHWAY 69, COFFEE LANDING ROAD, AND MARSHALL DRIVE. THE LAST
DAMAGE WAS NOTED NORTHEAST OF SHOTWELL LANE, WITH THE TORNADO
LIFTING BEFORE REACHING SULPHUR WELLS ROAD.
SLAYDEN/GRAND JUNCTION (MS/TN)
RATING: EF3
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 160 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 39.93 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 1200 YARDS
FATALITIES: 2
INJURIES: 2
START DATE: 04/03/2025
START TIME: 01:13 AM CDT
START LOCATION: 4 SSE MT PLEASANT / MARSHALL COUNTY / MS
START LAT/LON: 34.8902 / -89.5064
END DATE: 04/03/2025
END TIME: 02:02 AM CDT
END LOCATION: 5 SSW HORNSBY / HARDEMAN COUNTY / TN
END LAT/LON: 35.1639 / -88.8934
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR HIGHWAY 311, SOUTHWEST OF SLAYDEN,
UPROOTING TREES AND SNAPPING TRUNKS NEAR DREW ROAD. AS THE
TORNADO MOVED NORTHEAST, ADDITIONAL TREE DAMAGE AND SOME ROOF
DAMAGE TO A HOME OCCURRED ALONG ISOM CHAPEL ROAD. THE TORNADO
BEGAN TO INTENSIFY, CAUSING ALL EXTERIOR WALLS OF A HOME TO
COLLAPSE ALONG HURDLE CLUB ROAD IN ADDITION TO THE CONTINUATION
OF UPROOTING TREES. UPROOTED TREES AND SNAPPED TREE TRUNKS WERE
WIDESPREAD ACROSS HOGAN ROAD BEFORE CAUSING ANOTHER HOME'S
EXTERIOR WALLS TO COLLAPSE ALONG SOUTH SLAYDEN ROAD. THE TORNADO
CONTINUED NORTHEAST ACROSS MARSHALL COUNTY BEFORE CROSSING
HIGHWAY 72 ON THE EAST SIDE OF SLAYDEN. NEAR KENNEDY ROAD, THE
METAL TRUSSES SUPPORTING HIGH-TENSION POWER LINES AND A HOME S
EXTERIOR WALLS COLLAPSED, AS WELL AS WIDESPREAD, SIGNIFICANT TREE
DAMAGE. CONTINUING NORTHEAST, EARLY GROVE ROAD HAD ADDITIONAL
TREE DAMAGE, AND ANOTHER HOME WAS DAMAGED. JUST BEFORE CROSSING
THE COUNTY LINE INTO BENTON COUNTY, RICE CHAPEL ROAD HAD
WIDESPREAD TREE DAMAGE WITH SNAPPED TREE TRUNKS. ONCE THE TORNADO
CROSSED INTO BENTON COUNTY, WIDESPREAD TREE DAMAGE COULD BE FOUND
ALONG BRYAN ROAD AND BREEDLOVE ROAD. HOMES ALONG DORSE ROAD HAD
EXTERIOR WALLS COLLAPSE, ROOF DAMAGE, AND UPROOTED TREES. THE
TORNADO THEN CROSSED INTO TENNESSEE IN FAYETTE COUNTY, ALONG
SWEET ROAD AND YAGER ROAD, WHERE A MANUFACTURED HOME WAS
DESTROYED, AS WELL AS MORE UPROOTED TREES AND SNAPPED TRUNKS.
MORE SPORADIC TREE DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED SOUTH OF LA GRANGE ALONG
HIGHWAY 18 BEFORE CROSSING INTO HARDEMAN COUNTY. THIS LARGE
TORNADO CAUSED WIDESPREAD DAMAGE ACROSS GRAND JUNCTION, INCLUDING
RAIL CARS BEING BLOWN OFF THE TRACKS, DOWNED TREES, AND ROOFS OF
HOMES. ALONG HIGHWAY 57, LARGE SECTIONS OF ROOFS WERE BLOWN OFF.
THIS TORNADO THEN CONTINUED NORTHEAST THROUGH A HEAVILY WOODED
AREA IN HARDEMAN COUNTY BEFORE CAUSING MORE DAMAGE ALONG WEST
FORK ROAD, NORTH OF SAULSBURY. HIGH-RESOLUTION SATELLITE IMAGERY
TRACKED A SPORADIC TREE DAMAGE PATH ACROSS REMOTE AREAS BETWEEN
WEST ROAD AND SAIN ROAD, WITH A MORE DEFINED TRACK PICKING UP AT
LAKE HARDEMAN ROAD AND MAXWELL ROAD. ADDITIONAL DAMAGE WAS FOUND
TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST, WITH THE TORNADO CROSSING HIGHWAY 125 AND
CAUSING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO A SMALL COMMUNITY ON LAKE VONDA.
THE TORNADO LIFTED JUST BEFORE REACHING HEBRON.
GLENS/COOKS LANDING (MS/AL)
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 105 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 28.45 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 425 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/03/2025
START TIME: 04:38 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 3 E GLEN / ALCORN COUNTY / MS
START LAT/LON: 34.8603 / -88.44
END DATE: 04/03/2025
END TIME: 05:08 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 2 E WALNUT GROVE / HARDIN COUNTY / TN
END LAT/LON: 35.0517 / -88.0083
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST NE OF THE ALCORN COUNTY ROAD
MAINTENANCE FACILITY ON COUNTY ROAD 306. HERE, THE TORNADO
SNAPPED AND UPROOTED SEVERAL TREES BEHIND RESIDENCES ALONG THE
ROAD. ONE HOME HERE DID SUSTAIN MODERATE DAMAGE DUE TO A TREE
FALLING ON IT, BUT THIS WAS THE ONLY STRUCTURAL DAMAGE NOTED
ALONG COUNTY ROAD 306. THE TORNADO CONTINUED THROUGH A WOODED
AREA APPROACHING HWY 72, CROSSING JUST WEST OF THE GLEN TOWN
HALL. THE GLENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO
THE ROOF (LESS THAN 20%) AND SEVERAL TREES WERE UPROOTED HERE.
THE TORNADO WEAKENED AFTER THIS POINT AND SPORADIC TREE DAMAGE
WAS NOTED THROUGHOUT A WOODED AREA TO THE NORTHEAST BETWEEN
COUNTY ROAD 248 AND COUNTY ROAD 260. SATELLITE NVDI ANALYSIS WAS
ABLE TO CONNECT THIS TORNADO PATH WITH THE TRACK THAT PICKS UP AT
YELLOW CREEK. DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND A FEW UPROOTED TREES WAS
NOTED ALONG COUNTY ROAD 280. THE TORNADO PROGRESSED TO THE
NORTHEAST, CROSSING HIGHWAY 25 AND ENTERING JP COLEMAN STATE
PARK. SNAPPED LIMBS AND UPROOTED SMALL TREES WERE NOTED ALONG A
NARROW PATH AS THE TORNADO APPROACHED THE TENNESSEE RIVER. THE
TORNADO THEN ENTERED LAUDERDALE COUNTY, AL WHERE IT INTENSIFIED
INTO AN EF-1. DRONE IMAGERY COURTESY OF LAUDERDALE COUNTY EMA
SHOWED LARGE SWATHS OF TREE DAMAGE THROUGH FAR NORTHWESTERN
LAUDERDALE COUNTY, TYPICALLY NOT ACCESSIBLE THROUGH TRADITIONAL
ROAD NETWORKS. THE DAMAGE CONTINUED ALONG PORTIONS OF COUNTY ROAD
3, AT WHICH POINT IT WAS AT ITS WIDEST. AS THE TORNADO TRACKED
TOWARD THE TENNESSEE STATE LINE, IT WAS STILL UPROOTING AND
SNAPPING SEVERAL LARGE TREES. FORTUNATELY, NO STRUCTURES WERE IN
THE PATH OF THE TORNADO SO NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE WAS ASSESSED ON
THIS SURVEY. ADDITIONAL AREAS OF TREE DAMAGE WERE NOTED ACROSS
THE STATE LINE INTO HARDIN COUNTY, TENNESSEE. SUBSEQUENT DAMAGE
SURVEYS AND SUPPLEMENTARY SATELLITE IMAGERY WILL HELP DETERMINE
AN ACCURATE ENDPOINT OF THE TORNADO AFTER IT EXTENDED INTO
TENNESSEE. THANK YOU TO LAUDERDALE COUNTY EMA AND TISHOMINGO
COUNTY EMA FOR THEIR HELP.
COLT / WYNNE, AR
RATING: EF2
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 125 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 12.81 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 350 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 1
START DATE: 04/05/2025
START TIME: 01:34 AM CDT
START LOCATION: 2 WSW COLT / ST. FRANCIS COUNTY / AR
START LAT/LON: 35.1217 / -90.8516
END DATE: 04/05/2025
END TIME: 01:53 AM CDT
END LOCATION: 5 ENE WYNNE / CROSS COUNTY / AR
END LAT/LON: 35.2588 / -90.7009
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THE TORNADO STARTED JUST SOUTHWEST OF COLT, WEST OF SFC 241.
MULTIPLE TREES WERE DAMAGED WITH SOME MINOR ROOF DAMAGE TO A HOME
ALONG SFC 244. THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST, WITH A
MANUFACTURED HOME DESTROYED ALONG HIGHWAY 306 W AND THE DEBRIS
BLOWN AWAY FROM THE STRUCTURE. SEVERAL NEARBY HOMES SUSTAINED
MINOR ROOF DAMAGE. ADDITIONAL DAMAGE WAS NOTED JUST WEST OF
HIGHWAY 1 IN WILKINS. A LARGE OUTBUILDING WAS SHIFTED OFF ITS
FOUNDATION WITH A COUPLE OF WALLS COLLAPSED. THE TORNADO CAUSED
DAMAGE TO A CHEMICAL PLANT, FLIPPED A SEMI, AND DAMAGED NUMEROUS
HOMES NEAR THE FITZGERALD CROSSING AREA. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT
DAMAGE IN THIS AREA WAS TO A 2400 SQUARE FOOT METAL OUTBUILDING
THAT WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED AND A COUPLE OF MANUFACTURED HOMES
THAT WERE DESTROYED ON COUNTY ROAD 741. THE TORNADO THEN
CONTINUED ITS TRACK PAST FITZGERALD CROSSING, DAMAGING NUMEROUS
SOLAR PANELS IN A LARGE SOLAR FARM BETWEEN HIGHWAY 1 AND CATHY
LAKE. THE TORNADO THEN MOVED ONTO CROWLEY S RIDGE WHERE
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE OCCURRED AT A COUNTRY CLUB AND AN ENTIRE
STORAGE BUILDING WAS LOFTED 100 YARDS NORTHEAST OF ITS ORIGINAL
LOCATION. THE LEVESQUE AREA WAS THEN IMPACTED WITH MULTIPLE
UPROOTED TREES AND A FEW SMALL OUTBUILDINGS DESTROYED. THE
TORNADO LIFTED JUST EAST OF HIGHWAY 163.
BEASLEY, AR
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 90 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 2.60 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 150 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/05/2025
START TIME: 02:24 AM CDT
START LOCATION: 3 SE TYRONZA / POINSETT COUNTY / AR
START LAT/LON: 35.4561 / -90.3233
END DATE: 04/05/2025
END TIME: 02:28 AM CDT
END LOCATION: 3 NW BIRDSONG / POINSETT COUNTY / AR
END LAT/LON: 35.4865 / -90.2962
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A SHORT LIVED TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST TO THE WEST OF INTERSTATE
555. AS IT CROSSED THE HIGHWAY, IT KNOCKED MULTIPLE TRAIN BOX
CARS OFF THEIR BASES ALONG THE BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROAD THAT
RUNS PARALLEL TO THE HIGHWAY. THE BOX CAR BASES REMAINED ON THE
TRACKS. THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST, WITH MULTIPLE POWER
POLES DAMAGED ALONG JETT ROAD. ADDITIONAL POWERLINE DAMAGE WAS
NOTED ALONG HOWARD ROAD. THE TORNADO LIFTED SHORTLY AFTER
CROSSING THE INTERSECTION OF CAVITT LANE AND HOWARD ROAD.
GATES, TN
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 100 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 4.95 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 150 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/05/2025
START TIME: 03:36 AM CDT
START LOCATION: 3 WNW FORKED DEER / LAUDERDALE COUNTY /
TN
START LAT/LON: 35.788 / -89.4508
END DATE: 04/05/2025
END TIME: 03:43 AM CDT
END LOCATION: 1 E GATES / LAUDERDALE COUNTY / TN
END LAT/LON: 35.8399 / -89.3924
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR CONCORD ROAD, ABOUT FIVE MILES
NORTHEAST OF RIPLEY. LARGE TREE LIMBS WERE DOWNED AND A SMALL
BARN WAS DAMAGED. THE TORNADO BEGAN TO TRACK NORTHEAST ALONG
CONCORD ROAD DOWNING AND UPROOTING ADDITIONAL TREES. A BARN ALONG
THE ROAD LOST A PORTION OF ITS WOODEN ROOF. UPROOTED TREES AND
SNAPPED TREE TRUNKS WERE NOTED AS THE TORNADO TRACKED TOWARDS
WILKES ROAD. ON WILKES ROAD, AN OUTBUILDING LOST A PORTION OF ITS
METAL ROOF PANELS. TREE DAMAGE CONTINUED ALONG THE PATH AS IT
NEARED THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF GATES. A HOME ON MITCHELL ROAD LOST
ITS SIDING AND TREE DAMAGE CONTINUED TO W WARDLOW STREET. THE
TORNADO LIFTED SHORTLY AFTER.
FRIENDSHIP, TN
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 95 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 2.56 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 75 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/05/2025
START TIME: 03:49 AM CDT
START LOCATION: 2 S FRIENDSHIP / CROCKETT COUNTY / TN
START LAT/LON: 35.8802 / -89.2509
END DATE: 04/05/2025
END TIME: 03:56 AM CDT
END LOCATION: 1 E FRIENDSHIP / CROCKETT COUNTY / TN
END LAT/LON: 35.911 / -89.2278
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST SOUTH OF MOUNT MORIAH CHURCH
ROAD, SOUTH OF THE TOWN OF FRIENDSHIP DURING THE EARLY MORNING
HOURS OF APRIL 5TH. THE TORNADO CAUSED SOME MINOR TREE DAMAGE
ALONG THIS ROAD, BEFORE CONTINUING NORTHWARD ALONG EAST ROAD.
JUST SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 412, ADDITIONAL TREE DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED.
THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHWARD JUST TO THE EAST OF THE TOWN OF
FRIENDSHIP, CAUSING A TREE TO BE UPROOTED ALONG FRIENDSHIP EATON
ROAD. THE TORNADO LIFTED SHORTLY AFTER.
SE HENRY COUNTY, TN
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 75 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1.96 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 100 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/05/2025
START TIME: 05:16 AM CDT
START LOCATION: 5 NE VALE / HENRY COUNTY / TN
START LAT/LON: 36.1725 / -88.2048
END DATE: 04/05/2025
END TIME: 05:20 AM CDT
END LOCATION: 4 SSW SPRINGVILLE / HENRY COUNTY / TN
END LAT/LON: 36.1951 / -88.1844
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A TORNADO STARTED JUST WEST OF PORTER NORWOOD ROAD, CAUSING TREE
DAMAGE ALONG THE ROAD. THE TORNADO CONTINUED TO THE NORTHEAST
THROUGH THE PLEASANT HILL COMMUNITY, WITH MULTIPLE TREES UPROOTED
AND ROOF DAMAGE TO SEVERAL HOMES AND BARNS ALONG PLEASANT HILL
ROAD. ADDITIONAL TREE DAMAGE WAS NOTED ALONG REYNOLDSBURG ROAD,
WITH THE TORNADO LIFTING JUST TO THE WEST OF HIGHWAY 641.
NORTH BENTON COUNTY, TN
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 95 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 2.62 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 350 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/05/2025
START TIME: 05:37 AM CDT
START LOCATION: 6 NNE BIG SANDY / BENTON COUNTY / TN
START LAT/LON: 36.3069 / -88.0134
END DATE: 04/05/2025
END TIME: 05:43 AM CDT
END LOCATION: 8 NNE BIG SANDY / BENTON COUNTY / TN
END LAT/LON: 36.3435 / -88.001
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST WEST OF HILL CHAPEL ROAD, LEADING TO
A TREE SNAPPED HALFWAY UP AND AN ADDITIONAL TREE UPROOTED IN THE
AREA. THE TORNADO CAUSED ADDITIONAL DAMAGE ALONG DOHERTY STORE
ROAD BEFORE MOVING NORTHEASTWARD. AFTER CROSSING AN ALCOVE OF THE
TENNESSEE RIVER, THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED NEAR
HICKORY HOLLOW COVE. DOZENS OF TREES WERE UPROOTED AND BLOWN OVER
ACROSS THE COVE. THE TORNADO LIFTED JUST BEFORE THE MAINSTEM
TENNESSEE RIVER. THANK YOU TO BENTON COUNTY EMA FOR PROVIDING
AERIAL IMAGERY FOR THIS DAMAGE PATH.
SCHLATER SUNNYSIDE TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 110 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 7.31 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 700 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/05/2025
START TIME: 04:49 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 3 NNE SCHLATER / LEFLORE COUNTY / MS
START LAT/LON: 33.682900000000004 / -90.3167
END DATE: 04/05/2025
END TIME: 05:00 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 9 SE GLENDORA / LEFLORE COUNTY / MS
END LAT/LON: 33.7119 / -90.2029
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THIS TORNADO BEGAN NEAR US 49E NORTH OF SCHLATER WHERE SEVERAL
UTILITY POLES WERE DAMAGED. IT CROSSED THE TALLAHATCHIE RIVER IN
THE SUNNYSIDE COMMUNITY INTO SOUTHERN TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY. THERE
IT DESTROYED A MOBILE HOME ALONG FORTY MILE BEND RD. THE TORNADO
THEN CROSSED THE TALLAHATCHIE RIVER AGAIN INTO LEFLORE COUNTY,
SNAPPING A UTILITY POLE ALONG THE RIVER AND DAMAGING MULTIPLE
SHEDS ALONG CR 75. A COUPLE HOMES ALSO SUSTAINED ROOF DAMAGE. AN
IRRIGATION PIVOT IN AN ADJACENT FIELD WAS OVERTURNED. THE TORNADO
TURNED MORE EASTWARD, CROSSING THE LITTLE TALLAHATCHIE RIVER AND
SNAPPING AND UPROOTING NUMEROUS TREES ALONG MONEY RD BEFORE
LIFTING SHORTLY AFTER.
PHILIPP TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 90 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 14.54 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 100 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/05/2025
START TIME: 05:00 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 7 SE GLENDORA / TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY / MS
START LAT/LON: 33.7407 / -90.2119
END DATE: 04/05/2025
END TIME: 05:14 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 8 SE PAYNES / TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY / MS
END LAT/LON: 33.8192 / -89.9791
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THIS TORNADO BEGAN ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF PHILIPP, WHERE AN 85 MPH
WIND GUST WAS MEASURED AT A PRIVATE WEATHER STATION. IT TRACKED
EAST-NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE TALLAHATCHIE NATIONAL WILDLIFE
REFUGE, CROSSING INTO WESTERN GRENADA COUNTY THEN CROSSING MS HWY
8. THE PATH CONTINUED ACROSS MS HWY 35, TURKEY FOOT RD, AND
BETHEL CHURCH RD BEFORE THE TORNADO CROSSED BACK INTO
SOUTHEASTERN TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY SOUTH OF CASCILLA. THE TORNADO
LIFTED SHORTLY AFTER CROSSING CASCILLA-GRENADA RD. ALONG THE
PATH, SEVERAL TREES WERE UPROOTED, AND SOME SMALLER TREES WERE
SNAPPED. AT LEAST ONE STRUCTURE WAS DAMAGED BY A TREE FALLING ON
THE ROOF.
THAXTON/NEW ALBANY, MS
RATING: EF2
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 120 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 40.73 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 600 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 1
START DATE: 04/05/2025
START TIME: 06:12 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 1 NNW TULA / LAFAYETTE COUNTY / MS
START LAT/LON: 34.2427 / -89.3711
END DATE: 04/05/2025
END TIME: 07:11 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 1 SW DUMAS / TIPPAH COUNTY / MS
END LAT/LON: 34.62 / -88.8536
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THE TORNADO FORMED ALONG HIGHWAY 331 BETWEEN THE COMMUNITIES OF
CORNISH AND TULA, PRODUCING MINOR TREE DAMAGE. THE TORNADO
QUICKLY INTENSIFIED AS IT CROSSED U.S. HIGHWAY 278 NEAR LAFAYETTE
SPRINGS, SNAPPING NUMEROUS POWER POLES AND TREES, AND CAUSING
MINOR ROOF DAMAGE ALONG COUNTY ROADS 431 AND 284. THIS DAMAGE WAS
CONSISTENT WITH EF2 WIND SPEEDS NEAR 120 MPH. THE TORNADO CROSSED
INTO NORTHWEST PONTOTOC COUNTY, CAUSING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO
TREES AND UTILITY POLES NORTHWEST OF THAXTON, ESPECIALLY ALONG
HIGHWAY 336 AND CARTER ROAD. AS THE TORNADO MOVED NORTHEAST
TOWARD HURRICANE, IT PRODUCED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO SEVERAL FARM
OUTBUILDINGS AND REMOVED PART OF A ROOF FROM A HOME ON WELLS
ROAD. ADDITIONAL TREE AND UTILITY POLE DAMAGE WAS NOTED ALONG
TODD ROAD AND HIGHWAYS 346 AND 355. THE STORM ALSO HAD A
SUBSTANTIAL REAR FLANK DOWNDRAFT, RESULTING IN STRAIGHT-LINE WIND
DAMAGE IN THE HURRICANE COMMUNITY EAST OF THE TORNADO TRACK.THE
TORNADO THEN MOVED OVER FORESTED BOTTOMLAND AROUND MUD CREEK,
CROSSING INTO UNION COUNTY NEAR FLATWOOD. TREES AND A FEW
HOMES/OUTBUILDINGS SUSTAINED DAMAGE ALONG MCLAUGHLIN ROAD AND
COUNTY ROAD 102, AS WELL AS IN THE BALD HILL AND FAIRVIEW AREAS.
THE TORNADO WEAKENED AS IT CROSSED HIGHWAY 15, WITH DAMAGE
BECOMING MORE SPORADIC. THE CIRCULATION WAS STILL RELATIVELY WEAK
AS IT CROSSED INTERSTATE 22 SOUTHEAST OF NEW ALBANY, BUT A SEMI
TRUCK WAS OVERTURNED. MINOR DAMAGE TO HOMES, TREES, AND UTILITY
POLES WAS OBSERVED ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF NEW ALBANY FROM HIGHWAY
348 TO HIGHWAY 30, MAINLY EAST OF SUB STATION ROAD. MOSTLY TREE
DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED AS THE TORNADO MOVED NORTHEAST THROUGH
KEWONVILLE, THOUGH A FEW HOMES HAD MINOR ROOF DAMAGE. THIS
TORNADO LIFTED SHORTLY AFTER CROSSING INTO TIPPAH COUNTY JUST
SOUTH OF THE DUMAS COMMUNITY.
BLUE SPRINGS, MS
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 90 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 4.09 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 300 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/05/2025
START TIME: 07:29 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 1 S NEW HARMONY / UNION COUNTY / MS
START LAT/LON: 34.3779 / -88.9227
END DATE: 04/05/2025
END TIME: 07:34 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 1 ESE BLUE SPRINGS / UNION COUNTY / MS
END LAT/LON: 34.3983 / -88.8578
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A BRIEF TORNADO FORMED JUST WEST OF THE TOYOTA PLANT IN NEW
HARMONY, MS, NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROADS 120 AND 205.
MAINLY TREE DAMAGE WAS NOTED ALONG COUNTY ROAD 120, BUT SEVERAL
HOMES SUSTAINED DAMAGE ALONG COUNTY ROAD 205 AND ON COOPER ROAD.
SEVERAL HOMES HAD MINOR ROOF DAMAGE, WITH ONE HAVING A COUPLE OF
WINDOWS BLOWN OUT. SEVERAL OUTBUILDINGS WERE DESTROYED OR HEAVILY
DAMAGED, AND TREES WERE UPROOTED OR SNAPPED. THE TORNADO THEN
WEAKENED AS IT CROSSED INTERSTATE 22 JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE
TOYOTA PLANT, CAUSING ADDITIONAL, BUT MORE SPORADIC, DAMAGE TO
TREES AND POWER LINES ON HIGHWAY 178 E, COUNTY ROAD 209, AND
COUNTY ROAD 201. A SWATH OF STRONG WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE REAR-
FLANK DOWNDRAFT PRODUCED SPORADIC TREE DAMAGE JUST SOUTH OF THIS
TRACK. THIS SURVEY WAS AUGMENTED VIA DRONE FOOTAGE.
BIGGERSVILLE, MS
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 85 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 6.53 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 150 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/05/2025
START TIME: 07:40 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 3 NNE HINKLE / ALCORN COUNTY / MS
START LAT/LON: 34.8247 / -88.5418
END DATE: 04/05/2025
END TIME: 07:50 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 3 ENE GLEN / ALCORN COUNTY / MS
END LAT/LON: 34.8842 / -88.4544
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A TORNADO FORMED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROADS 409 AND
408 AND MOVED NORTHEAST. SPORADIC UPROOTED TREES WERE NOTED SOUTH
OF THE JOBES COMMUNITY ALONG COUNTY ROADS 427 AND 400 NEAR
WAUKOMIS LAKE. MINOR TREE DAMAGE WAS FOUND FARTHER NORTHEAST
ALONG COUNTY ROAD 301, WITH THE TORNADO LIFTING BEFORE REACHING
HIGHWAY 72.
NORTH SALTILLO, MS
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 110 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 4.39 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 550 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/05/2025
START TIME: 08:53 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 3 W SALTILLO / LEE COUNTY / MS
START LAT/LON: 34.3803 / -88.7395
END DATE: 04/05/2025
END TIME: 09:01 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 2 SSW GUNTOWN / LEE COUNTY / MS
END LAT/LON: 34.4168 / -88.6785
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ON THE EVENING OF APRIL 5TH, JUST TO THE
WEST OF COUNTY ROAD 521. THE TORNADO CAUSED MULTIPLE TREES TO BE
UPROOTED ALONG CR 251 BEFORE CONTINUING EASTWARD. ADDITIONAL
TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED ALONG CR 599 AND CR 601. THE
TORNADO THEN CROSSED HIGHWAY 45 BEFORE CAUSING FAIRLY WIDESPREAD
TREE DAMAGE AND MINOR DAMAGE TO A FEW SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD NEAR LARRY WEBB STREET AND PULLTIGHT ROAD. SOME
SPORADIC TREE DAMAGE WAS NOTED FARTHER NORTHEAST ON HIGHWAY 145,
WITH THE TORNADO LIFTING SHORTLY THEREAFTER.
EARLE, AR
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 105 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 5.66 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 150 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/05/2025
START TIME: 02:03 AM CDT
START LOCATION: 3 SSE PARKIN / CROSS COUNTY / AR
START LAT/LON: 35.2215 / -90.525
END DATE: 04/05/2025
END TIME: 02:10 AM CDT
END LOCATION: 2 NNW EARLE / CRITTENDEN COUNTY / AR
END LAT/LON: 35.2941 / -90.4791
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A TORNADO FORMED IN FAR EASTERN CROSS COUNTY, SOUTHEAST OF
PARKIN, NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROAD 811 AND CROSS ROAD
8100. MINOR DAMAGE WAS NOTED TO A FARM OUTBUILDING. THE TORNADO
MOVED NORTHEAST, OVERTURNING A COUPLE OF CENTER IRRIGATION PIVOTS
EAST OF SMITHDALE CORNER ROAD, CROSSING THE RAILROAD TRACKS NEAR
DIXIE PARK ROAD. THE TORNADO INTENSIFIED AS IT CROSSED US
HIGHWAY 64, SNAPPING SEVERAL UTILITY POLES AND PRODUCING
SIGNIFICANT TREE DAMAGE ON GASKILL ROAD. ADDITIONAL TREE DAMAGE
WAS OBSERVED ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 184, WITH TREE DAMAGE QUICKLY
BECOMING MORE SPORADIC AS THE TORNADO LIFTED EAST OF COUNTY ROAD
36.
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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