Lamar County School District Natural Disasters and Weather Extremes
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The chance of earthquake damage in Lamar County School District is about the same as Mississippi average and is much lower than the national average. The risk of tornado damage in Lamar County School District is about the same as Mississippi average and is much higher than the national average.
Earthquake Index, #117
| Lamar County School District | 0.01 |
| Mississippi | 0.05 |
| U.S. | 1.81 |
The earthquake index value is calculated based on historical earthquake events data using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the earthquake level in a region. A higher earthquake index value means a higher chance of an earthquake.
Volcano Index, #1
| Lamar County School District | 0.0000 |
| Mississippi | 0.0000 |
| U.S. | 0.0023 |
The volcano index value is calculated based on the currently known volcanoes using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the possibility of a region being affected by a possible volcano eruption. A higher volcano index value means a higher chance of being affected.
Tornado Index, #45
| Lamar County School District | 290.01 |
| Mississippi | 280.40 |
| U.S. | 136.45 |
The tornado index value is calculated based on historical tornado events data using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the tornado level in a region. A higher tornado index value means a higher chance of tornado events.
Other Weather Extremes Events
A total of 3,310 other weather extremes events within 50 miles of Lamar County School District were recorded from 1950 to 2010. The following is a break down of these events:
| Type | Count | Type | Count | Type | Count | Type | Count | Type | Count |
| Avalanche: | 0 | Blizzard: | 0 | Cold: | 2 | Dense Fog: | 0 | Drought: | 7 |
| Dust Storm: | 0 | Flood: | 290 | Hail: | 1,066 | Heat: | 13 | Heavy Snow: | 2 |
| High Surf: | 0 | Hurricane: | 0 | Ice Storm: | 2 | Landslide: | 0 | Strong Wind: | 6 |
| Thunderstorm Winds: | 1,818 | Tropical Storm: | 1 | Wildfire: | 0 | Winter Storm: | 8 | Winter Weather: | 6 |
| Other: | 89 | ||||||||
Volcanos Nearby
No volcano is found in or near Lamar County School District.
Historical Earthquake Events
No historical earthquake events that had recorded magnitudes of 3.5 or above found in or near Lamar County School District.
No historical earthquake events found in or near Lamar County School District.
Historical Tornado Events
A total of 108 historical tornado events that had recorded magnitude of 2 or above found in or near Lamar County School District.
| Distance (miles) | Date | Magnitude | Start Lat/Log | End Lat/Log | Length | Width | Fatalities | Injuries | Property Damage | Crop Damage | Affected County |
| 5.6 | 2005-01-07 | 2 | 31°11'N / 89°27'W | 31°12'N / 89°25'W | 3.00 Miles | 300 Yards | 0 | 0 | 200K | 0 | Lamar |
| Brief Description: This tornado touched down at Hayden Road and Purvis Oloh Road and tracked north-northeast for 3 miles before lifting near Highway 589, 3 miles north of Purvis. The track basically was along Hayden Road and it was this area that receive the most significant damage. Six homes sustained minor to major roof damage and dozens of trees were uprooted and snapped. The worst damaged was to a home that lost most of its roof and second floor. | |||||||||||
| 8.9 | 2006-10-17 | 2 | 31°18'N / 89°20'W | 31°18'N / 89°19'W | 1.00 Mile | 50 Yards | 0 | 0 | 700K | 0K | Lamar |
| Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: This strong tornado briefly touched down in the Oak Grove Community and was on the ground for 3/4 of a mile. Two homes had nearly the entire roof torn off and large wooden boards were wedged into the ground. Portions of awning were blown a mile away. Seven other homes sustained minor damage within the brief path. EPISODE NARRATIVE: A significant heavy rain and flash flooding event occurred on October 16 and into the first part of October 17. The event was set up by an anomalous pool of tropical type moisture (300% of normal) over the western Gulf of Mexico which was then pulled northward by strong low level winds in advance of a westward moving upper level disturbance. There were several other factors in play which contributed to the large amounts of rain, such as a northward moving warm front and a building upper ridge over the eastern Gulf of Mexico. The warm front helped lift the air while the building upper ridge served to weaken the westward moving upper disturbance. This then caused the progression of the heavy convective rains to slow and dump tremendous amounts of rain from southeast Texas to north and central Louisiana and then into west-central Mississippi. By late evening, dry mid level air began pushing east from Texas and allowed the heavy rain shield to move and exit the region by early Tuesday morning. Heavy rains were not the only weather type during this event, a couple of tornadoes occurred along with scattered reports of wind damage. What makes this event rare is that such a large area received 6 to 10 inches of rain and an even larger area received 4 to 6 inches. Embedded in that swath, a few locations in northern and central Louisiana received a whopping 12 to 17 inches! During this time of year, these kinds of rains usually occur from slow moving tropical cyclones, not from a warm front and westward moving upper disturbance. The result of all this rain was numerous reports of flash flooding, some even significant, across northeast Louisiana and west-central Mississippi. This event will go down in the record books for the amount of real estate covered by heavy rainfall and the several locations that measured extreme amounts. | |||||||||||
| 8.9 | 2006-11-15 | 3 | 31°21'N / 89°37'W | 31°25'N / 89°27'W | 12.00 Miles | 500 Yards | 0 | 6 | 1.5M | 0K | Lamar |
| Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: This strong tornado touched down to the southwest of Sumrall and tracked east northeast across northern Lamar County and then into a small portion of extreme northwest Forrest County before dissipating. Approximately 25 homes were damaged, 16 of those suffering major damage or total destruction. The worst damage was along Old Salt Road, where a wood frame home on a concrete block foundation was totally destroyed, with the foundation cleared and the remnants of the home displaced dozens of yards away. A minivan was picked up and thrown/rolled a distance of approximately 150 yards, landing on top of a tractor and totally destroyed. Some large trees at this location were snapped at the base, denuded, and partially debarked. Heavy damage of F2 intensity was also observed along Foster Road, JD Hatten Road, and Rocky Branch road. Large swaths of trees were snapped and uprooted, and a few frame homes totally lost their roofs. Other damage along the path was weaker and generally of F1 intensity. The tornado then crossed Highway 42 and entered extreme northwest Forrest County. The total path length across Lamar and Forrest Counties was 13 miles. EPISODE NARRATIVE: An intense fall cyclone developed over the region and produced an episode of severe weather which included tornadoes. This strong weather system developed as a very strong jet stream, with winds between 160-200 mph, slammed into Oregon and Washington State. All that energy moved over the Rocky Mountains and caused a strong area of surface low pressure to develop. This low intensified as it moved east across the Red River Valley and then lifted across Arkansas and into Tennessee as it deepened to 990 mb! The strength of this deepening low caused warm and unstable air to lift northward across Louisiana and into central Mississippi. It was this northward moving warm front that became the focus of an area where tornadic supercell thunderstorms could thrive in an unstable and highly sheared environment. This large and powerful storm system produced numerous tornadoes across the south and south eastern United States where many were of the strong (F2 or F3) variety. Within the Jackson, MS forecast area, there were a total of 5 tornadoes to impact the counties serviced. Two F3s, one in Lamar County and the other in Jones County. The Jones County tornado actually contained a satellite tornado, F1, which briefly rotated around the parent tornado. Next was an F1 tornado in southern Marion County which was actually the end of a strong tornado that moved out of Walthall County. Lastly, a brief F1 tornado occurred in central Lamar County. Tornadoes were not the only type of severe weather, scattered wind damage also occurred across northeast Louisiana and portions of central Mississippi between midnight and 10 am Wednesday November 15th 2006. | |||||||||||
| 9.2 | 1954-02-20 | 2 | 31°17'N / 89°39'W | 31°26'N / 89°31'W | 13.10 Miles | 200 Yards | 0 | 10 | 250K | 0 | Lamar |
| 9.7 | 1972-11-13 | 2 | 31°08'N / 89°25'W | 0.80 Mile | 50 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Lamar | |
| 10.0 | 1977-03-28 | 2 | 31°21'N / 89°20'W | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Forrest | |||
| 11.1 | 1977-03-28 | 2 | 31°12'N / 89°18'W | 0.10 Mile | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Forrest | |
| 12.5 | 1975-05-07 | 2 | 31°24'N / 89°23'W | 31°25'N / 89°18'W | 5.40 Miles | 150 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Forrest |
| 15.2 | 1973-04-24 | 2 | 31°28'N / 89°22'W | 1.50 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Jones | |
| 15.2 | 1973-04-24 | 2 | 31°28'N / 89°22'W | 1.00 Mile | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Jones | |
| 15.5 | 1989-11-22 | 2 | 31°03'N / 89°24'W | 2.50 Miles | 400 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Lamar | |
| 16.7 | 1982-05-07 | 3 | 31°17'N / 89°15'W | 31°23'N / 89°09'W | 8.00 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 1 | 250K | 0 | Forrest |
| 17.4 | 1958-02-26 | 2 | 30°59'N / 89°27'W | 31°03'N / 89°24'W | 5.70 Miles | 50 Yards | 0 | 5 | 250K | 0 | Lamar |
| 17.9 | 1950-04-29 | 2 | 31°16'N / 89°50'W | 31°23'N / 89°42'W | 11.30 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Marion |
| 19.1 | 1981-03-31 | 2 | 31°32'N / 89°31'W | 31°33'N / 89°23'W | 8.20 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 2 | 250K | 0 | Covington |
| 19.3 | 1968-11-03 | 2 | 31°00'N / 89°22'W | 2.00 Miles | 50 Yards | 0 | 5 | 0K | 0 | Pearl River | |
| 19.6 | 1982-05-07 | 3 | 31°29'N / 89°43'W | 31°31'N / 89°36'W | 6.00 Miles | 200 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Jefferson Davis |
| 20.7 | 1982-11-30 | 2 | 31°05'N / 89°45'W | 0.50 Mile | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Marion | |
| 21.0 | 1954-02-20 | 2 | 31°26'N / 89°31'W | 31°41'N / 89°14'W | 24.00 Miles | 200 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Covington |
| 21.0 | 1961-02-20 | 2 | 31°20'N / 89°50'W | 31°26'N / 89°46'W | 7.90 Miles | 73 Yards | 0 | 4 | 25K | 0 | Marion |
| 21.2 | 1961-02-20 | 2 | 31°25'N / 89°46'W | 31°32'N / 89°42'W | 9.10 Miles | 73 Yards | 0 | 4 | 25K | 0 | Jefferson Davis |
| 21.5 | 1957-11-18 | 2 | 31°04'N / 89°52'W | 31°24'N / 89°48'W | 23.40 Miles | 77 Yards | 0 | 2 | 25K | 0 | Marion |
| 21.6 | 1971-12-10 | 3 | 31°29'N / 89°44'W | 0 | 0 | 3K | 0 | Jefferson Davis | |||
| 22.2 | 1965-07-06 | 2 | 31°21'N / 89°50'W | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0 | Marion | |||
| 22.4 | 1976-03-27 | 2 | 30°54'N / 89°37'W | 30°59'N / 89°23'W | 15.00 Miles | 440 Yards | 0 | 1 | 25K | 0 | Pearl River |
| 22.4 | 1982-05-07 | 3 | 31°23'N / 89°09'W | 31°25'N / 89°06'W | 5.00 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Perry |
| 23.5 | 1971-06-04 | 2 | 31°14'N / 89°52'W | 0.50 Mile | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Marion | |
| 24.4 | 1996-02-19 | 2 | 30°49'N / 89°40'W | 31°01'N / 89°24'W | 23.00 Miles | 430 Yards | 0 | 10 | 700K | 0 | Pearl River |
| Brief Description: A strong tornado touched down just northwest of the White Sand community. The most significant damage occurred in the initial 2.2 miles just to the north of the White Sand community where ten people were injured; five seriously, requiring hospitalization. The most serious was a woman who suffered a broken back, broken ribs and a punctured lung. The tornado continued on the ground continuously to just north of Poplarville, then intermittently to near Hillsdale. The county suffered considerable property damage with five houses destroyed, 10 had major damage and 14 minor damage. Nine mobile homes were destroyed, 3 sustained major damage and 5 minor damage. Numerous barns and other buildings were damaged. Several farm animals were killed. Large areas of 8 to 12 inch diameter trees were downed. The tornado path was surveyed by National Weather Service employees. | |||||||||||
| 25.8 | 1971-12-10 | 3 | 31°17'N / 89°59'W | 31°30'N / 89°47'W | 19.10 Miles | 133 Yards | 0 | 5 | 25K | 0 | Marion |
| 26.2 | 1958-02-26 | 2 | 30°48'N / 89°39'W | 30°59'N / 89°27'W | 17.40 Miles | 50 Yards | 0 | 4 | 250K | 0 | Pearl River |
| 26.9 | 1969-05-08 | 2 | 30°53'N / 89°23'W | 2.00 Miles | 30 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Pearl River | |
| 27.1 | 1972-05-07 | 2 | 30°51'N / 89°32'W | 30°54'N / 89°30'W | 4.30 Miles | 50 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Pearl River |
| 27.8 | 1957-11-18 | 2 | 31°03'N / 89°53'W | 31°04'N / 89°52'W | 1.90 Miles | 77 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Walthall |
| 28.0 | 1974-04-22 | 2 | 31°40'N / 89°24'W | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Jones | |||
| 28.3 | 1992-11-21 | 3 | 31°26'N / 89°55'W | 31°39'N / 89°44'W | 15.00 Miles | 880 Yards | 0 | 5 | 2.5M | 0 | Jefferson Davis |
| 29.2 | 1972-04-21 | 2 | 31°38'N / 89°43'W | 31°42'N / 89°32'W | 11.70 Miles | 90 Yards | 0 | 8 | 250K | 0 | Covington |
| 29.9 | 1961-11-22 | 2 | 31°36'N / 89°12'W | 31°38'N / 89°09'W | 4.30 Miles | 50 Yards | 0 | 1 | 250K | 0 | Jones |
| 30.1 | 1999-04-14 | 3 | 31°42'N / 89°28'W | 31°42'N / 89°25'W | 4.00 Miles | 880 Yards | 0 | 0 | 800K | 0 | Covington |
| Brief Description: This strong tornado tracked across northeast Covington County before entering northwest Jones County. Many homes were damaged with several homes receiving major damage. Numerous trees and power lines were blown down and there were many livestock fatalities. | |||||||||||
| 30.3 | 1980-10-17 | 2 | 31°42'N / 89°24'W | 1.30 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Jones | |
| 30.5 | 1961-02-21 | 2 | 30°57'N / 89°50'W | 0.80 Mile | 283 Yards | 0 | 9 | 250K | 0 | Washington | |
| 30.6 | 1977-12-13 | 2 | 31°40'N / 89°15'W | 1.00 Mile | 300 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Jones | |
| 31.3 | 2006-11-15 | 2 | 31°00'N / 90°01'W | 31°04'N / 89°50'W | 11.00 Miles | 125 Yards | 0 | 1 | 500K | 0K | Walthall |
| Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: A tornado, of strong intensity at several locations, entered Walthall County from Washington Parish LA. The tornado moved northeast across the southeast portion of Walthall County before exiting into Marion County. Several mobile homes were destroyed and roofs were blown off several frame houses. One injury was reported from an occupant of one of the mobile homes. Trees and power lines were also downed in a number of locations. Overall, the emergency manager reported 11 structures with major damage and 5 structures with minor damage. EPISODE NARRATIVE: Severe thunderstorms developed in the vicinity of a warm front that moved north across south Mississippi during the afternoon and evening of the 14th and in advance and along a cold front that moved through the area during the morning of the 15th. | |||||||||||
| 31.3 | 1980-05-19 | 2 | 30°50'N / 89°38'W | 0.30 Mile | 50 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Pearl River | |
| 31.9 | 1974-04-03 | 3 | 31°33'N / 89°11'W | 31°40'N / 89°02'W | 12.00 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 1 | 250K | 0 | Jones |
| 32.0 | 2007-12-20 | 2 | 31°41'N / 89°16'W | 31°42'N / 89°15'W | 2.00 Miles | 150 Yards | 0 | 2 | 450K | 0K | Jones |
| Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: This tornado began as a small, narrow path of minor damage, including a porch being blown off a house. It reached its maximum intensity as it crossed highway 29. Here, a brick home had all of its roof structure blown off along with a few walls blown down. Three mobile homes were rolled or tossed and destroyed, with debris strewn downstream along the path. Numerous trees were snapped off or uprooted. The last damage occurred along Leroy Hill Road. A home suffered significant roof damage, an outbuilding was destroyed, a car suffered major damage, and numerous large trees were snapped or uprooted. The tornado dissipated shortly after crossing Leroy Hill Road with only a few trees snapped at the end of the path. EPISODE NARRATIVE: A small, but potent, storm system evolved and moved east across the region during the first half of the day. A large MCV (meso-scale convective vortex) developed across Central Louisiana during the morning hours and moved east adding an extra kick to the atmosphere and aided in generating a line of severe thunderstorms which produced five tornadoes and wind damage. All the severe weather was confined to the southern areas, generally along Highway 84, and extended from Natchez to Brookhaven to Laurel. | |||||||||||
| 32.1 | 1968-11-03 | 2 | 30°48'N / 89°39'W | 30°48'N / 89°19'W | 19.80 Miles | 180 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Pearl River |
| 32.4 | 1964-10-03 | 2 | 30°48'N / 89°39'W | 30°50'N / 89°37'W | 3.30 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0 | Pearl River |
| 33.0 | 1992-11-21 | 3 | 31°39'N / 89°44'W | 31°46'N / 89°38'W | 12.00 Miles | 880 Yards | 0 | 100 | 25.0M | 0 | Covington |
| 33.1 | 1971-12-15 | 3 | 31°35'N / 89°58'W | 31°40'N / 89°43'W | 15.90 Miles | 150 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Jefferson Davis |
| 33.5 | 1980-10-27 | 2 | 31°42'N / 89°13'W | 1.00 Mile | 100 Yards | 0 | 1 | 250K | 0 | Jones | |
| 34.0 | 1986-04-08 | 2 | 31°42'N / 89°12'W | 31°41'N / 89°10'W | 5.00 Miles | 1000 Yards | 0 | 1 | 2.5M | 0 | Jones |
| 34.3 | 1987-02-28 | 4 | 31°30'N / 89°15'W | 31°47'N / 88°56'W | 26.00 Miles | 1230 Yards | 6 | 350 | 25.0M | 0 | Jones |
| 34.4 | 1973-05-27 | 3 | 31°32'N / 89°08'W | 31°43'N / 89°00'W | 15.00 Miles | 400 Yards | 1 | 35 | 2.5M | 0 | Jones |
| 34.9 | 1953-04-04 | 2 | 30°51'N / 89°08'W | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Stone | |||
| 35.4 | 1978-04-18 | 4 | 31°35'N / 89°58'W | 31°40'N / 89°50'W | 9.90 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0 | Jefferson Davis |
| 35.6 | 1958-02-26 | 3 | 31°20'N / 88°54'W | 31°22'N / 88°51'W | 4.10 Miles | 100 Yards | 2 | 20 | 250K | 0 | Perry |
| 35.9 | 1951-04-21 | 3 | 31°41'N / 89°15'W | 31°48'N / 89°12'W | 8.80 Miles | 33 Yards | 2 | 10 | 25K | 0 | Jones |
| 36.0 | 1983-12-03 | 2 | 31°42'N / 89°08'W | 1.00 Mile | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 2.5M | 0 | Jones | |
| 36.0 | 2009-03-26 | 2 | 31°45'N / 89°23'W | 31°47'N / 89°13'W | 10.00 Miles | 500 Yards | 0 | 1 | 800K | 150K | Jones |
| Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: This tornado touched down along Mason Creek Rd about 6 miles west of Soso. Several trees were snapped and uprooted and some minor roof damage occurred to a few homes. The tornado intensified as it crossed Summerland Road. Here the tornado widened to 500 yds and reached peak intensity, especially within a narrow corridor which lasted about 3/4 of a mile. One well constructed home suffered major damage with half of the roof torn off and other wall sections of that side the house ripped out and thrown into the back yard. Two well built storage buildings were destroyed with the contents thrown into a field. Additionally, a weekly built barn was destroyed with tin thrown along the path. Numerous trees were snapped and uprooted in this area with splintered trees within the most intense core. One large tree in this location was uprooted and actually thrown and rolled a small distance. The tornado continued to track just east of north across several more roads, including Highway 28 and 503, uprooting and snapping numerous trees. On the east side of Highway 28, a mobile home was pushed off its foundation and the person inside was injured. The tornado continued to weaken as it crossed Highway 503 and damaged more trees and caused minor damage to several mobile homes and heavily damaged a couple sheds. Maximum winds were around 125 mph. EPISODE NARRATIVE: A round of severe thunderstorms, containing tornadoes and damaging straight line winds, occurred Wednesday night, March 25, into early Thursday morning, March 26. These storms developed as a strong upper level disturbance encountered an unstable environment over the lower Mississippi Valley. A squall line of showers and thunderstorms pushed rapidly eastward across the area. One supercell storm formed ahead of the main line and produced a strong tornado which hit the town of Magee. Eight tornadoes were confirmed from this event. Of the 8 tornadoes, 1 was rated EF3, 1 was rated EF2, 4 were rated EF1, and 2 were rated EF0. Numerous other locations experienced damaging straight line winds in excess of 60-70 mph. The worst damage occurred from a tornado which laid a 17.5 mile long track across Simpson and Smith counties. This storm was rated as EF3 with estimated 150 mph maximum winds near Magee. A second strong tornado, rated EF2 with 125 mph winds, effected Jones County near Soso. | |||||||||||
| 36.2 | 1969-04-13 | 2 | 31°45'N / 89°40'W | 31°47'N / 89°38'W | 3.30 Miles | 250 Yards | 0 | 11 | 250K | 0 | Covington |
| 36.2 | 1999-04-14 | 3 | 31°43'N / 89°24'W | 31°49'N / 89°11'W | 14.50 Miles | 880 Yards | 1 | 30 | 4.0M | 0 | Jones |
| Brief Description: This strong tornado entered from Covington County and crossed northwest Jones County before entering Southwest Jasper county. One man was killed just north of Hebron when his mobile home was thrown more than fifty yards and destroyed. There were thirty injuries and many homes were destroyed. Tree and power line damage was widespread along the path of the tornado. M71MH | |||||||||||
| 36.3 | 1954-12-28 | 3 | 31°38'N / 89°11'W | 31°46'N / 89°04'W | 11.50 Miles | 250 Yards | 0 | 25 | 2.5M | 0 | Jones |
| 38.0 | 2006-11-15 | 3 | 31°37'N / 89°04'W | 31°41'N / 88°57'W | 11.00 Miles | 850 Yards | 0 | 1 | 1.7M | 0K | Jones |
| Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: This strong tornado touched down near the Glade and Tuckers Crossing Communities and tracked east northeast to near the Mill Creek Community before entering Wayne County near Highway 84. Around 25 homes suffered significant damage. The most intense damage was along a path from near the intersection of Highway 15 and Orange Drive northeast to the area along Township Road. Two metal high tension electric power truss towers were destroyed, hundreds of trees were snapped and uprooted, at least two mobile homes were destroyed, a travel trailer being used for post-Katrina housing was annihilated, and several houses suffered significant structural damage. Northeast of this area, the path continued all the way to the county line with Wayne County, but damage was generally less, F0 to occasionally F1, and limited to tree damage. The one exception was near the Mill Creek community, where a storage building was destroyed and a couple of homes suffered roof damage. Total path length across Jones and Wayne Counties was 17 miles. EPISODE NARRATIVE: An intense fall cyclone developed over the region and produced an episode of severe weather which included tornadoes. This strong weather system developed as a very strong jet stream, with winds between 160-200 mph, slammed into Oregon and Washington State. All that energy moved over the Rocky Mountains and caused a strong area of surface low pressure to develop. This low intensified as it moved east across the Red River Valley and then lifted across Arkansas and into Tennessee as it deepened to 990 mb! The strength of this deepening low caused warm and unstable air to lift northward across Louisiana and into central Mississippi. It was this northward moving warm front that became the focus of an area where tornadic supercell thunderstorms could thrive in an unstable and highly sheared environment. This large and powerful storm system produced numerous tornadoes across the south and south eastern United States where many were of the strong (F2 or F3) variety. Within the Jackson, MS forecast area, there were a total of 5 tornadoes to impact the counties serviced. Two F3s, one in Lamar County and the other in Jones County. The Jones County tornado actually contained a satellite tornado, F1, which briefly rotated around the parent tornado. Next was an F1 tornado in southern Marion County which was actually the end of a strong tornado that moved out of Walthall County. Lastly, a brief F1 tornado occurred in central Lamar County. Tornadoes were not the only type of severe weather, scattered wind damage also occurred across northeast Louisiana and portions of central Mississippi between midnight and 10 am Wednesday November 15th 2006. | |||||||||||
| 38.3 | 1969-04-13 | 2 | 31°47'N / 89°38'W | 31°50'N / 89°35'W | 4.70 Miles | 250 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Smith |
| 38.4 | 1961-02-20 | 2 | 31°36'N / 89°57'W | 31°46'N / 89°51'W | 12.90 Miles | 73 Yards | 0 | 2 | 250K | 0 | Jefferson Davis |
| 38.4 | 1968-11-03 | 2 | 30°48'N / 89°19'W | 30°48'N / 88°55'W | 23.70 Miles | 183 Yards | 0 | 3 | 25K | 0 | Stone |
| 38.7 | 1968-11-17 | 2 | 31°41'N / 89°59'W | 31°41'N / 89°50'W | 8.90 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0 | Lawrence |
| 39.1 | 1983-03-20 | 3 | 30°58'N / 90°02'W | 2.00 Miles | 200 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Washington | |
| 39.3 | 1953-05-04 | 2 | 31°50'N / 89°26'W | 1.50 Miles | 200 Yards | 0 | 1 | 25K | 0 | Smith | |
| 39.5 | 1978-04-18 | 4 | 31°33'N / 90°07'W | 31°35'N / 89°58'W | 9.20 Miles | 100 Yards | 4 | 31 | 250K | 0 | Lawrence |
| 39.6 | 1968-11-17 | 2 | 31°41'N / 89°57'W | 31°40'N / 89°56'W | 1.90 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0 | Lawrence |
| 39.8 | 1973-05-26 | 2 | 30°42'N / 89°36'W | 0 | 4 | 25K | 0 | Pearl River | |||
| 39.8 | 1971-03-02 | 2 | 31°48'N / 89°13'W | 2.00 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Jones | |
| 40.0 | 1996-02-19 | 2 | 31°21'N / 88°51'W | 31°26'N / 88°46'W | 5.00 Miles | 400 Yards | 0 | 4 | 150K | 0 | Greene |
| Brief Description: NUMEROUS TREES WERE TOPPLED AND SEVERAL MOBILE HOMES WERE DAMAGED BY A TORNADO THAT FIRST TOUCHED DOWN IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF GREENE COUNTY. THE TORNADO FIRST TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT SIX MILES EAST OF RICHTON ON MS HWY 42 AT ABOUT 220 PM CDT. THE TORNADO THEN SKIPPED ALONG THE GROUND TO THE NORTHEAST AND MOVED INTO WAYNE COUNTY ALONG MS HWY 63. NUMEROUS TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN ALONG THE PATH OF THE TORNADO AND SEVERAL MOBILE HOMES WERE DAMAGED. FOUR PEOPLE IN ONE OF THE MOBILE HOMES WERE INJURED. THE TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND FOR ABOUT 5 MILES IN GREENE COUNTY. | |||||||||||
| 40.2 | 1958-02-26 | 3 | 31°22'N / 88°51'W | 31°26'N / 88°46'W | 7.10 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 3K | 0 | Greene |
| 40.4 | 1972-01-09 | 3 | 31°42'N / 89°10'W | 31°46'N / 88°57'W | 13.50 Miles | 300 Yards | 0 | 12 | 2.5M | 0 | Jones |
| 40.5 | 1965-06-06 | 2 | 31°07'N / 90°08'W | 0 | 0 | 3K | 0 | Walthall | |||
| 41.0 | 1977-06-16 | 2 | 31°51'N / 89°21'W | 0.60 Mile | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Smith | |
| 41.0 | 1987-02-15 | 2 | 31°04'N / 90°09'W | 31°04'N / 90°06'W | 3.00 Miles | 73 Yards | 0 | 2 | 250K | 0 | Walthall |
| 41.2 | 1986-04-12 | 2 | 31°26'N / 90°15'W | 31°23'N / 90°03'W | 13.60 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 2.5M | 0 | Lawrence |
| 41.6 | 1972-01-09 | 2 | 31°44'N / 89°55'W | 2.00 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Jefferson Davis | |
| 42.4 | 1965-03-01 | 2 | 31°18'N / 90°13'W | 31°23'N / 90°09'W | 7.20 Miles | 110 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Walthall |
| 42.4 | 1957-11-18 | 2 | 31°44'N / 89°05'W | 31°47'N / 89°00'W | 6.20 Miles | 50 Yards | 0 | 2 | 25K | 0 | Jones |
| 42.6 | 1972-01-09 | 2 | 31°50'N / 89°43'W | 31°54'N / 89°33'W | 10.90 Miles | 200 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Simpson |
| 42.8 | 1969-04-13 | 2 | 31°38'N / 90°03'W | 31°42'N / 90°00'W | 5.60 Miles | 140 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Lawrence |
| 42.9 | 1971-12-15 | 2 | 31°47'N / 89°08'W | 31°48'N / 89°02'W | 6.10 Miles | 77 Yards | 0 | 2 | 25K | 0 | Jones |
| 43.6 | 1999-04-14 | 3 | 31°48'N / 89°13'W | 31°53'N / 89°07'W | 7.00 Miles | 880 Yards | 0 | 3 | 2.0M | 0 | Jasper |
| Brief Description: This strong tornado entered from Jones County and crossed portions of southern Jasper County. There were three injuries. Several houses and businesses were destroyed along with the Moss Firehouse. Overall, many homes and businesses received at least minor damage and numerous trees and power lines were blown down. | |||||||||||
| 43.9 | 1980-04-25 | 2 | 31°46'N / 89°59'W | 31°53'N / 89°40'W | 20.30 Miles | 900 Yards | 1 | 7 | 2.5M | 0 | Simpson |
| 44.5 | 2005-04-06 | 2 | 31°15'N / 90°18'W | 31°20'N / 90°09'W | 7.00 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 300K | 0 | Walthall |
| Brief Description: A tornado moved out of Pike County and entered Walthall County about 3 miles west northwest of Dinan and continued travelling north northeast until it dissipated approximately 2 miles west of Sartinsville. The tornado caused significant damage to 25 houses, 10 trailers, and 2 businesses in Walthall County. A meso-cyclone thunderstorm produced a tornado as moved on an intermittent path northeastward across eastern Pike County and northwest Walthall County. | |||||||||||
| 44.6 | 2009-03-26 | 3 | 31°47'N / 89°51'W | 31°57'N / 89°39'W | 16.00 Miles | 500 Yards | 0 | 25 | 5.0M | 0K | Simpson |
| Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: The tornado first touched down just north of Mount Zion Road in Southwest Simpson County and continued northeast through the northwest side of Magee and then across the Smith County line before lifting near South County Road 503. Along the path, 60 homes were damaged or destroyed. A large, well-built church was destroyed. A warehouse was significantly damaged and a radio tower was snapped. Hundreds of hardwood and softwood trees were snapped and uprooted. The highest winds occurred at the church and nearby houses and trees just southwest of Magee along and just off Highway 28. Maximum winds were around 150 mph. The EF3 rating was in Simpson County while the highest rated damage in Smith County was EF1. Total path length across both counties was near 18 miles. EPISODE NARRATIVE: A round of severe thunderstorms, containing tornadoes and damaging straight line winds, occurred Wednesday night, March 25, into early Thursday morning, March 26. These storms developed as a strong upper level disturbance encountered an unstable environment over the lower Mississippi Valley. A squall line of showers and thunderstorms pushed rapidly eastward across the area. One supercell storm formed ahead of the main line and produced a strong tornado which hit the town of Magee. Eight tornadoes were confirmed from this event. Of the 8 tornadoes, 1 was rated EF3, 1 was rated EF2, 4 were rated EF1, and 2 were rated EF0. Numerous other locations experienced damaging straight line winds in excess of 60-70 mph. The worst damage occurred from a tornado which laid a 17.5 mile long track across Simpson and Smith counties. This storm was rated as EF3 with estimated 150 mph maximum winds near Magee. A second strong tornado, rated EF2 with 125 mph winds, effected Jones County near Soso. | |||||||||||
| 45.0 | 1961-02-20 | 2 | 31°46'N / 89°51'W | 31°56'N / 89°46'W | 12.50 Miles | 73 Yards | 0 | 2 | 0K | 0 | Simpson |
| 45.0 | 2005-04-06 | 3 | 31°47'N / 89°39'W | 32°03'N / 89°20'W | 26.00 Miles | 600 Yards | 0 | 0 | 8.0M | 600K | Smith |
| Brief Description: This strong tornado developed from a long lived supercell thunderstorm, which had a history of producing tornadoes, that moved across a large portion of Southern and Central Mississippi. The tornado touched down just N of Mount Olive, in Covington county, and stayed on the ground for 28 miles across most of Smith county, where it dissipated around the Ted community just inside Jasper county. Where the tornado first touched down it was weak, F0, and only downed a few trees. As it moved NE, into Smith county, it quickly gained strength. F1 to F2 type damaged occurred across SW Smith county where hundreds of trees were snapped or uprooted and several homes and outbuildings had part or all of their roofs blown off. As the strong tornado approached Mize, MS, it became stronger and reached it maximum intensity, F3. Here the tornado was 600 yards wide and was significantly damaging nearly all the trees in its path. One mile to the SW of Mize, a mobile home was destroyed. The most significant damage occurred in Mize where the Attendance Center was nearly demolished. The top floor of the Attendance Center was almost completely taken off, 3 portable classrooms were destroyed along with several large light poles bent or snapped. The tornado continued to the NE toward the Center Ridge community. The damage between Mize and Center Ridge, a distance of nearly 9 miles, ranged between F2 and F3. Along Providence Road, a barn was destroyed, 2 homes were significantly damaged and a church was heavily damaged. The tornado crossed State Highway 37 and continued toward the Center Ridge community. Here, many more trees were uprooted along with several structures demolished or sustaining significant damage. As the tornado tracked toward Sylvarena, it began to weaken and become smaller. From this point, to where it dissipated in Jasper county, damage was confined to trees snapped and uprooted. This tornado affected 3 counties and had a total path length of 28 miles. | |||||||||||
| 45.4 | 1974-02-21 | 3 | 31°46'N / 89°57'W | 31°54'N / 89°46'W | 14.20 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Simpson |
| 45.6 | 1980-04-25 | 2 | 31°53'N / 89°40'W | 31°58'N / 89°19'W | 21.30 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 2.5M | 0 | Smith |
| 45.8 | 1974-02-21 | 3 | 31°33'N / 90°12'W | 31°39'N / 90°05'W | 9.80 Miles | 200 Yards | 0 | 13 | 250K | 0 | Lawrence |
| 46.0 | 1971-02-26 | 2 | 31°10'N / 88°42'W | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0 | Greene | |||
| 46.4 | 1976-03-26 | 4 | 31°47'N / 90°01'W | 31°54'N / 89°44'W | 18.50 Miles | 880 Yards | 0 | 11 | 2.5M | 0 | Simpson |
| 46.4 | 1977-01-09 | 2 | 31°55'N / 89°40'W | 1.00 Mile | 200 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Smith | |
| 46.5 | 1957-04-04 | 3 | 31°53'N / 89°46'W | 31°56'N / 89°39'W | 7.70 Miles | 167 Yards | 0 | 50 | 250K | 0 | Simpson |
| 46.6 | 2004-11-24 | 2 | 31°45'N / 90°04'W | 31°55'N / 89°44'W | 24.00 Miles | 200 Yards | 0 | 0 | 1.5M | 0 | Simpson |
| Brief Description: This tornado continued out of northern Lawrence county and moved into southwest Simpson county 5 miles southwest of the Shivers community. As this tornado tracked northeast, several hundred trees were uprooted and snapped. Several chicken houses sustained major damage along with a few totally destroyed. Three homes sustained major damage and nine mobile homes sustained major damage. This tornado tracked across several highways including State Highway 28 and 13. This tornado also crossed US Highway 49, 4 miles northwest of Magee. Here the tornado severely damaged the VFW Post 9122 building and rolled over an RV. This tornado weakened as moved a little more northeast and dissipated 4 miles north of Magee. | |||||||||||
| 46.7 | 1999-02-27 | 3 | 31°37'N / 90°14'W | 31°43'N / 89°59'W | 17.00 Miles | 440 Yards | 0 | 0 | 200K | 0 | Lawrence |
| Brief Description: This strong tornado moved across Northern Lawrence county through mainly rural areas knocking down many trees and power lines. Many homes received damage, particularly near the towns of Sontag and New Hebron. Several homes received major damage. | |||||||||||
| 47.0 | 1986-03-12 | 3 | 31°54'N / 89°22'W | 31°58'N / 89°16'W | 2.00 Miles | 123 Yards | 0 | 0 | 2.5M | 0 | Smith |
| 47.6 | 1958-11-14 | 2 | 31°12'N / 90°17'W | 31°14'N / 90°16'W | 3.00 Miles | 30 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Quitman |
| 47.7 | 1990-04-27 | 2 | 31°52'N / 89°42'W | 31°58'N / 89°47'W | 5.00 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Simpson |
| 48.0 | 1975-01-10 | 4 | 31°31'N / 90°14'W | 31°43'N / 90°07'W | 15.40 Miles | 150 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Lawrence |
| 48.5 | 1968-09-17 | 2 | 30°50'N / 90°07'W | 1.00 Mile | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 3K | 0 | Washington | |
| 48.6 | 1992-11-22 | 4 | 31°51'N / 89°31'W | 32°05'N / 89°17'W | 20.00 Miles | 1760 Yards | 0 | 15 | 25.0M | 0 | Smith |
| 48.6 | 1976-03-29 | 2 | 31°27'N / 90°16'W | 0.20 Mile | 50 Yards | 0 | 0 | 3K | 0 | Lincoln | |
* The information on this page is based on the global volcano database, the U.S. earthquake database of 1638-1985, and the U.S. Tornado and Weather Extremes database of 1950-2010.