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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
433 PM CDT Fri May 1 2020

...Public Information Statement...

...NWS Damage Survey For 4/22-4/23 Tornado Event- Update #6... 

.Update...This update is being issued to include the significant 
straight-line wind swath which began in Copiah County and 
continued into Jones County. 


.Straight-Line Wind Swath...

Rating:                 TSTM/Wind
Estimated Peak Wind:    100 mph
Path Length /statute/:  81.8 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   8.5 miles
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             04/22/2020
Start Time:             10:05 PM CDT
Start Location:         12 WSW Hazlehurst / Copiah County / MS
Start Lat/Lon:          31.8147 / -90.5924

End Date:               04/22/2020
End Time:               11:44 PM CDT
End Location:           3 ENE Soso / Jones County / MS
End Lat/Lon:            31.7623 / -89.2157

Summary: During the late evening of April 22nd, a severe
thunderstorm was responsible for an extensive swath of
significant damage across several counties in the southern
portion of the NWS Jackson service area. The main corridor of
focused and higher end wind damage was across southern Copiah to
far southern Simpson, as well as all of northern sections of
Lawrence, Jefferson Davis and Covington counties before
dissipating across northwest Jones County. Based on a NWS damage
survey of portions of this swath, along with accounts and
assessments from local Emergency Managers, significant wind
speeds across this swath ranged between 80 and 100 mph. Within
the overall swath, there were generally 2 to 3 focused corridors,
roughly running from WNW to ESE, where the greatest concentration
of damage occurred. General dimensions of the swath can be
described as roughly 80 miles long with a width of 6 to 8 miles
where the greatest concentration of damage occurred.

Damages across this large swath were primarily damaged trees and downed
power lines. Tree damage was a combination of uprooted and
snapped trees and was quite extensive and best characterized by
hundreds of thousands of damaged trees. Downed power lines and
broken poles were extensive as well across the swath.
Additionally, many structures were damaged with degrees of damage
from minor to major. All of this was due to a combination of the
wind itself causing damage or by downed trees damaging the
structure. Below is a list of some of the hardest impacted
communities and roads by county: 
Copiah - Stronghope community and points east towards the river and 
across Duckworth, Pearl Valley and Beasley Roads with both structural 
damage to houses and trees down.
Lawrence - New Hebron along with Crooked Creek, Cliburn Cemetery, 
N Pleasant Hill and Sutton Roads including Highway 42.
Jefferson Davis - Highways 42, 13 and 541 along with W Whitesand, 
Williamson Mill, Smith Jones, and the Clem community.
Covington - Communities across the north portions of the county 
which include Dry Creek Lake, south of Jayneville Road around 
Waterpark Road, and Dry Creek Park Road. Roughly 20 homes sustained 
structural damage in the area of Sellers Road between and near Salem 
Church Road and William Warren Road.


.Red River Tornado...

Rating:                 EF1
Estimated Peak Wind:    110 mph
Path Length /statute/:  7.8 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   0.68 mile
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             04/22/2020
Start Time:             10:06 PM CDT
Start Location:         9 NNE Marksville / Catahoula Parish / LA
Start Lat/Lon:          31.2412 / -91.9671

End Date:               04/22/2020
End Time:               10:18 PM CDT
End Location:           12 NNE Bordelonville / Catahoula Parish /
LA
End Lat/Lon:            31.2899 / -91.8528

Summary: It traveled along the Catahoula Parish /Avoyelles Parish
border, where it damaged trees and mobiles along Lula Willey
Road. It then crossed the Lake Ophelia National Wildlife Refuge
before crossing back into Catahoula Parish and ending before
reaching Moody Road.


.Acme Tornado...

Rating:                 EF1
Estimated Peak Wind:    110 mph
Path Length /statute/:  4.1 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   1/2 mile
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             04/22/2020
Start Time:             10:17 PM CDT
Start Location:         12 N Bordelonville / Catahoula Parish / LA
Start Lat/Lon:          31.2927 / -91.8805

End Date:               04/22/2020
End Time:               10:25 PM CDT
End Location:           15 NNE Bordelonville / Concordia Parish /
LA
End Lat/Lon:            31.3286 / -91.8279

Summary: The tornado began in far southeastern Catahoula Parish
south of Larto Lake. It snapped several hardwood trees along
Moody Road before crossing the Black River into Concordia Parish.
Here it continued to snap hardwood trees along the banks of the
river as well as when it crossed Red River Levee Road and
Louisiana Highway 909. A mobile home also suffered minor roof
damage, siding damage and loss of a metal awning. The tornado
moved across a field before it ended along Louisiana Highway 129.


.Monterey Tornado...

Rating:                 EF0
Estimated Peak Wind:    85 mph
Path Length /statute/:  11.95 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   1230.0 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             04/23/2020
Start Time:             01:56 AM CDT
Start Location:         1 NNE Florence / Rankin County / MS
Start Lat/Lon:          32.1738 / -90.1159

End Date:               04/23/2020
End Time:               02:17 AM CDT
End Location:           7 SE Brandon / Rankin County / MS
End Lat/Lon:            32.2037 / -89.9212

Summary: This tornado touched down to the northeast of Highway
49 in Florence. It began down just to the west of Briarhill Road
and south of Gunter Road, where a tornado debris signature was
observed by radar. In this area, many large limbs were snapped
and some trees were uprooted along Gunter Road. It continued
northeast before crossing Monterey Road, where a tree fell on a
powerline. It then took a more easterly turn over Highway
469 before crossing Basswood Lane and again over Monterey Road.
It continued across a wooded area before causing some high end
EF0 tree damage along Star Road. The tornado continued eastward
over the Robinhood subdivision where numerous large limbs were
snapped and trees were uprooted. A few trees fell on powerlines,
breaking a couple of powerpoles. In addition, rear-flank
downdraft straight-line winds, around 75-85 mph ahead and south
of the tornadic circulation, caused widespread wind damage. In
this area, numerous trees were downed and large limbs broken. The
tornado then crossed the area of Shell Oil Road, Cannon Road and
Highway 18, causing minor EF0 tree damage, with a tree downed
right along the highway. The tornado then crossed east of Highway
18, over Morrow Road, where minor tree damage occurred. The
tornado lifted shortly thereafter crossing Morrow Road, where
only minor straight-line wind damage was observed to a few trees
along Johns Shiloh Road and Shiloh Road.


.NW Marion County Tornado...

Rating:                 EF0
Estimated Peak Wind:    85 mph
Path Length /statute/:  6.5 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   200 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             04/23/2020
Start Time:             03:57 AM CDT
Start Location:         7 NE Salem / Marion County / MS
Start Lat/Lon:          31.318 / -90.037

End Date:               04/23/2020
End Time:               04:04 AM CDT
End Location:           7 WNW Columbia / Marion County / MS
End Lat/Lon:            31.3208 / -89.9271

Summary: An EF-0 tornado touched down along Morgantown Road just
east of the Walthall County Line where a few large limbs were
broken and a tree was uprooted in a field. It continued east
through the Holly Springs community and uprooted or snapped the
tops off of several trees along a narrow path. Several trees fell
near a home on Molly Road. The widest area of damage occurred
along Holly Springs Road near where several trees fell near a
home and Holly Springs Baptist Church. It continued east toward
MS Highway 587 where it blew a few trees down and snapped a few
large limbs near a home. It dissipated shortly after crossing the
highway.


.Northern Jones County Tornado...

Rating:                 EF2
Estimated Peak Wind:    112 mph
Path Length /statute/:  16.94 miles 
Path Width /maximum/:   1.5 miles 
yards Fatalities:       0 
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             04/23/2020
Start Time:             04:12 AM CDT
Start Location:         3 ENE Soso / Jones County / MS
Start Lat/Lon:          31.7604 / -89.2255

End Date:               04/23/2020
End Time:               04:26 AM CDT
End Location:           4 W Eucutta / Jones County / MS
End Lat/Lon:            31.8141 / -88.9447

Summary: The storm moved across northern Jones county, where it
briefly intensified to an EF-2 tornado. At it's widest, the storm
stretched nearly 1.5 miles. The tornado developed northeast of
SOSO, just east of the Amy community. The tornado tracked over
areas recently devastated by tornadoes on Easter, so it was
difficult to identify new damage in some areas. Scattered to
numerous trees were snapped and uprooted as the tornado moved
east across northern Jones county toward Sandersville. The storm
intensified briefly to a low EF-2 along Lake Como Road, where the
southern half of a chicken house was completely destroyed.
Numerous trees were snapped and uprooted in the area. There was
some structural damage caused by trees falling on houses. The
most widespread damage extended from Shady Grove to Sharon, where
swaths of trees were mowed down, snapped and uprooted. Downed
powerlines blocked several roads. Several homes were damaged or
destroyed by falling trees. The storm moved through Sandersville,
where more trees were snapped and uprooted. The storm continued
to move through heavily wooded areas north and east of
Sandersville causing damage along the Jasper County line and near
the Wayne county line. 


EF Scale: The Enhanced Fujita Scale classifies tornadoes into
the following categories.

EF0...Weak......65 TO 85 mph
EF1...Weak......86 TO 110 mph
EF2...Strong....111 TO 135 mph
EF3...Strong....136 TO 165 mph
EF4...Violent...166 TO 200mph
EF5...Violent...>200mph

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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