NWS Jackson, MS April 24-25, 2015 Severe Weather

April 24-25, 2015 Severe Weather

Event Summary

Late on the evening of Friday, April 24th into the early morning hours of Saturday, April 25th, a complex of severe thunderstorms pushed eastward across northeastern Louisiana and central Mississippi. These storms were produced by a shortwave trough pushing across the Mid South region and were sustained by strong deep layer wind shear. Damaging straight-line wind gusts and a few weak tornadoes occurred along the path of the storms. Several trees and power poles/lines were downed, some onto structures. Notably, an 83 mph wind gust was measured near Onward in Sharkey County. Tornadoes were confirmed in Morehouse Parish in Louisiana and Madison, Leake, Neshoba and Kemper counties in Mississippi. A few areas in the ArkLaMiss Delta also received very heavy rain producing flash flooding.

Tornado Track Map

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Survey Information

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Location	Start/ End Time	Event Type	Fatalities/ Injuries	Path Length	Path Width
Morehouse Parish 6.0 N Bastrop to 3.0 SE Beekman	11:48 PM - 11:54 PM	EF-1 Tornado 90 MPH	none	4.3 miles	100 yards
Madison County 4.7 E Canton to 6 E Canton	1:58 AM - 1:59 AM	EF-1 Tornado 95 mph	none	1.7 miles	75 yards
Leake County 5.2 NW Lena to 5.4 NNW Lena	2:17 AM - 2:21 AM	EF-1 Tornado 105 mph	none	2.5 miles	300 yards
Leake County 7.1 SW Carthage to 6.3 SW Carthage	2:20 AM - 2:21 AM	EF-0 Tornado 75 mph	none	0.9 miles	50 yards
Leake County 3.3 S Carthage to 4.2 SE Carthage	2:28 AM - 2:32 AM	EF-1 Tornado 110 mph	none	3.5 miles	500 yards
Neshoba County 2.0 NE Neshoba to 2.0 NE Bethsaida	2:51 AM - 2:58 AM	EF-1 Tornado 105 MPH	none	6.6 miles	500 yards
Kemper County 4.0 SW Bluff Springs to 3.0 SSW Bluff Springs	3:10 AM - 3:11 AM	EF-0 Tornado 75 MPH	none	0.9 miles	50 yards

Local Storm Reports
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Rainfall Totals
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