NWS New Orleans/Baton Rouge - April 10, 2024 Harrison County Tornado

Dedeaux, MS Tornado - April 10, 2024

Rating:	EF-0
Estimated Maximum Wind:	85 mph
Injuries/Fatalities:	None
Damage Path Length:	5.07 miles
Maximum Path Width:	150 yards
Approximate Start Point/Time:	8 miles NNE of Diamondhead, MS at 1040 AM CDT
Approximate End Point/Time:	7 miles WSW of Lyman, MS at 1046 AM CDT

A National Weather Service Damage Assessment Team has surveyed the storm damage in Harrison County, MS. It has been determined the damage was the result of a tornado. The tornado has been rated an EF-0 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale. Damage estimates were consistent with winds of 85 mph.

As the mesovortex tracked east into Harrison County, another tornado developed on the trailing flank of it and tracked east- southeast over primarily inaccessible rural land near the Wolf River. High resolution satellite imagery NDVI differencing identified a scalloped path that starts near F Malley Road in Dedeaux, MS and continues east-southeast where a ground survey identified snapped trees as well as a mobile home that had slid off its blocks. The tornado crossed River Road with minimal damage evident although the track remained visible on NDVI differencing as it crossed the Wolf River. The apparent track of the tornado continues east across Wolf River Road and appears to conclude just short of Alcede Lizana Road.

Surveyed damage track in Harrison County, MS

KMOB WSR-88D radar data in Harrison County, MS at 1042 AM CDT 4/10/24 (circled area is tornadic rotation)

Trees damaged	Mobile home damaged
Destroyed outbuilding

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