Storm Events Database

Event Details:

Event Tornado
-- Scale EF2
-- Length 6.06 Miles
-- Width 900 Yards
State MISSISSIPPI
County/Area HINDS
WFO JAN
Report Source NWS Storm Survey
NCEI Data Source CSV
Begin Date 2008-04-04 11:29 CST-6
Begin Location 3W LONGALOO
Begin Lat/Lon 32.4001/-90.1981
End Date 2008-04-04 11:35 CST-6
End Location 2ESE TOUGALOO
End Lat/Lon 32.3848/-90.0958
Deaths Direct/Indirect 0/0 (fatality details below, when available...)
Injuries Direct/Indirect 20/0
Property Damage 40.00M
Crop Damage 0.00K
Episode Narrative A potent early April storm slammed the area with widespread wind damage and several tornadoes. A bowing line of thunderstorms was the culprit with the main axis of severe weather and damage having occurred within the I-20 corridor from northeast Louisiana to the Jackson Metro to east-central Mississippi around Meridian. Several extensive swaths of significant wind damage occurred, where winds were estimated at 80 mph or greater. Overall, several thousand trees were snapped and uprooted with several dozen homes damaged by downed trees. The strongest tornado occurred in the Jackson Metro area as it moved across Northeast Jackson and into the Reservoir area of Northwest Rankin County. Additionally, the significant wind damage was focused across portions of Vicksburg, Bolton, Jackson, the Reservoir area of Rankin County, the Hillsboro area in Scott County, northern Newton County and the northern half of Lauderdale County. Aside from the tornadoes, this was one of the most significant wind events to impact the Jackson Metro area as well as the City of Vicksburg. Nearly everyone described this event as being worse than Hurricane Katrina for central Mississippi.
Event Narrative The damage started with snapped trees, power lines and power poles across Livingston and County Line Roads and Watkins Drive. The tornado moved east-southeast, crossing Interstate 220 and downing numerous large trees, some on homes, as it moved through residential areas off Hanging Moss Road. Most of the damage in this area was EF-1 in nature with maximum winds between 90 and 105 mph. The damage became somewhat more intense as it moved through the Tougaloo area, with dozens of large trees snapped and uprooted, many on homes, causing serious damage. The tornado crossed State Street, and then crossed Interstate 55 where it caused roof damage to two hotels, and damaged a car dealership, snapping light poles, blowing the windows out of dozens of cars, and causing roof and awning damage. It also damaged the roof of a large medical building. As the tornado crossed Ridgewood Road, it blew out the back wall of a large restaurant building, and continued damaging roofs of buildings and knocking down numerous trees. The damage in the Interstate 55 area was rated as EF-1 with maximum winds between 95 and 105 mph.
Once the tornado crossed Ridgewood Road, it moved back into residential areas of northeast Jackson. The tornado reached its maximum intensity as it approached and crossed Old Canton Road. Hundreds of large trees were snapped and uprooted in these areas, causing major damage to numerous homes. On the east side of Old Canton, it caused extensive roof and facade damage to several commercial buildings, blew the walls out of the second story of a large warehouse type building, and caused extensive damage to the roofs of apartment complex buildings and a couple of residential homes. This area along the path from just west of Pear Orchard Road to the area on the east side of Old Canton Road was the maximum rated damage at EF-2 with maximum estimated winds of 115 mph.
While not accessible via ground survey, it is assumed based on radar data that the tornado continued on the ground across the Pearl River. Damage was again observed in northwest Rankin County in the subdivisions off of Old Fannin Road. Numerous trees were downed, a number on houses, and many homes had shingle damage. The most intense damage was where the tornado crossed Old Fannin Road in the Avalon and Barnett Bend subdivisions. Numerous large trees were snapped and uprooted, several causing major damage to some homes, and power poles were snapped off. Maximum winds here were estimated to be up to 105 mph, which is at the high end of EF-1 on the Enhanced Fujita scale.
Damage was somewhat less as it moved through the subdivisions east of Hugh Ward Parkway, but intensified again as it moved along Manship Road and into Mill Creek subdivision. A number of large trees were snapped and uprooted in these areas. The tornado crossed Lakeland Drive, continuing to down trees, and moved across the Northwest Rankin Attendance Center complex, blowing down trees, a fence at the baseball field, and blowing out an awning. The tornado crossed Vine Drive and caused extensive shingle and roof damage to a number of apartment buildings. The tornado dissipated shortly after this damage, causing sporadic tree damage at the edge of Castlewoods subdivision. Maximum winds in the area from Hugh Ward Parkway to prior to dissipation were estimated to generally be between 90 and 100 mph, which is EF-1 on the Enhanced Fujita scale.
Total path length was 14 miles.


    

Event Map:

Note: The tornado track is approximate based on the beginning (B) and ending (E) locations. The actual tornado path may differ from a straight line.
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All events for this episode:

Location County/Zone St. Date Time T.Z. Type Mag Dth Inj PrD CrD
Totals: 0 22 127.504M 550.00K
BRUNSWICK WARREN CO. MS 04/04/2008 10:21 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 78 kts. EG 0 0 17.00K 0.00K
BRUNSWICK WARREN CO. MS 04/04/2008 10:23 CST-6 Tornado EF1 0 1 1.200M 0.00K
VALLEY PARK ISSAQUENA CO. MS 04/04/2008 10:34 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 75 kts. EG 0 0 100.00K 0.00K
HARDEE ISSAQUENA CO. MS 04/04/2008 10:40 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 55 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
STOUT WARREN CO. MS 04/04/2008 10:41 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 87 kts. EG 0 0 2.000M 0.00K
MAGNOLIA HELIPORT WARREN CO. MS 04/04/2008 10:42 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 78 kts. EG 0 0 700.00K 0.00K
VICKSBURG WARREN CO. MS 04/04/2008 10:45 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 74 kts. EG 0 1 200.00K 0.00K
JONESTOWN YAZOO CO. MS 04/04/2008 10:48 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 65 kts. EG 0 0 30.00K 0.00K
JONESTOWN YAZOO CO. MS 04/04/2008 10:50 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 74 kts. EG 0 0 50.00K 0.00K
NEWMANS WARREN CO. MS 04/04/2008 10:52 CST-6 Tornado EF1 0 0 120.00K 0.00K
DUKE HINDS CO. MS 04/04/2008 11:00 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 70 kts. EG 0 0 30.00K 0.00K
EDWARDS HINDS CO. MS 04/04/2008 11:04 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 74 kts. EG 0 0 10.00K 0.00K
PORT GIBSON CLAIBORNE CO. MS 04/04/2008 11:08 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 55 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
CHAMPION HILL HINDS CO. MS 04/04/2008 11:11 CST-6 Tornado EF1 0 0 50.00K 200.00K
BOLTON HINDS CO. MS 04/04/2008 11:13 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 100 kts. EG 0 0 700.00K 200.00K
BOLTON HINDS CO. MS 04/04/2008 11:15 CST-6 Hail 1.00 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
RAYMOND HINDS CO. MS 04/04/2008 11:15 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 55 kts. EG 0 0 8.00K 0.00K
PICKENS HOLMES CO. MS 04/04/2008 11:16 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 55 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
BOLTON HINDS CO. MS 04/04/2008 11:17 CST-6 Tornado EF1 0 0 80.00K 0.00K
BOLTON HINDS CO. MS 04/04/2008 11:17 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 87 kts. EG 0 0 100.00K 0.00K
RAYMOND WILLIAMS ARP HINDS CO. MS 04/04/2008 11:17 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 75 kts. EG 0 0 200.00K 0.00K
CLINTON HINDS CO. MS 04/04/2008 11:20 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 65 kts. EG 0 0 20.00K 0.00K
TRUITT MADISON CO. MS 04/04/2008 11:21 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 65 kts. EG 0 0 2.00K 0.00K
CYNTHIA HINDS CO. MS 04/04/2008 11:25 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 87 kts. EG 0 0 60.000M 0.00K
NEWPORT ATTALA CO. MS 04/04/2008 11:25 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 53 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
WEST JACKSON HINDS CO. MS 04/04/2008 11:25 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 65 kts. EG 0 0 80.00K 0.00K
TERRY HINDS CO. MS 04/04/2008 11:26 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 65 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
ROCKY HILL MADISON CO. MS 04/04/2008 11:28 CST-6 Tornado EF1 0 0 25.00K 0.00K
LONGALOO HINDS CO. MS 04/04/2008 11:29 CST-6 Tornado EF2 0 20 40.000M 0.00K
ROCKY HILL MADISON CO. MS 04/04/2008 11:31 CST-6 Hail 1.75 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
LAKELAND RANKIN CO. MS 04/04/2008 11:32 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 87 kts. EG 0 0 200.00K 0.00K
ROCKY HILL MADISON CO. MS 04/04/2008 11:32 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 78 kts. EG 0 0 2.000M 0.00K
SHARON MADISON CO. MS 04/04/2008 11:34 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 65 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
LUCKNEY RANKIN CO. MS 04/04/2008 11:35 CST-6 Tornado EF1 0 0 6.000M 0.00K
MADISON STATION MADISON CO. MS 04/04/2008 11:35 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 65 kts. EG 0 0 20.00K 0.00K
LUCKNEY RANKIN CO. MS 04/04/2008 11:36 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 87 kts. EG 0 0 8.000M 0.00K
FLOWOOD RANKIN CO. MS 04/04/2008 11:37 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 55 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
FLOWOOD RANKIN CO. MS 04/04/2008 11:38 CST-6 Hail 1.00 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
PEARSON RANKIN CO. MS 04/04/2008 11:39 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 61 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
THOMASTOWN LEAKE CO. MS 04/04/2008 11:40 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 63 kts. EG 0 0 60.00K 0.00K
TOUGALOO HINDS CO. MS 04/04/2008 11:43 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 65 kts. MG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
GREENFIELD RANKIN CO. MS 04/04/2008 11:44 CST-6 Hail 0.75 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
RICE HILL RANKIN CO. MS 04/04/2008 11:44 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 65 kts. EG 0 0 5.00K 0.00K
RANKIN RANKIN CO. MS 04/04/2008 11:51 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 61 kts. EG 0 0 12.00K 0.00K
FORKVILLE SCOTT CO. MS 04/04/2008 12:00 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 60 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
MORTON SCOTT CO. MS 04/04/2008 12:01 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 78 kts. EG 0 0 1.000M 0.00K
POLKVILLE SMITH CO. MS 04/04/2008 12:06 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 74 kts. EG 0 0 60.00K 0.00K
HINZE WINSTON CO. MS 04/04/2008 12:07 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 55 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
HILLSBORO SCOTT CO. MS 04/04/2008 12:10 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 87 kts. EG 0 0 900.00K 0.00K
LENA LEAKE CO. MS 04/04/2008 12:10 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 65 kts. EG 0 0 50.00K 0.00K
ARLINGTON NESHOBA CO. MS 04/04/2008 12:12 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 65 kts. EG 0 0 15.00K 0.00K
HOPE NESHOBA CO. MS 04/04/2008 12:12 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 74 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 150.00K
FOREST SCOTT CO. MS 04/04/2008 12:16 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 70 kts. EG 0 0 12.00K 0.00K
FOREST MUNI ARPT SCOTT CO. MS 04/04/2008 12:16 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 70 kts. EG 0 0 20.00K 0.00K
DAMASCUS SCOTT CO. MS 04/04/2008 12:17 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 74 kts. EG 0 0 300.00K 0.00K
CONEHATTA NEWTON CO. MS 04/04/2008 12:22 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 64 kts. EG 0 0 3.00K 0.00K
PHILADELPHIA ARPT NESHOBA CO. MS 04/04/2008 12:23 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 78 kts. EG 0 0 900.00K 0.00K
COOKSEY NEWTON CO. MS 04/04/2008 12:25 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 83 kts. EG 0 0 1.000M 0.00K
KLEIN SMITH CO. MS 04/04/2008 12:26 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 65 kts. EG 0 0 25.00K 0.00K
NEWTON NEWTON CO. MS 04/04/2008 12:30 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 74 kts. EG 0 0 50.00K 0.00K
RALEIGH SMITH CO. MS 04/04/2008 12:30 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 55 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
SHUBUTA CLARKE CO. MS 04/04/2008 12:33 CST-6 Hail 0.75 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
COLLINSVILLE LAUDERDALE CO. MS 04/04/2008 13:00 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 87 kts. EG 0 0 500.00K 0.00K
KLONDIKE KEMPER CO. MS 04/04/2008 13:00 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 87 kts. EG 0 0 130.00K 0.00K
SUQUALENA LAUDERDALE CO. MS 04/04/2008 13:00 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 74 kts. EG 0 0 30.00K 0.00K
COMPLETE LAUDERDALE CO. MS 04/04/2008 13:06 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 70 kts. EG 0 0 400.00K 0.00K
PONTA LAUDERDALE CO. MS 04/04/2008 13:15 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 74 kts. EG 0 0 60.00K 0.00K
PORTERVILLE KEMPER CO. MS 04/04/2008 13:19 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 74 kts. EG 0 0 30.00K 0.00K
LAUDERDALE LAUDERDALE CO. MS 04/04/2008 13:22 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 76 kts. MG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
BLODGETT JONES CO. MS 04/04/2008 15:05 CST-6 Hail 1.00 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
Totals: 0 22 127.504M 550.00K