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Tornado Warning — Warned Area, MS — Mar 12, 2026

NWS JAN · ETN 21 · National Weather Service warning
Radar-indicated position & projected track

Event Summary

The National Weather Service office JAN issued a tornado warning at 01:47 UTC on Mar 12, 2026. The warning was in effect for 58 minutes, ending at Mar 12, 2026 02:45 UTC. At the last radar check, the storm was located near 31.68, -89.68, moving east-northeast at about 48 mph.

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Towns in the Path

Storm Reports

TimeLocationCounty / StateEFRemarks
3 NE Bassfield Jefferson Davis, MS UNK An EF-1 tornado touched down near the intersection of Williamsburg Road and Claude Booth Road and tracked east-northeast across Good Hope Road and Willie Fortenberry Ro (JAN)
2 NW Sanford Covington, MS UNK An EF-1 tornado began just west of Okatoma Creek... uprooting several trees. The tornado continued northeast and ended just east of Old Highway 49... uprooting a few mo (JAN)
1 SSW Glade Jones, MS UNK An EF-1 tornado started west of MS Highway 15 where multiple trees were uprooted and snapped near near the intersection with Kings Lane. Off of Kings Ln. there was roof (JAN)
7 SW Eucutta Wayne, MS UNK The first of three EF1 tornadoes within the Pleasant Grove area began near or just before the Jones/Wayne County border along Cleve Blackledge Road producing minor tree (MOB)
7 NNW Strengthford Wayne, MS UNK Corrects previous tornado report from 6 W Whistler. This is the third of three EF1 tornadoes within the Pleasant Grove area... with these final two tornadoes featuring (MOB)
6 W Whistler Wayne, MS UNK This is the third of three EF1 tornadoes within the Pleasant Grove area... with these final two tornadoes featuring a unique interaction as they continued to the east. (MOB)
7 W Whistler Wayne, MS UNK This is the second of three EF1 tornadoes within the Pleasant Grove area... with the final two tornadoes featuring a unique interaction as they continued to the east. T (MOB)
3 NNE Janice Perry, MS UNK Available high resolution satellite imagery revealed a brief EF0 tornado occurred solely within forest just east of FS Road 342 near Janice. The tornado caused minor tr (MOB)
5 WNW Vernal Greene, MS UNK Available high resolution satellite imagery revealed a brief EF0 tornado occurred just southeast of Gatlin Creek Road west of Vernal. This tornado caused just under a q (MOB)
3 SSE Bexley George, MS UNK Available high resolution satellite imagery revealed a brief EF0 tornado occurred west of Lucedale just off of Country Hill Road. This tornado likely began further west (MOB)

Preliminary local storm reports (SPC) within the warned area window — subject to revision after NWS surveys.

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