Mississippi EF3 Tornado Carves 81.9-Mile Path, Injures 23; Statewide Toll Reaches 26 Hurt and 425 Homes Damaged
On the evening of May 6, 2026, a long-track EF3 tornado tore across southern Mississippi. It touched down at 6:22 p.m. CDT west of Dolorosa in Adams County and stayed on the ground for two hours and nine minutes before lifting south of Monticello in Lawrence County, carving a path 81.9 miles long. The National Weather Service office in Jackson, in its final revised survey, rated it a high-end EF3 with peak winds raised to 160 mph and a maximum width of 1.5 miles. That single tornado injured 23 people and killed no one.
The Jackson office confirmed six tornadoes that night, including the EF3, one EF2, two EF1s and two EF0s. The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency's statewide figures are a separate count from the single-tornado toll: 26 people were injured statewide, and the federal major disaster declaration documents put statewide home damage at 425 homes, of which 88 were destroyed and 112 sustained major damage.
The governor requested a federal major disaster declaration on May 19, and the president later approved it (FEMA-4922-DR-MS), with Franklin, Lamar, Lawrence, Lincoln and Wilkinson counties designated for individual assistance.
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Source: National Weather Service
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Photo: 图：2026年5月12日 Landsat 8 卫星拍到的这条EF3龙卷在密西西比州 Lincoln County 留下的植被损害轨迹。NASA Earth Observatory（Lauren Dauphin 制图，USGS Landsat 数据），公共领域。 / Photo: The vegetation damage track left by the EF3 tornado in Lincoln County, Mississippi, imaged by Landsat 8 on May 12, 2026. NASA Earth Observatory image by Lauren Dauphin, using USGS Landsat data, public domain.
