Tornado confirmed in Mississippi town from Monday storm

The National Weather Service confirms no one was injured when a weak tornado briefly touched down in southwest Mississippi on Monday.

Posted: Jun 20, 2018 9:11 AM

BROOKHAVEN, Miss. (AP) — The National Weather Service confirms no one was injured when a weak tornado briefly touched down in southwest Mississippi on Monday.

A preliminary survey on Tuesday shows a twister with top winds of 70 mph (115 kph) struck near Brookhaven just before 3 p.m. during a thunderstorm. The tornado, rated EF-0 on the enhanced Fujita scale, traveled for two-thirds of a mile (1 kilometer) (2.75 kilometers), lifting off four minutes later. The path's was as wide as 25 yards (25 meters).

The twister damaged trees, ripped sheet metal roofs off two barns and lightly damaged the roofs of two houses.

Mississippi Coronavirus Cases

Data is updated nightly.

Confirmed Cases: 64400

Reported Deaths: 1825

County	Confirmed	Deaths
Hinds	5416	112
DeSoto	3472	27
Madison	2363	60
Harrison	2287	35
Rankin	2202	31
Jackson	2156	41
Jones	1828	57
Forrest	1701	55
Washington	1548	35
Lauderdale	1379	90
Lee	1297	32
Neshoba	1264	90
Lamar	1177	13
Oktibbeha	1077	37
Lowndes	1023	33
Bolivar	1010	32
Warren	995	31
Scott	978	20
Panola	960	12
Sunflower	942	23
Copiah	929	28
Lafayette	907	14
Leflore	882	61
Pike	861	33
Holmes	859	48
Grenada	819	21
Yazoo	803	12
Lincoln	787	41
Pontotoc	780	8
Leake	776	25
Simpson	767	30
Wayne	749	21
Monroe	731	51
Coahoma	684	10
Tate	683	27
Marion	634	19
Marshall	616	9
Covington	603	13
Adams	596	25
Winston	593	15
Union	552	15
George	545	4
Newton	530	11
Pearl River	515	37
Tallahatchie	512	10
Attala	510	24
Walthall	482	19
Chickasaw	438	19
Noxubee	438	11
Claiborne	399	13
Calhoun	392	9
Smith	389	13
Clay	380	14
Jasper	379	9
Alcorn	377	5
Prentiss	369	9
Hancock	349	14
Tishomingo	344	5
Itawamba	323	10
Clarke	322	25
Tippah	320	13
Tunica	307	6
Yalobusha	304	10
Lawrence	302	7
Montgomery	302	3
Humphreys	281	11
Carroll	248	11
Quitman	238	1
Greene	230	11
Kemper	227	15
Jefferson Davis	225	6
Perry	220	7
Amite	217	6
Webster	211	12
Jefferson	193	6
Wilkinson	193	13
Sharkey	191	3
Stone	160	3
Choctaw	129	4
Benton	128	0
Franklin	115	2
Issaquena	24	1
Unassigned	0	0

Alabama Coronavirus Cases

Confirmed Cases: 91776

Reported Deaths: 1639

County	Confirmed	Deaths
Jefferson	12186	230
Mobile	9269	204
Montgomery	6350	148
Madison	5122	27
Tuscaloosa	4002	69
Baldwin	3322	23
Shelby	3119	32
Marshall	3001	34
Unassigned	2878	56
Lee	2554	42
Morgan	2270	15
Etowah	1967	28
DeKalb	1721	13
Elmore	1633	37
Calhoun	1627	13
Walker	1479	64
Houston	1334	12
Dallas	1298	23
Russell	1267	2
St. Clair	1252	14
Limestone	1227	13
Franklin	1215	20
Cullman	1171	12
Colbert	1122	13
Lauderdale	1111	13
Autauga	1030	21
Escambia	981	15
Talladega	946	13
Jackson	890	4
Chambers	832	38
Tallapoosa	827	78
Dale	798	23
Butler	754	35
Blount	745	3
Chilton	738	6
Coffee	725	5
Covington	716	20
Pike	672	7
Barbour	564	5
Lowndes	561	24
Marion	547	24
Marengo	529	14
Clarke	491	9
Hale	459	26
Bullock	444	11
Winston	435	11
Perry	432	4
Wilcox	411	10
Monroe	396	4
Randolph	392	10
Bibb	384	4
Pickens	376	9
Conecuh	373	10
Sumter	360	18
Lawrence	325	1
Macon	316	13
Washington	315	12
Crenshaw	307	3
Choctaw	276	12
Cherokee	249	7
Greene	247	11
Henry	247	3
Geneva	243	0
Clay	225	5
Lamar	205	2
Fayette	178	5
Cleburne	121	1
Coosa	95	2
Out of AL	0	0