3 ESE Tishabee - 4 NNE Forkland A tornado began over an inaccessible and unpopulated wooded area just southwest of a bend in the Tombigbee River in Sumter County. The tornado intensified quickly, with EF-1 level tree damage being noted via satellite imagery. The tornado crossed the river into Greene County, where tree damage continued and became more intense as it approached County Road 69. Here, in addition to numerous downed trees, a site-built home had significant damage to an open air attached carport and much of the roof and rear, south-facing wall. Two residents inside were uninjured. A shed behind the house was destroyed as well. A single-wide manufactured home on the east side of the house was also destroyed, with the frame blown northward around 100-125 yards and wrapped around a tree next to CR 69. Much of this stand of trees directly south of the roadway was snapped or uprooted. Just north of the site-built home, a vacant block/brick building that formerly housed the Morning Star Baptist Church was completely destroyed. West of this building, a manufactured home with two occupants was flipped and rolled to the south. Both occupants were ejected, and one was injured and transported to the hospital. Damage in this area was rated low-end EF-2, generally in the 115-120 mph range. From here, the tornado continued northeastward across mostly open fields. Along a railroad, numerous trees were uprooted or snapped. The tornado was likely at its widest point here, approximately 325 yards wide. Debris from the manufactured home with the injured occupant was reportedly found along the railroad, approximately 0.7 miles away. Tree damage, at times significant, continued to County Road 20, where the Rose Chapel CME and an adjacent manufactured home-like structure were damaged. Across the road the First United Baptist Church also sustained minor damage. An article of clothing from the house on CR 69 was recovered near the church building, which was approximately 1.2 miles downstream. Another area of significant tree damage was noted on satellite between CR 20 and U.S. Highway 43. Tree damage continued northeastward to around the northern end of Dunlap Rd before continuing north-northeastward across fields and wooded areas until dissipating. As this tornado moved across areas northwest of Forkland, another EF-2 tornado began east of Forkland and moved into Hale County. Additional damage around Parkers Fish Camp and along and near Lloyd Chapel Rd was determined to not be directly related to the tornado and was likely associated with the rear flank downdraft. This tornado was officially documented in June 2025 based on satellite analysis, a local newspaper article, and social media pictures and videos, as well as a ground survey that retraced the path and interviewed residents who had been directly affected. Start: 32.6426/-87.8456 End: 32.8445/-87.5088

NWS EF Scale: F2

A tornado touched down in Neshoba County Mississippi. It tracked northeastward through Kemper County Mississippi before it crossed the Mississippi, Alabama state line approximately 1.5 miles north of Sumter County Road 30. As it entered Alabama, the tornado was an EF-3 with winds estimated between 140-150 mph. In Sumter County, numerous homes and businesses in the town of Geiger sustained extensive damage. As the tornado continued to move east, thousands of trees were either snapped or uprooted. The tornado lifted near the Tombigbee River at the Sumter, Greene County line.

A potent storm system, which wreaked havoc across the eastern half of the United States on April 14-16, produced a significant and historic tornado outbreak across Central Alabama on April 15. Forty tornadoes, 30 of which touched down in Central Alabama, occurred in the state. At the time, this set a new record for number of tornadoes within the state from one event. This record was broken on April 27, 2011. ||A surface low developed across the Central Plains on Thursday, April 14, and strengthened as it moved into the mid-Mississippi River Valley. In response, surface dew points in the middle to upper 60s surged northward into Central Alabama and deep vertical wind shear increased, providing support for tornadic supercell development. A weakening line of thunderstorms moved into northwest Central Alabama early Friday morning. The southern end of this line intensified by mid day as it encountered a more unstable airmass. South of the line, supercells formed in Mississippi and tracked eastward into west Central Alabama. The entire system pushed east across the area over the course of about twelve hours, exiting east Central Alabama in the early morning hours on Saturday, April 16. In addition to the thirty tornadoes, the storm system produced widespread straight line wind damage and numerous large hail reports.

Part of 43-tornado outbreak on April 15, 2011