Confirmed tornado touches down in Jackson County

JACKSON COUNTY, Miss. (WLOX) – A tornado touched down in northeast Jackson County Friday afternoon.

According to National Weather Service (NWS), the tornado touched down near Wade, Mississippi at 12:25 p.m. This is 14 miles north of Escatawpa.

From At 12:30 p.m., the tornado was moving northeast at 20 miles per hour.

The NWS warns that Wade, Hurley and Vancleave will be affected.

According to the NWS, flying debris will be dangerous to those without shelter. Mobile homes can be damaged or destroyed, and damage to trees, roofs, windows and vehicles can occur.

Southeast George County was under a tornado warning until about 8 p.m. 12.50

WLOX News received reports of a possible tornado in Pearl River County earlier Friday morning, but the NWS has not confirmed this as an actual tornado.

Photo and video show extensive damage to a barn in the Savannah area between Poplarville and Picayune. The family says the barn was completely destroyed and the house also sustained some damage.

Coast Electric reported about 400 customers without power for a period when the storms hit. As of 4 p.m., all these outages have been cleared according to the company’s outcome card.

The Singing River Electric outage map shows 253 outages between Jackson, George and Greene counties. See real-time updates HERE.

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