LITTLE BAHALA — A tornado struck the Little Bahala community again this year. The National Weather Service in Jackson reported six tornadoes touched down in Mississippi Monday night and one touched down in Catahoula Parish. 

Mississippi has seen 56 tornadoes in 2023 and the NWS Jackson coverage area, comprising southern Arkansas, Northeastern Louisiana and most of Mississippi, has seen 41 tornadoes in 2023. Fortunately, no injuries or deaths were reported from Monday’s storms. 

Little Bahala had a tornado in February during a round of severe storms. Church members came together to help a widow in the aftermath of that storm. 

NWS Jackson preliminary investigation reports an EF1 tornado touched down in the northern part of Lincoln County and traveled 8.89 miles. Max wind speeds reached 90 miles per hour and the tornado had a max width of 100 yards. 

It touched down on the west side of Lake Lincoln around 6:36 p.m. snapping trees and tracked north of Mound Road where a tin roof was peeled off of a shed and dissipated in Northwestern Lawrence County near the intersection of Ras Case Road and Monticello Road around 6:43 p.m. Trees were uprooted along the tornado’s path but no further damage was reported. 

NWS Jackson is conducting more surveys so additional results and tornadoes could be confirmed. We will provide updates on the investigations into these storms.