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

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

As of 12:30 p.m., the tornado was moving northeast at a speed of 20 miles per hour.

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

According to the NWS, flying debris will pose a danger to people without shelter. Mobile homes could be damaged or destroyed and there could be damage to trees, roofs, windows and vehicles.

A tornado warning was in effect for southeast George County until approximately 12:50 p.m

WLOX News received reports of a possible tornado in Pearl River County early 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. According to the family, the barn was completely destroyed and the house was also partially damaged.

Coast Electric reported about 400 customers were without power for a time when the storms hit. As of 4:00 p.m., all of these outages had been resolved, according to the company’s outage map.

Singing River Electric’s outage map shows 253 outages between Jackson, George and Greene counties. Real-time updates can be found HERE.

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