{"id":2478,"date":"2025-04-05T23:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-05T23:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/?p=2478"},"modified":"2026-02-04T00:55:40","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T00:55:40","slug":"5-april-2025-schlater-mississippi-tornado","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/2025\/04\/05\/5-april-2025-schlater-mississippi-tornado\/","title":{"rendered":"5 April 2025 | Schlater, Mississippi | Tornado"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Fresh off an amateur damage survey around Wynne and Earle, Arkansas, I headed into Mississippi to intercept a line of storms moving across the river. Embedded supercells were the most I could count on, I figured, and I just worked on zipping down the line from Glover to Banks to Falcon then Eaglesnest. Shelf clouds and rain-obscured lightning dressed up the marshy landscape in the flood plain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls poster=\"https:\/\/image.mux.com\/9vf4AYazh6qbHo02RWIrM02Aw4kC1aCRs2Mpa1HWr1reo\/thumbnail.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/stream.mux.com\/9vf4AYazh6qbHo02RWIrM02Aw4kC1aCRs2Mpa1HWr1reo.m3u8\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/2025\/04\/05\/5-april-2025-schlater-mississippi-tornado\/img20250405-_5__2367_1280px\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-id=\"2479\" src=\"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img20250405-_5__2367_1280px-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img20250405-_5__2367_1280px-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img20250405-_5__2367_1280px-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img20250405-_5__2367_1280px-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img20250405-_5__2367_1280px.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/2025\/04\/05\/5-april-2025-schlater-mississippi-tornado\/img20250405-img_9321_1280px\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-id=\"2480\" src=\"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img20250405-IMG_9321_1280px-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img20250405-IMG_9321_1280px-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img20250405-IMG_9321_1280px-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img20250405-IMG_9321_1280px-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img20250405-IMG_9321_1280px.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption\">Advancing gust front and shelf in the line of storms south of Glover, MS \u2014&nbsp;1843Z<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/2025\/04\/05\/5-april-2025-schlater-mississippi-tornado\/img20250405-_5__2369_1280px\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"2481\" src=\"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img20250405-_5__2369_1280px-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2481\" srcset=\"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img20250405-_5__2369_1280px-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img20250405-_5__2369_1280px-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img20250405-_5__2369_1280px-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img20250405-_5__2369_1280px.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/2025\/04\/05\/5-april-2025-schlater-mississippi-tornado\/img20250405-_5__2379_1280px\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"2482\" src=\"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img20250405-_5__2379_1280px-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2482\" srcset=\"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img20250405-_5__2379_1280px-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img20250405-_5__2379_1280px-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img20250405-_5__2379_1280px-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img20250405-_5__2379_1280px.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption\">Whale&#8217;s mouth crossing the flooded fields north of Banks, MS \u2014 1853Z<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/2025\/04\/05\/5-april-2025-schlater-mississippi-tornado\/img20250405-_5__2392-pano_1280px\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img20250405-_5__2392-Pano_1280px.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2484\" srcset=\"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img20250405-_5__2392-Pano_1280px.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img20250405-_5__2392-Pano_1280px-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img20250405-_5__2392-Pano_1280px-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img20250405-_5__2392-Pano_1280px-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Next shelf cloud inbound from Falcon, MS \u2014&nbsp;1941Z<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/2025\/04\/05\/5-april-2025-schlater-mississippi-tornado\/img20250405-_5__2392-pano_1280px\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img20250405-_5__2392-Pano_1280px.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2484\" srcset=\"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img20250405-_5__2392-Pano_1280px.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img20250405-_5__2392-Pano_1280px-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img20250405-_5__2392-Pano_1280px-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img20250405-_5__2392-Pano_1280px-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Shelf #3 near Eaglesnest, MS \u2014&nbsp;2015Z<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/2025\/04\/05\/5-april-2025-schlater-mississippi-tornado\/img20250405-_5__2400_1280px\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"854\" src=\"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img20250405-_5__2400_1280px.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2485\" srcset=\"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img20250405-_5__2400_1280px.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img20250405-_5__2400_1280px-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img20250405-_5__2400_1280px-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img20250405-_5__2400_1280px-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Disorganized sky, gradually nearing the south end of the line near Tutwiler, MS \u2014 2126Z<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After passing through Tutwiler, a tail-end storm looked like it was remaining discrete to my south. As I got closer on Hwy 49E, the cell came into view with a blocky wall cloud hovering over the trees ahead. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/2025\/04\/05\/5-april-2025-schlater-mississippi-tornado\/img20250405-_5__2408_1280px\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img20250405-_5__2408_1280px.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img20250405-_5__2408_1280px.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img20250405-_5__2408_1280px-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img20250405-_5__2408_1280px-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img20250405-_5__2408_1280px-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Heading south on Hwy 49E north of Minter City \u2014 2149Z<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After the last couple days of outflow driven lines of storms, this was an exciting few minutes as the area beneath the wall cloud took on a dirty brown color. Something interesting was happening and I finally found a farm road with a reasonably good view that still had a row of trees in the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/2025\/04\/05\/5-april-2025-schlater-mississippi-tornado\/img20250405-_5__2418_1280px\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"854\" src=\"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img20250405-_5__2418_1280px.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2487\" srcset=\"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img20250405-_5__2418_1280px.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img20250405-_5__2418_1280px-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img20250405-_5__2418_1280px-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img20250405-_5__2418_1280px-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dusty column beneath the Tail End Charlie cell from just north of Minter City, MS \u2014&nbsp;2152Z<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The fuzzy wall of dirt beneath the storm was strange. There was not a lot of motion throughout, but the right edge was the most solid part and seemed to be the source of the commotion. Chasers closer in confirmed it was a tornado and video seems to show that the right edge was where the marginally stronger circulation was feeding dirt into the larger vortex.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/2025\/04\/05\/5-april-2025-schlater-mississippi-tornado\/img20250405-_5__2411-edit-edit_1280px\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"854\" src=\"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img20250405-_5__2411-Edit-Edit_1280px.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img20250405-_5__2411-Edit-Edit_1280px.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img20250405-_5__2411-Edit-Edit_1280px-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img20250405-_5__2411-Edit-Edit_1280px-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img20250405-_5__2411-Edit-Edit_1280px-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Closer view of the dusty Schlater tornado from just north of Minter City, MS \u2013&nbsp;2151Z<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As the forward flank\/advancing line started to rain on my spot, I took off east along Route 8 to see if I could pop out somewhere with visibility. Although I was trying to come out behind the passing storm and get a view as it drifted to my north, I couldn&#8217;t escape the blinding rain and decided to hold back because of poor situational awareness. I eventually crossed tree debris strewn across the road where it had passed and let the whole thing go as it moved into the hills and trees beyond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The NWS damage survey rated the initial dusty tornado as EF-1. It looks like that  one then handed off to a new EF-1 tornado that was responsible for the damage path across Route 8. After a tough few days it was an encouraging end point with an exciting 15 hours or so from the Arkansas QLCS tornadoes overnight to this odd dust barrel tornado in Mississippi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/2025\/04\/05\/5-april-2025-schlater-mississippi-tornado\/screenshot-2025-12-28-at-5-34-35-pm-1-1920x1148\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"612\" src=\"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2025-12-28-at-5.34.35-PM-1-1920x1148-1024x612.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2489\" srcset=\"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2025-12-28-at-5.34.35-PM-1-1920x1148-1024x612.png 1024w, https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2025-12-28-at-5.34.35-PM-1-1920x1148-300x179.png 300w, https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2025-12-28-at-5.34.35-PM-1-1920x1148-768x459.png 768w, https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2025-12-28-at-5.34.35-PM-1-1920x1148-1536x918.png 1536w, https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2025-12-28-at-5.34.35-PM-1-1920x1148.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fresh off an amateur damage survey around Wynne and Earle, Arkansas, I headed into Mississippi to intercept a line of storms moving across the river. Embedded supercells were the most I could count on, I figured, and I just worked on zipping down the line from Glover to Banks to Falcon then Eaglesnest. Shelf clouds [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2487,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2],"tags":[96,50,40,6,5],"class_list":["post-2478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-storm-chase","category-tornado-chase","tag-mississippi","tag-storm-chasing","tag-storms","tag-supercell","tag-tornado"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2478"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2492,"href":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2478\/revisions\/2492"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}