NEW ORLEANS, La. (WLBT) – The National Weather Service in Louisiana has confirmed the strength of two tornadoes that struck Walthall County on Saturday.

The first tornado, which was tracked from Kentwood, Louisiana, to Darbun, Mississippi, has a preliminary rating of EF-4, with an estimated peak of winds at 170 miles per hour.

NWS data shows the tornado was on the ground for more than 40 minutes – from 12:19 p.m. to 1:02 p.m. – and traveled 35.45 miles northwest.

The second tornado, which was tracked from Tylertown to Darbun, has a preliminary rating of EF-3, with estimated peak winds reaching 140 miles per hour.

It was on the ground for 18 minutes and traveled 15.04 miles from around Tylertown to Darbun.

The storms claimed the lives of six people in Mississippi, including a seven-year-old boy in Walthall County.

According to the NWS figures, the longest tornado path recorded in Mississippi occurred in March 1966, when an EF-5 tornado went through parts of Hinds, Rankin, Scott, Leake, Neshoba, Kemper, and Noxubee counties, ending in Tuscaloosa. 58 people died as a result of that storm, with another 518 being injured.

In all, 42 tornadoes in Mississippi have traveled paths of 50 miles or more. The most recent of those were in April 2011.

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