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EF0 tornado in Warren County, Mississippi

Tornado March 22, 2022 · Warren County, Mississippi

EF0

Rating

0.6 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

$25K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF0 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF0 is light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 65–85 mph. The rating comes from a survey of the worst damage after the storm, not from a wind measurement, so it says as much about what the tornado hit as about how strong it was.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A brief tornado occurred on the south end of Eagle Lake. As the tornado crossed Eagle Lake Shore Rd, a metal roof was removed and blown downwind and a few power poles were downed. There was also siding and fence damage in the area, but the bulk of the damage was in a very concentrated area while nearby wind-prone structures were not damaged. The tornado lifted shortly thereafter. Maximum estimated wind speed was 85mph.

The wider storm

A strong storm system moved through the Lower Mississippi Valley on Tuesday March 22nd. An associated line of severe thunderstorms quickly raced across Mississippi during the day resulting in widespread wind damage and numerous tornadoes.

Began near Eagle Bend (32.4800, -91.0000).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

24 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1010812. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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