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Tornado in Yazoo County, Mississippi

Tornado March 22, 2022 · Yazoo County, Mississippi

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Not rated

0.7 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

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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.

Not rated. NOAA lists no rating for this tornado. Ratings come from surveying damage, and the National Weather Service now records “EFU” (unknown) when a tornado hit nothing a survey team could rate.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A storm chaser captured video of a brief tornado south of Satartia and west of MS Highway 3 in the vicinity of Dixie Farm Road. No damage was found during a survey of the area, so the tornado was rated EF-Unknown.

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 Germania (32.6211, -90.5901).

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 1010840. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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