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EF1 tornado in Madison County, Mississippi

Tornado March 22, 2022 · Madison County, Mississippi

EF1
Rating
20.3 mi
Whole path
350 yd
Path width
$147K
Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Hinds County → Hinds County → Madison County → Madison County → Madison County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 350 yards (0.20 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF1 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF1 is moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 86–110 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

The tornado began in a small community near Kearney Park Road where the roof was blown off the back half of a mobile home. Siding was also ripped off of the sides. A detached carport at a nearby home was destroyed and blown across the yard. In addition, a large section of shingles and covering underneath were ripped off a mobile home across the street and a large pine tree behind the home had several large limbs snapped. The tornado tracked east across Harris and Cane Creek Roads, uprooting and snapping trees along the path. The tornado was rated an EF-1 with 90 mph winds at the peak intensity.

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 Flora (32.5676, -90.3164).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF3 Kemper CountyEF2 Hinds CountyEF1 Madison ParishEF1 Warren CountyEF1 Hinds CountyEF1 Yazoo CountyEF1 Yazoo CountyEF1 Madison CountyEF1 Yazoo CountyEF1 Holmes CountyEF1 Holmes CountyEF1 Attala CountyEF1 Clay CountyEF1 Noxubee CountyEF1 Clarke CountyEF1 Madison CountyEF0 Warren CountyEF0 Warren CountyEF0 Copiah CountyEF0 Carroll CountyEF0 Scott CountyEF0 Smith CountyEF0 Lauderdale CountyEFU Yazoo County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1012161. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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