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EF1 tornado in Yazoo County, Mississippi

Tornado March 22, 2022 · Yazoo County, Mississippi

EF1
Rating
1.4 mi
Path length
550 yd
Path width
$40K
Damage as recorded
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 550 yards (0.31 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 moved through rural parts of northern Yazoo County. Snapped limbs could be seen in fields along the roads between Niven Road and Johnston Road. The tornado uprooted numerous trees and snapped large limbs in a community off Johnston Road. One home had a large portion of metal roofing lifted off. The tornado continued to snap trees with a few uprooted as it moved east. Mostly tree damage was observed on Chew Forks Road. The tornado dissipated in a wooded area between Chew Forks Road and Odum Road a few miles north of Highway 433. Estimated peak winds were 90 mph.

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 Pierce Xrd (32.8692, -90.2486).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF3 Kemper CountyEF2 Hinds CountyEF2 Hinds CountyEF1 Madison ParishEF1 Warren CountyEF1 Hinds 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 1012169. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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