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EF0 tornado in Copiah County, Mississippi

Tornado March 22, 2022 · Copiah County, Mississippi

EF0

Rating

4.9 mi

Path length

100 yd

Path width

$75K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 100 yards (0.06 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

This EF0 tornado began in a wooded area west of Millsaps Road and continued eastward producing mainly tree damage along Raymond Road, Tanyard Road, and Burney Road. The tornado then became more intermittent as it continued eastward. Along US Highway 51 much of a metal roof was blown off a business and multiple trees were downed, including one on a house. The tornado lifted in the area of Experiment Station Road and Thomas Road, where additional large limbs were downed. The maximum estimated wind speed with this tornado was 85 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 Gallman (31.9580, -90.4496).

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 1012248. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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