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EF1 tornado in Attala County, Mississippi

Tornado March 22, 2022 · Attala County, Mississippi

EF1

Rating

15.7 mi

Whole path

100 yd

Path width

$615K

Damage as recorded

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

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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 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

A brief EF-1 tornado with maximum winds estimated at 90 mph developed along Attala Road 4110 northwest of Sallis where it produced numerous felled trees in a convergent pattern. The tornado moved northeast from near the intersection of Attala Roads 4110 and 4121 before ending along Highway 12.

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 Sallis (33.0260, -89.7981).

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 1012266. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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