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EF1 tornado in Attala County, Mississippi

Tornado March 22, 2022 · Attala County, Mississippi

EF1

Rating

3.4 mi

Path length

200 yd

Path width

$25K

Crop damage

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 200 yards (0.11 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 tornado developed just west of the intersection of Attala Roads 4203 and 4210 where it downed trees before moving northeast. The tornado then crossed through dense forest where significant and uniform tree snapping was observe in predominately pine forest. The tornado reached maximum intensity during this time as it approached Attala Highway 19. The tornado weakened while continuing break large limbs and down intermittent trees before dissipating northeast of Attala Road 3015. Maximum estimated winds were 110mph.

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 Weeks (33.0779, -89.7654).

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 1012275. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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