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EF0 tornado in Carroll County, Mississippi

Tornado March 22, 2022 · Carroll County, Mississippi

EF0

Rating

6.3 mi

Path length

400 yd

Path width

$2K

Damage as recorded

$10K

Crop damage

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 400 yards (0.23 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

A brief, weak tornado developed near Big Hungry Road to the northeast of Coila in Carroll County. The tornado moved quickly northeast through forest land doing intermittent tree damage and reaching a maximum estimated intensity near 80 mph, EF-0. The tornado crossed state road 35 where it damaged a covered awning near a manufactured home. The tornado dissipated shortly after crossing the roadway within forested areas.

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 Coila (33.4021, -89.9330).

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 1012278. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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