EF0 tornado in Lauderdale County, Mississippi

Tornado March 22, 2022 · Lauderdale County, Mississippi

EF0

Rating

1.5 mi

Path length

25 yd

Path width

$5K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 25 yards (0.01 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 brief tornado began just south of the I-20 interchange with Will Garrett Road and crossed the interstate, where it was observed and recorded by a storm chaser. It caused minor roof damage to a house along Melvin Swain Road, then continued northeast US 11 before ending along Dixie Highway School Road. Most of the damage along the path was limited to minor tree damage. Special thanks to NSSL for providing the information for this survey. Maximum estimated winds were 80mph.

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 Toomsuba (32.4093, -88.5061).

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 1012496. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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