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EF1 tornado in Clarke County, Mississippi

Tornado March 22, 2022 · Clarke County, Mississippi

EF1

Rating

3.7 mi

Path length

100 yd

Path width

$20K

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 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

This tornado started in an open field south of county road 610. On the north side of 610, several trees were uprooted along with several others damaged. The tornado continued NNE through a wooded river bottom then crossed a portion of county road 618. Here a few trees were uprooted and a couple with broken large limbs. At county road 630, a mobile home had the tin roof peal off and a metal shed taken apart. Other pine trees were damaged next to a pond. The tornado lifted shortly there after.

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 Langsdale (31.9095, -88.6071).

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 1012498. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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