EF1 tornado in Wayne County, Mississippi

Tornado April 5, 2022 · Wayne County, Mississippi

EF1

Rating

4.8 mi

Whole path

100 yd

Path width

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Wayne County → Wayne 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

Tornado began west of Maynor Creek Road and south of Jim Pitts

Road estimated by sentinel satellite imagery. Damage was then

noted along Maynor Creek Road where several trees were uprooted

and snapped. A swath of trees snapped along the path that may have

been associated with a secondary vortex south of the main damage

swath. The tornado then continued east across Troy Sanderson Drive

and Dick Sanderson drive where trees were uprooted and snapped. A

couple homes had minor roof damage and a carport was lofted about

40 feet into a tree. The tornado appears to have weakened and

lifted shortly after Dick Sanderson Drive.

The wider storm

A very active Spring severe weather season continued in April. A very strong storm system and associated cold front swept across the area during the morning of April 5th. A very unstable atmosphere combined with strong wind shear led to a severe weather outbreak across portions of the deep south. Eight tornado tracks were found along with other areas of wind damage.

Began near Whistler (31.6704, -88.7751).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF1 Wayne County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1019027. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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