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EF1 tornado in Wayne County, Mississippi

Tornado April 5, 2022 · Wayne County, Mississippi

EF1

Rating

0.3 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 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 brief but strong EF1 tornado began in the forested area west of

Duncan Hill Road. The tornado then quickly crossed Duncan Hill

Road snapping and uprooting numerous softwood trees. Several trees

fell on a home causing damage to the home. The tornado then

continued into the woods where the path was not able to be

tracked; however, it appears to have lifted somewhere in the

wooded areas east of Duncan Hill Road.

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 Denham (31.6856, -88.5310).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 Wayne County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1019028. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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