EF1 tornado in Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi

Tornado April 5, 2022 · Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi

EF1

Rating

17.8 mi

Whole path

100 yd

Path width

$190K

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Jefferson Davis County → Jefferson Davis County → Covington 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

An EF-1 tornado formed just west of MS Highway 13 where several trees were snapped in a nearby field. Several trees were snapped or uprooted along Highway 13 just north of Golden Pine Road. The storm continued to track east-northeast, moving across an area from Odom Bass Road to White Rogers Road, mainly causing tree damage. On Mount Zion Road, several tree trunks were snapped, large limbs were snapped, and large hardwood and softwood trees were uprooted. Along Hartzog Magee Road, several areas of hardwood and softwood trees were snapped or uprooted. Most of the metal roofing was removed from a mobile home and a small shed in this area, and a mobile home on White Rogers Road had a portion of roofing removed. The tornado dissipated shortly after crossing White Rogers Road. The estimated maximum wind gust was 105 mph.

The wider storm

A low pressure system moving east along the Arkansas Louisiana border helped to organize a line of severe thunderstorms early in the morning of April 5th. Widespread severe wind gusts and several tornadoes occurred with this squall line as it moved east across Mississippi. Some hail also occurred with these storms.

Began near Mt Carmel (31.6657, -89.8662).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

8 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF1 Scott County EF1 Scott County EF1 Scott County EF1 Newton County EF1 Covington County EF1 Jones County EF1 Clarke County EF0 Lauderdale County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1020092. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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