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EF1 tornado in Lincoln County, Mississippi

Tornado June 26, 2022 · Lincoln County, Mississippi

EF1

Rating

2.3 mi

Path length

300 yd

Path width

$75K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 300 yards (0.17 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 tornado developed in central Lincoln County near Monticello St NE. Initially uprooting several small trees and larger branches, the tornado traveled south down Rogers Lane NE with an estimated wind speed of 80 mph. The tornado traveled southwest across

Highway 84 E with estimated winds dropping to near 70 mph. As it continued its southwest track, the tornado began to reintensify. Numerous trees were snapped, and a roof was damaged as the tornado crossed Highway 583 SE with winds reaching a maximum speed of 90 mph, EF1 strength. After crossing Highway 583 SE, the tornado continued for several more miles uprooting several more trees and damaging a mobile home before finally dissipating a few miles between Sammy Trail SE and Adolph Lane SE. The maximum estimated wind speed was 90 mph.

The wider storm

As a cold front moved south into the region, the airmass ahead of this was warm and unstable. Storms developed along and ahead of the front and especially from intersecting outflow boundaries and storm mergers. This resulted in some being severe and causing wind damage. Trees and power lines were blown down, but a tornado did occur and cause some structural damage.

Began near Cam (31.5617, -90.3956).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF0 Rankin County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1025491. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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