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F2 tornado in Lincoln County, Mississippi

Tornado January 27, 1994 · Lincoln County, Mississippi

Rating

6.0 mi

Path length

40 yd

Path width

Injuries

$500K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 40 yards (0.02 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What F2 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F2 meant considerable damage: roofs torn off well-built houses, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted; the scale paired it with winds of 113–157 mph, figures later judged too high, especially toward the top of the scale, and revised downward in the Enhanced Fujita scale. Ratings then, as now, came from the damage.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Within the broad damage path across Lincoln county was a distinct path of convergent damage. Several mobile homes were totally destroyed. One frame house was totally destroyed. A sawmill was totally destroyed. Seven people were injured in the mobile homes. Many trees and power poles and lines were blown down.

Began near To 2 E Brookhaven (31.5200, -90.5200).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 10330126. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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