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F2 tornado in Harrison County, Mississippi

Tornado April 12, 1994 · Harrison County, Mississippi

Rating

2.0 mi

Path length

100 yd

Path width

Deaths

Injuries

$5.0M

Damage as recorded

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NOAA recorded where this tornado touched down but not where it lifted, so it appears as a point. 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

Twenty mobile homes were totally destroyed and four brick homes were partially destroyed. At least four businesses were damaged. The two deaths and the fifteen injuries all occurred in mobile homes. Numerous trees and power lines were blown down. Damage was estimated at near one million dollars. F57M M08M

Began near Woolmarket (30.4700, -89.0500).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 10330645. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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