F0 tornado in Yazoo and Holmes County, Mississippi

Tornado November 27, 1994 · Yazoo and Holmes County, Mississippi

Rating

15.0 mi

Path length

100 yd

Path width

$50K

Damage as recorded

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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 F0 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F0 meant light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken; the scale paired it with winds of 40–72 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

The tornado touched down 3 miles northwest of Renshaw and moved out of Yazoo County, 4 miles east of Eden, into Holmes county to 4 miles southwest of Brozville. One home was damaged, another home had roof damage, and one trailer was blown off its blocks. Numerous trees and power lines were blown down.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 10332879. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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