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F1 tornado in Walthall County, Mississippi

Tornado April 11, 1995 · Walthall County, Mississippi

Rating

5.0 mi

Path length

30 yd

Path width

Death

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 30 yards (0.02 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What F1 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F1 meant moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken; the scale paired it with winds of 73–112 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

A tornado touched down east of Tylertown. A man was killed when a large tree fell on his mobile home. Civil defense reported 12 houses and 2 mobile homes damaged, 4 mobile homes destroyed and numerous trees downed blocking roads across the county. M40MH

Began near Tylertown (31.1200, -90.0500).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 10333191. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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