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EF1 tornado in Bolivar County, Mississippi

Tornado March 30, 2022 · Bolivar County, Mississippi

EF1
Rating
7.9 mi
Path length
450 yd
Path width
$60K
Damage as recorded
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 450 yards (0.26 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

This tornado began near Three Way Road where it turned a manufactured home on its side before crossing Holmes Lake Road, where it snapped tree trunks and caused roofing damage to a small farm outbuilding. The tornado continued across Highway 32 onto Shelby-Deeson Road. Along this road, several houses suffered from exterior and roof damage, including the collapse of chimneys, carports, and metal siding. The tornado then continued northeast, snapping wood poles and tree trunks until lifting shortly after crossing Highway 278. The maximum estimated wind speed for this tornado was 110 mph.

The wider storm

A strong weather system interacted with an unstable airmass to bring widespread severe weather to the region. There was copious amounts of wind energy in the atmosphere ahead of the squall line to bring down trees and power lines from gradient winds. In addition, damaging winds and tornadoes occurred within the squall line as it moved through Louisiana, Arkansas and Mississippi.

Began near Wyandotte (33.9020, -90.8206).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

19 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF2 Noxubee CountyEF2 Leake CountyEF2 Forrest CountyEF2 Madison ParishEF1 Holmes CountyEF1 Bolivar CountyEF1 Yazoo CountyEF1 Hinds CountyEF1 Hinds CountyEF1 Carroll CountyEF1 Madison CountyEF1 Lamar CountyEF1 Lauderdale CountyEF1 Lauderdale CountyEF1 Warren CountyEF1 Hinds CountyEF1 Clarke CountyEF0 Clarke CountyEF0 Lamar County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1034263. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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