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EF1 tornado in Warren County, Mississippi

Tornado April 13, 2022 · Warren County, Mississippi

EF1
Rating
9.8 mi
Whole path
1,320 yd
Path width
$55K
Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Warren County → Issaquena County → Warren County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 1,320 yards (0.75 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

An EF-1 tornado began south of Eagle Lake in Warren County near Mississippi Highway 465, where it snapped numerous trees. The tornado continued east into Issaquena County where it continued to snap and uproot numerous trees. The tornado continued back into Warren County near MS Highway 465. It continued to snap and uproot numerous trees along its path, and then it dissipated just east of US Highway 61. The estimated peak wind gust was 105 mph. The total path length was 10.1 miles across both counties.

The wider storm

A few rounds of severe thunderstorms moved across portions of Mississippi from late in the evening of April 12th through the evening of April 13th. These storms produced wind damage and several tornadoes before a cold front brought an end to storms from west to east.

Began near Eagle Bend (32.4644, -90.9808).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1034338. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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