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EF1 Tornado — Carroll, Mississippi

2022-03-30 · near Carroll, Carroll, Mississippi

$30K

Property damage

6.1 mi

Path length

250 yds

Path width

Event narrative

This tornado began along Highway 35 where some trees were uprooted and branches were broken. It then continued northeast, crossed Highway 22 and caused more tree damage. After crossing I-55, it continued to to snap tree trunks and uproot softwood

trees. The tornado lifted shortly after crossing Highway 14, just before making it to Highway 20. The maximum estimated wind speed with this tornado was 105 mph.

Wider weather episode

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.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1035597. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.