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EF1 tornado in Madison County, Mississippi

Tornado March 30, 2022 · Madison County, Mississippi

EF1
Rating
5.3 mi
Path length
350 yd
Path width
$20K
Damage as recorded
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 350 yards (0.20 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 touched down along MS Highway 43 north of the intersection with Cotton Blossom Road and traveled mainly parallel to the Natchez Trace Parkway as it moved east-northeast. The tornado uprooted and damaged trees along its path with the most intense damage observed as it crossed the Natchez Trace between Sharon Road and Barnes Road. It dissipated shortly after crossing Pipeline Road. The maximum estimated wind speed of this tornado was 90 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 Barnett Res East (32.5430, -89.9943).

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 Bolivar CountyEF1 Yazoo CountyEF1 Hinds CountyEF1 Hinds CountyEF1 Carroll CountyEF1 Lamar CountyEF1 Lauderdale CountyEF1 Lauderdale CountyEF1 Warren CountyEF1 Hinds CountyEF1 Clarke CountyEF0 Clarke CountyEF0 Lamar County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1035602. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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