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EF0 tornado in Madison County, Mississippi

Tornado March 22, 2022 · Madison County, Mississippi

EF0
Rating
5.5 mi
Whole path
25 yd
Path width
$10K
Damage as recorded

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

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 25 yards (0.01 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF0 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF0 is light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 65–85 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

The tornado mainly caused tree damage and likely began in a wooded area just north of the intersection near Rosehill and Highway 433. The tornado move east across the area, mainly staying in wooded areas, where numerous large limbs were snapped. The tornado intensified in a wooded area off of Scotland Road, where several large trees were uprooted and some snapped. Aerial imagery indicates the tornado path continued eastward along the Big Black River crossing briefly into far northwestern Madison County before lifting. Maximum estimated winds of the tornado was 95mph, total path length was around 5.5 miles and width was 600 yards.

The wider storm

A strong storm system moved through the Lower Mississippi Valley on Tuesday March 22nd. An associated line of severe thunderstorms quickly raced across Mississippi during the day resulting in widespread wind damage and numerous tornadoes.

Began near Scotland Fork (32.6600, -90.2450).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF3 Kemper CountyEF2 Hinds CountyEF2 Hinds CountyEF1 Madison ParishEF1 Warren CountyEF1 Hinds CountyEF1 Yazoo CountyEF1 Madison CountyEF1 Yazoo CountyEF1 Holmes CountyEF1 Holmes CountyEF1 Attala CountyEF1 Clay CountyEF1 Noxubee CountyEF1 Clarke CountyEF1 Madison CountyEF0 Warren CountyEF0 Warren CountyEF0 Copiah CountyEF0 Carroll CountyEF0 Scott CountyEF0 Smith CountyEF0 Lauderdale CountyEFU Yazoo County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1051691. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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