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EF1 tornado in Jones County, Mississippi

Tornado April 13, 2022 · Jones County, Mississippi

EF1
Rating
14.6 mi
Path length
500 yd
Path width
$75K
Damage as recorded
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 500 yards (0.28 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 in a wooded area near Monroe Road in western Jones County. The tornado mainly uprooted, snapped, and damaged trees as it moved east across Oak Bowery Road, Tisdale Road, and Scruggs Road. A couple of sheds were destroyed in this area, and a few mobile homes received minor roof damage. One tree fell onto a home along Sandhill Loop Road. After causing some roof damage to warehouses and homes near the Laurel Industrial Park, the tornado dissipated in a wooded area near the Park. The estimated peak wind gust was 105 mph.

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 Oak Bowery (31.6392, -89.3953).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 Jasper CountyEF1 Warren CountyEF1 Warren CountyEF1 Rankin CountyEF1 Rankin CountyEF1 Leake CountyEF1 Neshoba CountyEF1 Winston CountyEF1 Oktibbeha CountyEF1 Noxubee CountyEF1 Scott CountyEF1 Newton CountyEF0 Rankin CountyEFU Yazoo County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1057154. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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