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EF1 tornado in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi
Tornado April 13, 2022 · Oktibbeha County, Mississippi
NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Winston County → Winston County → Noxubee County → Noxubee County → Oktibbeha County → Oktibbeha County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 75 yards (0.04 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.
What the National Weather Service wrote
One of two tornadoes that passed simultaneously through the Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge began in a wooded area of Winston County south of Bluff Lake Road and north of Dummy Line Road. The tornado moved northeast across both roads and uprooted and snapped multiple trees. It continued into northwest Noxubee County just north of Bluff Lake Rd. The tornado moved parallel to Bluff Lake Rd and uprooted and snapped multiple trees along the road. Large limbs were blown down along Office Road before the tornado moved across Bluff Lake. It continued into southern Oktibbeha County west of Bluff Lake Rd. The tornado continued to cause sporadic tree and limb damage along Bluff Lake Road and along Skinner Rd. The tornado dissipated in a wooded area just north of Skinner Rd. The estimated maximum wind gust was 105 mph. The total combined path length was 6.00 miles across the three 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 Sessums (33.2864, -88.7810).
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 1057228. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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