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EF1 tornado in Jones County, Mississippi

Tornado April 17, 2022 · Jones County, Mississippi

EF1

Rating

2.9 mi

Path length

150 yd

Path width

$3K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 150 yards (0.09 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 touched down in the vicinity of Hoy and Trace Roads and moved to the east. The tornado uprooted several trees and broke large tree limbs along its short path. It dissipated between Sharon Road and Interstate 59. The estimated peak wind gust was 90 mph.

The wider storm

Several rounds of severe thunderstorms produced large hail, damaging wind gusts, and tornadoes through the day on April 17th.

Began near Hoy (31.7763, -89.1332).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Simpson County EF1 Simpson County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1057287. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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