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EF1 tornado in Jones County, Mississippi

Tornado January 3, 2023 · Jones County, Mississippi

EF1

Rating

2.6 mi

Path length

365 yd

Path width

$50K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 365 yards (0.21 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 EF1 tornado touched down near Tom Ben Road and Clifton Walker Road and moved NE. Multiple trees were uprooted and snapped in the area along with many branches broken. One home suffered minor rooftop damage and a cyclone fence was also knocked down. Further down the path, trees withstood heavier damage as winds blew up to 105 mph. The tornado crossed over Tallahala Creek where it eventually dissipated near Claiborne Road. Total path length was 2.6 miles.

The wider storm

A line of storms produce damaging winds and tornadoes.

Began near Errata (31.7617, -89.1008).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1101837. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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