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EF1 tornado in Madison County, Mississippi

Tornado November 20, 2023 · Madison County, Mississippi

EF1

Rating

2.3 mi

Path length

350 yd

Path width

$60K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 350 yards (0.20 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 near the intersection of Sharon Road and Moss Road and ended near MS Highway 16. It caused mostly tree damage consisting of uprooted hardwood and softwood trees, and it also damaged a few small buildings. A TDS was noted on radar with this storm. Estimated peak winds were 95 mph.

The wider storm

A potent weather system developed and tracked across the Lower Mississippi River Valley during the evening of November 20. This system and associated convective activity resulted storms that produced hail, wind damage, and several tornadoes.

Began near Shocco (32.6040, -89.9400).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Franklin County EF1 Lincoln County EF1 Smith County EF0 Leake County EF0 Simpson County EF0 Simpson County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1144193. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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