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EF1 tornado in Lincoln County, Mississippi
Tornado November 20, 2023 · Lincoln County, Mississippi
NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Lincoln County → Lawrence County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 100 yards (0.06 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
An EF1 tornado with a maximum speed of 90 mph touched down in northeastern Lincoln County on the west side of Lincoln Lake where it snapped small trees. It tracked just north of Mound Road where a tin roof was peeled off a shed. Trees were uprooted along the track before dissipating near Stronghore and Ras Case Road in northwestern Lawrence County. Its maximum width was 100 yards. Its track length across both Lincoln and Lawrence counties was approximately 9 miles.
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 Heucks (31.6810, -90.3500).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
6 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1144195. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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