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EF1 tornado in Smith County, Mississippi

Tornado November 20, 2023 · Smith County, Mississippi

EF1
Rating
2.9 mi
Path length
200 yd
Path width
$500K
Damage as recorded
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 200 yards (0.11 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

This tornado touched down in the Center Ridge community along county road 87 and tracked northeast for nearly 3 miles. A few trees were damaged and uprooted. Along county road 82, a large section of a chicken house and few other buildings were damaged. A barn was damaged and a mobile home had siding damage and the porch was blown off. Just before the tornado dissipated, two mobile homes had skirting damaged. The tornado lifted just before county road 93. Max winds were 90 mph and width was 200 yards.

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 Center Ridge (31.9390, -89.4845).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Franklin CountyEF1 Madison CountyEF1 Lincoln CountyEF0 Leake CountyEF0 Simpson CountyEF0 Simpson County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1144391. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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