EF1 tornado — Lowndes County, Mississippi

EF1 tornado in Lowndes County, Mississippi

Tornado March 15, 2024 · Lowndes County, Mississippi

EF1

Rating

2.0 mi

Path length

200 yd

Path width

$75K

Damage as recorded

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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

An EF-1 tornado touched down on Ott Road where it damaged a few hardwood trees and moved east. The tornado then damaged several outbuildings and the roof of a single family home, and then it downed trees near Flint Hill Road. From Flint Hill Road eastward to McCool Road, the tornado intensified. A mobile lost much of its roof as the tornado crossed McCool Road. The tornado continued east across Honnoll Mill Road and rural areas near Mayhew Creek where damage to vegetation continued to near the Alabama state line. Estimated peak wind speeds were 90 mph.

The wider storm

A cold front moved through the region and caused a line of storms to push across the area and bring some isolated severe storms.

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1163927. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

EF1 tornado in Lowndes County, Mississippi

What the National Weather Service wrote

The wider storm

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