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EF0 tornado in Hinds County, Mississippi

Tornado May 9, 2024 · Hinds County, Mississippi

EF0
Rating
4.9 mi
Path length
105 yd
Path width
$40K
Damage as recorded
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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 105 yards (0.06 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF0 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF0 is light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 65–85 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-0 tornado began approximately one-third of a mile north of Interstate 20 near Thompson Drive, where trees were damaged or blown down on a section of private property. It moved east-southeast across Interstate 20 and Old Highway 80 where large branches were broken and trees were uprooted. After it crossed I-20, it continued to snap large tree branches along the Frontage Road. The tornado then moved southeast across a large field and dissipated near Champion Hill Road, where softwood tree branches were broken. A tornadic debris signature was observed on radar with this storm. Estimated peak winds were 85 mph.

The wider storm

Severe thunderstorms moved across the state of Mississippi and produced damaging wind gusts, hail, and one tornado. Two swaths of wind produced significant damage.

Began near Champion Hill (32.3659, -90.5406).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1181324. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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