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EF0 tornado in Warren County, Mississippi

Tornado April 9, 2024 · Warren County, Mississippi

EF0

Rating

2.1 mi

Path length

150 yd

Path width

$25K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 150 yards (0.09 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 touched down near the intersection of Ballground Road and Possum Hollow Road where it downed a tree onto a church. The tornado moved northeast along Possum Hollow Rd. and blew down intermittent trees and large branches. It dissipated in the vicinity of Oak Ridge Road. Maximum estimated winds were 75 mph.

The wider storm

A line of severe thunderstorms produced significant wind damage, heavy rain, hail, and a tornado as it crossed from Northeast Louisiana into Mississippi during the evening of April 9th. Subsequent heavy rain and storms continued into the daytime of April 10th.

Began near Oak Ridge (32.5017, -90.7213).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Hinds County EF0 Madison County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1186524. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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