EF1 tornado — Lawrence County, Mississippi

EF1 tornado in Lawrence County, Mississippi

Tornado May 13, 2024 · Lawrence County, Mississippi

EF1

Rating

0.5 mi

Path length

280 yd

Path width

$120K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 280 yards (0.16 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 just west of Holmesville Road and damaged the Calvary United Church, then quickly dissipated just east of the road. This tornado developed on the north side of am intense downburst and wind swath as a brief spin-up. Despite the brevity, numerous trees were uprooted or snapped along the path with trees blown down to the NE/N/NW direction in a well defined convergent pattern. Power lines were down as well. Roof damage to the church build occurred as the debris was blown into the trees to the north side of the property. Max winds were around 100 mph.

The wider storm

Severe thunderstorms moved across the state of Mississippi and produced damaging wind gusts, a few brief tornadoes, and heavy rainfall. Several swaths of wind produced significant damage.

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1194639. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

EF1 tornado in Lawrence County, Mississippi

What the National Weather Service wrote

The wider storm

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