EF1 tornado in Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi

Tornado January 5, 2025 · Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi

EF1

Rating

4.0 mi

Whole path

300 yd

Path width

$41K

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Jefferson Davis County → Simpson County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 300 yards (0.17 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 near the community of Gwinville. Along its path, it uprooted softwood trees and broke large branches. An abandoned building was damaged. An old gas station was shifted off its foundation and porch was uplifted, with its gabled roof having caught the wind. Another single family home had its porch uplifted. it continued to do tree damage before it dissipated just over the Simpson County line near HWY 13.

The wider storm

A potent weather system moved across the region on January 5th and produced a round of severe storms across the region into the early morning hours of the 6th. These storms produced damaging winds and tornadoes.

Began near Hebron (31.7385, -89.9324).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 Noxubee County EF1 Rankin County EF1 Winston County EF1 Smith County EF0 Lawrence County EF0 Jefferson Davis County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1235420. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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