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EF1 tornado in Smith County, Mississippi

Tornado January 5, 2025 · Smith County, Mississippi

EF1
Rating
6.2 mi
Path length
300 yd
Path width
$70K
Damage as recorded
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

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 began along County Road 108 northwest of Shady Grove where a home suffered generally minor damage to gutters and flashing and a couple of trees were downed. The tornado moved northeast where it intensified and reached maximum intensity of 110 mph, EF-1, near County Road 503. Several trees were downed including uproots and pine snaps, a shed was destroyed with its contents strewn to the northeast, and 5-6 power poles were downed. The tornado then crossed County Road 71 where an oak was downed before it dissipated near County Road 106 where branch and small tree damage was observed.

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 Cohay (31.9013, -89.6415).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 Noxubee CountyEF1 Rankin CountyEF1 Winston CountyEF1 Jefferson Davis CountyEF0 Lawrence CountyEF0 Jefferson Davis County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1235431. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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