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EF0 tornado in Clarke County, Mississippi

Tornado February 12, 2025 · Clarke County, Mississippi

EF0

Rating

1.3 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

$5K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 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 developed to the west of US Highway 45 just south of County Road 266 and moved northeast across several county roads and the highway. It broke the tops off and large branches from trees along its path and then dissipated shortly after it crossed the intersection of Highway 45 and County Road 260. Maximum estimated winds were 80 mph and maximum width was 50 yds.

The wider storm

An active weather pattern set the stage for a couple rounds of severe weather in mid February. A large upper trough was situated over the Rockies and associated surface lows moved through and just north of the area. This pattern supported thunderstorms across southern portions of the area which produced wind damage and a few tornadoes on February 12th. A more potent system impacted the area on February 15th where more widespread severe weather unfolded.

Began near De Soto (31.9373, -88.7315).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Newton County EF0 Marion County EF0 Hinds County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1241101. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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