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EF0 tornado in Hinds County, Mississippi

Tornado February 15, 2025 · Hinds County, Mississippi

EF0

Rating

2.6 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

This brief EF-0 tornado began between South Palestine Road and Oakley Palestine Road where it snapped very small, young trees and broke pine branches. It moved northeast towards Midway Road where the concentrated corridor of weak, sporadic tree snaps was still evident. The tornado dissipated shortly after. The maximum wind speed was 70 mph. The maximum width was 50 yards.

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 Midway (32.1855, -90.4122).

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 Clarke County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1241102. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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