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EF1 tornado in Lowndes County, Mississippi

Tornado March 31, 2025 · Lowndes County, Mississippi

EF1
Rating
5.8 mi
Path length
300 yd
Path width
$200K
Damage as recorded
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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 weak tornado touched down near Wolfe Road and tracked east to near the Alabama line. Overall, damage was minor, and just scattered tree limb damage and some uprooted trees. The more impactful damage was early in the lifecycle at Wolfe Road and the neighborhood on the east side. Here, a tree was on a home, and 5 homes sustained minor shingle damage. As the tornado crossed Highway 12, peak intensity was noted as several trees were uprooted or damaged. A shed was destroyed, and a fence was blown down. The tornado weakened as it crossed Steens, Dickerson and Steens-Vernon Road then dissipated.

The wider storm

A line of severe storms pushed across the region and produced damaging wind gusts that downed trees and power lines, and damaged several structures during the early morning hours of the 31st. Ahead of the storms, strong gradient winds also produced damage to a similar degree.

Began near Wells (33.5862, -88.3737).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1259260. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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