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EF1 tornado in Newton County, Mississippi

Tornado April 6, 2025 · Newton County, Mississippi

EF1
Rating
8.5 mi
Path length
150 yd
Path width
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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 150 yards (0.09 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 just south of Tanglewood Road where it snapped trees. It continued north northeast and crossed Ponderosa Road. There, it damaged several chicken houses and a metal farm building. It tracked towards HWY 80 and I-20 where it continued to do tree damage. A mix of softwood and hardwood trees were uprooted in a fairly sporadic manner. It dissipated shortly after Graham Harrison Road. Maximum width was estimated at 150 yards and maximum winds at 95 mph.

The wider storm

On the evening of April 5th into the morning of April 6th, strong to severe storms produced tornadoes, damaging winds and flash flooding.

Began near Roberts (32.2700, -89.2900).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 Jasper County 1 deadEF2 Kemper CountyEF2 Smith CountyEF2 Forrest CountyEF2 Lauderdale CountyEF1 Jefferson Davis CountyEF1 Clarke CountyEF1 Leflore CountyEF0 Jones County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1260074. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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