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EF2 tornado in Kemper County, Mississippi

Tornado April 6, 2025 · Kemper County, Mississippi

EF2
Rating
1.9 mi
Path length
300 yd
Path width
$800K
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 EF2 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF2 is considerable damage: roofs torn off well-built houses, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, consistent with estimated gusts of 111–135 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 EF2 tornado began near Willie Clark Road in the Cleveland community, tracking east northeastward across MS Highway 16, Lynville Road, and Anderson Road before lifting just north of MS Highway 16. Along the path, multiple barns were demolished or heavily damaged, and several trees were snapped and uprooted. Along Lynville Road, multiple box trucks and tractors were turned on their sides and a home sustained minor damage. On Anderson Road, a large portion of roof was removed from a home and a portion of the outer walls fell. Path length 1.9 miles, max path width 300 yards, max winds 115 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 Cleveland (32.7500, -88.8300).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

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

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1260077. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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