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EF0 tornado in Newton County, Mississippi

Tornado March 15, 2025 · Newton County, Mississippi

EF0
Rating
3.5 mi
Path length
75 yd
Path width
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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 75 yards (0.04 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 began in the Bethel community, moved northeastward, and lifted on the southeast side of the city of Newton. Damage consisted mostly of uprooted trees and downed large tree limbs. A home along Bethel Roberts Road sustained minor peripheral damage. The maximum estimated wind speeds were 80 mph.

The wider storm

Isolated severe thunderstorms developed across portions of Mississippi in the overnight hours of March 14th. Coverage of severe storms increased into the morning of the 15th before a squall line developed and moved across the area.

Began near Bethel (32.2767, -89.1952).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF4 Walthall County 6 deadEF3 Walthall County 1 deadEF2 Covington County 1 deadEF2 Humphreys CountyEF2 Carroll CountyEF2 Issaquena CountyEF2 Covington CountyEF2 Jefferson Davis CountyEF2 Jasper CountyEF1 Newton CountyEF1 Covington CountyEF1 Jasper CountyEF1 Clarke CountyEF1 Jasper CountyEF0 Simpson County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1264284. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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