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EF1 tornado in Newton County, Mississippi

Tornado March 15, 2025 · Newton County, Mississippi

EF1
Rating
6.7 mi
Path length
300 yd
Path width
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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 tornado was observed developing north of Interstate 20 between Newton and Hickory by storm chasers. It tracked northeastward across MS Highway 503 then northeastward through the Lebanon community, and lifted near the intersection of Chapel Hill Road and Barnett Rd. Several trees were uprooted and snapped along the path. Relatively minor structural damage occurred along the path due to wind, including two homes on AC Thompson which sustained minor damage, and a carport which was damaged along Chapel Hill Rd. Estimated maximum winds were 105 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 Newton Okeefe Arpt (32.3532, -89.0895).

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 Covington CountyEF1 Jasper CountyEF1 Clarke CountyEF1 Jasper CountyEF0 Newton CountyEF0 Simpson County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1264285. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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