EF1 tornado in Clarke County, Mississippi

Tornado March 15, 2025 · Clarke County, Mississippi

EF1

Rating

13.3 mi

Whole path

300 yd

Path width

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Clarke County → Lauderdale County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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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

An EF-1 tornado touched down on MS Highway 514 where it uprooted softwood trees. Along its path, the tornado damaged the roofs of several homes as well as a light post and a shed. It continued towards County Road 350 where it rolled a mobile home onto its roof. The unit was heavily damaged. A single family home sustained minor roof damage. Softwood trees were also snapped. The tornado weakened as it tracked northeast toward County Road 350 and only did minor tree damage. It crossed into Lauderdale County at MS Highway 145 and continued to uproot softwood trees. It damaged the roofs of a few homes east of US Highway 45. The tornado continued to do minor tree damage near Causeyville Road and also damaged the roof of another home. It dissipated east of Causeyville Road. The maximum estimated wind speeds in Clarke County were 100 mph. The total path length was 13.36 miles across the two counties.

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 Enterprise (32.1760, -88.7745).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF4 Walthall County 6 dead EF3 Walthall County 1 dead EF2 Covington County 1 dead EF2 Humphreys County EF2 Carroll County EF2 Issaquena County EF2 Covington County EF2 Jefferson Davis County EF2 Jasper County EF1 Newton County EF1 Covington County EF1 Jasper County EF1 Jasper County EF0 Newton County EF0 Simpson County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1264324. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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