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EF1 tornado in Carroll County, Mississippi

Tornado May 18, 2025 · Carroll County, Mississippi

EF1
Rating
14.4 mi
Path length
1,100 yd
Path width
$500K
Damage as recorded
$400K
Crop damage
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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 1,100 yards (0.62 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 along US Highway 82 just north of Greenwood-Leflore Airport. The tornado tracked southeastward across portions of Carroll County and lifted along County Road 32, just west of the Montgomery County line. The most intense damage occurred along the Highway 82 corridor, where peak winds were estimated to be 105mph. Thousands of hardwood and softwood trees were snapped or uprooted, with several falling onto homes, fences, and utility lines. Numerous power lines were downed as well. Additional damage included roof damage to several single-family residences, as well as the destruction or significant damage to multiple sheds and other outbuildings along the tornado's path.

The wider storm

Severe storms produced damaging wind gusts across north central Mississippi.

Began near Valley Hill (33.5062, -90.0642).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1272871. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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