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EF1 tornado in Rankin County, Mississippi

Tornado May 26, 2025 · Rankin County, Mississippi

EF1
Rating
3.2 mi
Path length
70 yd
Path width
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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 70 yards (0.04 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 started just west of Haynes Chapel Road and ended just after it moved east across Lake Road. A tornadic debris signature was noted on radar with this tornado, and several trees were uprooted or snapped as it crossed Haynes Chapel Road. Other minor tree damage was noted at Lake Road. Maximum estimated wind speeds were 90 mph.

The wider storm

Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms developed across portions of Mississippi during the afternoon of May 25th before a west-east oriented squall line developed and spread southward overnight. Another squall line moved through on the 26th as a cold front moved east. Storms produced wind damage and hail.

Began near Fannin (32.3747, -89.8957).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF1 Clarke County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1280169. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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