EF0 tornado — Jackson County, Mississippi

EF0 tornado in Jackson County, Mississippi

Tornado March 26, 2009 · Jackson County, Mississippi

EF0

Rating

0.1 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

$18K

Damage as recorded

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NOAA recorded where this tornado touched down but not where it lifted, so it appears as a point. 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

A weak tornado briefly touched down causing damage around Tucker Street and 8th Street and on Taylor Street. Pacagoula High School experienced light damage when the scoreboard on the football field was blown down and numerous sections of fence were knocked down with debris littering the field. Traffic lights around the area were knocked down and several trees were blown down. Maximum winds associated with this tornado were estimated around 75 mph with a path length around 250 yards and a maximum width of 50 yards.

The wider storm

Several episodes of widespread severe weather and heavy rainfall occurred from March 26th through the 28th as a series of strong upper air disturbances impacted the central gulf region as a meandering and nearly stationary frontal boundary drifted back and forth across the area.

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 160851. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

EF0 tornado in Jackson County, Mississippi

What the National Weather Service wrote

The wider storm

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