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EF1 tornado in Amite County, Mississippi

Tornado March 25, 2009 – March 26, 2009 · Amite County, Mississippi

EF1

Rating

4.0 mi

Path length

30 yd

Path width

$15K

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 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

A tornado ripped a 200 foot section of roofing material off of a school, removed the roof of a mobile home, and knocked down or snapped numerous trees.

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.

Began near Liberty (31.1700, -90.8300).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Hancock County EF0 Jackson County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 160957. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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