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EF2 tornado in Coahoma County, Mississippi

Tornado July 30, 2009 · Coahoma County, Mississippi

EF2

Rating

33.4 mi

Whole path

600 yd

Path width

$5.1M

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Arkansas County, Arkansas → Phillips County, Arkansas → Coahoma County → Phillips County, Arkansas → Coahoma County → Phillips County, Arkansas; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 600 yards (0.34 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF2 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF2 is considerable damage: roofs torn off well-built houses, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, consistent with estimated gusts of 111–135 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 continued northeast crossing over from Phillips County, Arkansas into Coahoma County, Mississippi and weakend. The tornado produced EF-1 damage near Burke Landing. Two hunting cabins were heavily damaged due to trees falling. An additional three to four houses were damaged. Several trees were knocked down in the area as well. The tornado continued northeast crossing back into Phillips County, Arkansas.

The wider storm

A cold front approached the Mid-South during the afternoon hours of July 30th, 2009. A low pressure center developed along the front as the front moved into the area. The low pressure helped to spawn several tornadoes across the Mid-South. In addition, other storms produced damaging winds, large hail and flash flooding into the evening hours.

Began near Green Grove (34.2497, -90.8372).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 De Soto County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 190640. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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