EF1 Tornado — Washington, Mississippi

2009-10-09 · near Avon, Washington, Mississippi

Event narrative

The tornado started along Levee Road and moved north-northeast snapping and downing several trees. As it crossed Highway 1, several more trees were snapped, a couple outbuildings were destroyed, and a couple of mobile homes were damaged. One framed house sustained shingle damage in this area as well. The tornado continued to the north-northeast and moved into a mobile home complex along Key Road. Here the tornado narrowed and reached its maximum intensity with winds around 110 mph. One mobile home was completely destroyed and this is where a fatality occurred. Two other mobile homes were rolled and moderate damage was sustained to several other mobile homes in the complex. In total, 3 mobile homes were destroyed and 16 damaged. A number of trees and several power lines were also blown down along the rest of the path. The tornado dissipated as it crossed Highway 438 where several large limbs were broken off trees.

Wider weather episode

A potent complex of thunderstorms raced across the northwest portion of the forecast area and brought a line severe storms to the Delta region. Several thunderstorms brought damaging winds to portions of southeast Arkansas, northeast Louisiana, and the Delta portion of Mississippi. A couple of tornadoes also occurred during this event with one causing a fatality in Wayside.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 197132. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.