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EF1 tornado in Rankin County, Mississippi

Tornado April 15, 2011 · Rankin County, Mississippi

EF1
Rating
7.6 mi
Path length
200 yd
Path width
$400K
Damage as recorded
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 200 yards (0.11 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

This tornado began along Highway 25 just southwest of Sand Hill and ended along the Rankin/Scott County line along Pat Holmes Road. Numerous trees were snapped and uprooted, the roof of a house was damaged, two outbuildings were heavily damaged, two 18 wheeler trailers were overturned and minor damage occurred to a mobile home. Maximum winds were around 95 mph.

The wider storm

A significant severe weather event and tornado outbreak affected portions of central Mississippi, southeastern Arkansas, and northeastern Louisiana on April 15th. This event evolved slowly and brought multiple rounds of severe storms to the region between 3 am and 9 pm. A total of 15 tornadoes occurred during this event with 3 being of the strong variety (EF2 or EF3). In addition, numerous reports of damaging straight-line winds occurred as well as instances of large hail. Some of the strongest storms produced hail from golf ball to baseball size. There were two reports of softball sized hail as well, one in Clarke County and the other in Kemper County. In addition to the severe storms, significant flash flooding occurred over northern portions of central Mississippi.

Began near Sand Hill (32.4800, -89.8900).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF3 Hinds CountyEF3 Neshoba CountyEF2 Attala CountyEF1 Madison CountyEF1 Scott CountyEF1 Smith CountyEF1 Holmes CountyEF1 Smith CountyEF1 Jasper CountyEF1 Clarke CountyEF1 Jasper CountyEF0 Issaquena CountyEF0 Copiah CountyEF0 Attala County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 302485. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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