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EF0 tornado in Copiah County, Mississippi

Tornado April 15, 2011 · Copiah County, Mississippi

EF0
Rating
1.0 mi
Path length
200 yd
Path width
$2K
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 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

This tornado downed a number of trees and large limbs in a convergent pattern along James Road and Tillmantown Lane. Maximum winds were around 80 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 Martinsville (31.8108, -90.3761).

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 Rankin CountyEF1 Scott CountyEF1 Smith CountyEF1 Holmes CountyEF1 Smith CountyEF1 Jasper CountyEF1 Clarke CountyEF1 Jasper CountyEF0 Issaquena CountyEF0 Attala County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 302875. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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