EF1 tornado in Sunflower County, Mississippi

Tornado September 25, 2011 · Sunflower County, Mississippi

EF1

Rating

1.4 mi

Path length

200 yd

Path width

$20K

Damage as recorded

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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

An agricultural pivot was flipped over, along with two trees snapped. Powerlines were downed, the roof was blown off a pumphouse as well as a baseball dugout, and some playground equipment was flipped over. The damage started just west of Radio Station Road and ended along Blue Lake Road. Maximum winds were estimated at 95 mph.

The wider storm

An anomalous early autumn storm system brought severe weather to portions of the ArkLaMiss. Tornadoes, damaging winds and large hail occurred in the ArkLaMiss Delta during the evening hours of September twenty fifth. The most significant damage occurred in Cleveland, MS where a tornado damaged portions of a subdivision as well as a Walmart and Sears. The line of storms tracked very slowly to the south and east, causing numerous trees to fall across the Delta as well as flash flooding. Another tornado moved over Sunflower County near Drew. An agricultural pivot was flipped over and a few trees and power lines were blown down.

Began near Drew (33.7866, -90.5467).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Bolivar County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 339761. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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