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EF2 tornado in Stone County, Mississippi

Tornado December 25, 2012 · Stone County, Mississippi

EF2

Rating

8.0 mi

Path length

100 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 100 yards (0.06 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

The tornado moved from northeast Pearl River county into

extreme northwest Stone county causing significant damage to a few

homes on Magnolia Road. It crossed Highway 26...snapping numerous pine

trees in the lake Tac-O-Leen campground. The tornado continued northeast

destroying a manufactured home on Will Lee road and heavily damaging

several frame houses. A manufactured home was also rolled into a frame

house. Emergency Management also reported trees down on Progress Road

before the tornado exited Stone County into Forrest County. This tornado

segment in Stone County is part of a 61 mile long track tornado that

went from central Pearl River County to western Greene County Mississippi.

The wider storm

A powerful storm system moved out of the plains on

Christmas, producing numerous strong storms across southeast

Mississippi, southwest Alabama, and the western Florida panhandle

out ahead of a strong cold front and accompanying squall line. Multiple

tornadoes, some long track, were observed along the central gulf coast

region. A total of eight tornadoes were observed across the NWS Mobile

county warning area.

Began near Dean Griffin Mem Arp (30.8390, -89.3410).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 Forrest County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 422089. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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