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EF1 tornado in Perry County, Mississippi

Tornado February 10, 2013 · Perry County, Mississippi

EF1

Rating

21.7 mi

Whole path

100 yd

Path width

Injuries

$38.5M

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Lamar County → Forrest County → Perry County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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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 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 was a continuation of the EF-4 Hattiesburg tornado as it was weakening and crossing into Perry County Mississippi. The tornado was at EF-1 strength at 100 yards wide as it crossed the county line then weakened quickly to less than 80 yards wide at EF-0 strength as it crossed Corinth Church Road just south of Highway 42. The tornado dissipated just east of Corinth Church Road in a wooded area.

The wider storm

Thunderstorms developed ahead of an approaching cold front. Some of the thunderstorms became severe with damaging winds and tornadoes. The storms also produced very heavy rain which caused flash flooding.

Began near Tallahala (31.3545, -89.1461).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Wayne County EF1 Wayne County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 434571. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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