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EF1 tornado in Tunica County, Mississippi

Tornado December 21, 2013 · Tunica County, Mississippi

EF1

Rating

2.7 mi

Path length

200 yd

Path width

Injury

$250K

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

A tornado touched down on Flea Harbor Road in Southern Tunica County and traveled northeast. A church was pushed off its foundation by 10 feet or more. Multiple homes were damaged on Flea Harbor Road. A trailer was rolled and debris was thrown at least a mile from home. Power lines were snapped with large power lines snapped on Six Mile Lake Road. Peak winds were estimated at 90 to 100 mph.

The wider storm

A potent upper level disturbance moved out of the East Texas while a surface low pressure system tracked from Arkansas along a stalled front. Moist and unstable air moved into the Mid-South in advance of the stalled front and the developing low pressure system. As a result a line of showers and thunderstorms moved across North Mississippi during the evening hours of December 21st. Many storms were severe with reports of damaging winds and a few tornadoes.

Began near Hamlin (34.4465, -90.4171).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 Coahoma County 1 dead EF1 Panola County EF0 Tate County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 484471. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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