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EF1 tornado in Tate County, Mississippi

Tornado December 21, 2013 · Tate County, Mississippi

EF1

Rating

6.2 mi

Whole path

200 yd

Path width

$175K

Damage as recorded

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

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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 tracked northeast from Panola County and caused roof damage at four homes near Hammond Hill Road. A two story home received damage when a covered porch was lifted and deposited on to the roof of the garage. Peak winds were estimated at 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 Linwood (34.5539, -90.0313).

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 Tunica County EF0 Tate County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 485067. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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