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F3 tornado in Union County, Mississippi

Tornado February 24, 2001 · Union County, Mississippi

Rating

6.0 mi

Path length

150 yd

Path width

$100K

Damage as recorded

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NOAA recorded where this tornado touched down but not where it lifted, so it appears as a point. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What F3 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F3 meant severe damage: whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned; the scale paired it with winds of 158–206 mph, figures later judged too high, especially toward the top of the scale, and revised downward in the Enhanced Fujita scale. Ratings then, as now, came from the damage.

What the National Weather Service wrote

The tornado continued to move northeast across extreme southeast Union county from Pontotoc county. The tornado moved into northern Lee county near Corrona. While the tornado was in Union county, a couple of mobile home were destroyed. Nine mobile homes and several houses were damaged. Some trees and power lines were also knocked down.

Began near Blue Spgs (33.9000, -89.0000).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F3 Pontotoc County 6 dead F3 Calhoun County F3 Lee County F3 Prentiss County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5232921. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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