F4 tornado in Washington County, Mississippi

Tornado November 24, 2001 · Washington County, Mississippi

Rating

30.3 mi

Whole path

880 yd

Path width

Injuries

$9.5M

Damage as recorded

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

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 880 yards (0.50 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What F4 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F4 meant devastating damage: well-built houses levelled; the scale paired it with winds of 207–260 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.

Began near Winterville (33.4667, -91.1000).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F4 Madison County 2 dead F3 Humphreys County F1 Sunflower County F1 Leake County F1 Noxubee County F0 Hinds County F0 Hinds County F0 Oktibbeha County F0 Clarke County F0 Clarke County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5272444. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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