F1 tornado in Sunflower County, Mississippi

Tornado November 24, 2001 · Sunflower County, Mississippi

Rating

10.0 mi

Whole path

400 yd

Path width

$130K

Damage as recorded

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

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 400 yards (0.23 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What F1 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F1 meant moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken; the scale paired it with winds of 73–112 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

A supercell thunderstorm produced an F1 tornado that touched down in the northern part of the county, about three miles northwest of Lombardy. The storm travelled northeast and moved into Coahoma County, about six miles north of Lombardy. The tornado destroyed one mobile home and caused major damage to two houses, and minor damage to one house. Total damage is estimated to be around $80 thousand.

Began near Lombardy (33.9333, -90.6500).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F4 Madison County 2 dead F4 Washington County F3 Humphreys 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 5272552. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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