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F2 tornado in Quitman County, Mississippi

Tornado November 24, 2001 · Quitman County, Mississippi

Rating

43.5 mi

Whole path

300 yd

Path width

Deaths

Injuries

$7.5M

Damage as recorded

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

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 300 yards (0.17 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What F2 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F2 meant considerable damage: roofs torn off well-built houses, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted; the scale paired it with winds of 113–157 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 touched down in the western part of the county near Walnut and tracked northeast eventually crossing into Panola county. Two women were killed when the tornado destroyed their homes. Numerous buildings were destroyed in the county. A cotton plant was damaged just west of the town of Belen. Over 100 homes were damaged or destroyed.

Began near Sabino (34.1500, -90.4500).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F2 De Soto County F1 Coahoma County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5274077. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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