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F1 tornado in Hinds County, Mississippi

Tornado March 16, 2002 · Hinds County, Mississippi

Rating

2.0 mi

Path length

300 yd

Path width

$1.4M

Damage as recorded

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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 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

The tornado touched down approximately four miles west of the city of Byram, then tracked northeast two miles. The worst damage occurred along and near Spring Wood Drive and Springdale Road, where nine homes sustained major, structural damage. Thirty other homes sustained minor damage in the area. Otherwise, several trees and power lines were either blown down or uprooted.

Began near Byram (32.1833, -90.3167).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

F1 Jones County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5282572. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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