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F2 tornado in Attala County, Mississippi

Tornado November 10, 2002 · Attala County, Mississippi

Rating

10.0 mi

Whole path

1,000 yd

Path width

$135K

Damage as recorded

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

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 1,000 yards (0.57 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

This tornado initially developed near the Madison/Attala County line, about 9.5 miles south of Boyette around 7:30 PM. It briefly crossed into Leake County around 7:32 PM, before crossing back into Attala County at 7:34 PM. It moved north-northeast across the southern part of the county, resulting in many uprooted trees. The tornado dissipated about 7 miles south of Kosciusko around 7:40 PM.

Began near Kosciusko (32.9167, -89.6500).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F3 Lowndes County F1 Lowndes County 1 dead F1 Winston County F1 Lowndes County F1 Winston County F1 Madison County F1 Marion County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5322999. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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