F0 tornado — Madison County, Mississippi

F0 tornado in Madison County, Mississippi

Tornado April 6, 2003 · Madison County, Mississippi

Rating

0.3 mi

Path length

25 yd

Path width

$25K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 25 yards (0.01 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What F0 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F0 meant light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken; the scale paired it with winds of 40–72 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 brief tornado uprooted and snapped several trees.

The wider storm

To put the entire event into perspective, areas just to the N of Interstate 20 and extending W to E across the entire state, experienced a 125 year rainfall event. Rainfall totals ranged from 7 to 12 inches which all fell in about 18 hours. Due to the large amounts of rain, river flooding quickly became a major problem. The Pelahatchie Creek experienced a 100 year flood. The Chunky River, at Chunky, set a new record. This river actually flooded a portion of Interstate 20 which had to be closed for a few hours. The Chickasawhay River at Enterprise also set a record. In addition to all the flash flooding, the river flooding caused major damage to homes and flooded numerous roads.

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5350940. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

F0 tornado in Madison County, Mississippi

What the National Weather Service wrote

The wider storm

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