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F1 tornado in Lawrence County, Mississippi

Tornado November 24, 2004 · Lawrence County, Mississippi

F1
Rating
28.0 mi
Whole path
200 yd
Path width
$1.5M
Damage as recorded

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

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 200 yards (0.11 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

This weak tornado touched down just to the east of Oma and moved northeast for 4 miles as it moved into southwest Simpson county. A few hundred trees were uprooted and snapped as the tornado moved from Lawrence county into Simpson county.

Began near Oma (31.7500, -90.1167).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F3 Winston County 1 deadF3 Jefferson CountyF2 Leake CountyF2 Smith CountyF1 Lawrence CountyF1 Leake CountyF1 Lauderdale CountyF1 Lincoln CountyF1 Noxubee CountyF0 Warren CountyF0 Claiborne CountyF0 Copiah CountyF0 Hinds CountyF0 Madison CountyF0 Scott County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5425293. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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