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F1 tornado in Newton County, Mississippi

Tornado November 24, 2004 · Newton County, Mississippi

F1
Rating
38.0 mi
Whole path
400 yd
Path width
4
Injuries
$7.0M
Damage as recorded

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

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 400 yards (0.23 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 tornado moved into southeast Newton county, south of Hickory, and tracked northeast for 5.5 miles before dissipating. This tornado downed and damaged a few hundred trees before dissipating southeast of Hickory on Parks Mill Road. The total path length of this tornado was 38 miles across Smith, Jasper and Newton counties.

Began near Hickory (32.2167, -89.0167).

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 Lawrence CountyF2 Leake 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 5425422. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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