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F3 tornado in Winston County, Mississippi

Tornado November 24, 2004 · Winston County, Mississippi

F3
Rating
32.5 mi
Whole path
600 yd
Path width
1
Death
2
Injuries
$2.8M
Damage as recorded

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

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 600 yards (0.34 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What F3 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F3 meant severe damage: whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned; the scale paired it with winds of 158–206 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 strong tornado moved into Winston county from Neshoba county and tracked northeast for 12 miles before moving into Noxubee county. Just inside the Winston county line four large chicken houses were destroyed. As the tornado tracked northeast across State Route 393 and 397, a few hundred trees were uprooted and snapped. Several homes sustained minor roof damage. One home was totally destroyed on McBrayer Road. Pieces of the home was blown and scattered across a field for 1/4 mile. Here three vehicles were moved with two of them landing on top of tree debris and the other thrown into a ditch. This home was where the two injuries and one fatality occurred. The tornado was at its widest point here and as it tracked northeast hundreds of trees were blown down. The tornado moved into Noxubee county 2 miles southeast of Ferns Springs. The total path length across northern Neshoba, southeast Winston and western Noxubee county was 21 miles.

Began near Noxapater (32.9333, -88.9833).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F3 Jefferson CountyF2 Lawrence 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 5425478. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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