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F1 tornado in Noxubee County, Mississippi

Tornado November 24, 2004 · Noxubee County, Mississippi

F1
Rating
32.5 mi
Whole path
200 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 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 tornado touched down 1 mile south of were the Neshoba, Winston, Noxubee 21 mile track tornado ended. The first half of the track remained in a pine forest before moving out and across open farm land. In the pine forest, a few hundred trees were snapped and uprooted. Across the open farm land, numerous trees were blown down along with a few power lines. The tornado dissipated 3 miles southwest of Macon.

Began near Mashulaville (33.0500, -88.7000).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5425568. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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