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F1 tornado in Simpson County, Mississippi

Tornado April 6, 2005 · Simpson County, Mississippi

Rating

7.0 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

$4K

Damage as recorded

$30K

Crop damage

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 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 just to the SE of Pinola and tracked NE for 7 miles, across State Highway 13, and dissipated near Sanatorium. Numerous trees were uprooted and snapped along the path.

Began near Pinola (32.1667, -89.6833).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F3 Rankin County F1 Leake County F1 Smith County F1 Smith County F1 Rankin County F1 Scott County F1 Lawrence County F1 Clarke County F0 Covington County F0 Smith County F0 Madison County F0 Lincoln County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5451254. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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