F1 tornado in Sunflower County, Mississippi

Tornado September 24, 2005 · Sunflower County, Mississippi

Rating

3.5 mi

Whole path

100 yd

Path width

Death

Injuries

$50K

Damage as recorded

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

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 100 yards (0.06 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.

The wider storm

This tornado touched down just east of Isola and tracked north-northwest for 3 miles and dissipated just as it moved into extreme southern Sunflower county. The damage began just south of Tram Road where numerous trees were snapped or uprooted. The tornado continued to the north-northwest where it struck a mobile home off Sky Lake Road. The mobile home was flipped into the air and totally destroyed. One fatality and 2 serious injuries occurred at this location.

Began near Inverness (33.2833, -90.5667).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5478317. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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