F1 Tornado — Oktibbeha, Mississippi

2005-09-25 · near Starkville, Oktibbeha, Mississippi

Event narrative

This tornado touched down on the southeast side of Starkville, just southwest of the MSU Campus, in the Sherwood Forest subdivision and tracked northeast for 3.5 miles through the MSU Campus then dissipated at Highway 82.The Sherwood Forest subdivision had several trees uprooted and about 5 homes with shingle damage. The tornado then moved across an open field toward the MSU Campus. The MSU Seed Technology Building sustained major damage to most of the metal/tin structures. A RV was rolled over at this location. The rest of the campus sustained broken windows, downed trees and roof damage to several buildings. The tornado exited MSU Campus and continued northeast. For the last mile, numerous homes sustained minor roof damage and broken windows. Just before the tornado dissipated the University Mobile Home park was severely hit. Eleven mobile homes were flipped over and destroyed along with many others sustaining minor damage. Seven injuries occurred at the mobile home park, all in the destroyed mobile homes. The tornado dissipated shortly there after just before reaching Highway 82.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5479257. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.