F0 tornado in Leflore County, Mississippi

Tornado May 2, 1997 · Leflore County, Mississippi

Rating

1.0 mi

Path length

40 yd

Path width

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NOAA recorded where this tornado touched down but not where it lifted, so it appears as a point. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What F0 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F0 meant light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken; the scale paired it with winds of 40–72 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 was sighted by a trained spotter. It touched down briefly in an open field and then dissipated. It caused no damage.

Began near Schlater (33.6500, -90.3500).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F3 Holmes County F1 Attala County F0 Carroll County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5605520. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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