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F1 tornado in Alcorn County, Mississippi

Tornado January 22, 1999 · Alcorn County, Mississippi

Rating

5.0 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

$75K

Damage as recorded

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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 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

The tornado started on the south side of Corinth and moved northeast. Thirty-one business and several homes were damaged. A metal building was heavily damaged. Some large trees were knocked down.

Began near Corinth (34.9300, -88.5200).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F0 Prentiss County F0 Lee County F0 Prentiss County F0 De Soto County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5685860. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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