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F0 tornado in De Soto County, Mississippi

Tornado January 22, 1999 · De Soto County, Mississippi

Rating

2.0 mi

Path length

25 yd

Path width

$50K

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 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

A tornado touched down in Horn Lake. Five homes suffered serious structural damage while 100 other homes had lesser damage.

Began near Horn Lake (34.9700, -90.0300).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F1 Alcorn County F0 Prentiss County F0 Lee County F0 Prentiss County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5685988. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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