F3 Tornado — Yazoo, Mississippi
1999-12-09 · near Bentonia, Yazoo, Mississippi
1
Injuries
$200K
Property damage
6.0 mi
Path length
400 yds
Path width
Event narrative
This strong tornado blew down or uprooted thousands of trees and destroyed two mobile homes. One person was seriously injured. Several barns and out buildings were also destroyed and several farm implements were damaged. One of the out buildings had steel girders which were anchored into three foot square concrete pads and buried in the ground. Almost all of these girders were pulled out of the ground and thrown at least fifty yards.
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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5720567. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.