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EF1 tornado in Bolivar County, Mississippi

Tornado December 23, 2015 · Bolivar County, Mississippi

EF1

Rating

61.6 mi

Whole path

800 yd

Path width

Deaths

Injuries

$2.4M

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Bolivar County → Coahoma County → Quitman County → Panola County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 800 yards (0.45 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF1 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF1 is moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 86–110 mph. The rating comes from a survey of the worst damage after the storm, not from a wind measurement, so it says as much about what the tornado hit as about how strong it was.

What the National Weather Service wrote

This tornado began about a mile east of US Highway 61 and moved northeast, downing trees and power lines along the path. The tornado continued into Coahoma County producing more significant damage farther northeast resulting in an overall EF-3 rating.

The wider storm

Abundant moisture and instability combined with a strong upper level system to bring severe storms to the region. North Mississippi endured much of the severe weather this day thanks to atmospheric capping over Central Mississippi.

Began near Hushpuckena (34.0000, -90.7100).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 607010. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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