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EF1 tornado in Lamar County, Mississippi

Tornado February 23, 2016 · Lamar County, Mississippi

EF1

Rating

1.4 mi

Path length

75 yd

Path width

$10K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 75 yards (0.04 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 just southwest of Jake Johnson Road where it snapped a few trees. It continued northeast along old US 11 and ended just north of East Anderson Road, snapping a few trees and causing some minor roof damage along the way. Maximum estimated winds were 90 mph.

The wider storm

Showers and thunderstorms occurred across the region in association with a potent low pressure system. Some of these storms produced tornadoes, strong damaging wind gusts, and hail.

Began near Okahola (31.2265, -89.4230).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 Lamar County 1 dead EF1 Lincoln County EF1 Pearl River County EF0 Yazoo County EF0 Simpson County EF0 Forrest County EF0 Lamar County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 616801. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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