EF1 tornado in Pearl River County, Mississippi

Tornado February 23, 2016 · Pearl River County, Mississippi

EF1

Rating

5.2 mi

Whole path

75 yd

Path width

$25K

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Pearl River County → Marion County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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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

A weak tornado damaged a few mobile homes and shifted one mobile home off its foundation. It also snapped trees and large branches. It continued into Marion County before lifting. Maximum wind speeds in Pearl River County were estimated at 90 mph.

The wider storm

A strong cold front moved through the lower Mississippi Valley. Ahead of the front, widespread severe weather moved through Southeast Louisiana and Southern Mississippi during the morning and afternoon hours of February 23rd. A total of 13 tornadoes occurred in Southeast Louisiana and Southern Mississippi, 3 of which were classified as strong.

Began near White Sand (30.9619, -89.7115).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 617692. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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