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F2 tornado in Walthall County, Mississippi

Tornado November 15, 2006 · Walthall County, Mississippi

Rating

22.2 mi

Whole path

125 yd

Path width

Injury

$690K

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Washington Parish, Louisiana → Walthall County → Marion County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 125 yards (0.07 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What F2 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F2 meant considerable damage: roofs torn off well-built houses, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted; the scale paired it with winds of 113–157 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, of strong intensity at several locations, entered Walthall County from Washington Parish LA. The tornado moved northeast across the southeast portion of Walthall County before exiting into Marion County. Several mobile homes were destroyed and roofs were blown off several frame houses. One injury was reported from an occupant of one of the mobile homes. Trees and power lines were also downed in a number of locations. Overall, the emergency manager reported 11 structures with major damage and 5 structures with minor damage.

The wider storm

Severe thunderstorms developed in the vicinity of a warm front that moved north across south Mississippi during the afternoon and evening of the 14th and in advance and along a cold front that moved through the area during the morning of the 15th.

Began near Flowers (31.0136, -90.0200).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F1 Jackson County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 6224. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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