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EF0 tornado in Neshoba County, Mississippi
Tornado April 30, 2017 · Neshoba County, Mississippi
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.
What the National Weather Service wrote
The tornado touched down just southwest of County Road 505. Along this road it snapped a few softwood trees, one of which fell onto a power line. A flag pole was also bent in half. It also caused damage to the skirting of a mobile home of a storm spotter, who observed this tornado. The tornado crossed this road and lifted in a field to the northeast. The maximum estimated wind speed with this tornado was 85 mph.
The wider storm
During the early morning hours of April 30th, a squall line of severe thunderstorms developed across central Louisiana and pushed eastward across the ArkLaMiss. The line intensified as it approached the Mississippi River and caused wind damage and tornadoes. As the convective system evolved into Mississippi, numerous tornadoes developed along the advancing line, with the most prolific damage occurring along the track of a large meso-scale convective vortex (MCV). This feature tracked roughly from Claiborne County through western Hinds/Madison, eastern Yazoo, eastern Holmes, southeastern Carroll, Montgomery, and northwestern Webster counties. This corridor is where the most significant damage occurred, as well as one fatality. Flash flooding, hail, and other wind damage occurred as these storms moved through.
Began near Mc Donald (32.6869, -89.0975).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
19 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 690586. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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