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EF1 tornado in Adams County, Mississippi

Tornado November 1, 2018 · Adams County, Mississippi

EF1
Rating
5.0 mi
Path length
250 yd
Path width
$500K
Damage as recorded
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 250 yards (0.14 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 developed along Robins Lake Rd. and moved northeastward across Deer Lake Rd., Timberlake Rd., Lower Woodville Rd., and Grove Acres Rd. before crossing US Highway 61. A large metal shed was heavily damaged as the tornado continued northeast and then through the Meadows subdivision and passed north of the Beau Pre Country Club before crossing Cherry Grove Plantation Road and ended just beyond Kingston Rd. Along the path, numerous trees were snapped or uprooted. About 3/4 of the roof of a home was removed along Robins Lake Rd. On Lower Woodville Rd., a mobile home was shifted off its foundation, had multiple windows broken, and had some walls removed with debris blown downwind. There was another home with roofing material removed at this location. Maximum estimated winds were 105 mph.

The wider storm

A potent storm system for early Fall impacted the region and a line of showers and thunderstorms moved through the ArkLaMiss region ahead of a cold front. A rare combination of instability and wind shear was in place and storms produced tornadoes, along with damaging winds.

Began near Sibley (31.4301, -91.4156).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 Adams CountyEF1 Claiborne County 1 deadEF1 Franklin CountyEF1 Yazoo CountyEF1 Franklin CountyEF1 Madison CountyEF1 Scott CountyEF1 Rankin CountyEF1 Smith CountyEF0 Hinds CountyEF0 Copiah CountyEF0 Rankin CountyEF0 Winston County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 785296. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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