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EF2 tornado in Adams County, Mississippi

Tornado November 1, 2018 · Adams County, Mississippi

EF2
Rating
1.0 mi
Path length
200 yd
Path width
$500K
Damage as recorded
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 200 yards (0.11 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF2 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF2 is considerable damage: roofs torn off well-built houses, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, consistent with estimated gusts of 111–135 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 a line of severe thunderstorms that progressed from southwest to northeast across Adams County during the early morning hours. The tornadic damage was mainly seen between Highway 61 and Morgantown Road, along the north side of Natchez. Only a few shingles were removed from the majority of homes, however downed power lines, snapped utility poles and snapped trees bore strong characteristics of tornado damage. Additionally, it was the loss of over 50 percent of a roof of a single home that led to the EF-2 rating. Maximum estimated winds were 115 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 Natchez (31.5698, -91.3664).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Claiborne County 1 deadEF1 Adams CountyEF1 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 785297. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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