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EF1 tornado in Claiborne County, Mississippi

Tornado November 1, 2018 · Claiborne County, Mississippi

EF1
Rating
4.6 mi
Whole path
200 yd
Path width
1
Death
2
Injuries
$80K
Damage as recorded

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

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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 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 a line of severe thunderstorms that progressed from west to east across Claiborne County during the early morning hours. A fatality involving a vehicle occupant occurred as the vehicle ran into a tree that had fallen in the road as the tornado crossed Highway 61. Otherwise, damage was mainly limited to hardwood and softwood trees as the tornado traveled from west to east near and parallel to County Road 462 and crossing Highway 61 about a mile into its path. Maximum estimated winds were 107 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 Ingleside (32.0140, -90.9729).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 Adams CountyEF1 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 785299. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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