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EF1 tornado in Yazoo County, Mississippi

Tornado November 1, 2018 · Yazoo County, Mississippi

EF1
Rating
4.0 mi
Path length
560 yd
Path width
$50K
Damage as recorded
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 560 yards (0.32 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 touched down just south of Anding Oil City Road. It traveled east-northeast while crossing Anding Oil City Road a couple of times, while snapping tree limbs and a few tree trunks. When the tornado reached Highway 49, it caused minor damage to a few businesses and a church, along with uprooting several large trees in the area. It continued northeast from there and caused more tree damage before dissipating just past Wells Road. Maximum estimated winds were 95 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 Anding (32.6983, -90.3830).

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 Adams CountyEF1 Franklin 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 785412. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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