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EF0 tornado in Lowndes County, Mississippi

Tornado February 23, 2019 · Lowndes County, Mississippi

EF0

Rating

0.5 mi

Path length

150 yd

Path width

$35K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 150 yards (0.09 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF0 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF0 is light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 65–85 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

A brief EF0 tornado developed during the evening of Feb. 23rd along Shlater Road west of US 45, where it uprooted and snapped several softwood trees. It quickly moved northeast and crossed US 45 where it snapped softwood trees along the both sides of US 45, and caused roof loss to a mobile home and tin shed along the west side of US 45. In addition, the tin from the storage shed was lofted to the east side of US 45. Additional snapped softwood trees occurred just east of US 45 before the tornado finally lifted. Maximum estimated winds were 85 mph.

The wider storm

A strong storm system moved through the region during the day on the 23rd. Storms developed across the ArkLaMiss and brought damaging winds and hail, which produced some damage across the central portions of Mississippi. As the storms neared the Mississippi and Alabama border, two tornadoes developed in Lowndes County. One of these tornadoes was rated an EF3 and tore across the city of Columbus, producing major damage.

Began near Artesia (33.3905, -88.6540).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF3 Lowndes County 2 dead

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 799230. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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