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EF1 tornado in Rankin County, Mississippi

Tornado April 18, 2019 · Rankin County, Mississippi

EF1
Rating
3.1 mi
Path length
50 yd
Path width
$10K
Damage as recorded
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 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 began of off North Bierdeman road, then tracked northeast across Flowood drive where it uprooted and snapped a few more trees near Merit Health River Oaks. The tornado then crossed Lakeland Drive and snapped a few more trees near Jackson Preparatory School. The tornado ended near Pin Oak Drive where it snapped some large limbs. Maximum estimated winds 100 MPH.

The wider storm

During the daytime hours of April 18th, a developing storm system helped generate a large line of thunderstorms which then moved across the region. From this, a regional outbreak of tornadoes along with widespread wind damage occurred. This line became efficient at producing tornadoes as a meso-scale vortex developed. The combination of multiple environmental features, set the stage for 43 tornadoes to occur over the forecast area. This ranks as 4th most for a single event across the forecast area. In addition to the tornadoes, widespread wind damage occurred as well.

Began near Flowood (32.2973, -90.1294).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 Hinds CountyEF2 Hinds CountyEF2 Copiah CountyEF2 Scott CountyEF1 Jefferson CountyEF1 Copiah CountyEF1 Hinds CountyEF1 Rankin CountyEF1 Rankin CountyEF1 Rankin CountyEF1 Leake CountyEF1 Scott CountyEF1 Scott CountyEF1 Leake CountyEF1 Neshoba CountyEF1 Neshoba CountyEF1 Neshoba CountyEF1 Neshoba CountyEF1 Neshoba CountyEF1 Winston CountyEF1 Winston CountyEF1 Noxubee CountyEF1 Noxubee CountyEF1 Lowndes CountyEF1 Scott CountyEF0 Lincoln CountyEF0 Rankin CountyEF0 Kemper CountyEF0 Winston CountyEF0 Winston County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 813858. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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