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EF1 tornado in Rankin County, Mississippi

Tornado April 18, 2019 · Rankin County, Mississippi

EF1
Rating
49.0 mi
Whole path
400 yd
Path width
$332K
Damage as recorded

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

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 400 yards (0.23 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

An EF-1 tornado formed near Gum Springs road and Old Pinola-Braxton road just northwest of D'Lo. The tornado moved northeast across Highway 49 north of D'Lo, St Johns Road and Charlie Dixon road uprooting and snapping numerous trees along the path. The tornado continued northeast crossing Conerly Road before uprooting a few trees and dissipating just east in a wood area just east of Wade Patrick Road. Maximum estimated winds 104 MPH. Total path length 7.54 miles.

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 Piney Woods (32.0479, -89.9191).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 Hinds CountyEF2 Hinds CountyEF2 Scott CountyEF1 Jefferson CountyEF1 Copiah CountyEF1 Hinds CountyEF1 Rankin 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 813861. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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