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EF1 tornado in Leake County, Mississippi

Tornado April 18, 2019 · Leake County, Mississippi

EF1
Rating
21.6 mi
Whole path
1,600 yd
Path width
$36K
Damage as recorded

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

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 1,600 yards (0.91 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 EF-1 tornado formed near the Freeny community tracking east and southeast for nearly 10 miles. Widespread tree damage occurred across the area. Wind speeds near 110 mph caused two swaths of large pine and hardwood to snap or uproot along a stretch of Highway 488 just east of Madden and off of County Road 210. The tornado dissipated in a wooded area near the Leake and Neshoba County line about a quarter mile east of County Road 21. This tornado continued into Neshoba County. Maximum estimated winds 110 MPH. Total path length 10.06 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 Freeny (32.6963, -89.4811).

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 Rankin CountyEF1 Leake 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 813890. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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