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EF1 tornado in Neshoba County, Mississippi

Tornado April 18, 2019 · Neshoba County, Mississippi

EF1

Rating

10.3 mi

Whole path

180 yd

Path width

$34K

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Leake County → Leake County → Leake County → Neshoba County → Neshoba 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 180 yards (0.10 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 brief tornado began just inside Leake County where Highway 488 intersects the county line and tracked just south of east where it crossed CR 123 before dissipating. The better tree damage was along Highway 488. Maximum estimated winds were 95 mph. Total path length was 1.71 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 Laurelhill (32.7149, -89.3183).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 821231. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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