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EF1 tornado in Yazoo County, Mississippi

Tornado February 5, 2020 · Yazoo County, Mississippi

EF1
Rating
8.1 mi
Path length
800 yd
Path width
$45K
Damage as recorded
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 800 yards (0.45 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 storm tracked through mostly rural and wooded areas of Yazoo County. The tornado touched down near Anding Oil City Road. The tornado was at its strongest first along Anding Oil City Road before crossing Old Anding Road and moved northeast over Old Mississippi 49 before crossing Highway 49. When crossing Fletchers Chapel Road, it destroyed a shed and caused minor shingle damage to a residential home. It then continued across Neely, Kirk and Old Dover Roads, causing tree damage, including uprooted and snapped trees. The tornado again intensified back up to the strongest as it crossed Old Dover Road. The tornado weakened before lifting near the intersection of Paradise and Green Roads, causing some minor tree damage. A majority of the damage noted was numerous uprooted and snapped trees all along the path. Max sustained winds were 93 mph.

The wider storm

A strong cold front moved through the region. Ahead of this, storms developed across Central Mississippi and produced tornadoes and wind damage.

Began near Oil City (32.6797, -90.4403).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 Smith CountyEF2 Yazoo CountyEF2 Attala CountyEF2 Jasper CountyEF1 Simpson CountyEF1 Attala CountyEF1 Leake CountyEF1 Leake County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 874692. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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