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EF1 tornado in Attala County, Mississippi

Tornado February 5, 2020 · Attala County, Mississippi

EF1
Rating
1.7 mi
Path length
300 yd
Path width
$50K
Damage as recorded
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 300 yards (0.17 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 touched down near County Road 5215 and damaged a few dozen trees along with causing roof damage to 2 metal sheds. The tornado then crossed County Road 5213 where more trees were uprooted. Some minor damage occurred to a mobile home and shed. Power lines were down here as well. The tornado dissipated just east of this location. Max estimated winds were 95 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 Kosciusko Arpt (33.0678, -89.5010).

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 Yazoo CountyEF1 Leake CountyEF1 Leake County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 874696. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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