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EF1 tornado in Leake County, Mississippi

Tornado February 5, 2020 · Leake County, Mississippi

EF1
Rating
9.1 mi
Path length
250 yd
Path width
$55K
Damage as recorded
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 250 yards (0.14 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 tornado crossed Highway 25 and moved along the Pearl River Bottom, snapping numerous hardwood trees. It moved northeast to near Pleasant Hill Road where it caused a chicken house to collapse on itself, and continued to snap several softwood trees in the nearby wooded area. As the tornado progressed along its northeastward path, it reached Highway 35 and caused the uproot of several trees along the Pearl River bottom, where it lifted thereafter. Max sustained winds 100 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 Bertice (32.6636, -89.6748).

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 Attala CountyEF1 Leake County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 874699. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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