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EF1 tornado in Wayne County, Mississippi

Tornado April 23, 2020 · Wayne County, Mississippi

EF1

Rating

1.8 mi

Path length

350 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 350 yards (0.20 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

The tornado formed near Eucutta Road and traveled

northeast, lifting just east of Sugar Hill Road. The damage was

confined to softwood and hardwood trees, some of which were

uprooted and some that were snapped. Thanks to NWS Jackson for

their assistance with this survey.

The wider storm

A strong spring storm system moved across southern states. High values of wind shear and instability combined to generate numerous severe thunderstorms that produced tornadoes and wind damage across southeast Mississippi.

Began near Eucutta (31.8116, -88.8782).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 George County EF1 George County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 886475. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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