EF1 tornado — George County, Mississippi

EF1 tornado in George County, Mississippi

Tornado April 23, 2020 · George County, Mississippi

EF1

Rating

2.3 mi

Path length

200 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 200 yards (0.11 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 first touched down just east of

Highway 63 on Inland Beach Road. The tornado continued mainly

east and crossed Beaver Dam Road and lifted just east of Jones

Road and south of Northside Church Road. The tornado resulted in

primarily damage to trees, snapping some softwood trees and

uprooting hardwood trees along the path. A few homes were damaged

by the downed trees and a few homes experienced some minor roof

damage.

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.

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 886476. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

EF1 tornado in George County, Mississippi

What the National Weather Service wrote

The wider storm

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