EF1 tornado in George County, Mississippi

Tornado June 24, 2020 · George County, Mississippi

EF1

Rating

1.9 mi

Whole path

50 yd

Path width

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through George County → George County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 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

A tornado began just south of Parker Road and traveled

northeast approximately 2 miles, crossing Nena Road and Hwy. 613, before

ending in a pasture just south of Corley Road. Several trees were snapped

and uprooted along Parker Road. In addition, a roof on a home was damaged

and several metal panels were torn from an outbuilding.

Along Nena Road, an outbuilding was destroyed and a mobile home was damaged.

There were also several additional trees snapped. Another outbuilding was

destroyed by a fallen oak tree along Hwy. 613, with another large oak tree

uprooted at the end of the tornado path just south of Corley Road.

The wider storm

A Mesoscale Convective Vortex moved across the area during the morning and early afternoon. Enhanced vertical wind shear with this system combined with a moist and unstable atmosphere led to the development of thunderstorms with embedded mesocyclones, some of which produced tornadoes.

Began near Agricola (30.7910, -88.5151).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF1 George County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 899952. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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