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EF0 tornado in Marion County, Mississippi

Tornado June 24, 2020 · Marion County, Mississippi

EF0

Rating

6.5 mi

Whole path

50 yd

Path width

$17K

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Walthall County → Marion 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 EF0 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF0 is light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 65–85 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 started just west of MS Highway 27 along St. John Road and tracked northeast and dissipated just inside Marion County at the dairy farm along Brumfield Road. Along the path, many trees were damaged. This included snapped and uprooted

trees as well as many large limbs broken. Along Highway 27, minor roof damage occurred to one home. Along McKenzie Road, more substantial tree damage was noted and a power pole was taken down. Another area where more substantial tree damage occurred was south of Fulgham Road and at the intersection of Possum Trot

Road. The tornado continued northeast and weakened as it crossed Highway 585 and into western Marion County. Large limbs were blown down, with some scattered uprooted trees as well. The total path length was 6.5 miles. The tornado was rated EF1 with 95 mph winds in Walthall County. Max winds in Marion County were 74 mph. Max width for the entire track was 150 yards.

The wider storm

Daytime heating combined with abundant moisture, lingering boundaries and the effects of a few mesoscale convective systems produced severe thunderstorms. Wind damage was the main concern with these storms.

Began near Kokomo (31.2500, -90.0400).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 913112. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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