EF0 tornado — Kemper County, Mississippi

EF0 tornado in Kemper County, Mississippi

Tornado March 17, 2021 · Kemper County, Mississippi

EF0

Rating

0.2 mi

Path length

80 yd

Path width

$5K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 80 yards (0.05 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 brief EF0 touched down near the intersection of Fire Tower and Chapel Hill roads. Ground survey and drone footage showed some trees damaged by being uprooted or having broken limbs. Many thanks to the NSSL research group for the survey. Max winds were 75 mph.

The wider storm

A significant severe weather event was expected on March 17th as a volatile airmass was in place across the region. Ample moisture, strong wind shear and a stout weather system moving through set the stage for significant severe weather. Storms developed during the afternoon and moved east. Some storms did produce large hail and some tornadoes. The primary hazard was from damaging winds as a squall line moved through the region during the late afternoon and evening.

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 951181. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

EF0 tornado in Kemper County, Mississippi

What the National Weather Service wrote

The wider storm

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