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EF0 tornado in Rankin County, Mississippi
Tornado April 9, 2021 · Rankin County, Mississippi
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 the National Weather Service wrote
This tornado began just to the south of Gulde Shiloh Road where several large tree limbs were snapped. The tornado continued north crossing I-20 where it was documented via pictures and video by several storm chasers. The tornado continued to snap large tree branches while crossing US Highway 80 at the Pelahatchie Industrial Park. Additional large limbs were snapped along Lake Road with the tornado crossing County Lake and snapping more tree limbs in a neighborhood along the west shore of the lake. The tornado continued north through a wooded area before paralleling Highway 43. Large limbs were snapped along the highway with two trees uprooted in adjacent fields. The tornado quickly dissipated in a wooded area to the south of Rehobeth Road. Damage was intermittent at times, and it's possible that the tornado may have lifted several times along the primary damage path. Estimated peak winds were 75 mph.
The wider storm
Showers and thunderstorms developed in association with a frontal system moving through the region. Some of these storms produced a few tornadoes, hail, and damaging wind gusts.
Began near Shiloh (32.2509, -89.8439).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
3 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 956518. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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