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EF1 tornado in Newton County, Mississippi

Tornado May 4, 2021 · Newton County, Mississippi

EF1

Rating

5.5 mi

Whole path

400 yd

Path width

$25K

Damage as recorded

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

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 400 yards (0.23 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

This tornado began along Hopewell Road then tracked northeastward along E L Johnson Road and across Chunky Duffee Road just south of the Duffee community. It crossed into northwestern Lauderdale County and ended near MS Highway 494. Along the path, several trees were uprooted or snapped and several large branches were broken. At least three sheds or outbuildings sustained roof damage along the path. Maximum estimated winds were 90 miles per hour, which occurred in Newton County. Total path length was 5.54 miles .

The wider storm

An outbreak of severe thunderstorms occurred on May 4th. An initial round of supercell thunderstorms that morning brought several brief tornadoes to the area along with a few instances of damaging winds. The main round of storms occurred during the afternoon in the form of an intense line of storms. Widespread wind damage occurred with embedded swaths of significant damaging winds up to 80 mph. This resulted in numerous downed trees, power lines and infrastructure damage. Seven tornadoes also occurred within the squall line.

Began near Duffee (32.4586, -88.9638).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

6 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF1 Madison Parish EF1 Rankin County EF1 Hinds County EF1 Leake County EF1 Lauderdale County EF0 Yazoo County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 959494. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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