Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Mississippi Tornado Count Up To 9

Here is the latest list from NWS in Jackson:
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
145 PM CST WED DEC 1 2010

...CONFIRMED TORNADO COUNT UPDATED TO NINE SO FAR FROM THE SEVERE
WEATHER OUTBREAK OF MONDAY THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. NWS
JACKSON STAFF CONTINUE SURVEYS THIS AFTERNOON...

COUNTY: CLAY
BEGINNING POINT: 3.0 MILES NNW OF WEST POINT AT 1126 PM CST 11/29
ENDING POINT: 4.0 MILES N OF WEST POINT AT 1129 PM CST 11/29
RATING: EF1, MAX ESTIMATED WINDS 90 MPH
PATH LENGTH: 2.0 MILES
MAXIMUM WIDTH: 150 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0

SUMMARY OF DAMAGE: THE TORNADO STARTED NEAR HIGHWAY 45 ALTERNATE
NORTH-NORTHWEST OF WEST POINT...WHERE A FEW TREES WERE SNAPPED AND A
ROAD SIGN WAS TWISTED. A BILLBOARD WAS BLOWN APART WITH TIN FROM
THE BILLBOARD SCATTERED ACROSS A FIELD. NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF TVA
ROAD AND HAZELWOOD ROAD...SIX HOMES HAD MINOR SHINGLE DAMAGE...AND
FIVE SHEDS WERE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. MULTIPLE TREES WERE UPROOTED
AND SNAPPED.


COUNTY/COUNTIES: WARREN
BEGINNING POINT: 3.0 MILES NE OF VICKSBURG AT 804 PM CST 11/29
ENDING POINT: 4.5 MILES NE OF VICKSBURG AT 806 PM CST 11/29
RATING: EF0, MAX ESTIMATED WINDS 70 MPH
PATH LENGTH: 1.5 MILES
MAXIMUM WIDTH: 25 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0

SUMMARY OF DAMAGE: THE TORNADO DOWNED TREES ALONG CULKIN
ROAD...FREETOWN ROAD AND IN A NEARBY SUBDIVISION INCLUDING A LARGE
TREE THAT FELL ACROSS CULKIN ROAD. THE TORNADO ALSO DOWNED
POWERLINES IN THE AREA.


COUNTY/COUNTIES: SMITH
BEGINNING POINT: 2.5 MILES E OF TRAXLER AT 243 AM CST 11/30
ENDING POINT: 6 MILES NE OF RALEIGH AT 258 AM CST 11/30
RATING: EF2, MAX ESTIMATED WINDS 125 MPH
PATH LENGTH: 11 MILES
MAXIMUM WIDTH: 0.3 MILE
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0

SUMMARY OF DAMAGE: AT ITS WIDEST POINT THE TORNADO PRODUCED
SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO A BRICK HOME...REMOVING HALF OF THE ROOF AND
SEVERELY DAMAGING THE REMAINING HALF. THE WALLS OF THE HOME FELL IN
THE SECTION OF THE HOUSE WHERE THE ROOF WAS REMOVED. SEVERAL OTHER
HOUSES RECEIVED MINOR TO MODERATE ROOF DAMAGE. NUMEROUS SHEDS AND
SMALL BARNS WERE DESTROYED OR DAMAGED. TIN ROOFING AND SIDING WAS
REMOVED FROM A STORAGE SHED...SOME OF WHICH BECAME PROJECTILES THAT
WERE FORCED THROUGH THE WALLS OF A WOOD FRAME HOUSE. A MOBILE HOME
WAS BLOWN FROM ITS FOUNDATION. WIDESPREAD TREE DAMAGE OCCURRED.


COUNTY/COUNTIES: OKTIBBEHA
BEGINNING POINT: 1.5 MILES SW OF STARKVILLE AT 1108 PM CST 11/29
ENDING POINT: STARKVILLE AT 1109 PM CST 11/29
RATING: EF2, MAX ESTIMATED WINDS 115 MPH
PATH LENGTH: 1.5 MILES
MAXIMUM WIDTH: 200 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: SOME MINOR INJURIES

SUMMARY OF DAMAGE: INITIAL DAMAGE WAS ROOF AND SIDING DAMAGE TO A
CHURCH ALONG LYNN LANE. THE TORNADO MOVED NORTHEAST THROUGH AN AREA
OF APARTMENT BUILDINGS, CAUSING MINOR TO MODERATE ROOF DAMAGE TO A
NUMBER OF BUILDINGS, AS WELL AS DOWNING SEVERAL TREES. THE TORNADO
THEN MOVED INTO THE PINES TRAILER PARK, WHERE IT DESTROYED A NUMBER
OF MOBILE HOMES. TWO LARGE MOBILE HOMES WERE ROLLED AND DESTROYED,
AND SEVERAL MOBILE HOMES WERE MOVED A SUBSTANTIAL DISTANCE AND
DESTROYED. NUMEROUS LARGE PINE TREES WERE SNAPPED NEAR THE BASE,
WITH SEVERAL LANDING ON MOBILE HOMES CAUSING MAJOR DAMAGE. NUMEROUS
UTILITY LINES WERE SNAPPED AND DOWNED, AND A COUPLE OF POLES WERE
DOWNED. THIS WAS THE LOCATION OF MAXIMUM DAMAGE. THE TORNADO THEN
MOVED NORTHEAST ACROSS LOUISVILLE ROAD, CAUSING ROOF DAMAGE TO
SEVERAL HOMES AND CONTINUING TO SNAP TREES. IT MOVED THROUGH
ANOTHER TRAILER PARK, BLOWING OUT THE SKIRTING ON SEVERAL MOBILE
HOMES AND CAUSING MINOR ROOF AND STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO A COUPLE. AS
THE TORNADO PASSED THROUGH THE EAST SIDE OF THE STARKVILLE HIGH
SCHOOL COMPLEX, IT TWISTED SOME LIGHT STANDARDS ON THE ATHLETIC
FIELDS AND CAUSED SOME MINOR FENCE DAMAGE. IT THEN CROSSED YELLOW
JACKET DRIVE, BLOWING OUT A PORCH ON A RESTAURANT AND CAUSING SOME
MINOR ROOF DAMAGE. AS IT CROSSED HIGHWAY 12, IT BLEW DOWN A COUPLE
OF TRAFFIC LIGHTS, BLEW OUT A BUSINESS SIGN, AND DAMAGED ANOTHER
PORCH ON A RESTAURANT. THE TORNADO SNAPPED A FEW TREES AND CAUSED
SOME SHINGLE DAMAGE TO A COUPLE OF HOMES ON SOUTH MONTGOMERY STREET,
AND THEN APPEARS TO HAVE DISSIPATED. THE TORNADO WAS RATED EF2
BASED ON THE SMALL AREA OF THE MOST INTENSE DAMAGE IN THE PINES
TRAILER PARK; THE REMAINDER OF THE DAMAGE WAS GENERALLY EF1 IN
NATURE.


COUNTY/COUNTIES: LEAKE/ATTALA
BEGINNING POINT: 3.5 MILES NW OF THOMASTOWN AT 938 PM CST 11/29
ENDING POINT: 3 MILES E OF MCADAMS AT 950 PM CST 11/29
RATING: EF3, MAX ESTIMATED WINDS 140 MPH
PATH LENGTH: 10 MILES
MAXIMUM WIDTH: 400 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 6

SUMMARY OF DAMAGE: THE INITIAL DAMAGE WHERE THE TORNADO DEVELOPED
WAS LIMITED TO SOME MINOR TREE DAMAGE ALONG BUDDY ODOM ROAD. THE
TORNADO TRACKED NORTH NORTHEAST AND RAPIDLY BECAME STRONG, WITH EF2
AND LOW END EF3 DAMAGE OCCURRING ALONG THE REST OF THE PATH. THE
TORNADO AFFECTED SHILOH AND BUDDY ODOM ROADS AS WELL AS STATE
HIGHWAY 429 IN LEAKE COUNTY; AND COUNTY ROADS 4022, 4033, 4126,
4045, 4171, 4142 AND STATE HIGHWAY 14 IN ATTALA COUNTY. SEVERAL
MOBILE HOMES, INCLUDING AT LEAST TWO DOUBLE WIDES, WERE COMPLETELY
DESTROYED AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS ALONG THE PATH, WITH DEBRIS CARRIED
WELL AWAY FROM THE REMAINS. IMPRESSIVE TREE DAMAGE OCCURRED AT
NUMEROUS LOCATIONS ALONG THE PATH, INCLUDING A COUPLE OF LOCATIONS
WHERE SOME DEBARKING/DENUDING WAS NOTED. VEHICLES WERE ROLLED OR
TOSSED AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS. A FRAME HOME WAS PUSHED OFF ITS
FOUNDATION AND A NUMBER OF FRAME HOMES SUFFERED MODERATE TO MAJOR
ROOF DAMAGE. NUMEROUS POWER POLES WERE SNAPPED ALONG THE PATH. THE
WIDEST POINT OF THE DAMAGE PATH WAS AROUND A QUARTER MILE, AND WAS
NEAR HIGHWAY 14 IN ATTALA COUNTY.


COUNTY: YAZOO TORNADO #1
BEGINNING POINT: YAZOO CITY AT 807 PM CST 11/29
ENDING POINT: 2.1 MILES NE OF YAZOO CITY AT 810 PM CST 11/29
RATING: EF2 MAX ESTIMATED WINDS 115 MPH
PATH LENGTH: 2.1 MILES
MAXIMUM WIDTH: 150 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0

SUMMARY OF DAMAGE: THIS STORM TRACKED THROUGH DOWNTOWN YAZOO CITY.
IT DAMAGED SEVERAL BUILDINGS...MOST OF WHICH WAS ROOF DAMAGE...BUT
ONE BUILDING HAD SOME EXTERIOR WALLS DESTROYED ALSO. NUMEROUS
WINDOWS WERE BLOWN OUT OF DOWNTOWN BUILDINGS AND A LARGE AREA OF
SIDING WAS TORN FROM ANOTHER BUILDING. THE TORNADO KNOCKED DOWN
TREES AND DAMAGED THE ROOF AT THE COUNTY COURTHOUSE. DAMAGE IN THE
DOWNTOWN AREA WAS THE STRONGEST FOR THIS TORNADO AND RATED AS EF2.

THE TORNADO WEAKENED AS IT MOVED NORTHEAST FOR ABOUT A MILE WITH
ONLY SCATTERED TREE DAMAGE OCCURRING. AS THE TORNADO CROSSED JERRY
CLOWER BLVD...IT STRENGTHENED AND SNAPPED A POWER POLE AND DAMAGED
THE ROOF OF A STORE. THE TORNADO WEAKENED AGAIN PRODUCING ITS FINAL
DAMAGE TO TREES ON HONEYCUTT ROAD.


COUNTY: YAZOO TORNADO #2
BEGINNING POINT: 15.5 MILES SW OF YAZOO CITY AT 746 PM CST 11/29
ENDING POINT: 4 MILES SW OF YAZOO CITY AT 800 PM CST 11/29
RATING: EF2 MAX ESTIMATED WINDS 125 MPH
PATH LENGTH: 11.5 MILES
MAXIMUM WIDTH: 200 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0

SUMMARY OF DAMAGE: NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER POLES SNAPPED AND TREES
UPROOTED. SEVERAL IRRIGATION PUMPS WERE FLIPPED OVER. SEVERAL HOMES
RECEIVED EXTENSIVE ROOF AND WALL DAMAGE. A SINGLE WIDE MOBILE HOME
WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED. THE ROOF WAS TORN OFF A MEDAL FRAME
BUILDING AND TWO SEMI-TRUCKS WERE FLIPPED OVER.

STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE

AN AREA OF SIGNIFICANT STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE OCCURRED ABOUT ONE
MILE SOUTH OF THE YAZOO CITY TORNADO TRACK. TWO TREES WERE KNOCKED
DOWN ONTO A HOUSE...TEN POWER POLES WERE SNAPPED AND BUILDINGS
DAMAGED ON THE BROADWAY STREET HILL...AND ADDITIONAL TREES WERE
DOWNED FURTHER EAST OF THE BROADWAY STREET HILL. THIS DAMAGE WAS DUE
TO A REAR FLANK DOWNDRAFT ASSOCIATED WITH THE YAZOO CITY TORNADO
WITH WINDS ESTIMATED TO BE 100 TO 115 MPH. THIS DAMAGE OCCURRED AT
ABOUT THE SAME TIME AS THE YAZOO CITY TORNADO.


COUNTY: CLAIBORNE TORNADO #1
BEGINNING/ENDING POINT: 4.3 MILES WNW OF PORT GIBSON AT 830 PM CST
11/29
RATING: EF0, MAX ESTIMATED WINDS 65 MPH
PATH LENGTH: 100 YARDS
MAXIMUM WIDTH: 10 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0

SUMMARY OF DAMAGE: THIS STORM TRACKED EAST-NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS
WESTERN AND CENTRAL CLAIBORNE COUNTY AND PRODUCED A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN WEST-NORTHWEST OF PORT GIBSON ALONG
WATERLOO ROAD. NUMEROUS TREES WERE SNAPPED AND LARGE BRANCHES WERE
SCATTERED BY THE TORNADO.


COUNTY: CLAIBORNE TORNADO #2
BEGINNING POINT: 6.2 MILES NNE OF PORT GIBSON AT 925 PM CST
11/29
ENDING POINT: 6.3 MILES NNE OF PORT GIBSON AT 926 PM CST 11/29
RATING: EF1, MAX ESTIMATED WINDS 90 MPH
PATH LENGTH: 0.25 MILE
MAXIMUM WIDTH: 20 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0

SUMMARY OF DAMAGE: THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM FOLLOWED ON THE HEELS
OF THE PREVIOUS TORNADIC STORM THAT TRACKED ACROSS CLAIBORNE COUNTY.
SIMILAR TO THE PREVIOUS TORNADO...THE SECOND TORNADO TRACKED
NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS A SMALL PORTION OF CENTRAL CLAIBORNE COUNTY.
THE TORNADO WITH THE SECOND STORM WAS STRONGER THAN THE FIRST.
DAMAGE FROM THIS SECOND TORNADO INCLUDED SCATTERED LARGE TREES
UPROOTED AND NUMEROUS TREE LIMBS SNAPPED ACROSS A PORTION OF SHILOH
ROAD.

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