Post by SKYSUMMIT on Nov 18, 2015 21:25:27 GMT -6
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
921 PM CST WED NOV 18 2015
...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 11/17/2015 - 11/18/2015 TORNADO EVENT...
.UPDATE...ADDED SCOTT COUNTY TORNADOES 2 AND 3 AS WELL AS LEAKE COUNTY 1. ADDITIONAL
SURVEYS ARE PLANNED FOR THURSDAY. ADDITIONAL SURVEY INFORMATION FROM TODAYS SURVEY WILL
BE PROVIDED TOMORROW.
.HINDS COUNTY TORNADO...
RATING: EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 100 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1.91 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 50 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 11/17/2015
START TIME: 933 PM CST
START LOCATION: 2 MILES SE OF EDWARDS MS
START LAT/LON: 32.3039 / -90.5813
END DATE: 11/17/2015
END TIME: 935 PM CST
END LOCATION: 4 MILES ESE OF EDWARDS MS
END_LAT/LON: 32.3058 / -90.5488
THIS BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST SOUTH OF MS HIGHWAY 467 SOUTHEAST
OF EDWARDS NEAR CAL-MAINE FOODS. SEVERAL HARDWOOD TREES WERE UPROOTED AND
SOFTWOOD TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED. THE TORNADO ENDED IN A FIELD NORTH
OF HIGHWAY 467 NEAR MILITARY RD.
.RANKIN/SCOTT COUNTIES TORNADO...
RATING: EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 110 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 8.7 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 0.25 MILES
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 11/17/2015
START TIME: 1140 PM CST
START LOCATION: 5 MILES WNW OF MORTON MS
START LAT/LON: 32.3749 / -89.7474
END DATE: 11/17/2015
END TIME: 1150 PM CST
END LOCATION: 1 MILE ENE FORKVILLE MS
END LAT/LON: 32.4646 / -89.6426
THIS TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST WEST OF BAKER ROAD WHERE SEVERAL TREES WERE UPROOTED. THE
TORNADO CONTINUED INTO SCOTT COUNTY AND IMPACTED A COUPLE OF RESIDENCES AT LINE PRAIRIE AND
D. WILLIAMS ROADS. IT WAS AT THIS LOCATION WHERE A MOBILE HOME WAS ROLLED AND DESTROYED.
POWER POLES WERE LEFT STANDING AND SOME TIN WAS REMOVED FROM THE ROOF OF ANOTHER HOME ALONG
WITH SOME DAMAGE TO THE SHED. SEVERAL TREES WERE DOWNED IN THIS AREA AS WELL. THE TORNADO
CROSSED HIGHWAY 481 WHERE AN OLD UNUSED CHICKEN HOUSE WAS HEAVILY DAMAGED. THE TORNADO
CONTINUED TO THE NORTHEAST AND DOWNED NUMEROUS TREES ALONG AIRPORT ROAD. THE TORNADO
DISSIPATED JUST AFTER IT CROSSED HIGHWAY 13 IN FORKVILLE.
.SCOTT COUNTY TORNADO #2...
RATING: EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 90 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 2.5 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 250 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 11/17/2015
START TIME: 1147 PM CST
START LOCATION: 2 MILES WNW FORKVILLE
START LAT/LON: 32.4789 / -89.6955
END DATE: 11/17/2015
END TIME: 1151 PM CST
END LOCATION: 3 MILES N FORKVILLE
END_LAT/LON: 32.5026 / -89.6528
THIS TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST WEST OF HIGHWAY 483 NEAR DS SHOEMAKER ROAD AND TRACKED NORTHEAST
AND CROSSED HATTIE-WALLACE ROAD. A FEW TREES WERE DAMAGED WHEN IT STARTED WITH THE HEAVIEST
DAMAGE ALONG HATTIE-WALLACE ROAD. HERE MULTIPLE TREES WERE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED AND ACROSS THE
ROAD. THE TORNADO DISSIPATED JUST BEFORE IT REACHED HIGHWAY 13.
.SCOTT COUNTY TORNADO #3...
RATING: EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 100 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 3 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 200 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 11/17/2015
START TIME: 1155 PM CST
START LOCATION: 6 MILES NNE FORKVILLE
START LAT/LON: 32.5311 / -89.6158
END DATE: 11/17/2015
END TIME: 1159 PM CST
END LOCATION: 5 MILES SW TUSCOLA
END_LAT/LON: 32.5660 / -89.5713
THIS TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST SOUTHEAST OF HILLSBORO-LUDLOW ROAD AND TRACKED NORTHEAST FOR
ROUGHLY 3 MILES TO NEAR THE LEAKE COUNTY LINE. MULTIPLE TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE TRACK BEFORE THE DAMAGE BECAME JUST A COUPLE OF TREES AND LIMBS DOWNED.
.LEAKE COUNTY TORNADO #1...
RATING: EF-0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 75 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.6 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 75 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 11/18/2015
START TIME: 1205 AM CST
START LOCATION: 1 MILE SSW TUSCOLA
START LAT/LON: 32.6014 / -89.5379
END DATE: 11/18/2015
END TIME: 1206 AM CST
END LOCATION: 3 MILES WSW TUSCOLA
END_LAT/LON: 32.6051 / -89.5713
THIS WEAK BRIEF TORNADO DAMAGED A FEW TREES ALONG HIGHWAY 500 NEAR TUSCOLA.
EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES
TORNADOES INTO THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES.
EF0...WEAK......65 TO 85 MPH
EF1...WEAK......86 TO 110 MPH
EF2...STRONG....111 TO 135 MPH
EF3...STRONG....136 TO 165 MPH
EF4...VIOLENT...166 TO 200 MPH
EF5...VIOLENT...>200 MPH
NOTE:
THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENTS AND PUBLICATION IN
NWS STORM DATA.
$$
GG/JC/DL/MW/CE/KH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
921 PM CST WED NOV 18 2015
...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 11/17/2015 - 11/18/2015 TORNADO EVENT...
.UPDATE...ADDED SCOTT COUNTY TORNADOES 2 AND 3 AS WELL AS LEAKE COUNTY 1. ADDITIONAL
SURVEYS ARE PLANNED FOR THURSDAY. ADDITIONAL SURVEY INFORMATION FROM TODAYS SURVEY WILL
BE PROVIDED TOMORROW.
.HINDS COUNTY TORNADO...
RATING: EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 100 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1.91 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 50 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 11/17/2015
START TIME: 933 PM CST
START LOCATION: 2 MILES SE OF EDWARDS MS
START LAT/LON: 32.3039 / -90.5813
END DATE: 11/17/2015
END TIME: 935 PM CST
END LOCATION: 4 MILES ESE OF EDWARDS MS
END_LAT/LON: 32.3058 / -90.5488
THIS BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST SOUTH OF MS HIGHWAY 467 SOUTHEAST
OF EDWARDS NEAR CAL-MAINE FOODS. SEVERAL HARDWOOD TREES WERE UPROOTED AND
SOFTWOOD TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED. THE TORNADO ENDED IN A FIELD NORTH
OF HIGHWAY 467 NEAR MILITARY RD.
.RANKIN/SCOTT COUNTIES TORNADO...
RATING: EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 110 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 8.7 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 0.25 MILES
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 11/17/2015
START TIME: 1140 PM CST
START LOCATION: 5 MILES WNW OF MORTON MS
START LAT/LON: 32.3749 / -89.7474
END DATE: 11/17/2015
END TIME: 1150 PM CST
END LOCATION: 1 MILE ENE FORKVILLE MS
END LAT/LON: 32.4646 / -89.6426
THIS TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST WEST OF BAKER ROAD WHERE SEVERAL TREES WERE UPROOTED. THE
TORNADO CONTINUED INTO SCOTT COUNTY AND IMPACTED A COUPLE OF RESIDENCES AT LINE PRAIRIE AND
D. WILLIAMS ROADS. IT WAS AT THIS LOCATION WHERE A MOBILE HOME WAS ROLLED AND DESTROYED.
POWER POLES WERE LEFT STANDING AND SOME TIN WAS REMOVED FROM THE ROOF OF ANOTHER HOME ALONG
WITH SOME DAMAGE TO THE SHED. SEVERAL TREES WERE DOWNED IN THIS AREA AS WELL. THE TORNADO
CROSSED HIGHWAY 481 WHERE AN OLD UNUSED CHICKEN HOUSE WAS HEAVILY DAMAGED. THE TORNADO
CONTINUED TO THE NORTHEAST AND DOWNED NUMEROUS TREES ALONG AIRPORT ROAD. THE TORNADO
DISSIPATED JUST AFTER IT CROSSED HIGHWAY 13 IN FORKVILLE.
.SCOTT COUNTY TORNADO #2...
RATING: EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 90 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 2.5 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 250 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 11/17/2015
START TIME: 1147 PM CST
START LOCATION: 2 MILES WNW FORKVILLE
START LAT/LON: 32.4789 / -89.6955
END DATE: 11/17/2015
END TIME: 1151 PM CST
END LOCATION: 3 MILES N FORKVILLE
END_LAT/LON: 32.5026 / -89.6528
THIS TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST WEST OF HIGHWAY 483 NEAR DS SHOEMAKER ROAD AND TRACKED NORTHEAST
AND CROSSED HATTIE-WALLACE ROAD. A FEW TREES WERE DAMAGED WHEN IT STARTED WITH THE HEAVIEST
DAMAGE ALONG HATTIE-WALLACE ROAD. HERE MULTIPLE TREES WERE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED AND ACROSS THE
ROAD. THE TORNADO DISSIPATED JUST BEFORE IT REACHED HIGHWAY 13.
.SCOTT COUNTY TORNADO #3...
RATING: EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 100 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 3 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 200 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 11/17/2015
START TIME: 1155 PM CST
START LOCATION: 6 MILES NNE FORKVILLE
START LAT/LON: 32.5311 / -89.6158
END DATE: 11/17/2015
END TIME: 1159 PM CST
END LOCATION: 5 MILES SW TUSCOLA
END_LAT/LON: 32.5660 / -89.5713
THIS TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST SOUTHEAST OF HILLSBORO-LUDLOW ROAD AND TRACKED NORTHEAST FOR
ROUGHLY 3 MILES TO NEAR THE LEAKE COUNTY LINE. MULTIPLE TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE TRACK BEFORE THE DAMAGE BECAME JUST A COUPLE OF TREES AND LIMBS DOWNED.
.LEAKE COUNTY TORNADO #1...
RATING: EF-0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 75 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.6 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 75 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 11/18/2015
START TIME: 1205 AM CST
START LOCATION: 1 MILE SSW TUSCOLA
START LAT/LON: 32.6014 / -89.5379
END DATE: 11/18/2015
END TIME: 1206 AM CST
END LOCATION: 3 MILES WSW TUSCOLA
END_LAT/LON: 32.6051 / -89.5713
THIS WEAK BRIEF TORNADO DAMAGED A FEW TREES ALONG HIGHWAY 500 NEAR TUSCOLA.
EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES
TORNADOES INTO THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES.
EF0...WEAK......65 TO 85 MPH
EF1...WEAK......86 TO 110 MPH
EF2...STRONG....111 TO 135 MPH
EF3...STRONG....136 TO 165 MPH
EF4...VIOLENT...166 TO 200 MPH
EF5...VIOLENT...>200 MPH
NOTE:
THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENTS AND PUBLICATION IN
NWS STORM DATA.
$$
GG/JC/DL/MW/CE/KH
