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.PERRY COUNTY (CONTINUATION OF HATTIESBURG TORNADO)... RATING: EF-1 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 86 TO 110 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1.52 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 100 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 START DATE: 2/10/2013 START TIME: 534 PM CST (CONTINUATION) START LOCATION: FORREST COUNTY LINE (CONTINUATION) START LAT/LON: 31.3545/-89.1461 (OR CROSS POINT INTO PERRY COUNTY) END DATE: 2/10/2013 END TIME: 536 PM CST END LOCATION: JUST EAST OF CORINTH CHURCH ROAD SOUTH OF HWY 42 END LAT/LON: 31.3693/-89.1210 SURVEY SUMMARY: THIS WAS A CONTINUATION OF THE EF-4 HATTIESBURG TORNADO AS IT WAS WEAKENING AND CROSSING INTO PERRY COUNTY MISSISSIPPI. THE TORNADO WAS AS EF-1 STRENGTH AT 100 YARDS WIDE AS IT CROSSED THE COUNTY LINE THEN WEAKENED QUICKLY TO LESS THAN 80 YARDS WIDE AT EF-0 STRENGTH AS IT CROSSED CORINTH CHURCH ROAD JUST SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 42. THE TORNADO DISSIPATED JUST EAST OF CORINTH CHURCH ROAD IN A WOODED AREA. |
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.CLARA TORNADO (WAYNE COUNTY)... RATING: EF-1 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 86 TO 110 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 6.69 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 200 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 2 START DATE: 2/10/2013 START TIME: 657 PM CST START LOCATION: 4.8 SW CLARA ON STRICKLAND ROAD START LAT/LON: 31.5521/-88.7736 END DATE: 2/10/2013 END TIME: 706 PM CST END LOCATION: 2 ESE CLARA ON HUTCHERSON HUTTO ROAD END LAT/LON: 31.5786/-88.6662 SURVEY SUMMARY: THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR STRICKLAND ROAD NEARLY 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CLARA WHERE IT SNAPPED A FEW PINE TREES AND BEGAN TO STRENGTHEN AS IT MOVED NORTHEAST TOWARDS HIGHWAY 63. THE TORNADO CROSSED HIGHWAY 63 WHERE IT PRODUCED MINOR DAMAGE TO A FEW HOMES, DESTROYED A FEW OUTBUILDINGS TOPPED OUT OR UPROOTED A FEW TREES ALONG A 80 YARD WIDE PATH. THE TORNADO CONTINUE ACROSS A WOODED AREA TO HUDSON TOWN ROAD AND ROY SHOEMAKE DRIVE WHERE IT WIDENED TO 200 YARDS AND INCREASED TO EF-1 INTENSITY...SNAPPING NUMEROUS LARGE PINE TREES...DAMAGING THE ROOF OF ONE BRICK HOME...AND CAUSING DAMAGE TO A BARN. THE TORNADO CROSSED BUCKATUNNA CLARA ROAD WHERE IT SNAPPED NUMEROUS PINE TREES AND CAUSED MAJOR DAMAGE TO 3 HOMES WHEN PINE TREES FELL ONTO THEM. THE TORNADO WEAKENED AND DISSIPATED NEAR HUTCHERSON HUTTO ROAD. |
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.DENHAM TORNADO (WAYNE COUNTY)... RATING: EF-1 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 86 TO 110 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 3.16 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 200 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 START DATE: 2/10/2013 START TIME: 714 PM CST START LOCATION: MALLIE BONNER ROAD START LAT/LON: 31.6263/-88.5408 END DATE: 2/10/2013 END TIME: 720 PM CST END LOCATION: JOE TAYLOR ROAD END LAT/LON: 31.6417/-88.4912 SURVEY SUMMARY: THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR MALLIE BONNER ROAD SOUTHWEST OF THE DENHAM AREA WHERE IT SNAPPED A FEW PINE TREES. THE TORNADO STRENGTHENED QUICKLY AND WIDENED TO NEARLY 200 YARDS WIDE AS IT CROSSED DENHAM PROGRESS ROAD JUST NORTH OF JOE TAYLOR ROAD...DESTROYING A SINGLE WIDE MOBILE HOME...DAMAGING THE ROOFS OF SEVERAL WOOD FRAME HOMES...AND SNAPPING OR UPROOTING NUMEROUS LARGE TREES. THE TORNADO QUICKLY WEAKENED AND DISSIPATED AS IT CROSSED JOE TAYLOR ROAD. THIS TORNADO WAS PRODUCED BY THE SAME SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM THAT PRODUCED THE CLARA TORNADO A FEW MINUTES EARLIER. |
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.TOMBIGBEE RIVER TORNADO (WASHINGTON AND CLARKE COUNTIES)... RATING: EF-1 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 86 TO 110 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 14.26 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 200 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 START DATE: 2/10/2013 START TIME: 500 PM CST START LOCATION: 11.3 NW OF LEROY ALABAMA START LAT/LON: 31.5446/-88.1577 END DATE: 2/10/2013 END TIME: 519 PM CST END LOCATION: 7.9 N OF JACKSON ALABAMA END LAT/LON: 31.6199/-87.9330 SURVEY SUMMARY: THE TORNADO TOUCHED IN A DEEPLY WOODED AREA WEST OF COUNTY ROAD 34 IN EASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY. THE TORNADO QUICKLY INTENSIFIED TO EF-1 STRENGTH AS IT CROSSED COUNTY ROAD 34 DAMAGING THE ROOFS OF A FEW HOMES AND BLOWING DOWN NUMEROUS PINE TREES. THE TORNADO CONTINUE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE TOMBIGBEE RIVER CROSSING INTO CLARKE COUNTY WHERE IT PRODUCED DAMAGE ON OLD LOCK ROAD TO 3 WOOD FRAME HOMES (BLOWING ONE OFF OF ITS MASONRY BLOCK FOUNDATION)... ROLLING ONE SINGLE WIDE MOBILE HOME OVER ONTO ITS SIDE...AND BLOWING ANOTHER SINGLE WIDE MOBILE HOME OFF OF ITS BLOCKS. THE TORNADO CONTINUE EAST ACROSS HIGHWAY 69 SNAPPING SEVERAL PINE TREES. THE TORNADO THEN DISSIPATED IN A DEEPLY WOODED AREA EAST OF HIGHWAY 69 BEFORE REACHING U.S. HIGHWAY 43 NORTH OF JACKSON. A SECOND BRIEF TORNADO FORMED FROM THIS SAME THUNDERSTORM A SHORT DISTANCE FARTHER SOUTHEAST NEAR HIGHWAY 43 (SEE ANTIOCH TORNADO WITH THIS EVENT). |
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.ANTIOCH TORNADO (CLARKE COUNTY)... RATING: EF-1 |
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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.
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