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Grenada CountyTornado

 

 

Event Summary

The tornado uprooted and snapped several trees along its path. A detached home-built storage room was destroyed and another storage room was wrapped around a tree. Wind related damage occurred to the roofs of two homes and another roof was damaged by a fallen large limb.
EF-1
Estimated Maximum Wind:
105 mph
Fatalities/Injuries:
none
Damage Path Length:
1.5 miles
Maximum Path Width:
150 yards
Approximate Start Point/Time:

3.5 S Gore Springs
2:06am
Approximate End Point/Time:

2.5 SSE Gore Springs  2:08am                   

 

Radar Imagery
These images from the Columbus, MS Doppler radar show the tornadic thunderstorm at 2:07am when it tracking just to the south of Gore Springs. The image on the left shows 0.5° base reflectivity data, and the image on the right shows 0.5° storm relative velocity data. Click on the thumbnail below for a higher resolution image.

Radar -Grenada County tornado

 

Damage Photos
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