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April 24, 2003 - West Carroll F2 tornado

This tornado touched down 5 miles NW of Epps, at 415 pm, in a field just to the west of Duckworth road. This tornado continued on the ground for 11 miles and lifted in the town of Floyd. Along its path a mobile home was totally destroyed. This occurred on Hunt road, just west of highway 17. On highway 17, a house was destroyed due to several trees laying in the house. This same location had minor damage to 2 mobile homes. In Floyd, 2 homes had their roofs blown off. These 2 homes is were 3 minor injuries were sustained. Hundreds of trees were snapped or uprooted along the path. The path width was 75 yards.


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