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Neshoba, Winston, NoxubeeTornadoes

ACROSS THIS TRI COUNTY AREA...FOUR MORE TORNADOES TOUCHED DOWN FROM A LONG LIVED...CYCLIC SUPERCELL.

THE FIRST NESHOBA COUNTY TORNADO DEVELOPED 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF STALLO AT ABOUT 219 AM...AND MOVED TO 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NOXAPATER. NUMEROUS TREES WERE DOWNED ACROSS ROADS ALONG WITH A FEW HOMES DAMAGED FROM THIS TORNADO. THE DAMAGE WAS RATED AS F1. THE PATH LENGTH WAS ABOUT 4 MILES...WITH A MAXIMUM WIDTH OF 100 YARDS.

AS THE NORTHERN TORNADO DISSIPATED...ANOTHER STRONGER TORNADO DEVELOPED 3/4 MILE TO THE SE. THIS TORNADO DEVELOPED 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NOXAPATER AT ABOUT 225 AM. THE TORNADO TRACKED NORTHEAST FOR 21 MILES TO 4 MILES SE OF MASHULAVILLE IN NOXUBEE COUNTY. IN NESHOBA COUNTY...CHICKEN HOUSES WERE DESTROYED AND HUNDREDS OF TREES WERE DOWNED ACROSS ROADS. IN WINSTON COUNTY...NUMEROUS TREES WERE DOWNED. A HOUSE WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF WINSTON COUNTY...AND AT THIS LOCATION ONE PERSON WAS FATALLY INJURED...AND TWO OTHERS SUFFERED INJURIES. THE TORNADO THEN CONTINUED NE INTO NOXUBEE COUNTY WHERE IT CONTINUED TO DOWN/SNAP HUNDREDS OF TREES. THE DAMAGE WAS PRELIMINARILY RATED AS F3. THE MAXIMUM WIDTH WAS 600 YARDS.

AS THE LONG TRACK TORNADO DISSIPATED...ANOTHER WEAKER TORNADO DEVELOPED 1 MILE TO THE SOUTH. THIS TORNADO TRACKED NE TO 3 MILES WSW OF MACON. NUMEROUS TREES WERE DOWNED ALONG WITH SOME MINOR ROOF DAMAGE TO A FEW HOMES. PATH LENGTH WAS 7.5 MILES AND WIDTH WAS 200 YARDS. THIS TORNADO WAS RATED F1.

ANOTHER TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN 5 MILES NE OF MACON IN AN OPEN FIELD. IT TRACKED ENE FOR 5 MILES AND DOWNED NUMEROUS TREES. ON DEERBROOK LANE...A GRAIN SILO WAS DAMAGED AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN. THIS TORNADO WAS RATED F1 AND WAS 100 YARD WIDE.

THE FOLLOWING PHOTOS ARE FROM THE F3 TORNADO IN WINSTON COUNTY.


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