NWS Jackson, MS February 24, 2007 Severe Weather Sunflower County Tornado

Storm Impacting the Northwest U.S.; Fire Weather Conditions in Southern California; Severe Weather in the South

A Pacific storm is bringing areas of low elevation rain, moderate to heavy mountain snow, and high winds to the Northwest. Strong Santa Ana winds and very dry conditions are producing elevated to critical fire weather conditions in southern California. Isolated strong to severe thunderstorms are possible through early Wednesday morning across parts of northeast Texas into western Tennessee. Read More >

EF-1 Tornado

BEGINNING POINT: 6 SW INDIANOLA 6:05 PM
ENDING POINT: 4 E INDIANOLA 6:14 PM
PATH LENGTH: 12 MILES
PATH WIDTH: 150 YARDS
PRELIMINARY FUJITA RATING: EF-1
CASUALTIES: NONE

SUMMARY OF DAMAGE: NUMEROUS TREES SNAPPED ALONG THE PATH AS WELL AS 2 POWER POLES. A FEW METAL SIGNS WERE BLOWN OVER AND SNAPPED AT THE BASE. SEVERAL HOMES HAD SHINGLES PEALED OFF THE ROOF. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE OCCURRED TO AND AROUND THE KINGDOM HALL CHURCH. THE CARPORT WAS RIPPED OFF ALONG WITH NEARLY HALF OF THE ROOF. SEVERAL SHEDS WERE DESTROYED AND A METAL FENCE NEAR THE CHURCH WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED. ONE PIVOT SYSTEM WAS FLIPPED OVER.

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