Memphis, TN
Weather Forecast Office
Smithville, MS EF-5 Tornado
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Survey Results:
...PRELIMINARY EF-5 DAMAGE TORNADO IN MONROE AND ITAWAMBA COUNTIES IN MISSISSIPPI...
* BASED UPON FURTHER EXAMINATION OF SATELLITE IMAGERY WHICH DEPICTED TREE SCARS /KNOCKED DOWN BY THE TORNADO/ AND OTHER GROUND SURVEY EVIDENCE... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN MEMPHIS IN COORDINATION WITH THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS CONNECTED THE SMITHVILLE MS AND SHOTTSVILLE AL TORNADO DAMAGE SEGMENTS. THIS PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT PROVIDES UPDATED INFORMATION ON THE SECTION OF THE SEGMENT FROM SMITHVILLE MS TO NEAR SHOTTSVILLE AL.
* COUNTY/COUNTIES: MONROE...ITAWAMBA
* LOCATION/TIME OF EVENT: SMITHVILLE AT 344 PM CDT ON APRIL 27 2011
* BEGINNING POINT: 34.0455, -88.44497
* ENDING POINT: 34.3129, -87.9231
* RATING: EF-5
* ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 205 MPH
* PATH LENGTH: 35.1 MILES /CONTINUES INTO SHOTTSVILLE ALABAMA SEGMENT/
* MAXIMUM WIDTH: 3/4 MILE /WIDENED TO MATCH SHOTTSVILLE TORNADO SEGMENT/
* FATALITIES: 15
* INJURIES: 40
* SUMMARY OF DAMAGES: 18 HOMES DESTROYED...2 BUSINESSES /POST OFFICE AND POLICE STATION/ DESTROYED...8 HOMES WITH MAJOR DAMAGE...7 BUSINESSES WITH MAJOR DAMAGE...44 HOMES WITH MINOR DAMAGE...AND WATER SYSTEM DESTROYED. MOST TREES EITHER SNAPPED OR TWISTED AND DEBARKED. MOST THE HOMES DESTROYED WERE WELL BUILT...TWO STORIES...LESS THAN TEN YEARS OLD AND BOLTED DOWN TO THEIR FOUNDATIONS. AN 1965 CHEVY PICKUP TRUCK PARKED IN FRONT ONE OF THE DESTROYED HOMES HAS NOT BEEN FOUND. ALL APPLIANCES AND PLUMBING FIXTURES IN THE MOST EXTREME DAMAGE PATH WERE SHREDDED OR MISSING.
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