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4 Tornadoes

* The NWS has confirmed damage from four tornadoes across parts of south Mississippi during Monday's storms. Here's their report:

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
515 PM CST WED MAR 22 2006

...NWS SURVEY TEAM FINDS FOUR TORNADO TRACKS IN SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI FROM MARCH 20TH STORMS...

TORNADO 1...NOTE REVISED TIME BASED ON ADDITIONAL RADAR AND SURVEY
ANALYSIS...
TIME...1230 PM
LOCATION...COVINGTON COUNTY...1 MILE S OF HOT COFFEE TO 3 MILES NE
OF HOT COFFEE
FUJITA RATING...F0
WIDTH...50 YARDS
LENGTH...4 MILES
DAMAGE...LIMITED TO A NUMBER OF TREES BEING SNAPPED AND A FEW
KNOCKED DOWN.

TORNADO 2...
TIME...1245 PM
LOCATION...JONES COUNTY...4 MILES NNE OF HEBRON TO 1 MILE NNW OF
GITANO
FUJITA RATING...F0
WIDTH...50 YARDS
LENGTH...3 MILES
DAMAGE...STARTED WITH SOME TREES BEING DOWNED ON CARTER DEE ROAD.
SOUTHERN PINE ELECTRIC PERSONNEL OBSERVED THE WEAK TORNADO CROSSING
HIGHWAY 28 JUST NORTHWEST OF GITANO. DAMAGE HERE WAS LIMITED TO A
COUPLE OF DOWNED TREES AND SOME MINOR ROOFING DAMAGE.

TORNADO 3...
TIME...320 PM
LOCATION...JONES COUNTY...4 MILES SE OF SOSO TO SHADY GROVE
FUJITA RATING...F1
WIDTH...50 YARDS
LENGTH...8 MILES
DAMAGE...DAMAGE STARTED AS A FEW TREES BEING KNOCKED DOWN. DAMAGE BECOME MORE CONCENTRATED AND SIGNIFICANT NEAR THE SHADY GROVE COMMUNITY. NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES WERE DOWNED. SEVERAL LARGE TREES WERE KNOCKED OVER OR SNAPPED IN HALF. ONE LARGE TREE SNAPPED IN HALF AND LANDED ON A NEW SHED...DESTROYING IT.

TORNADO 4...
TIME...410 PM
LOCATION...LAMAR COUNTY...1 MILE N OF PINE RIDGE TO 3 MILES ENE OF PINE RIDGE
FUJITA RATING...F1
WIDTH...50 YARDS
LENGTH...3 MILES
INJURIES...1 PERSON WAS INJURED WHEN BLOWN ACROSS A CEMENT PATIO DAMAGE...STRUCTURAL DAMAGE AND TREES DOWN ALONG WIDDEN ROAD. THE ROOF WAS TORN OFF THE UPSTAIRS BACK DECK/PATIO OF A WELL BUILT TWO-STORY HOME ALONG WITH OTHER SIGNIFICANT ROOF DAMAGE TO THE HOME. THE DECK OF ANOTHER HOME WAS DAMAGED. A NUMBER OF LARGE TREES WERE
DOWNED AND SNAPPED IN HALF. THIS WAS THE MOST INTENSE TORNADO SURVEYED...WITH DAMAGE ON THE HIGH END OF THE F1 CATEGORY.

THE NWS WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR PARTNERS IN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AS WELL FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE IN GATHERING DAMAGE REPORTS AND CONDUCTING STORM SURVEYS IN THESE AND OTHER AREAS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. WE ALSO THANK THE EMPLOYEES OF SOUTHERN PINE ELECTRIC WHO PROVIDED DETAILED REPORTS ON THE STORM NEAR THE GITANO COMMUNITY.

posted by WTOK Weather Staff @ 9:30 PM