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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
748 PM CST Fri Mar 6 2020

...Public Information Statement...

...NWS Damage Survey For 03/04/2020 Severe Event...

.Williamsburg Tornado...

Rating:                 EF0
Estimated Peak Wind:    85 mph
Path Length /statute/:  9.48 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   400.0 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             03/04/2020
Start Time:             04:39 AM CST
Start Location:         7 ENE Prentiss / Jefferson Davis County /
MS
Start Lat/Lon:          31.6406 / -89.7644

End Date:               03/04/2020
End Time:               04:42 AM CST
End Location:           3 WSW Collins / Covington County / MS
End Lat/Lon:            31.6317 / -89.6057

Summary: This tornado touched down in far eastern Jefferson Davis
County just south of US 84 along Ponderosa Road where a few large
softwood tree limbs were snapped. The tornado then moved
northeast into Covington County uprooting and snapping softwood
trees along Mosshill Road. It pushed east crossing US Highway
35 where it uprooted hardwood trees.  It continued to uproot
softwood trees at Kelly Road and Friendship Road, just north of
US 84. It caused the removal of a few shingles off of a one-story
home along Dan Easterling Road while also uprooting softwood
trees. The tornado showed signs of weakening once it progressed
eastward to Faler Road and Campbell-Faler Road, as only a few
large softwood tree limbs were snapped. Once the tornado reached
Collins-Spencer Road, west of Collins, it lifted but not before
uprooting a few softwood trees.

.Madison/Rankin/Scott Counties Straight Line Winds...

Rating:                 Thunderstorm Wind
Estimated Peak Wind:    90 mph
Path Length /statute/:  37.25 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   8550.0 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               1

Start Date:             03/04/2020
Start Time:             02:16 AM CST
Start Location:         Flora / Madison County / MS
Start Lat/Lon:          32.5435 / -90.3189

End Date:               03/04/2020
End Time:               02:45 AM CST
End Location:           5 WSW Lena / Scott County / MS
End Lat/Lon:            32.5556 / -89.6808

Summary: A line of severe storms progressed eastward across
southern Madison, northern Rankin and northern Scott counties
during the early morning hours, causing widespread significant
wind damage.  Damage began in Flora, where the steeple was blown
off of the Jones Chapel Missionary Baptist Church. A Flora woman was 
injured and hospitalized after eight of her ribs were broken when a tree
fell into her home and trapped her in bed. Dozens of
homes across Madison, Rankin and Scott counties received damage
from trees falling on them as well as wind damage. The wind damage
of note consisted of the service area of the Quick Lube and Tire 
shop in the city of Gluckstadt to have significant structural 
damage. In addition, numerous snapped and uprooted softwood trees 
occurred along the Natchez Trace Parkway, specifically between 
mileposts 114 through 123. Additional snapping and uprooting of 
softwood and a few hardwood trees occurred north of Mississippi 
Highway 25 in Rankin County, along Coal Bluff Road. As the line 
of severe storms moved into northern Scott County, several softwood 
trees were snapped or uprooted along Mississippi Highway 483. 

EF Scale: The Enhanced Fujita Scale classifies tornadoes into
the following categories.

EF0...Weak......65 TO 85 mph
EF1...Weak......86 TO 110 mph
EF2...Strong....111 TO 135 mph
EF3...Strong....136 TO 165 mph
EF4...Violent...166 TO 200mph
EF5...Violent...>200mph

NOTE:
The information in this statement is preliminary and subject to
change pending final review of the event and publication in
NWS Storm Data. 

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