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November 10-11, 2002 Severe Weather - PNS
Severe Weather Event - November 10-11, 2002
...ADDITIONAL DAMAGE INFORMATION FROM SUNDAY NIGHT STORMS...
...ALL TIMES AND DAMAGE DESCRIPTIONS IN THIS STATEMENT ARE
PRELIMINARY...
...LOWNDES COUNTY...
AFTER COORDINATING WITH EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ON DAMAGE
REPORTS...AND EXTENSIVE EXAMINATION OF RADAR INFORMATION...THE NWS
HAS DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS A THIRD TORNADO TRACK IN LOWNDES
COUNTY ON SUNDAY NIGHT. THIS TORNADO WAS IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO
THAT PRODUCED F3 DAMAGE IN COLUMBUS...AND THE TORNADO WHICH PRODUCED
F1 DAMAGE IN SOUTHERN LOWNDES COUNTY AND CAUSED A FATALITY NEAR
CRAWFORD.
THIS TORNADO APPEARS TO HAVE INTIALLY DEVELOPED 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
NEW HOPE AROUND 736 PM. THE TORNADO MOVED NORTHEAST AND EXITED
LOWNDES COUNTY AT APPROXIMATELY 742 PM ABOUT 3 MILES EAST NORTHEAST
OF NEW HOPE. THE TOTAL PATH LENGTH WAS 5 MILES...THE WIDTH WAS 400
YARDS...AND THE DAMAGE WAS RATED AS F1.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION HAS ALSO BEEN DETERMINED ON THE STORM THAT
TRACKED THROUGH SOUTHERN LOWNDES COUNTY AND CAUSED A FATALITY NEAR
CRAWFORD. THIS STORM MOVED INTO LOWNDES COUNTY 2 MILES WEST OF
CRAWFORD AT APPROXIMATELY 745 PM. THE TORNADO TRACKED THROUGH
LOWNDES COUNTY FOR 27 MILES...EXITING MISSISSIPPI FOUR AND A HALF
MILES MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEW HOPE ABOUT 814 PM. THE TORNADO WAS 400
YARDS WIDE AT ITS WIDEST POINT. THE PRELIMINARY DAMAGE RATING FOR
THIS TORNADO WAS F1 ON THE FUJITA SCALE.
...MADISON COUNTY...
AN NWS SURVEY TEAM WAS DISPATCHED THIS AFTERNOON TO SURVEY DAMAGE
WHICH OCCURRED ALONG THE NATCHEZ TRACE PARKWAY...ABOUT 7 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF CANTON. THEY FOUND THAT A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AT THIS
SPOT. THIS LIKELY OCCURRED AROUND 834 PM SUNDAY EVENING. THE PATH
WIDTH OF THIS TORNADO WAS 50 YARDS AND THE LENGTH WAS 2 MILES. THE
DAMAGE WAS RATED AS F1.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE THANKS OUR PARTNERS IN EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT AND LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR THEIR INVALUABLE ASSISTANCE IN
PERFORMING THESE SURVEYS.
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