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February 5, 2004 Severe Weather
February 5, 2004 Severe
Weather Public Information Statement
NOUS44 KJAN 070227
PNSJAN
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
800 PM CST FRI FEB 6 2004
THREE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SURVEY TEAMS WERE DISPATCHED FROM THE
JACKSON OFFICE TO INVESTIGATE SEVERE WEATHER DAMAGE ACROSS THE
STATE.
1ST TEAM
THE FIRST TEAM WENT TO NEWTON AND LAUDERDALE COUNTIES AND FOUND TWO
WEAK TORNADOES. THE FIRST TORNADO BEGAN IN SOUTHERN NEWTON COUNTY
6.5 MILES SSE OF NEWTON AND TRAVELED 8 MILES TO THE NE BEFORE
LIFTING 2.5 MILES S OF HICKORY. THIS TORNADO UPROOTED NUMEROUS
TREES AND CAUSED MINOR ROOF DAMAGE TO TWO HOUSES. THIS TORNADO WAS
RATED ON THE FUJITA SCALE AS AN F1.
THE SECOND TORNADO WAS IN LAUDERDALE COUNTY 1 MILE NW OF
COLLINSVILLE. THIS WAS A WEAK, SHORT TRACK TORNADO THAT WAS ON
THE GROUND FOR 1.5 MILES AND WAS 100 YARDS WIDE. IT BLEW OVER A
HOUSE UNDER CONSTRUCTION, DESTROYED A UTILITY SHED, AND CAUSED MINOR
DAMAGE TO A HOUSE. THE BED OF A PICK-UP TRUCK WAS LIFTED AND SET
DOWN IN A SMALL UTILITY SHED. SEVERAL TREES WERE ALSO UPROOTED.
THIS TORNADO WAS ALSO RATED AS AN F1 ON THE FUJITA SCALE.
2ND TEAM
THE SECOND TEAM EXAMINED THREE CIRCULATIONS IN
SIMPSON...RANKIN...SMITH...AND SCOTT COUNTIES. THE FIRST
CIRCULATION MOVED FROM WESTERN SIMPSON COUNTY INTO SOUTHEAST RANKIN
COUNTY. THE SECOND SHORT-LIVED CIRCULATION OCCURRED BRIEFLY BETWEEN
RALEIGH AND BURNS IN SMITH COUNTY. NO DAMAGE WAS FOUND WITH EITHER
OF THESE CIRCULATIONS.
THE THIRD CIRCULATION DID PRODUCE UP TO F2 INTENSITY TORNADIC
DAMAGE. THERE WERE A COUPLE OF TREES DOWN FROM STRAIGHT LINE WIND
DAMAGE IN EXTREME WESTERN SIMPSON COUNTY ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
HARRISVILLE. HOWEVER...IT APPEARS THAT THE TORNADO DID NOT TOUCH
DOWN UNTIL IT WAS JUST NORTHWEST / LESS THAN A MILE / FROM THE
CENTER OF HARRISVILLE. THE TORNADO MOVED NORTHEAST ALONG AND JUST
NORTH OF HARRISVILLE-BRAXTON ROAD. THE TORNADO STARTED WITH F0
DAMAGE IN HARRISVILLE...THEN QUICKLY INCREASED TO F1 INTENSITY ABOUT
A MILE NORTHEAST OF HARRISVILLE TO ABOUT 2 MILES WEST OF BRAXTON. A
WELL-CONSTRUCTED HOME HAD VISIBLE DAMAGE TO SEVERAL LOCATIONS ON
ITS ROOF. SEVERAL HOMES HAD MINOR ROOF DAMAGE ALONG STAR-BRAXTON
ROAD. THE ROOF OF A SHED WAS TORN OFF IN THIS AREA...WITH WINDOWS
BLOWN OUT. ANOTHER HOUSE HAD WINDOWS BLOWN OUT...AND A TREE WAS
BLOWN ONTO A CAR. HUNDREDS OF TREES WERE UPROOTED OR SNAPPED ALONG
THE PATH...INCLUDING 12" PINES AND CEDARS. SEVERAL 2-3 FOOT
DIAMETER TREES WERE SNAPPED CLOSE TO THEIR BASES. A LARGE TREE FELL
ON A HOME 2 WEST OF BRAXTON ALONG THE WESTERN PORTION OF HOLLY GROVE
CIRCLE...WHERE A FENCE WAS FLATTENED AND A SMALL BARN WAS
DEMOLISHED. A 12-16" DIAMETER PINE TREE WAS SNAPPED AND ITS TOP
BLOWN AT LEAST 50 FEET DOWNWIND. A WHEELBARROW WAS REMOVED FROM A
SHED AND THROWN AT LEAST 300 FEET DOWNWIND. THE ROOF OF A
WELL-CONSTRUCTED HOME WAS PEELED BACK. ROOFING MATERIAL WAS BLOWN
HUNDREDS OF FEET DOWNWIND AND WRAPPED AROUND FENCES AND TREES. THE
WORST DAMAGE OCCURRED 1.5 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF BRAXTON...ALONG
THE EASTERN PORTION OF HOLLY GROVE CIRCLE. IN THIS AREA ABOUT 70
PERCENT OF A FOREST OF 12-16" PINE TREES WERE SNAPPED ABOUT 15-20
FEET FROM THEIR BASES AND FLATTENED. THIS IS WHERE LOW END F2
DAMAGE WAS ASSESSED. SOME OF THE TREES IN THIS AREA WERE SNAPPED
BUT STILL ATTACHED TO THEIR TRUNKS AND WERE OBVIOUSLY TWISTED
AROUND. THE PATH WIDTH OF THE WORST DAMAGE WAS 0.1 MILE WITH A
TOTAL DAMAGE WIDTH OF 0.2 MILE. THE TORNADO THEN WEAKENED TO F1
INTENSITY AND CROSSED HIGHWAY 49 AT THE SIMPSON/RANKIN COUNTY LINE
WHERE NUMEROUS TREES WERE SNAPPED AND BLOWN ONTO SOUTHBOUND LANES OF
THE HIGHWAY. THE TORNADO TRACKED ANOTHER 1.5 MILES TO SOUTHERN
PORTIONS OF CLARA FOOTE ROAD IN RANKIN COUNTY WITH F1 DAMAGE.
THE TORNADO TRACKED A TOTAL OF 10 MILES FROM NORTHWEST SIMPSON
COUNTY TO SOUTH CENTRAL RANKIN COUNTY. IT TOUCHED DOWN IN
HARRISVILLE AT 1026 AM...ENTERED RANKIN COUNTY AT 1040 AM...THEN
DISSIPATED 1.5 MILES NORTHEAST OF PINEY WOODS AT 1042 AM.
THE CIRCULATION WAS TRACKED ACROSS SOUTHEAST RANKIN COUNTY...EXTREME
NORTHWEST SMITH COUNTY...AND SOUTHWEST SCOTT COUNTY. HOWEVER...NO
DAMAGE WAS FOUND IN THESE AREAS.
3RD TEAM
THE THIRD TEAM SURVEYED THE CIRCULATION PATHS THROUGH
FRANKLIN...LINCOLN AND COPIAH COUNTIES. THESE PATHS WERE GENERALLY
ALONG A LINE FROM MEADVILLE TO CASEYVILLE TO BEAUREGARD TO
GEORGETOWN. SCATTERED MINOR TREE DAMAGE WAS FOUND ALONG THE PATHS
AND WAS ASSOCIATED WITH STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
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BUTCH/CAMPBELL/CRAVEN/KRAMAR/GERARD/ENTREMONT
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