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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
231 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2025
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR MAY 26, 2025 TORNADO EVENT
OVERVIEW
AN EF-1 TORNADO PATH WAS CONFIRMED IN CENTRAL RANKIN
COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON STORMS.
N PELAHATCHIE TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 90 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 3.25 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 70 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 05/26/2025
START TIME: 03:01 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 7 WNW PELAHATCHIE / RANKIN COUNTY / MS
START LAT/LON: 32.3747 / -89.8957
END DATE: 05/26/2025
END TIME: 03:10 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 4 NW PELAHATCHIE / RANKIN COUNTY / MS
END LAT/LON: 32.3735 / -89.8403
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THIS BRIEF WEAK TORNADO STARTED JUST WEST OF HAYNES CHAPEL ROAD
AND ENDED JUST AFTER CROSSING LAKE ROAD. A TDS WAS NOTED ON RADAR
AND SEVERAL TREES WERE UPROOTED OR SNAPPED AS IT CROSSED HAYNES
CHAPEL ROAD. OTHER MINOR TREE DAMAGE WAS NOTED AT LAKE ROAD.
EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE
FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:
EF0.....65 TO 85 MPH
EF1.....86 TO 110 MPH
EF2.....111 TO 135 MPH
EF3.....136 TO 165 MPH
EF4.....166 TO 200 MPH
EF5.....>200 MPH
NOTE:
THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN
NWS STORM DATA.
MH/JM/DC
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