..DAMAGE SURVEYS FOR TORNADOES IN HOLMES…ATTALA
AND CHOCTAW
COUNTIES…

..HOLMES AND ATTALA COUNTIES

BEGINNING POINT: 2 MI WNW OF PICKENS AT 1151 AM CST
ENDING POINT: 2 MI ENE OF GOODMAN AT 1204 PM CST
RATING: EF-3 WITH MAXIMUM WINDS OF 140 MPH
PATH LENGTH: 10 MI
MAXIMUM WIDTH: 0.75 MI
CASUALTIES: 3 INJURIES
SUMMARY OF DAMAGE: THE TORNADO STARTED WITH A NARROW PATH OF
SCATTERED DOWNED TREES. THE DAMAGE INTENSIFIED AS IT APPROACHED
HIGHWAY 17. HERE TREE DAMAGE BECAME MUCH MORE INTENSE WITH HUNDREDS
OF TREES SNAPPED AND UPROOTED. ONE HOME HAD A PORTION OF ITS ROOF
RIPPED OFF. THE TORNADO INTENSIFIED AND REACHED ITS MAXIMUM
INTENSITY AND WIDTH BETWEEN HIGHWAY 17 AND US HIGHWAY 51. HUNDREDS
OF TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED…SOME OF THEM HARDWOODS THAT
WERE SNAPPED OFF EXCEPT FOR A FEW LARGE LIMBS AND PARTIALLY
DEBARKED. SEVERAL MOBILE HOMES WERE OBLITERATED AND TWO HOMES OF
WOOD FRAME AND CONCRETE BLOCK CONSTRUCTION HAD NEARLY ALL OF THE
OUTER WALLS COLLAPSED ALONG WITH TOTAL ROOF REMOVAL. LARGE MISSILES
WERE GENERATED…INCLUDING A PICKUP TRUCK THAT WAS THROWN NEARLY 150
YARDS. ON THE EAST SIDE OF US HIGHWAY 51…THREE HIGH TENSION STEEL
POWER POLES WERE SNAPPED OFF NEAR THE BASE. AS THE TORNADO CONTINUED
EAST NORTHEAST AND MOVED INTO ATTALA COUNTY…THE PATH NARROWED AND
DAMAGE BECAME LIMITED TO TREE DAMAGE BEFORE DISSIPATION JUST INSIDE
THE ATTALA COUNTY LINE.
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