NOUS44 KMEG 030017 CCA
PNSMEG
ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-
MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-031215-

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
558 PM CST THU FEB 2 2012

...PRELIMINARY EF-0 TORNADO SURVEYED IN MONROE COUNTY MISSISSIPPI...

* COUNTY: MONROE COUNTY

* LOCATION: SIPSEY FORK MISSISSIPPI

* TIME/DATE OF EVENT: 814 PM WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 1 2012

* BEGINNING POINT: 33.97345 -88.22858

* ENDING POINT: 33.97455 -88.22700

* RATING: EF-0

* ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 85 MPH

* PATH LENGTH: 200 YARDS

* MAXIMUM WIDTH: 25 YARDS

* FATALITIES: 0

* INJURIES: 0

* SUMMARY OF DAMAGES:

  THE TORNADO FIRST TOUCHED DOWN JUST TO THE SOUTH OF A SINGLE
  FAMILY HOME. THE TORNADO MOVED NORTHEAST AND RESULTED IN MINOR
  DAMAGE TO THE HOME. A COLUMN SUPPORTING THE CARPORT FAILED AND
  RESULTED IN THE COLLAPSE OF THE CARPORT. IN ADDITION...PLYWOOD
  COVERING AN ATTIC ENTRANCE WAS BLOWN INWARD.

  THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEASTWARD APPROXIMATELY 150 YARDS
  WHERE IT CAUSED DAMAGE TO A MOBILE HOME. A LARGE SHED WAS LIFTED
  BY THE TORNADO AND THROWN INTO THE SIDE OF THE MOBILE HOME
  DAMAGING THE EXTERIOR WALL. THIS RESULTED IN THE DESTRUCTION OF
  THE SHED. A CHICKEN COOP WAS ALSO DESTROYED. AN AWNING WAS BLOWN
  UP AND OVER THE MOBILE HOME. SEVERAL CEDAR TREES WERE BLOWN OVER
  WITH A FEW OF THE TREES SNAPPED. THE TORNADO LIFTED
  APPROXIMATELY 50 YARDS BEYOND THE MOBILE HOME WITH A TOTAL PATH
  LENGTH OF APPROXIMATELY 200 YARDS. ALL OF THIS DAMAGE WAS NOTED
  ALONG SIPSEY-DETROIT ROAD.

  DAMAGE PHOTOS CAN BE FOUND AT THE MEMPHIS NATIONAL WEATHER
  SERVICE WEBSITE AT: WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MEG. SPECIAL THANKS TO
  MONROE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE WITH
  THIS STORM SURVEY.

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