NWS Jackson, MS February 24, 2007 Severe Weather Newton County Tornado

Newton County

EF-1 Tornado

BEGINNING POINT: 4 W LAWRENCE 10:40 PM
ENDING POINT: 4 NW LAWRENCE
PATH LENGTH: 3.5 MILES
PATH WIDTH: 150 YARDS
PRELIMINARY FUJITA RATING: EF-1
CASUALTIES: NONE

SUMMARY OF DAMAGE: NUMEROUS HARDWOOD TREES UPROOTED ALONG WITH NUMEROUS LARGE PINES SNAPPED. THIS TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ALONG PONDEROSA RD AND TRACKED NE...PARALLELING I-20...THEN CROSSING I-20 JUST TO THE W OF MILE MARKER 101. MANY LARGE PINE TREES WERE DOWN AT THIS LOCATION WITH SEVERAL TREES BLOCKING THE E BOUND LANES OF THE INTERSTATE.

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