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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
659 PM CST WED NOV 30 2022

...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 11/30/22 TORNADO EVENT...

..GREENE COUNTY MS TO WASHINGTON COUNTY AL TORNADO...

RATING:                 EF3
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    140 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  19.15 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   500 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               0

START DATE:             11/30/2022
START TIME:             02:27 AM CST
START LOCATION:         3 SSE KNOBTOWN / GREENE COUNTY / MS
START LAT/LON:          31.3351 / -88.5049

END DATE:               11/30/2022
END TIME:               02:55 AM CST
END LOCATION:           3 N SEABOARD / WASHINGTON COUNTY / AL
END LAT/LON:            31.3714 / -88.1853

SURVEY SUMMARY:

THE TORNADO BEGAN NEAR HIGHWAY 57 IN GREENE COUNTY WHERE SEVERAL
SOFTWOOD TREE TRUNKS WERE SNAPPED. IT CONTINUED ON AN EAST
NORTHEAST TRACK PRODUCING DAMAGE ALONG NURSERY ROAD. THE TRACK
CONTINUED INTO WASHINGTON COUNTY ALABAMA. THE TORNADO CROSSED
HIGHWAY 45 AND HIT FRUITDALE HIGH SCHOOL WHERE WINDOWS WERE
DAMAGED ALONG WITH ROOF DAMAGE TO THE SCHOOL AND NEARBY HOUSES. 
WIDESPREAD TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE WAS ALSO OBSERVED IN THE 
FRUITDALE AREA. THE DAMAGE IN FRUITDALE IS ESTIMATED TO HAVE BEEN
IN THE HIGH EF-1 RANGE WITH WINDS 105-110 MPH. THE TORNADO 
CONTINUED NORTHEAST AND STRENGTHENED AS IT APPROACHED BAXTER 
MCILLWAIN ROAD. THIS IS WHERE THE TORNADO REACHED PEAK INTENSITY. 
BASED ON THE GROUND SURVEY, A NEARLY 500 YARD SWATH OF MAJOR TREE 
DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED WITH COUNTLESS HARDWOOD AND SOFTWOOD TREES 
DESTROYED. THE EF-3 PEAK INTENSITY (140 MPH) IS BASED ON THIS 
SWATH OF MAJOR TREE DAMAGE. THE TORNADO CONTINUED TO TRACK 
EASTWARD THROUGH TIBBIE WITH MORE SIGNIFICANT TO MAJOR TREE 
DAMAGE (EF-2 INTENSITY), ALONG WITH ROOF DAMAGE OBSERVED ALONG 
LEO AND BOYD WILLIE PARNELL ROAD. THE TORNADO WEAKENED AS IT MOVED
EAST ACROSS HOWARDTOWN ROAD AND DISSIPATED EAST OF CLARKE PLACE 
ROAD.

IN THE COMING DAYS, AVAILABLE HIGH RESOLUTION SATELLITE IMAGERY
WILL BE ANALYZED AND ADJUSTMENTS TO THE TRACK ARE POSSIBLE. 

&&

EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE
FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:

EF0...WEAK......65 TO 85 MPH
EF1...WEAK......86 TO 110 MPH
EF2...STRONG....111 TO 135 MPH
EF3...STRONG....136 TO 165 MPH
EF4...VIOLENT...166 TO 200 MPH
EF5...VIOLENT...>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.


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