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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
412 PM CST SAT JAN 6 2007

...TWO MORE TORNADOES CONFIRMED IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI 
TODAY...TOTAL OF SIX TORNADOES NOW CONFIRMED IN THIS AREA...

A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SURVEY TEAM CONDUCTED SURVEYS AGAIN TODAY 
IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. A FIFTH TORNADO TRACK WAS FOUND IN 
NOXUBEE COUNTY AND A SIXTH TRACK WAS FOUND IN JONES COUNTY. 

...TORNADO 6...JONES COUNTY...

BEGINNING POINT:  2 SW SOSO AT APPROXIMATELY 12:27 AM
ENDING POINT:  1 SSW SOSO
PATH LENGTH:  1.2 MILES
PATH WIDTH:  100 YARDS
PRELIMINARY FUJITA RATING:  F1
CASUALTIES:  NONE

SUMMARY OF DAMAGE: NUMEROUS TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED. ONE 
TREE FELL ON A CAR. A STORAGE BUILDING WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED. 
A SINGLE WIDE TRAILER WAS PUSHED OFF THE BLOCKS BUT REMAINED 
UPRIGHT. ROOF DAMAGE OCCURRED TO A DOUBLE WIDE TRAILER. THE DAMAGE 
WAS ALL ESTIMATED TO BE IN THE 75 TO 100 MPH RANGE.

...TORNADO 5...NOXUBEE COUNTY...

BEGINNING POINT:  5.5 WNW SHUQUALAK AT APPROXIMATELY 2:05 AM
ENDING POINT:  4 NW SHUQUALAK
PATH LENGTH:  3.7 MILES
PATH WIDTH:  300 YARDS
PRELIMINARY FUJITA RATING:  F1
CASUALTIES:  NONE

SUMMARY OF DAMAGE:  DAMAGE WAS MAINLY CONFINED TO A TORNADIC PATH OF 
TREE DAMAGE, INCLUDING NUMEROUS LARGE TREES BEING SNAPPED AND 
UPROOTED. HOWEVER, ONE HOME WHICH WAS ALONG THE EDGE OF THE PATH OF 
THE TORNADO DID SUFFER SOME MINOR DAMAGE, INCLUDING SOME MINOR ROOF 
DAMAGE AND DAMAGE TO A CARPORT.

IN ADDITION...THE SURVEY TEAM ALSO INVESTIGATED DAMAGE IN NORTHEAST 
NEWTON COUNTY ALONG PIERCE ROAD WHERE A TRAILER HOME HAD A LARGE 
PART OF ITS ROOF RIPPED OFF, AND IN SOUTHWEST KEMPER COUNTY WHERE A 
MOBILE HOME WAS TOTALLY DESTROYED AND THREE PEOPLE WERE INJURED NEAR 
THE DAMASCUS COMMUNITY. BOTH OF THESE DAMAGE AREAS WERE DETERMINED 
TO BE THE RESULT OF DOWNBURST STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE. THE WIND 
SPEED AT THE NEWTON COUNTY SITE WAS ESTIMATED TO BE 75 MPH, WHILE 
THE DAMAGE AT THE KEMPER COUNTY SITE WAS ESTIMATED TO BE BETWEEN 90 
AND 100 MPH.

BELOW ARE THE SUMMARIES OF THE OTHER EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI 
TORNADOES:

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...TORNADO 1...NEWTON AND NESHOBA COUNTIES...

BEGINNING POINT:  1 SW PROSPECT AT ABOUT 1:00 AM
ENDING POINT:  6 WSW NESHOBA
PATH LENGTH:  4.5 MILES
PATH WIDTH:  300 YARDS
PRELIMINARY FUJITA RATING:  F1
CASUALTIES:  NONE REPORTED

SUMMARY OF DAMAGE:  AT LEAST EIGHT CHICKEN HOUSES WERE DESTROYED. 
NUMEROUS TREES, BOTH PINES AND HARDWOODS, WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED. 
THREE HOMES SUFFERED DAMAGE, INCLUDING ONE HOME WHICH HAD ABOUT HALF 
OF ITS ROOF TAKEN OFF AND BLOWN SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET AWAY. 

...TORNADO 2...NESHOBA COUNTY...
BEGINNING POINT:  5.5 W NESHOBA AT ABOUT 1:15 AM
ENDING POINT:  3.5 NW NESHOBA
PATH LENGTH:  3 MILES
PATH WIDTH:  400 YARDS
PRELIMINARY FUJITA RATING:  F1
CASUALTIES:  NONE REPORTED

SUMMARY OF DAMAGE:  NUMEROUS TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED. TWO 
HOMES SUSTAINED DAMAGE, INCLUDING ROOF AND WALL DAMAGE. A NUMBER OF 
OUTBUILDINGS WERE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.

...TORNADO 3...NESHOBA COUNTY...
BEGINNING POINT:  2 NE TUCKER AT ABOUT 1:25 AM
ENDING POINT:  3 NE TUCKER
PATH LENGTH:  1.2 MILES
PATH WIDTH:  150 YARDS
PRELIMINARY FUJITA RATING:  F2
CASUALTIES:  NONE REPORTED

SUMMARY OF DAMAGE:  A BRICK HOME SUFFERED MAJOR DAMAGE AS IT HAD ITS 
ENTIRE ROOF STRUCTURE TOTALLY REMOVED. A LARGE OUTBUILDING WAS 
DESTROYED. A TRACTOR WAS PICKED UP AND ROLLED. NUMEROUS TREES 
SNAPPED, DOWNED AND UPROOTED.

...TORNADO 4...KEMPER COUNTY...
BEGINNING POINT:  1 WSW BLACKWATER AT ABOUT 1:40 AM
ENDING POINT:  2 NNW BLACKWATER
PATH LENGTH:  2 MILES
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH:  250 YD
PRELIMINARY FUJITA RATING:  F2
CASUALTIES:  NO FATALITIES, 9 INJURIES, 3 SERIOUS INJURIES

SUMMARY OF DAMAGE: 6 HOMES WERE DESTROYED. 5 OF THE HOMES WERE 
MOBILE HOMES AND 1 WAS A MODULAR HOME. THE MOBILE HOMES WERE 
STRAPPED DOWN. A CAR WAS FLIPPED OVER AND ROLLED, AND THERE WAS A 
PATH OF EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE. 

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