According to the National Weather Service, the tornado traveled approximately 59 miles from northern Issaquena County to northern Homes County, at a maximum width of three-quarters of a mile and maximum wind speed of 170 miles per hour.
Tornado damages more than 2,000 homes in Mississippi: reports
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