Storm Events Database
The Storm Events Database contains records on various types of severe weather, as collected by NOAA's National Weather Service (NWS).
www.ncdc.noaa.govHere’s a concise update on the 2011 Philadelphia, Mississippi tornado.
- What happened: An extremely powerful EF5 tornado tracked about 28 miles through Neshoba, Kemper, Winston, and Noxubee counties, near Philadelphia, MS, during the April 27, 2011 outbreak. It was the first EF5 of the historic 2011 Super Outbreak and caused three fatalities and eight injuries, with about $1.1 million in damage.[3][5]
- Context: This tornado was part of the multi-day Super Outbreak, the largest tornado outbreak on record, which included several other EF5 tornadoes on the same day.[5]
- Aftermath: State and federal emergency declarations followed, enabling funding and assistance for affected residents and communities.[3][5]
- Visuals and sources: You can find survivor footage and expert summaries in contemporary reports and archived pages; for a detailed summary, Wikipedia’s 2011 Philadelphia, Mississippi tornado page is a common reference, and NOAA’s Storm Events Database provides official event records.[9][3]
If you’d like, I can pull the latest updates or provide a short explainer visual (timeline or map) of the outbreak’s Mississippi tornado track.