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Summary

Description
English: NEXRAD weather radar imagery of the 2023 Egypt–New Wren–Amory–Smithville, Mississippi tornado, during the tornado outbreak of March 24–27, 2023 in the United States. The tornado was rated EF3 on the Enhanced Fujita scale by the National Weather Service, with winds estimated at 158 miles per hour (254 km/h).

Key
Top Left: S-band radar reflectivity measured in dBZ.
Top Right: Weather radar velocity measured in knots.
Bottom Left: Weather radar Correlation Coefficient (ρhv).
Bottom Right: Weather radar Differential Reflectivity measured in Zdr.

At the time of this radar imagery, the tornado can be seen in the hook echo southwest of Amory, Mississippi, US.
Date
Source NEXRAD KGWX
Author National Weather Service (NWS), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and United States Air Force (USAF)

Licensing

Public domain
This image is in the public domain because it is from one or more of the U.S. government’s 159 NEXRAD radars, which are jointly owned and operated by the National Weather Service (NWS), an agency of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) within the United States Department of Commerce, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) within the Department of Transportation, and the U.S. Air Force within the Department of Defense.
Thus all NEXRAD images are public domain.

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NEXRAD weather radar imagery of the 2023 Egypt–New Wren–Amory–Smithville, Mississippi EF3 tornado in the United States.

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