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The tornado fatality that occurred in Washington County on Friday, October 9th was the first death from a tornado in Mississippi in 4 years or since 2005.
Sixty year-old Sarah Smith was killed when a EF-1 tornado with winds near 110 mph flipped her mobile home on its roof.
Smith died after suffering severe head trauma.
According to the National Climatic Data Center, the last tornado fatality during the month of October in Mississippi -was over 40 years ago in 1967. (Harrison County 1967)
This was also the first tornado death since May of this year across the country.
A total 22 tornado fatalities have occurred in the United States in 8 states, this year.
(Mississippi, Georgia, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Tennessee, Alabama, and Kentucky)
This is well below the 126 fatalities that occurred across the country in 2008 and the 3 year average of 91 tornado fatalities.
Previous information:
- September tornado reports lowest in many years
- Canton Flea Market; Summer feel on Thursday
- Mississippi State Fair; weather may affect events and attendance
- Olaf and Gulf of Mexico moisture flows into the state; Flash Flood Watch
- First October rains; storm reports
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