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OnIn Sunday,the afternoon hours of February 10, 2013, a large [[multiple-vortex tornado|multiple-vortex]] [[tornado]] devastated the cities of [[West Hattiesburg, Mississippi|West Hattiesburg]], [[Hattiesburg, Mississippi|Hattiesburg]], and [[Petal, Mississippi]]. The tornado was one of eight that touched down in southern [[Mississippi]] and southwestern [[Alabama]] that day. It reached a maximum path width of {{convert|0.75|mi|km}} in its path through the Hattiesburg area and reached estimated [[maximum sustained winds]] of {{convert|170|mph|km/h|abbr=on}} in Oak Grove neighborhood of West Hattiesburg. It destroyed many structures and impacted [[University of Southern Mississippi]] and two high schools ([[Oak Grove High School (Hattiesburg, Mississippi)|Oak Grove High School]] and [[Hattiesburg, Mississippi#High schools|Hattiesburg High School]]).<ref name="Hattiesburg EF4"/><ref name="OakGroveNCDC"/><ref name="HattiesburgNCDC"/><ref name="PerryCountyNCDC"/> Mississippi was declared a federal disaster area by President [[Barack Obama]],<ref name="FedDisaster"/> and a state of emergency was issued by Mississippi Governor [[Phil Bryant]].<ref name="StateofEmergencyMS"/>
