EF0 Tornado — Marion, Mississippi

2022-11-29 · near Goss, Marion, Mississippi

Event narrative

Satellite imagery suggests this EF-0 tornado may have touched down near and began damaging trees along Pierce Creek between JL Robbins Road and Smith Hill Road in southwest Jefferson Davis County. The tornado continued northeastward and briefly crossed into far northern Marion County. After it crossed Bunker Hill Road, the tornado continued again into Jefferson Davis County. A few trees were uprooted and damaged near Ebenezer Church Road, and satellite imagery suggests a few additional trees were damaged or uprooted between Ebenezer Church Road and Mill Road. The tornado dissipated before it reached Mississippi Highway 35. The estimated peak wind speed was 85 mph. The combined tornado path across both counties was 3.38 miles. A tornadic debris signature was observed on radar with this tornado.

Wider weather episode

As a low pressure system moved from the High Plains toward the Great Lakes on November 29th, a warm front lifted north from the Gulf Coast. Strong wind shear interacted with the increasingly unstable environment across Mississippi, and widespread strong to severe thunderstorms developed through the day and into the evening. This severe weather episode was marked by many supercell thunderstorms which were observed on radar and by storm chasers in the region. Large hail fell mainly in areas through the Delta Region, but damaging wind gusts and tornadoes were common through much of the central and southern portions of the state. The strongest tornadoes were rated EF-2.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1067284. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.