EF1 Tornado — Choctaw, Mississippi

2022-11-29 · near Reform, Choctaw, Mississippi

Event narrative

An EF-1 tornado touched down near the intersection of Mississippi Highway 9 and Maddox Road, where a few trees were snapped or damaged. The tornado moved northeast and crossed the Natchez Trace Parkway where a few trees were blown down into the roadway. Along Hester Road, the tornado blew the roof off of a barn and snapped several nearby trees. Also in this area an RV was rolled on its side, and a tree fell onto and damaged another home. The tornado continued to snap and uproot trees along its path as it crossed Franklin Road and Breland Road, and it dissipated shortly after it crossed Mississippi Highway 15 near Sherwood Road. A home near Sherwood Road was partially damaged. The estimated peak wind speed was 90 mph.

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 1067556. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.