EF2 tornado in Jasper County, Mississippi

An EF-2 tornado touched down southeast of Stringer near the intersection of County Roads 195 and 19. Trees were damaged or uprooted in this area, and two homes had minor roof damage. The tornado moved nort-northeast and crossed CR 193 where an older wooden home lost a significant portion of the roof, had its windows broken, and walls damaged. The tornado then turned to the northeast and crossed CR 21 where minor shingle damage was done to a home along with multiple uprooted nearby pine trees. The tornado then traveled across a large wooded creek bottom area. Satellite imagery indicated a swath of damaged or downed trees approximately 120 yards wide by 1.5 miles long between the Terrapin Creek and CR 23. The tornado broke a light pole and damaged a metal building as it crossed CR 23. It continued across more creek bottom land and then crossed CR 52816 near its intersection with Mississippi Highway 528. The most intense damage occurred here, where there was a focused path of damage to trees and buildings. There was heavy tree damage, a shed was destroyed and debris thrown a sizable distance, a well built brick home had the entire roof removed with sections thrown and deposited some distance away, and some chicken houses were heavily damaged. A few other homes in this vicinity were damaged but were just outside of the strong core. The tornado weakened as it moved past Highway 528. It dissipated near the intersection of CR 14 and 31. A tornadic debris signature was observed on radar with this tornado. The peak estimated wind wind speed was 120 mph.

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.