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EF1 tornado in Forrest County, Mississippi
Tornado December 14, 2022 · Forrest County, Mississippi
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.
What the National Weather Service wrote
This tornado began just east-northeast of Joe Lee Road where it uprooted several softwood trees. The tornado moved northeast across Havard Road where a pig shed was destroyed, a roof was taken off of a hay barn, and the side of a barn was damaged. The tornado continued northeast across MS Highway 13 and Old Highway 13, where several more trees were uprooted. It continued northeast across Pete Thompson Rd., uprooted several more trees, and then dissipated. Estimated maximum winds were 105 mph.
The wider storm
Severe thunderstorms moved across Mississippi during the evening and overnight hours of the 13th into the 14th, with flash flooding across areas of the Delta and several tornadoes. Severe storm coverage diminished during the night, but storms became severe again during the afternoon of the 14th as a cold front interacted with a warm and unstable air mass in the region. Tornadoes on the 14th were generally along and south of the Interstate 20 corridor with severe storms continuing into the evening.
Began near Carnes (30.9884, -89.3195).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
20 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1083279. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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