EF0 Tornado — Pearl River, Mississippi

2023-12-01 · near Poplarville, Pearl River, Mississippi

Event narrative

NWS storm survey determined a weak tornado with max estimated winds of 65 mph touched down just south of Jacobs Road. The tornado was briefly on the ground for 1-minute, tracking north for 0.3 miles. The max path width was 75 yards. The tornado knocked down a few trees with a considerable amount of branches snapped in its path. A car port was destroyed, a RV flipped, and a truck rolled.

Wider weather episode

A deepening surface low formed across the ArkLaTex region in the early morning hours on December 1st. In the warm sector of the low, thunderstorms formed along a convergent axis almost parallel to the upper-level flow, which caused training to occur over an urban area (Baton Rouge). That same batch of convection eventually cold-pooled out and raced east when a bowing segment produced a very brief tornado in Pearl River county, aided by a surging rear-inflow jet. After that convection exited the area, another batch formed during the late evening hours, with one cell becoming dominant and producing golf ball sized hail before the whole complex weakened.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1153151. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.