EF1 Tornado — Amite, Mississippi

2024-06-04 · near East Fork, Amite, Mississippi

Event narrative

This EF-1 tornado embedded in a QLCS formed along Highway 24 east of Liberty. Here, large limbs were broken off an oak tree. The tornado moved to the east-southeast towards Patterson Rd where small limbs were broken and uprooted trees were noted. This tornado strengthened to peak intensity of 100 mph as it moved into a patch of trees just west and on Peoria Rd. Here, large swaths of trees were either snapped or uprooted in a convergent pattern. A tree fell on a home here, but no one was injured. This tornado then paralleled Turner Rd to the south where it continued to snap and uproot pines. Damage from where a mobile home used to be was noted, but it's unclear whether it was from the storm. This tornado continued to the east-southeast before lifting soon after snapping a tree along Lower Glading Rd.

Wider weather episode

The start of what would eventually be a very potent Mesoscale Convective System (MCS) began around midnight on June 4th in central Oklahoma. A cluster of thunderstorms became outflow dominant with the convection chasing the outflow boundary southeastward. The MCS had weakened quite a bit as it moved into northwest Louisiana. However, strong daytime heating and pooling moisture ahead of this was waiting for it in southern Mississippi. Those warm temps and high dewpoints increased surface and mid level instability that would support very strong updrafts. Although shear was relatively low, it was sufficient to support severe weather. About the time the MCS reached the Mississippi River, it began to rapidly intensify into a well organized system. As it moved through the area, it produced wide spread wind damage and four tornadoes. No injuries or fatalities reported with these tornadoes.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1193399. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.