EFU Tornado — Mississippi, Missouri

2024-07-26 · near Alfalfa Center, Mississippi, Missouri

Event narrative

Multiple photos were reported of a landspout tornado on the southwest side of Cairo near the Mississippi River which formed near the intersection of a small cell and an outflow boundary. No damage was reported with this landspout.

Wider weather episode

A frontal boundary across southernmost portions of Missouri and Kentucky became a focal point for developing afternoon thunderstorms on the 26th, with progression slowly expanding northward. One of these storms just south of Cairo, Illinois in Mississippi County, Missouri produced a brief landspout tornado with multiple reports submitted with pictures. MLCAPE was 2000 J/kg while shear and helicity were very limited.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1203019. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.