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EF0 tornado in Forrest County, Mississippi

Tornado December 27, 2024 · Forrest County, Mississippi

EF0

Rating

0.6 mi

Path length

60 yd

Path width

$3K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 60 yards (0.03 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF0 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF0 is light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 65–85 mph. The rating comes from a survey of the worst damage after the storm, not from a wind measurement, so it says as much about what the tornado hit as about how strong it was.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A brief weak tornado touched down just west of US Highway 49 in the Maxie community. A few trees were damaged as it moved northeast, and a power line was taken down. The tornado dissipated at Old Highway 49. Maximum estimated wind speeds were 85 mph. This tornado was also seen on social media videos. A tornadic debris signature was noted on radar with this storm.

The wider storm

As an upper-level disturbance crossed from the Southern Plains into the Midwest, severe thunderstorms developed over portions of Mississippi. Wind damage and a few tornadoes resulted from these storms.

Began near Maxie (30.9682, -89.1985).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF1 Jones County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1223076. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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