EF1 Tornado — Claiborne, Mississippi

2024-12-28 · near Gordon, Claiborne, Mississippi

Event narrative

This EF-1 tornado originated in southern Claiborne County along Gordon Station Road, where it displaced a tin carport across the roadway. The tornado then tracked eastward and crossed New Pine Grove Road, where several small pines and oak trees were uprooted. It then continued along the intersection of New Pine Grove Road and Tillman Road, where the tornado caused significant tree damage and knocked down a variety of mixed forest species. The tornado continued northeast and crossed Highway 547, where it shifted a mobile home and caused roof damage due to fallen trees and wind debris. The tornado ultimately progressed northeast as it crossed Little Bayou Pierre and dissipated. The maximum windspeed of this tornado was 100 mph.

Wider weather episode

On December 28th, an outbreak of severe weather took place. Initially, a few isolated supercells storms developed and produced some tornadoes. As this occurred, a line of storms also developed and eventually pushed eastward across our region. Widespread damaging winds occurred with the line along with numerous tornadoes. This particular convective system was extremely efficient at producing tornadoes. This resulted in a record number of tornadoes for the month of December. The total across our forecast area was 43. The previous December record was 24 back in 2022.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1223240. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.