EF1 Tornado — Jefferson, Mississippi

2024-12-28 · near Church Hill, Jefferson, Mississippi

Event narrative

This tornado began near the Natchez Trace west of Fayette where it snapped and uprooted several softwood trees and broke large branches. It continued to cause mainly tree damage, including a fallen tree on a power line. When it reached HWY 553 it damaged a shed and several more trees. It continued to cause tree damage up to HWY 61, where it damaged shingles on several houses. It dissipated shortly after crossing HWY 61. Its maximum wind speed was 95 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 1225836. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.