EF1 Tornado — Lincoln, Mississippi

2024-12-28 · near Wilkinson, Lincoln, Mississippi

Event narrative

An EF-1 tornado touched down on Rolling Meadows Lane where it snapped pines. As it continued northeast, it damaged an unanchored carport. On Melvin Mason Road it snapped small tree branches. It then intensified as it tracked northeast and snapped and uprooted numerous trees. There was also minor damage to the roof of a home and shed. It continued to uproot trees before it dissipated on Harmony Drive. Its maximum wind speed was 110 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 1225838. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.