EF1 tornado in Jefferson County, Mississippi

Tornado December 28, 2024 · Jefferson County, Mississippi

EF1

Rating

11.1 mi

Whole path

400 yd

Path width

$45K

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Jefferson County → Claiborne County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 400 yards (0.23 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF1 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF1 is moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 86–110 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

The EF-1 tornado initially touched down on Brady Road, east of Red Lick, where it caused a portion of the roof of a mobile home to be peeled off. It then continued northeast and downed several trees primarily south of Brady Road. The tornado progressed toward Violet Road, where additional pines were uprooted. Upon crossing Violet Road, the tornado intensified and knock down numerous trees along its path. It then continued northeast and crossed into Claiborne County near Forest Grove Road, where several large branches were broken. The tornado then crossed Highway 547 and peeled tin off the roof of a residence before ultimately dissipating. Its maximum wind speed was 110 mph.

The wider storm

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.

Began near Red Lick (31.7924, -90.9652).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

35 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1225859. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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