EF1 tornado in Wayne County, Mississippi

The tornado began near the Jones/Wayne County line and moved to

the northeast with sporadic tree damage along Strengthford Myrick

Road and Maxcey Drive. The tornado began to intensify as it

approached a farm on Sellers Cooley Drive. Several metal farm

buildings were heavily damaged. A few cattle were picked up and

tossed during the tornado. Several large trees were snapped or

uprooted across the farm. The tornado continued to move to the

northeast across inaccessible and heavily forested areas. The EF-

1 tornado crossed Highway 84 and lifted the roof of a house on

the north side of the road. The wind likely got under the roof

overhanging the carport area and caused the uplift of a

significant chunk of the roof over the rest of the house. Another

house on Oscar Bell Road also had an uplift of the roof. The

tornado continued off to the northeast and trekked over heavily

forested areas. A convergent pattern in the tree damage was noted

further to the northeast as the tornado moved across Beat

4 Shubuta Road. Very sporadic damage was noted off to the

northeast toward Gatlin Road. Future adjustments to the track are

expected given that some of the track was inaccessible due to

densely forested areas.

A multi-day severe weather episode occurred across southeast Mississippi into southwest and south-central Alabama and the Florida Panhandle with round #1 beginning the afternoon of December 27th and lasting through the evening hours and round #2 beginning the afternoon of December 28th and lasting into the early morning hours of December 29th. Multiple tornadoes and areas of damage were reported.