EF1 Tornado — Simpson, Mississippi

2024-12-28 · near Shivers, Simpson, Mississippi

Event narrative

An EF-1 tornado touched down along Walt Lee Road and moved north-northeast on the western side of Pinola. It snapped and uprooted trees along its path. It crossed MS Highway 472 where peak intensity was noted and then it crossed MS Highway 28, and lifted as it crossed Jupiter Road. Its maximum wind speed was 105 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 1226221. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.