EF1 Tornado — Madison, Mississippi

2024-12-28 · near Coxs Ferry, Madison, Mississippi

Event narrative

This tornado started near Farr Road and snapped and uprooted softwood trees. It intensified as it moved towards Coxs Ferry Road. There, it produced a concentrated corridor of extensive tree damage, including snapped softwood trees and several large uproots. It encountered a barn, which had roof damage and continued to do extensive tree damage. It continued to snap tree tops and break branches as it crossed the Madison County line and tracked towards and crossed HWY 49. As it entered Kearney Park, it encountered more homes and shingle damage was evident. A fence was also blown down. Damage in this area was more sporadic, with only minor tree damage. Further along its path, it snapped softwood trees and uprooted several cedars. It damaged shingles to another house. As it continued on its track, it re-intensified, as it uprooted hardwood trees. The tornado dissipated shortly after near Mount Elam Road. Its maximum wind speed was 100 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 1226225. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.