EF0 Tornado — Jasper, Mississippi

2024-12-28 · near Bay Spgs Thigpen Arp, Jasper, Mississippi

Event narrative

An EF-0 tornado touched down west of MS Highway 17 were it caused a narrow corridor of convergently felled pine trees. The tornado moved eastward just north of County Road 17253. The tornado was brief - only on the ground for around a minute and less than 1 mile. It dissipated along County Road 1725 where a few downed limbs and narrow swath of leaf litter were observed. The maximum wind speed was 85 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 1226728. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.