EF2 Tornado — Jasper, Mississippi

2024-12-28 · near Lake Como, Jasper, Mississippi

Event narrative

This tornado began near Lake Como where damage to vegetation and a shed was noted, where tin had been ripped off and scattered near County Road 23 and Road 528. The tornado progressed northeastward just north of Road 528 where a home had some flashing and gutters removed with several snapped pines nearby. Crossing County Roads 273 and 27, the tornado downed a tree onto a mobile home and tossed a carport a few dozen yards. As it intensified to its maximum estimate intensity of EF-2, the tornado destroyed numerous chicken houses near County Road 29 and tossed pieces of the houses over a quarter mile. Numerous pines were snapped with mostly minor to moderate roof damage to nearby homes. The tornado weakened quickly to the northeast and dissipated near Country Road 18 where only minor damage to vegetation was noted. The maximum wind speed was 115 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 1226737. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.