EF1 Tornado — Newton, Mississippi

2024-12-28 · near Calhoun, Newton, Mississippi

Event narrative

An EF-1 tornado touched down near the intersection of MS Highway 15 and Newton Calhoun Road and damaged mostly trees as it moved northeast. Many trees were uprooted or snapped along the path, and several barns and farm outbuildings were damaged. The tornado dissipated after it crossed Peavy Road. The maximum wind speed was 95 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 1226738. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.