EF0 Tornado — Newton, Mississippi

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

Event narrative

An EF-0 tornado touched down on the west side of Hickory and crossed US Highway 80 and moved northeast. A few buildings were damaged, and minor tree damage occurred. The tornado lifted after it crossed MS Highway 503. The maximum wind speed was 80 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 1226739. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.