EF1 Tornado — Newton, Mississippi

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

Event narrative

An EF-1 tornado touched down west of Mount Pleasant Church Road and moved north of Chunky. A home lost its roof, a shed was damaged, and numerous trees were damaged or uprooted along its track. The tornado crossed Interstate 20 near mile marker 121 and then dissipated after it crossed Chunky Duffee Road. The maximum wind speed was 90 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 1227905. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.