EF1 tornado in Clarke County, Mississippi

This EF 1 tornado began along HWY 18 in the community of Orange where it damaged a shed by uplifting the tin roof and caused minor damage to trees. A brief second circulation was also noted on the north side where it broke small tree branches and tossed a piece of tin. It is likely this merged into the southern circulation, which became dominant. Shortly after, it crossed into Clarke County at County Road 1842 and County Road 315. It continued to cause mainly minor tree damage as it crossed I-59. It intensified as it entered the town of Enterprise where it uprooted large softwood trees, and broke large branches. It continued to uproot trees as it tracked northeast towards County Road 514. There, it damaged a shed. It dissipated shortly after near County Road 350. The maximum wind speed was 90 mph. Total path length across Jasper and Clarke counties was 11.8 miles.

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.