EF1 Tornado — Oktibbeha, Mississippi

2024-12-28 · near Patrick, Oktibbeha, Mississippi

Event narrative

This tornado touched down in a neighborhood east of Starkville where it damaged roofs on several townhomes. Significant uplift of roofing and decking was noted. It also damaged trees in the neighborhood. Further along its path, it snapped power poles and damaged several more roofs. It snapped trees as well. The tornado dissipated shortly after crossing HWY 182. The maximum wind speed was 110 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 1227909. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.