EF1 Tornado — Lauderdale, Mississippi

2024-12-28 · near Increase, Lauderdale, Mississippi

Event narrative

This tornado began near Fisher Rd near the Causeyville community and uprooted trees as it moved northeastward. It continued across Causeyville Rd, Vimville Causeyville Rd, Rob Sims Rd, and Russell Camp Rd before it crossed MS Highway 19 between the Vimville and Whynot communities. The tornado weakened and dissipated shortly after it crossed Alamucha Whynot Rd. 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 1227913. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.