EF1 Tornado — Clarke, Mississippi

2024-12-28 · near Sykes, Clarke, Mississippi

Event narrative

This EF-1 tornado began near the intersection of County Rd 140 and Highway 18. As it moved northeast, this tornado uprooted several trees and scattered numerous small pine tree limbs. This tornado intensified as it crossed County Rd 450 where multiple softwood trees were uprooted and a large hardwood tree fell on a home. A shed also sustained roof damage. After it crossed County Rd 450, the tornado continued to move northeast towards the intersection of County Rd 451 and Cabin Creek Ln. As it crossed this intersection, it uprooted several small softwood trees and scattered multiple small branches on the ground. This twister tracked northeast toward County Rd 430 where several small pine limbs were scattered. It then weakened as it crossed County Rd 423. The tornado continued its northeastward track and crossed over County Rd 420 where a large tree was found on the ground. Shortly after it crossed County Rd 420, the tornado dissipated. The maximum wind speed was 95 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 1227963. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.