EF1 Tornado — Copiah, Mississippi

2024-12-28 · near Crystal Spgs, Copiah, Mississippi

Event narrative

An EF-1 tornado touched down just west of Crystal Springs where it snapped trees, one of which fell onto and damaged a home. It then continued to uproot and snap numerous trees and cause other minor damage to homes and down power lines and poles as it tracked northeastward. Peak intensity was noted in the middle of the track from Brewer Road, Highway 27 and along or just west of Rhymes Road. It crossed into southern Hinds County just east of US Highway 51 and continued to damage trees in the southern part of Terry. It dissipated after crossing Rosemary Road. The maximum wind speed was 105 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 1227964. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.