EF0 Tornado — Jones, Mississippi

2024-12-27 · near Mill Creek, Jones, Mississippi

Event narrative

An EF-1 tornado began in far eastern Jones County along Clay Taylor Rd, where the roof of a home was lifted which resulted in displaced porch columns. A trampoline and play set were blown into a nearby field. There were also several limbs blown down along Pearman Rd before the tornado continued into Wayne County just east of Pearman Rd. There was sporadic tree damage along Strengthford Myrick Road and Maxcey Drive. The tornado began to intensify as it approached a farm on Sellers Cooley Drive. Several metal farm buildings were heavily damaged. A few cattle were picked up and tossed during the tornado. Several large trees were snapped or uprooted across the farm. The tornado continued to move to the northeast across inaccessible and heavily forested areas. The tornado crossed Highway 84 and lifted the roof of a house on the north side of the road. The wind likely got under the roof overhanging the carport area and caused the uplift of a significant chunk of the roof over the rest of the house. Another house on Oscar Bell Road also had an uplift of the roof. The tornado continued off to the northeast and trekked over heavily forested areas. A convergent pattern in the tree damage was noted further to the northeast as the tornado moved across Beat 4 Shubuta Road. Very sporadic damage was noted off to the northeast toward Gatlin Road. Future adjustments to the track are expected given that some of the track was inaccessible due to densely forested areas. The estimated maximum wind speed in Jones County was 85 mph. The total path length was 13.06 miles across the two counties.

Wider weather episode

As an upper-level disturbance crossed from the Southern Plains into the Midwest, severe thunderstorms developed over portions of Mississippi. Wind damage and a few tornadoes resulted from these storms.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1227965. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.