EF0 tornado in Stone County, Mississippi

A brief EF0 tornado began to the southwest of Oak Drive in adjacent forest where a radar tornado debris signature became apparent. As the tornado continued northeast, it affected several homes with damage mostly cosmetic with vinyl siding removed, minor shingle damage and one home with an east facing window being broken. Other damage to the adjacent forest included mostly large tree limbs and treetops being broken off. As the tornado continued northeast it cross and then paralleled Wire Road W where several skinny pine trees were either snapped or uprooted in a weak convergent pattern. The tornado likely lifted just prior to reaching Cecil Daniels Road based on available Sentinel satellite imagery. The tornado start and end point may be adjusted later as higher resolution satellite imagery becomes available. Special thanks to Stone County EMA for providing ground photos and drone imagery for this tornado.

A multi-day severe weather episode occurred across southeast Mississippi into southwest and south-central Alabama and the Florida Panhandle with round #1 beginning the afternoon of December 27th and lasting through the evening hours and round #2 beginning the afternoon of December 28th and lasting into the early morning hours of December 29th. Multiple tornadoes and areas of damage were reported.