EF1 Tornado — Jefferson Davis, Mississippi

2024-12-28 · near Hebron, Jefferson Davis, Mississippi

Event narrative

This brief tornado touched down just southwest of Highway 42 in the Hebron community. Along its path, it produced a concentrated corridor of tree damage. It uprooted several hardwood trees and broke large branches. It dissipated near HWY 42. Max winds were around 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 1229690. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.