EF2 Tornado — Monroe, Mississippi

2010-11-29 to 2010-11-30 · near Acker, Monroe, Mississippi

Event narrative

A tornado touched down in the Becker Community east of the Monroe County Airport. The tornado destroyed one home with four homes sustaining major damage. An additional nine homes sustained minor damage. Eight mobile homes were destroyed with another five receiving major damage. Fourteen mobile homes sustained minor damage. Numerous trees and power lines were snapped or knocked down.

Wider weather episode

A cold front moved through the Mid-South during the evening hours of November 29th, 2010. The front interacted with a very unstable atmosphere and produced numerous showers and thunderstorms across North Mississippi. One storm became severe and produced damaging winds and a tornado.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 268781. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.