F1 Tornado — Newton, Mississippi

2007-01-05 · near Prospect, Newton, Mississippi

Event narrative

This tornado touched down in northwest Newton County, near the Prospect Community, and tracked north northeast into southwest Neshoba County. Four chicken houses were destroyed along with one home sustaining minor damage. This tornado moved into Neshoba County and was on the ground for another 2 miles. The total path length was 5.3 miles and was rated F1.

Wider weather episode

During the evening of Jan 4th and early morning hours of Jan 5th, a potent storm system moved across the Lower Mississippi Valley. This system was dynamic enough to generate a line of thunderstorms across Central Mississippi. This line developed within a strongly sheared environment and evolved into a squall line with bowing segments. These bowing segments proved very efficient with respect to producing damaging wind gusts and six tornadoes. The squall line matured just east of Interstate 55 around 11 pm and raced east before exiting into Alabama around 3 am.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 6925. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.