EF1 Tornado — Franklin, Mississippi

2020-12-23 · near Mc Call Creek, Franklin, Mississippi

Event narrative

This tornado began near the Homochitto River, and quickly reached its greatest intensity as it crossed Burch Herring Road and Neal Posey Road in the Homochitto National Forest. Here it snapped and uprooted numerous trees. It continued east across McCall Creek Road and lifted near the intersection of Shucktown Road and Dennis Smith Road, where it uprooted additional trees along the path. Maximum estimated winds were 105 miles per hour.

Wider weather episode

A line of storms moved through Mississippi on the evening of December 23rd and into the early morning hours on December 24th. These storms produced damaging winds and tornadoes across southern Mississippi.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 929760. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.