Storm Events Database

Storm Events Database

Event Details:

Event Tornado
-- Scale EF0
-- Length 0.06 Miles
-- Width 50 Yards
State MISSISSIPPI
County/Area LAMAR
WFO JAN
Report Source NWS Storm Survey
NCEI Data Source CSV
Begin Date 2014-12-23 14:45 CST-6
Begin Location 0S SUMRALL
Begin Lat/Lon 31.4143/-89.5509
End Date 2014-12-23 14:45 CST-6
End Location 0S SUMRALL
End Lat/Lon 31.4143/-89.5509
Deaths Direct/Indirect 0/0 (fatality details below, when available...)
Injuries Direct/Indirect 0/0
Property Damage 2.50K
Crop Damage 0.00K
Episode Narrative During the afternoon of Dec 23, just enough ingredients came together to support numerous severe storms ahead of a cold front. Across the Lower Mississippi River Valley, peak heating contributed to decent instability in the developing warm sector in advance of the front. Sufficient low level wind shear and strong winds aloft were also in place as a decent upper low was located to our north. This helped to support organized thunderstorm activity along with quite a few supercell storms.
A long lived, persistent, storm tracked across the southeastern counties (near Columbia, Mississippi to Sumrall and Laurel to Heidelberg, Mississippi line) and produced multiple tornadoes. Widespread damage occurred in southern Columbia and near Laurel. Additional damage occurred across Marion, Jones and Clarke counties. Sadly, five confirmed fatalities occurred, with three near Columbia in Marion County and two near Laurel in Jones County. Severe storms moved out of the region by late afternoon to early Tuesday evening. The front continued to track through the area through the evening of December 23.
Event Narrative This tornado briefly touched down in Sumrall. The tin roof of a daycare center and several large limbs were knocked down from this brief tornado touchdown. The estimated wind speed was 70 mph.


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Event Map:

Note: The tornado track is approximate based on the beginning (B) and ending (E) locations. The actual tornado path may differ from a straight line.
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All events for this episode:

Location County/Zone St. Date Time T.Z. Type Mag Dth Inj PrD CrD
Totals: 5 50 27.265M 0.00K
GITANO JONES CO. MS 12/23/2014 05:05 CST-6 Hail 1.00 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
BUDE FRANKLIN CO. MS 12/23/2014 07:20 CST-6 Hail 0.75 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
CASEYVILLE LINCOLN CO. MS 12/23/2014 07:41 CST-6 Hail 1.00 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
ARLINGTON NESHOBA CO. MS 12/23/2014 10:17 CST-6 Hail 0.88 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
CASEYVILLE LINCOLN CO. MS 12/23/2014 10:36 CST-6 Hail 0.75 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
LOUISVILLE WINSTON CO. MS 12/23/2014 10:39 CST-6 Hail 0.75 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
ROSS WINSTON CO. MS 12/23/2014 10:52 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 50 kts. EG 0 0 2.00K 0.00K
ROBINWOOD LAWRENCE CO. MS 12/23/2014 11:05 CST-6 Hail 0.75 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
GRANGE LAWRENCE CO. MS 12/23/2014 11:08 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 51 kts. EG 0 0 2.00K 0.00K
PRENTISS JEFFERSON DAVIS CO. MS 12/23/2014 11:25 CST-6 Hail 0.75 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
WEST LINCOLN LINCOLN CO. MS 12/23/2014 11:35 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 52 kts. EG 0 0 2.00K 0.00K
GRAHAM LAUDERDALE CO. MS 12/23/2014 11:39 CST-6 Hail 1.00 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
SUQUALENA LAUDERDALE CO. MS 12/23/2014 11:45 CST-6 Hail 0.75 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
DE KALB KEMPER CO. MS 12/23/2014 12:10 CST-6 Hail 1.00 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
DE KALB KEMPER CO. MS 12/23/2014 12:10 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 50 kts. EG 0 0 1.00K 0.00K
THAYER LINCOLN CO. MS 12/23/2014 12:15 CST-6 Hail 1.75 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
SONTAG LAWRENCE CO. MS 12/23/2014 12:33 CST-6 Hail 1.00 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
NATCHEZ ADAMS CO. MS 12/23/2014 12:50 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 50 kts. EG 0 0 5.00K 0.00K
POKAL SIMPSON CO. MS 12/23/2014 12:53 CST-6 Hail 1.00 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
KOKOMO MARION CO. MS 12/23/2014 14:05 CST-6 Hail 0.75 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
FOXWORTH MARION CO. MS 12/23/2014 14:13 CST-6 Hail 0.75 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
COLUMBIA MARION CO. MS 12/23/2014 14:20 CST-6 Tornado EF3 3 50 25.000M 0.00K
SUMRALL LAMAR CO. MS 12/23/2014 14:45 CST-6 Tornado EF0 0 0 2.50K 0.00K
SUMRALL LAMAR CO. MS 12/23/2014 14:46 CST-6 Tornado EF0 0 0 23.00K 0.00K
TAWANTA JONES CO. MS 12/23/2014 15:05 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 52 kts. EG 0 0 2.00K 0.00K
SERVICE JONES CO. MS 12/23/2014 15:22 CST-6 Tornado EF2 2 0 2.200M 0.00K
HEIDELBERG JASPER CO. MS 12/23/2014 15:42 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 55 kts. EG 0 0 10.00K 0.00K
LANHAM JONES CO. MS 12/23/2014 15:45 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 50 kts. EG 0 0 0.20K 0.00K
GOODWATER CLARKE CO. MS 12/23/2014 15:59 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 50 kts. EG 0 0 1.00K 0.00K
MERIDIAN LAUDERDALE CO. MS 12/23/2014 16:00 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 50 kts. EG 0 0 2.00K 0.00K
JUNCTION CITY CLARKE CO. MS 12/23/2014 16:13 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 51 kts. EG 0 0 3.00K 0.00K
SNELL CLARKE CO. MS 12/23/2014 16:23 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 50 kts. EG 0 0 2.00K 0.00K
CREEK CLARKE CO. MS 12/23/2014 16:27 CST-6 Tornado EF0 0 0 7.00K 0.00K
Totals: 5 50 27.265M 0.00K