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Event Details
| Event | Tornado |
| -- Scale | EF0 |
| -- Length | 1.53 Miles |
| -- Width | 50 Yards |
| State | MISSISSIPPI |
| County/Area | SMITH |
| WFO | JAN |
| Report Source | NWS Storm Survey |
| NCDC Data Source | CSV |
| Begin Date | 2014-12-15 17:02:00.0 CST-6 |
| Begin Location | 5SW MIZE |
| Begin Lat/Lon | 31.8276/-89.6172 |
| End Date | 2014-12-15 17:06:00.0 CST-6 |
| End Location | 3SW MIZE |
| End Lat/Lon | 31.8374/-89.5939 |
| Deaths Direct/Indirect | 0/0 (fatality details below, when available...) |
| Injuries Direct/Indirect | 0/0 |
| Property Damage | 6.00K |
| Crop Damage | 0.00K |
| Episode Narrative | During the afternoon of Dec 15, just enough ingredients came together to support isolated 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 a few rotating mini-supercell storms. A long lived, persistent, storm tracked across the southern counties (roughly a Bude to Taylorsville, Mississippi line) and produced a few funnel clouds and one instance of a brief tornado (southwest of Mize). Along the actual front, a broken line of storms developed. One cell along the line developed some weak rotation and produced a brief tornado near Bovina, Mississippi. Activity weakened during the evening as it pushed east and out of the area around midnight. |
| Event Narrative | This weak tornado touched down near the intersection of county roads 61 and 50, where some large limbs were snapped. The tornado continued along country road 50, causing some roof damage to a chicken house and ended near the intersection of county roads 50 and 50A. Here, it snapped a few more large limbs. The maximum sustained winds were 75 mph. |
All events for this episode:
| Location | County/Zone | St. | Date | Time | T.Z. | Type | Mag | Dth | Inj | PrD | CrD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals: | 0 | 0 | 22.00K | 0.00K | |||||||
| SHIVERS | SIMPSON CO. | MS | 12/15/2014 | 16:15 | CST-6 | Thunderstorm Wind | 50 kts. EG | 0 | 0 | 1.00K | 0.00K |
| SHIVERS | SIMPSON CO. | MS | 12/15/2014 | 16:15 | CST-6 | Funnel Cloud | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| MIZE | SMITH CO. | MS | 12/15/2014 | 17:02 | CST-6 | Tornado | EF0 | 0 | 0 | 6.00K | 0.00K |
| TAYLORSVILLE | SMITH CO. | MS | 12/15/2014 | 17:25 | CST-6 | Thunderstorm Wind | 50 kts. EG | 0 | 0 | 3.00K | 0.00K |
| BOVINA | WARREN CO. | MS | 12/15/2014 | 17:56 | CST-6 | Tornado | EF0 | 0 | 0 | 12.00K | 0.00K |
| Totals: | 0 | 0 | 22.00K | 0.00K |
