Mississippi Storm Reports

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
318 PM CST FRI DEC 21 2007

…JONES COUNTY PRELIMINARY DAMAGE REPORT…

STARTING POINT: 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF PLEASANT RIDGE AT 1032 AM CST
ENDING POINT: 8 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF PLEASANT RIDGE
PRELIMINARY RATING: EF2 WITH MAXIMUM ESTIMATED WIND OF 125 MPH
APPROXIMATE PATH LENGTH: 3 MILES
MAXIMUM WIDTH: 150 YARDS
CASUALTIES: 0 FATALITIES, 2 INJURIES

SUMMARY: THIS TORNADO BEGAN AS A SMALL,NARROW PATH OF MINOR DAMAGE,
INCLUDING A PORCH BEING BLOWN OFF OF A HOUSE. IT REACHED ITS MAXIMUM
INTENSITY AS IT CROSSED STATE HIGHWAY 29. HERE, A BRICK HOME WAS
MADE UNINHABITABLE, WITH ALL OF THE ROOF STRUCTURE BLOWN OFF ALONG
WITH A FEW WALLS BLOWN DOWN. THREE MOBILE HOMES WERE ROLLED OR
TOSSED AND COMPLETELY DESTROYED, WITH DEBRIS STREWN DOWNSTREAM ALONG
THE TORNADO PATH. NUMEROUS TREES WERE SNAPPED OFF OR UPROOTED. THE
LAST DAMAGE OCCURRED ALONG LEROY HILL ROAD. A HOME SUFFERED
SIGNIFICANT ROOF DAMAGE, AN OUTBUILDING WAS DESTROYED, A CAR
SUFFERED MAJOR DAMAGE, AND NUMEROUS LARGE TREES WERE SNAPPED OR
UPROOTED. THE TORNADO APPEARED TO DISSIPATE SHORTLY AFTER CROSSING
LEROY HILL ROAD, WITH ONLY A FEW TREES SNAPPED ALONG THE END OF THE
PATH.

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT…ADDED MAX WIDTH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
322 PM CST FRI DEC 21 2007

…COVINGTON COUNTY PRELIMINARY DAMAGE REPORT…

STARTING POINT: 1 MILE SOUTH OF COLLINS AT 1010 AM CST.
ENDING POINT: 8 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF HEBRON.
PRELIMINARY RATING: EF1 WITH MAXIMUM ESTIMATED WIND OF 105 MPH.
APPROXIMATE PATH LENGTH: 8 MILES
MAXIMUM WIDTH: 500 YARDS
CASUALTIES: NONE

SUMMARY: DAMAGE BEGAN ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF COLLINS, WHERE A
BILLBOARD WAS BLOWN OVER AND A WAREHOUSE BUILDING WAS DESTROYED. AS
THE TORNADO RAPIDLY TRACKED EAST-NORTHEAST, TREES WERE UPROOTED AND
SNAPPED. THE TORNADO REACHED ITS MAXIMUM WIDTH ALONG DENNIS KNIGHT
ROAD, ABOUT MIDWAY BETWEEN COLLINS AND HEBRON. HERE, NUMEROUS LARGE
TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED, INCLUDING A SWATH WHERE A LARGE
MAJORITY OF THE TREES WERE SNAPPED OFF. THE TORNADO CONTINUED MOVING
EAST-NORTHEAST, CONTINUING TO SNAP AND UPROOT TREES, COMPLETELY
REMOVING THE ROOF OF A CHICKEN HOUSE, AND CAUSING MINOR TO MODERATE
ROOF DAMAGE TO TWO HOMES.

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