1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Jackson, MS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Dec 23, 3:00 AM CST, 0 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 300 AM CST SUN DEC 23 2001 AIR MASS DRYING RAPIDLY FROM THE WEST TO REAR OF COLD FRONT. AREAS OF RAIN CONTINUING ERN SECTIONS BUT WILL END BY MID MORNING. COLD FRONT TO MOVE INTO SE CORNER OF MS BY 15Z. SHORTWAVE NOTED ON WATER VAPOR PIX PIVOTING INTO CENTRAL MS FROM THE S. ONCE THIS SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH SHOULD SEE MORE RAPID EWD MOVEMENT TO FRONT. SECOND SHORTWAVE SEEN IN WATER VAPOR PIX BUT THIS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH DEEP MOISTURE AND SHOULD TRACK S OF REGION. UPPER LOW FORECAST TO SIT OVER THE NERN U.S. THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK AS UPPER RIDGE OVER ATLANTIC BLOCKS ITS PATH. PERIODS OF MAINLY MID/UPPER LEVEL MOISTURE TO CROSS FORECAST AREA AS WEAK SHORTWAVES PIVOT AROUND UPPER LOW SYSTEM. WILL SEE N/NW LOW LEVEL FLOW INTO WED BEFORE WIND BACKS TO THE W AS THE FIRST IN A SERIES OF SURFACE TROUGHS PIVOTS ACROSS THE REGION. WILL KEEP FORECAST DRY AT THIS TIME. MAIN EFFECT OF SURFACE TROUGHS WILL BE TO REINFORCE COLD AIR MASS THAT WILL POOL OVER REGION IN STRONG COLD AIR ADVECTION BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. PRELIM NUMBERS: JAN 54/29/49/24 0000 MEI 63/29/49/23 3000 .JAN... MS...NONE. LA...NONE. AR...NONE.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees were knocked down across the northern portion of the county. A porch roof was also blown off a mobile home.
A brief tornado touchdown occurred west of city of Newton. It snapped off and twisted some trees in the area.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5274395, 5274396.