Heavy Precipitation in the West; Wintry Mix in the North; Fire Weather in the High Plains

Pacific moisture will continue to bring locally heavy coastal/lower elevation rain and heavy mountain snow to the West Coast and portions of the Intermountain West through Monday. A wintry mix will create hazardous travel across the northern Plains and Upper Midwest into early Monday. Dry, gusty winds are resulting in elevated to critical fire weather in the south/central High Plains. Read More >

New Year's Eve 2011 Lincoln County Tornado

Event Summary

The tornado started along Ellzey Drive, where it snapped some large limbs and took a few shingles off a house. The tornado moved north-northeast, destroying a small outbuilding along Tanpa Trail and downing a couple of trees. The tornado then did its most substantial damage along Jackson Liberty Drive NW, where it pushed a frame house off of its blocks, along with busting windows and causing some shingle damage. A couple of outbuildings were also heavily damaged, and a few trees were snapped and uprooted. The tornado continued north-northeast, sporadically snapping a few pine trees before dissipating near Pleasant Ridge Road NW.

Rating: (Click for EF Scale)	EF-1
Estimated Maximum Wind:	90 mph
Casualties:	none
Damage Path Length:	2.5 miles
Maximum Path Width:	50 yards
Approximate Start Point/Time:	1.5 miles WNW Loyd Star 8:09pm
Approximate End Point/Time:	3.2 miles NNW Loyd Star 8:13pm

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Heavy Precipitation in the West; Wintry Mix in the North; Fire Weather in the High Plains

NWS Jackson, MS New Year's 2010/2011 Severe Weather Event