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December 15, 2014 Tornadoes

Event Summary

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.

Tornado Track Map

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Location	Start/ End Time	Event Type	Fatalities/ Injuries	Path Length	Path Width
Warren County 1 N Bovina to 1.7 NE Bovina	5:56 pm - 6:00 pm	EF-0 Tornado 85 mph	none	1.2 miles	75 yards
Smith County 4.5 SW Mize to 3.0 SW Mize	5:02 pm- 5:06 pm	EF-0 Tornado 75 mph	none	1.5 miles	50 yards

Warren County EF-0 Tornado

Event Summary
This weak tornado touched down along Tucker Road, causing minor damage to a mobile home. The tornado continued along Allen Place, snapping a few large trees and causing minor roof damage to a home. Some of these trees took down a few powerlines in the process along the path. The tornado lifted on Tiffintown Road where one tree was uprooted.

Rating: (Click for EF Scale)	EF-0
Estimated Maximum Wind:	85 mph
Fatalities/Injuries:	none
Damage Path Length:	1.2 miles
Maximum Path Width:	75 yards
Approximate Start Point/Time:	1 N Bovina 5:56 pm
Approximate End Point/Time:	1.7 NE Bovina 6:00 pm

Smith County EF-0 Tornado

Event Summary
This weak tornado touched down near the intersection of County Road 61 and County Road 50 where some large limbs were snapped. The tornado continued along County Road 50 causing some roof damage to a chicken house and ended near the intersection of County Road 50 and County Road 50a where it snapped a few more large limbs.

Rating: (Click for EF Scale)	EF-0
Estimated Maximum Wind:	75 mph
Fatalities/Injuries:	none
Damage Path Length:	1.5 miles
Maximum Path Width:	50 yards
Approximate Start Point/Time:	4.5 SW Mize 5:02 pm
Approximate End Point/Time:	3.0 SW Mize 5:06 pm