NWS Confirms EF-0 Tornado Touchdown in Taylorsville

TAYLORSVILLE, MS - This past weekend, the National Weather Service in Jackson surveyed damage in the aftermath of the severe weather that tracked through the area during the early morning hours of Christmas Eve. This EF-0 tornado began in downtown Taylorsville along Mississippi State Route 28 and Mississippi State Route 37, where two commercial signs were damaged and a utility pole was downed. Sheet metal from a business' roof was found wrapped onto the pole. The tornado continued eastward along Highway 28, and then paralleling Eaton Street where additional trees were snapped and uprooted. The tornado continued across Mississippi State Route 531 and along Smith County Road 4, snapping and uprooting additional trees before lifting.