1 SSW Bookers Mill - 1 NNW Bowles The tornado touched town just west of County Road 4, where several trees were snapped or uprooted, and a trailer was tossed. The tornado moved to the northeast, snapping more trees along its path. As the tornado moved across Bookers Mill Road, dozens of trees were snapped or uprooted. In this location, the metal roof of 3 log cabins was peeled back, and a chapel was shifted off of its foundation. The tornado continued on its northeasterly path, crossing County Road 30 and County Road 32, snapping or uprooting more trees. The tornado lifted just west of State Highway 83. Extended the start point of the tornado southwest solely within forested regions west of County Road 4 based on Sentinel satellite imagery depicting a narrow path of forest damage. This connects with the tornado track surveyed downstream by ground survey crews. Extended start and end points slightly to account for high resolution Planet satellite imagery along with other cosmetic adjustments along track. Tornado peak intensity and width were adjusted upward to account for this imagery in comparison with ground survey crew estimates . The peak width is now 700 yards and the peak intensity is 110 mph. The peak intensity was solely in forest between Bookers Mill Road and County Road 30, with peak width occurring from this point northeast through Thad Grimes Road and Cooks Quarters Road. Start: 31.5106/-87.0450 End: 31.5819/-86.9797

NWS EF Scale: F1

The tornado touched down a quarter of a mile south of County Road 5 and Old Federal Road junction, where a few trees were uprooted. The tornado continued to the north-northeast, uprooting a few more trees and shifting Bethany Baptist Church slightly off of its foundation. The tornado crossed into Conecuh County, moving just northeast of County Road 15, uprooting a few more trees before lifting. Special thanks to the Monroe and Conecuh County EMAs for their assistance with the survey.

A multi-day severe weather episode occurred across southeast Mississippi into southwest and south-central Alabama and the Florida Panhandle with round #1 beginning the afternoon of December 27th and lasting through the evening hours and round #2 beginning the afternoon of December 28th and lasting into the early morning hours of December 29th. Multiple tornadoes and areas of damage were reported.

Part of 14-tornado outbreak on December 28, 2024