With only several days left in the month, there are no significant storm systems on the horizon to bring the threat of severe weather to the state for the remainder of this month, which is great news!

This will be the third November in a row without any reports of tornadoes.

November has become known as the Secondary/Fall Severe Weather Season due to the increase in tornadoes and or severe weather, normally seen during this month, especially during the week of Thanksgiving! 

(At least one tornado reported during the month of November from 2000 to 2006 in the state)

Over the years, the tornadoes in November have been violent and deadly at times, but again it now appears the state will make it through this November- severe weather free!

While the non-tornado threat this month is great news, during years where severe weather has remained fairly calm during the month of November, it tended to increase during the month of December.

• Just one year ago (2008),  after a fairly calm month of November with no reports of tornadoes, a severe weather outbreak occurred from the 9th to the 10th of December with 18 confirmed tornadoes, which was the 2nd highest number of  tornadoes ever recorded during the month behind December of 1988, when 19 tornadoes occurred.   Two people were injured as a result of the tornadoes in December of 2008.
• In 2007, after a fairly calm month of November with no reports of tornadoes, a severe weather outbreak on the 20th of December produced 5 tornadoes along with several reports of high winds across the state with 3 people injured.
• In 1999, after a fairly calm month of November with no reports of tornadoes, severe weather on December 9th, produced a strong F-3 tornado that tore a 6 mile path across Yazoo County, seriously injuring one person.
   

[Note: A colder pattern will likely develop during the first half of December  and with a colder airmass in place, the threat for any severe weather will be limited, at least for the first half of the month]