Storm reports for December 22, 2011

Name: NOAA storm reports, United States, December 22, 2011
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 33 wind reports and 13 tornado reports in 4 states on December 22, 2011.

in 4 states; 46
Storm reports: About 33 miles from Lake Charles, LA; 75 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF3, about 50 miles from Chattanooga, TN; 13
Tornado reports

Hail, inches

0.75
1
1.5
2
2.5
3+

Dots: reports.

Wind report
Tornado and its path
Surveyed tornado path

Sources: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports; damage surveys from the NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit

Hail, inches

0.75
1
1.5
2
2.5
3+

Dots: reports.

Wind report
Tornado and its path
Surveyed tornado path

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on December 22, 2011 to 12:00 UTC the next day. Times are Central.

Select a dot or a path for the report. NWS survey teams walked the shaded paths after the storm; each is drawn at the widest width they found, so it can look wider than the damage at any one spot.

Reports by hour

Wind33, most at 4 PM

Tornado13, most at 1 PM

Reports per hour, Central time. Each row has its own scale.

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
8:15 AM	EF1	About 20 miles from Baton Rouge, LA	2.98 mi long, 30 yd wide
12:56 PM	EF0	About 33 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL	0.06 mi long, 25 yd wide
1:25 PM	EF0	About 41 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL	2.62 mi long, 150 yd wide
1:30 PM	EF0	About 38 miles from Montgomery, AL	2.17 mi long, 50 yd wide
1:42 PM	EF0	About 26 miles from Birmingham, AL	1.83 mi long, 50 yd wide
2:02 PM	EF0	About 25 miles from Montgomery, AL	10.18 mi long, 100 yd wide
2:24 PM	EF1	About 27 miles from Montgomery, AL	24.9 mi long, 300 yd wide
3:50 PM	EF2	About 57 miles from Chattanooga, TN	12.69 mi long, 200 yd wide
4:03 PM	EF3	About 50 miles from Chattanooga, TN	11.42 mi long, 880 yd wide
4:32 PM	EF1	About 48 miles from Chattanooga, TN	1.5 mi long, 300 yd wide
4:44 PM	EF1	About 41 miles from Atlanta, GA	1.07 mi long, 100 yd wide
5:16 PM	EF1	About 29 miles from Atlanta, GA	1.64 mi long, 100 yd wide
5:18 PM	EF0	About 19 miles from Atlanta, GA	2.91 mi long, 200 yd wide

Time	Gust	Where
6:00 AM	75 mph	About 33 miles from Lake Charles, LA
7:15 AM	58 mph	About 4 miles from Lafayette, LA
7:15 AM	58 mph	About 24 miles from Lafayette, LA
8:23 AM	69 mph	About 32 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
8:27 AM	69 mph	About 37 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
8:30 AM	60 mph	About 30 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
8:41 AM	58 mph	About 33 miles from Jackson, MS
9:30 AM	64 mph	About 23 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
9:32 AM	60 mph	About 39 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
9:45 AM	40 mph	About 39 miles from Jackson, MS
9:51 AM	60 mph	Near 31.11, -90.12, MS
10:32 AM	60 mph	About 24 miles from New Orleans, LA

Show all 33 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
10:40 AM	60 mph	About 14 miles from New Orleans, LA
11:20 AM	69 mph	Near 31.32, -89.38, MS
11:30 AM	58 mph	Near 31.42, -89.64, MS
11:40 AM	58 mph	Near 32.22, -88.77, MS
1:34 PM	58 mph	About 35 miles from Montgomery, AL
2:11 PM	58 mph	About 43 miles from Montgomery, AL
2:16 PM	58 mph	About 24 miles from Montgomery, AL
2:23 PM	58 mph	About 45 miles from Birmingham, AL
2:23 PM	58 mph	About 29 miles from Montgomery, AL
3:34 PM	45 mph	About 58 miles from Atlanta, GA
3:52 PM	60 mph	About 35 miles from Crestview, FL
4:32 PM	58 mph	About 45 miles from Columbus, GA
4:37 PM	58 mph	About 38 miles from Atlanta, GA
4:39 PM	43 mph	About 25 miles from Atlanta, GA
4:40 PM	43 mph	About 17 miles from Columbus, GA
4:42 PM	45 mph	About 42 miles from Columbus, GA
5:16 PM	58 mph	About 32 miles from Atlanta, GA
5:21 PM	43 mph	About 27 miles from Atlanta, GA
5:30 PM	43 mph	About 28 miles from Atlanta, GA
5:55 PM	60 mph	Near 31.44, -85.64, AL
6:20 PM	41 mph	About 40 miles from Atlanta, GA

By state

State	Reports	Wind	Tornado
Georgia	16	10	6
Alabama	13	7	6
Louisiana	11	10	1
Mississippi	6	6	0

Cities with reports nearby

Reports within 15 miles of the center of each city we track.

City	Largest hail	Highest gust	Tornado reports
Lafayette, LA	None	58 mph	0
New Orleans, LA	None	60 mph	0

Reports are what observers recorded near a location, not a complete record of every storm. They don’t describe conditions at any building.