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Storm reports for January 17, 2012

NOAA recorded 13 hail reports, 113 wind reports and 12 tornado reports in 12 states on January 17, 2012.

in 12 states
138
Storm reports
About 28 miles from Tyler, TX
1.75 in
Largest hail
About 40 miles from Louisville, KY
96 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF2, about 42 miles from Nashville, TN
12
Tornado reports
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 January 17, 2012 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

Hail13, most at 6 AM

Wind113, most at 5 PM

Tornado12, most at 10 AM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
8:44 AMEF0About 35 miles from Evansville, IN0.1 mi long, 25 yd wide
8:54 AMEF1About 41 miles from Evansville, IN8.76 mi long, 100 yd wide
9:40 AMEF0About 40 miles from Louisville, KY0.29 mi long, 60 yd wide
10:00 AMEF1About 10 miles from Louisville, KY2.13 mi long, 50 yd wide
10:06 AMEF0About 7 miles from Louisville, KY1.85 mi long, 30 yd wide
10:12 AMEF1About 7 miles from Louisville, KY7.92 mi long, 250 yd wide
10:20 AMEF1About 8 miles from Louisville, KY0.5 mi long, 90 yd wide
11:12 AMEF1About 16 miles from Lexington, KY0.45 mi long, 75 yd wide
12:20 PMEF0About 41 miles from Nashville, TN2.96 mi long, 150 yd wide
12:20 PMEF2About 42 miles from Nashville, TN5.26 mi long, 150 yd wide
1:27 PMEF0About 20 miles from Nashville, TN1.69 mi long, 125 yd wide
4:02 PMEF2About 55 miles from Slidell, LA2.81 mi long, 440 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Kentucky410365
New York360360
Indiana15195
Ohio140140
Pennsylvania9180
Tennessee6141
Louisiana5410
Mississippi4301
Missouri3030
Texas3300
Arkansas1010
Illinois1010

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Akron, OHNone58 mph0
Buffalo, NYNone67 mph0
Chattanooga, TNNone58 mph0
Cleveland, OHNone58 mph0
Erie, PANone58 mph0
Lexington, KYNone64 mph0
Louisville, KYNone81 mph4
Rochester, NYNone60 mph0
Youngstown, OHNone58 mph0

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