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Storm reports for January 22, 2012

NOAA recorded 60 hail reports, 122 wind reports and 23 tornado reports in 9 states on January 22, 2012.

in 9 states
205
Storm reports
About 29 miles from Little Rock, AR
4.25 in
Largest hail
Near 34.62, -90.90, AR
115 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF3, about 7 miles from Birmingham, AL
23
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 22, 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.

What happened

On the evening of January 22, 2012, hail from half-dollar to softball size, up to 4.25 inches, fell near Ferda in Jefferson County, Arkansas, at about 7:26 p.m. CST.1 An EF2 tornado tracked through the north side of Fordyce in Dallas County, where an American Red Cross survey counted 11 homes destroyed, including 3 mobile homes, 6 with major damage and 5 with minor damage.2 NOAA's Storm Events Database lists $4 million in property damage from that tornado in Dallas County.2 Near Marvell in Phillips County, winds estimated at 100 knots (115 mph) peeled up part of a metal building's roof and blew the roofs off two mobile homes.3

Before dawn on January 23, an EF3 tornado with peak winds of 150 mph tracked 15.69 miles across Jefferson County, Alabama, into St. Clair County between 3:58 and 4:20 a.m. CST, passing through Center Point.4,5 NWS Birmingham counted 231 homes and businesses damaged or destroyed, with 75 injuries and 1 death, and several businesses along Pinson Valley Parkway were heavily damaged or destroyed.5 An EF2 tornado near Oak Grove in Tuscaloosa and Jefferson counties killed 1 person in a destroyed mobile home.6 Another EF2 tracked 39.77 miles from Perry County across Chilton County, removing all or part of the roofs of 16 homes west of Maplesville and damaging homes and businesses just north of downtown.4,7

Sources

  1. 1. NOAA NCEI: Storm Events Database: Hail, Jefferson County, Arkansas, January 22, 2012
  2. 2. NOAA NCEI: Storm Events Database: Tornado, Dallas County, Arkansas, January 22, 2012
  3. 3. NOAA NCEI: Storm Events Database: Thunderstorm Wind, Phillips County, Arkansas, January 22, 2012
  4. 4. NWS Birmingham: January 23, 2012 Tornado Event
  5. 5. NWS Birmingham: Center Point Tornado, January 23, 2012
  6. 6. NWS Birmingham: Oak Grove Tornado, January 23, 2012
  7. 7. NWS Birmingham: Maplesville Tornado, January 23, 2012

Reports by hour

Hail60, most at 7 PM

Wind122, most at 1 AM

Tornado23, most at 8 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
7:13 PMEF2Near 33.76, -92.55, AR19.64 mi long, 550 yd wide
7:29 PMEF1About 29 miles from Little Rock, AR0.76 mi long, 50 yd wide
8:05 PMEF1About 50 miles from Little Rock, AR3.78 mi long, 400 yd wide
8:15 PMEF2About 51 miles from Little Rock, AR16.98 mi long, 300 yd wide
8:36 PMEF2About 60 miles from Little Rock, AR14.43 mi long, 400 yd wide
8:45 PMEF1Near 34.21, -91.44, AR9.39 mi long, 75 yd wide
9:03 PMEF1Near 34.48, -91.13, AR8.43 mi long, 250 yd wide
10:18 PMEF2About 45 miles from Evansville, IN18.03 mi long, 100 yd wide
10:34 PMEF2Near 34.08, -90.71, MS3.41 mi long, 332 yd wide
10:42 PMEF1About 38 miles from Evansville, IN6.09 mi long, 100 yd wide
11:00 PMEF0Near 34.26, -90.30, MS0.27 mi long, 75 yd wide
11:03 PMEF1About 54 miles from Clarksville, TN5.64 mi long, 100 yd wide
Show all 23 tornado reports
TimeRatingWherePath
11:55 PMEF1Near 35.59, -88.39, TN7.97 mi long, 150 yd wide
12:15 AMEF0About 30 miles from Clarksville, TN2.17 mi long, 200 yd wide
2:36 AMEF0About 46 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL0.36 mi long, 100 yd wide
2:42 AMEF2About 10 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL0.45 mi long, 400 yd wide
3:00 AMEF2About 12 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL0.56 mi long, 300 yd wide
3:09 AMEF2About 19 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL13.13 mi long, 880 yd wide
3:21 AMEF0About 55 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL1.1 mi long, 50 yd wide
3:58 AMEF3About 7 miles from Birmingham, AL15.69 mi long, 800 yd wide
4:33 AMEF1About 39 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL2.1 mi long, 300 yd wide
4:37 AMEF2About 39 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL39.77 mi long, 880 yd wide
5:35 AMEF0About 33 miles from Birmingham, AL5.4 mi long, 50 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Arkansas5534147
Kentucky385312
Tennessee351331
Mississippi237142
Indiana160160
Illinois15582
Alabama14239
Missouri7430
Kansas2200

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Memphis, TN1.75 in105 mph0
Little Rock, AR1.0 inNone0
Kansas City, MO0.75 inNone0
Birmingham, ALNoneNone1
Clarksville, TNNone58 mph0
Evansville, INNone60 mph0
Louisville, KYNone60 mph0
Nashville, TNNone58 mph0
Tuscaloosa, ALNone69 mph2

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