Mississippi storm reports for October 17, 2012

Name: NOAA storm reports, Mississippi, October 17, 2012
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 5 hail reports, 21 wind reports and 12 tornado reports in Mississippi on October 17, 2012.

in Mississippi; 38
Storm reports: Near 32.32, -88.79, MS; 1.75 in
Largest hail: Near 33.39, -91.06, MS; 90 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF3, about 45 miles from Jackson, MS; 12
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 October 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

Hail5, most at 1 AM

Wind21, most at 9 PM

Tornado12, most at 10 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
9:07 PM	EF2	Near 33.97, -90.70, MS	1.25 mi long, 150 yd wide
10:12 PM	EF1	Near 33.86, -89.84, MS	0.5 mi long, 75 yd wide
10:40 PM	EF2	About 55 miles from Jackson, MS	4.33 mi long, 440 yd wide
10:46 PM	EF1	About 50 miles from Jackson, MS	1.46 mi long, 100 yd wide
10:56 PM	EF1	About 47 miles from Jackson, MS	1.92 mi long, 100 yd wide
11:29 PM	EF1	About 39 miles from Jackson, MS	1.86 mi long, 250 yd wide
12:11 AM	EF1	About 41 miles from Jackson, MS	0.66 mi long, 525 yd wide
12:32 AM	EF1	About 51 miles from Jackson, MS	0.79 mi long, 150 yd wide
12:46 AM	EF3	About 45 miles from Jackson, MS	7.59 mi long, 880 yd wide
12:58 AM	EF3	About 52 miles from Jackson, MS	6.77 mi long, 880 yd wide
1:01 AM	EF1	About 13 miles from Jackson, MS	0.72 mi long, 50 yd wide
1:12 AM	EF1	Near 32.66, -89.07, MS	0.64 mi long, 150 yd wide

Time	Gust	Where
8:05 PM	58 mph	About 39 miles from Memphis, TN
8:40 PM	60 mph	About 29 miles from Memphis, TN
8:40 PM	58 mph	About 26 miles from Memphis, TN
9:05 PM	58 mph	Near 34.15, -90.78, MS
9:25 PM	81 mph	Near 33.99, -90.50, MS
9:26 PM	58 mph	Near 33.96, -90.48, MS
9:30 PM	58 mph	About 36 miles from Memphis, TN
9:35 PM	90 mph	Near 33.39, -91.06, MS
9:45 PM	58 mph	Near 33.98, -90.12, MS
10:09 PM	58 mph	Near 33.82, -89.84, MS
10:20 PM	81 mph	Near 34.56, -89.12, MS
10:30 PM	58 mph	Near 33.01, -91.02, MS

Show all 21 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
10:55 PM	58 mph	Near 33.70, -89.24, MS
11:02 PM	58 mph	About 44 miles from Jackson, MS
11:08 PM	58 mph	Near 33.18, -90.49, MS
11:30 PM	58 mph	About 36 miles from Jackson, MS
12:09 AM	69 mph	About 25 miles from Jackson, MS
12:35 AM	58 mph	About 49 miles from Jackson, MS
1:42 AM	58 mph	Near 32.72, -88.68, MS
2:09 AM	58 mph	Near 31.51, -90.70, MS
3:05 AM	46 mph	Near 31.51, -90.70, MS

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust	Tornado reports
Jackson, MS	None	None	1

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

Time	Size	Where
8:55 PM	1.0 in	About 18 miles from Memphis, TN
9:04 PM	1.0 in	Near 34.04, -90.74, MS
1:42 AM	1.75 in	Near 32.32, -88.79, MS
1:50 AM	1.75 in	Near 32.14, -88.80, MS
1:55 AM	1.0 in	Near 32.27, -88.77, MS