Storm reports for December 9, 2012

Name: NOAA storm reports, United States, December 9, 2012
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 19 hail reports, 26 wind reports and 5 tornado reports in 7 states on December 9, 2012.

in 7 states; 50
Storm reports: About 33 miles from Tyler, TX; 1.25 in
Largest hail: Near 36.39, -92.07, AR; 75 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF1, near 36.79, -90.73, MO; 5
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 9, 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

Hail19, most at 4 PM

Wind26, most at 3 AM

Tornado5, most at 3 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
3:12 PM	EF1	Near 36.79, -90.73, MO	0.4 mi long, 150 yd wide
3:50 PM	EF0	About 36 miles from Gulfport, MS	2.47 mi long, 20 yd wide
4:15 PM	EF0	About 50 miles from Gulfport, MS	0.05 mi long, 50 yd wide
5:20 PM	EF0	Near 31.63, -89.01, MS	0.05 mi long, 50 yd wide
4:43 AM	EF1	About 3 miles from Birmingham, AL	1.05 mi long, 250 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
2:55 PM	1.0 in	About 58 miles from Little Rock, AR
2:55 PM	1.25 in	About 33 miles from Tyler, TX
3:27 PM	0.75 in	About 59 miles from Little Rock, AR
3:30 PM	1.25 in	Near 36.14, -91.24, AR
3:33 PM	0.75 in	Near 35.67, -91.83, AR
4:01 PM	1.0 in	Near 35.67, -91.83, AR
4:10 PM	0.75 in	Near 36.85, -90.28, MO
4:15 PM	0.88 in	Near 34.52, -93.63, AR
4:19 PM	0.75 in	Near 35.70, -91.45, AR
4:24 PM	0.75 in	About 35 miles from Little Rock, AR
4:38 PM	0.75 in	Near 35.70, -91.45, AR
4:55 PM	1.0 in	Near 35.73, -91.20, AR

Show all 19 hail reports

Time	Size	Where
5:26 PM	1.0 in	About 42 miles from Little Rock, AR
5:29 PM	0.88 in	About 43 miles from Little Rock, AR
5:33 PM	0.88 in	About 33 miles from Little Rock, AR
5:38 PM	1.0 in	About 57 miles from Longview, TX
6:30 PM	0.75 in	In College Station, TX
8:05 PM	1.0 in	About 12 miles from New Braunfels, TX
8:52 PM	1.0 in	About 54 miles from Memphis, TN

Time	Gust	Where
12:55 PM	75 mph	Near 36.39, -92.07, AR
3:33 PM	70 mph	Near 36.18, -91.11, AR
4:02 PM	60 mph	About 35 miles from Little Rock, AR
5:35 PM	61 mph	About 56 miles from Longview, TX
5:38 PM	61 mph	About 57 miles from Longview, TX
8:10 PM	61 mph	Near 31.34, -93.85, TX
8:30 PM	63 mph	About 50 miles from Shreveport, LA
8:45 PM	62 mph	Near 32.24, -92.71, LA
8:55 PM	62 mph	Near 32.35, -92.72, LA
9:10 PM	62 mph	Near 32.29, -92.65, LA
9:55 PM	58 mph	Near 32.70, -91.93, LA
11:45 PM	55 mph	Near 35.59, -87.68, TN

Show all 26 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
12:08 AM	63 mph	Near 33.42, -89.96, MS
12:35 AM	58 mph	Near 33.44, -89.57, MS
12:57 AM	58 mph	Near 33.65, -89.31, MS
1:20 AM	58 mph	Near 33.72, -89.02, MS
1:24 AM	69 mph	Near 33.12, -89.05, MS
1:43 AM	63 mph	Near 33.62, -88.66, MS
3:19 AM	60 mph	About 7 miles from Huntsville, AL
3:26 AM	60 mph	About 3 miles from Huntsville, AL
3:38 AM	70 mph	About 6 miles from Huntsville, AL
3:38 AM	60 mph	About 8 miles from Huntsville, AL
3:38 AM	70 mph	About 6 miles from Huntsville, AL
4:00 AM	58 mph	Near 31.44, -90.89, MS
5:23 AM	58 mph	About 31 miles from Jackson, MS
5:25 AM	58 mph	Near 31.52, -91.22, MS

By state

State	Reports	Hail	Wind	Tornado
Arkansas	17	14	3	0
Mississippi	12	0	9	3
Texas	7	4	3	0
Alabama	6	0	5	1
Louisiana	5	0	5	0
Missouri	2	1	0	1
Tennessee	1	0	1	0

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust	Tornado reports
New Braunfels, TX	1.0 in	None	0
College Station, TX	0.75 in	None	0
Birmingham, AL	None	None	1
Huntsville, AL	None	70 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.