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Storm reports for February 10, 2013

NOAA recorded 17 hail reports, 27 wind reports and 8 tornado reports in 5 states on February 10, 2013.

in 5 states
52
Storm reports
Near 31.36, -89.89, MS
2.75 in
Largest hail
Near 31.92, -87.73, AL
70 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF4, near 31.28, -89.47, MS
8
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 February 10, 2013 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 February 10, 2013, a tornado touched down west of Oak Grove in Lamar County, Mississippi, at 5:03 p.m. CST.1 It tracked 21 miles through West Hattiesburg, Hattiesburg and Petal and ended in Perry County at 5:33 p.m.1 The NWS in Jackson rated it EF4 with peak winds of 170 mph and a path up to three-quarters of a mile wide. It injured 82 people, and no one was killed.1

Just west of Interstate 59, the tornado caused heavy roof damage to a number of apartment buildings.2 In Petal, homes had roofs torn off and exterior walls collapse, damage rated high-end EF3 with winds near 160 mph.3 Emergency managers counted 51 homes destroyed and 170 with major damage in Lamar County, and 133 destroyed and 207 with major damage in Forrest County.2 NOAA's Storm Events Database lists $13.5 million in property damage from the tornado in Lamar County and $25 million in Forrest County.2,3

Earlier, at 4:23 p.m., an EF2 tornado with 120 mph winds crossed 19 miles of Marion and Lamar counties. It destroyed three mobile homes and injured three people.1,4 Hail 2.75 inches across fell in and around Goss in Marion County at 5:40 p.m.5

Sources

  1. 1. NWS Jackson: February 10th Tornadoes (Hattiesburg EF-4)
  2. 2. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 433413, tornado, Lamar County, Mississippi
  3. 3. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 433414, tornado, Forrest County, Mississippi
  4. 4. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 432823, tornado, Marion County, Mississippi
  5. 5. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 433369, hail, Marion County, Mississippi

Reports by hour

Hail17, most at 4 PM

Wind27, most at 11 AM

Tornado8, most at 5 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
9:15 AMEF0About 45 miles from Conroe, TX0.51 mi long, 30 yd wide
3:39 PMEF1About 59 miles from Jackson, MS1.58 mi long, 140 yd wide
4:23 PMEF2About 57 miles from Slidell, LA18.13 mi long, 400 yd wide
5:00 PMEF1Near 31.54, -88.16, AL14.25 mi long, 200 yd wide
5:03 PMEF4Near 31.28, -89.47, MS21.65 mi long, 1320 yd wide
5:26 PMEF1Near 31.62, -87.85, AL0.91 mi long, 80 yd wide
6:46 PMEF1Near 31.53, -88.67, MS3.15 mi long, 250 yd wide
7:14 PMEF1Near 31.63, -88.54, MS3.11 mi long, 200 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Mississippi247125
Texas11641
Alabama9162
Louisiana5140
Arkansas3210

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Austin, TX0.75 inNone0
Georgetown, TX0.75 inNone0
Round Rock, TX0.75 inNone0
Jackson, MSNone58 mph0

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