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Storm reports for December 21, 2013

NOAA recorded 3 hail reports, 337 wind reports and 14 tornado reports in 12 states on December 21, 2013.

in 12 states
354
Storm reports
About 13 miles from Memphis, TN
1.0 in
Largest hail
About 48 miles from Memphis, TN
97 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF2, about 36 miles from Memphis, TN
14
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 December 21, 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

In Monroe, Louisiana, a National Weather Service survey found significant straight-line wind damage across parts of the city around 4:15 p.m. CST on December 21, 2013. Businesses were damaged, and several homes in Monroe and West Monroe were crushed by fallen trees. NOAA's Storm Events Database lists $2.5 million in property damage there.1 Around 6 p.m., winds hit Tate County, Mississippi, hardest in Senatobia, where hundreds of homes had mostly shingle damage and several mobile homes and businesses had major damage.2 Winds estimated at 84 knots (97 mph) caused major building damage in northwest Panola County, Mississippi.3 In Kentucky, trained spotters measured gusts of 83 mph in Hopkinsville and 82 mph in Franklin County.4,5

An EF2 tornado with winds estimated at 130 mph destroyed three mobile homes near Hughes, Arkansas, and NOAA's database lists one death and three injuries from it.6 Another EF2, with winds near 120 mph, tracked from Rena Lara toward Clarksdale, Mississippi, killing one person in a mobile home and damaging the roofs of several homes.7 A third EF2 traveled 41 miles from Chicot County, Arkansas, into Bolivar County, Mississippi, damaging homes and farm buildings.8

Sources

  1. 1. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 481350, thunderstorm wind, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana
  2. 2. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 485127, thunderstorm wind, Tate County, Mississippi
  3. 3. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 485070, thunderstorm wind, Panola County, Mississippi
  4. 4. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 485120, thunderstorm wind, Christian County, Kentucky
  5. 5. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 481773, thunderstorm wind, Franklin County, Kentucky
  6. 6. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 484464, tornado, St. Francis County, Arkansas
  7. 7. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 484469, tornado, Coahoma County, Mississippi
  8. 8. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 486276, tornado, Bolivar County, Mississippi

Reports by hour

Hail3, most at 6 PM

Wind337, most at 11 PM

Tornado14, most at 5 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
1:58 PMEF1About 50 miles from Beaumont, TX0.87 mi long, 25 yd wide
2:22 PMEF1About 49 miles from Beaumont, TX1.48 mi long, 25 yd wide
2:50 PMEF1About 43 miles from Beaumont, TX0.4 mi long, 25 yd wide
3:13 PMEF2About 36 miles from Memphis, TN15.57 mi long, 300 yd wide
3:43 PMEF1Near 32.64, -92.38, LA0.76 mi long, 75 yd wide
4:51 PMEF2Near 33.51, -91.36, AR40.79 mi long, 440 yd wide
5:19 PMEF2Near 34.15, -90.77, MS10.07 mi long, 300 yd wide
5:31 PMEF0About 55 miles from Clarksville, TN0.33 mi long, 50 yd wide
5:40 PMEF1About 52 miles from Memphis, TN2.67 mi long, 200 yd wide
5:57 PMEF1About 41 miles from Memphis, TN6.17 mi long, 200 yd wide
6:13 PMEF0About 28 miles from Memphis, TN0.72 mi long, 100 yd wide
10:07 PMEF1Near 37.33, -85.40, KY5.53 mi long, 300 yd wide
10:29 PMEF1About 29 miles from Lexington, KY3.49 mi long, 110 yd wide
10:41 PMEF1About 21 miles from Lexington, KY5.74 mi long, 125 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Kentucky971924
Tennessee821810
Ohio620620
Mississippi300264
Louisiana260251
West Virginia220220
Pennsylvania8080
Texas8053
Indiana7160
Arkansas6042
Alabama5050
Maryland1010

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Memphis, TN1.0 in58 mph0
Akron, OHNone58 mph0
Canton, OHNone58 mph0
Chattanooga, TNNone58 mph0
Cincinnati, OHNone58 mph0
Clarksville, TNNone81 mph0
Dayton, OHNone58 mph0
Huntington, WVNone58 mph0
Lexington, KYNone66 mph0
Louisville, KYNone60 mph0
Nashville, TNNone64 mph0
Pittsburgh, PANone58 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.