Storm reports for December 23, 2014

Name: NOAA storm reports, United States, December 23, 2014
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 43 hail reports, 38 wind reports and 7 tornado reports in 7 states on December 23, 2014.

in 7 states; 88
Storm reports: Near 31.76, -91.62, LA; 4.25 in
Largest hail: Near 31.12, -90.15, MS; 75 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF3, near 31.23, -89.83, MS; 7
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 23, 2014 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 December 23, 2014, one long-lived storm in southeast Mississippi produced several tornadoes along a line from Columbia to Laurel.¹ The strongest, an EF3 with winds of 165 mph, touched down just south of Columbia in Marion County at 2:20 p.m. CST and crossed the southeast side of the city on a 12-mile path.^1,2 It heavily damaged or destroyed numerous homes, businesses and mobile homes. Three people were killed and 50 injured.² NOAA's Storm Events Database lists $25 million in property damage from this tornado.² At 3:22 p.m., an EF2 tornado with 125 mph winds crossed a 5-mile path west and north of Laurel in Jones County. It destroyed a mobile home, where two people died, moved a small frame home off its foundation and damaged the roofs of three homes. The database lists $2.2 million in damage.^1,3

In Louisiana, an EF2 tornado near Amite in Tangipahoa Parish at 1:19 p.m. CST damaged the roofs of several homes. Two well-built homes lost part of their roofs and had a wall collapse. The database lists $400,000 in damage.⁴ Hail 4.25 inches across, grapefruit size, fell east-southeast of Sicily Island in Catahoula Parish starting around 11:11 a.m. CST and damaged roofs and vehicles.⁵ Golf ball to baseball size hail fell along a swath from near Wildsville to near Clayton in Concordia Parish.⁶

Sources

1. NWS Jackson: December 23, 2014 Tornadoes
2. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 552175, tornado, Marion County, Mississippi
3. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 552705, tornado, Jones County, Mississippi
4. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 549156, tornado, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana
5. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 548195, hail, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana
6. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 548193, hail, Concordia Parish, Louisiana

Reports by hour

Hail43, most at 10 AM

Wind38, most at 12 PM

Tornado7, most at 2 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
12:58 PM	EF0	About 59 miles from Tallahassee, FL	0.1 mi long, 25 yd wide
1:19 PM	EF2	About 43 miles from Baton Rouge, LA	4.62 mi long, 150 yd wide
2:20 PM	EF3	Near 31.23, -89.83, MS	12.51 mi long, 880 yd wide
2:45 PM	EF0	Near 31.41, -89.55, MS	0.06 mi long, 50 yd wide
2:46 PM	EF0	Near 31.42, -89.54, MS	0.24 mi long, 50 yd wide
3:22 PM	EF2	Near 31.70, -89.22, MS	5.89 mi long, 350 yd wide
4:27 PM	EF0	Near 32.00, -88.49, MS	0.49 mi long, 100 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
6:15 AM	1.0 in	Near 32.45, -83.73, GA
6:45 AM	1.0 in	About 46 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
7:03 AM	0.88 in	About 2 miles from Mobile, AL
7:20 AM	0.75 in	Near 31.46, -90.85, MS
7:41 AM	1.0 in	About 53 miles from Jackson, MS
8:10 AM	1.0 in	About 50 miles from Mobile, AL
9:00 AM	1.0 in	About 37 miles from Atlanta, GA
9:06 AM	1.0 in	About 3 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
9:06 AM	1.75 in	About 3 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
9:15 AM	0.75 in	Near 31.69, -93.30, LA
9:20 AM	1.5 in	About 17 miles from Lafayette, LA
9:22 AM	0.75 in	Near 31.65, -93.20, LA

Show all 43 hail reports

Time	Size	Where
9:23 AM	0.75 in	About 16 miles from Lafayette, LA
9:35 AM	1.25 in	About 23 miles from Lafayette, LA
10:17 AM	0.88 in	Near 32.86, -89.24, MS
10:18 AM	2.5 in	About 38 miles from Lake Charles, LA
10:20 AM	2.5 in	Near 31.10, -91.92, LA
10:36 AM	0.75 in	About 53 miles from Jackson, MS
10:39 AM	0.75 in	Near 33.12, -89.04, MS
10:39 AM	0.75 in	Near 32.51, -92.15, LA
10:40 AM	0.75 in	Near 32.51, -92.08, LA
10:40 AM	2.0 in	About 45 miles from Lake Charles, LA
10:41 AM	1.0 in	About 46 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
10:48 AM	1.0 in	Near 31.57, -91.44, LA
10:50 AM	1.0 in	About 42 miles from Beaumont, TX
11:00 AM	2.75 in	Near 31.56, -91.75, LA
11:05 AM	0.75 in	About 60 miles from Jackson, MS
11:11 AM	4.25 in	Near 31.76, -91.62, LA
11:22 AM	2.0 in	Near 31.89, -91.58, LA
11:25 AM	0.75 in	About 53 miles from Jackson, MS
11:39 AM	1.0 in	Near 32.35, -88.83, MS
11:41 AM	0.88 in	About 53 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
11:45 AM	0.75 in	Near 32.44, -88.83, MS
12:00 PM	1.0 in	Near 31.30, -90.70, MS
12:04 PM	0.75 in	About 32 miles from Lake Charles, LA
12:10 PM	1.0 in	Near 32.77, -88.66, MS
12:12 PM	0.75 in	About 33 miles from Lafayette, LA
12:15 PM	1.75 in	About 59 miles from Jackson, MS
12:33 PM	1.0 in	About 45 miles from Jackson, MS
12:53 PM	1.0 in	About 39 miles from Jackson, MS
1:47 PM	1.0 in	About 49 miles from Huntsville, AL
2:05 PM	0.75 in	Near 31.20, -90.00, MS
2:13 PM	0.75 in	Near 31.24, -89.88, MS

Time	Gust	Where
8:20 AM	58 mph	About 33 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL
9:45 AM	67 mph	About 5 miles from Lafayette, LA
10:43 AM	60 mph	About 22 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
10:52 AM	58 mph	Near 33.09, -89.03, MS
11:08 AM	59 mph	About 45 miles from Jackson, MS
11:25 AM	58 mph	Near 34.05, -85.81, AL
11:34 AM	61 mph	Near 32.03, -91.59, LA
11:35 AM	60 mph	Near 31.48, -90.57, MS
12:00 PM	64 mph	Near 31.30, -90.70, MS
12:10 PM	58 mph	Near 32.77, -88.66, MS
12:15 PM	63 mph	About 40 miles from Chattanooga, TN
12:25 PM	63 mph	About 41 miles from Chattanooga, TN

Show all 38 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
12:47 PM	58 mph	About 28 miles from Chattanooga, TN
12:48 PM	58 mph	About 34 miles from Chattanooga, TN
12:50 PM	58 mph	Near 31.57, -91.37, MS
1:00 PM	69 mph	About 34 miles from Chattanooga, TN
1:00 PM	69 mph	About 31 miles from Chattanooga, TN
1:59 PM	69 mph	About 53 miles from Slidell, LA
2:00 PM	75 mph	Near 31.12, -90.15, MS
2:00 PM	58 mph	About 52 miles from Knoxville, TN
3:05 PM	60 mph	Near 31.60, -89.29, MS
3:42 PM	63 mph	Near 31.88, -89.04, MS
3:45 PM	58 mph	Near 31.59, -89.09, MS
3:59 PM	58 mph	Near 31.83, -88.89, MS
4:00 PM	58 mph	Near 32.38, -88.71, MS
4:13 PM	59 mph	Near 31.95, -88.58, MS
4:23 PM	58 mph	Near 32.15, -88.50, MS
4:31 PM	58 mph	Near 32.19, -88.34, AL
4:36 PM	58 mph	Near 32.03, -88.27, AL
4:41 PM	58 mph	Near 32.09, -88.19, AL
4:44 PM	58 mph	Near 32.50, -88.30, AL
5:29 PM	58 mph	About 27 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL
5:32 PM	58 mph	About 51 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL
6:01 PM	58 mph	About 2 miles from Tallahassee, FL
6:05 PM	58 mph	In Tallahassee, FL
6:20 PM	58 mph	About 40 miles from Birmingham, AL
6:40 PM	58 mph	About 38 miles from Montgomery, AL
8:30 PM	52 mph	About 22 miles from Daphne, AL

By state

State	Reports	Hail	Wind	Tornado
Mississippi	38	19	14	5
Louisiana	23	18	4	1
Alabama	14	3	11	0
Georgia	9	2	6	1
Florida	2	0	2	0
Tennessee	1	0	1	0
Texas	1	1	0	0

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust
Baton Rouge, LA	1.75 in	None
Daphne, AL	0.88 in	None
Mobile, AL	0.88 in	None
Lafayette, LA	None	67 mph
Tallahassee, FL	None	58 mph

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