Storm reports for January 3, 2015

Name: NOAA storm reports, United States, January 3, 2015
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 23 wind reports and 15 tornado reports in 3 states on January 3, 2015.

in 3 states; 38
Storm reports: About 38 miles from Huntsville, AL; 85 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF2, near 32.13, -89.07, MS; 15
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 January 3, 2015 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

Wind23, most at 4 PM

Tornado15, most at 4 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
2:05 PM	EF0	Near 31.43, -89.96, MS	0.08 mi long, 50 yd wide
2:36 PM	EF1	About 54 miles from Jackson, MS	1.88 mi long, 50 yd wide
2:39 PM	EF1	About 54 miles from Jackson, MS	1.03 mi long, 100 yd wide
3:04 PM	EF2	Near 32.13, -89.07, MS	8.03 mi long, 200 yd wide
3:24 PM	EF1	Near 32.27, -88.93, MS	9.89 mi long, 100 yd wide
3:48 PM	EF1	Near 32.47, -88.74, MS	3.56 mi long, 50 yd wide
4:06 PM	EF0	Near 32.43, -88.37, AL	0.67 mi long, 100 yd wide
4:31 PM	EF1	Near 32.49, -88.48, MS	2.57 mi long, 50 yd wide
4:36 PM	EF1	About 53 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL	1.23 mi long, 200 yd wide
4:52 PM	EF0	Near 31.66, -87.17, AL	0.11 mi long, 50 yd wide
4:53 PM	EF0	About 56 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL	0.25 mi long, 50 yd wide
4:55 PM	EF1	About 40 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL	1.61 mi long, 400 yd wide
5:19 PM	EF0	About 20 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL	1.27 mi long, 100 yd wide
5:23 PM	EF0	Near 34.18, -87.95, AL	0.28 mi long, 60 yd wide
3:11 AM	EF2	About 54 miles from Montgomery, AL	14.32 mi long, 100 yd wide

Time	Gust	Where
11:16 AM	60 mph	About 10 miles from Slidell, LA
1:09 PM	60 mph	Near 31.15, -90.47, MS
2:45 PM	60 mph	About 53 miles from Jackson, MS
3:05 PM	59 mph	About 57 miles from Jackson, MS
3:14 PM	58 mph	About 16 miles from Jackson, MS
3:40 PM	58 mph	Near 33.34, -89.11, MS
3:45 PM	61 mph	Near 33.34, -89.05, MS
4:04 PM	58 mph	About 35 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL
4:11 PM	60 mph	Near 33.46, -88.79, MS
4:20 PM	58 mph	Near 32.43, -88.60, MS
4:23 PM	58 mph	About 31 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL
4:30 PM	60 mph	Near 31.52, -87.34, AL

Show all 23 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
4:30 PM	71 mph	About 54 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL
4:51 PM	70 mph	Near 31.64, -87.18, AL
4:59 PM	58 mph	About 56 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL
5:02 PM	58 mph	About 53 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL
5:22 PM	75 mph	About 59 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL
5:29 PM	63 mph	Near 34.20, -87.85, AL
5:50 PM	49 mph	About 3 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL
5:52 PM	59 mph	About 60 miles from Huntsville, AL
7:41 PM	85 mph	About 38 miles from Huntsville, AL
7:42 PM	70 mph	About 39 miles from Huntsville, AL
4:35 AM	85 mph	About 10 miles from Atlanta, GA

By state

State	Reports	Wind	Tornado
Alabama	19	12	7
Mississippi	18	10	8
Georgia	1	1	0

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust
Atlanta, GA	None	85 mph
Slidell, LA	None	60 mph
Tuscaloosa, AL	None	49 mph

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