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Storm reports for December 23, 2015

NOAA recorded 52 hail reports, 209 wind reports and 32 tornado reports in 16 states on December 23, 2015.

in 16 states
293
Storm reports
Near 35.75, -90.72, AR
2.75 in
Largest hail
About 50 miles from Peoria, IL
104 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF4, about 38 miles from Memphis, TN
32
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
  • Surveyed wind damage

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on December 23, 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.

What happened

An EF4 tornado formed in Tate County, Mississippi, around 4:10 p.m. CST on December 23. It tracked through Marshall, Benton and Tippah counties and Hardeman County, Tennessee, into McNairy County, Tennessee.1,2,3 In Marshall County it damaged about 200 homes, did EF2 to EF3 damage on the southeastern edge of Holly Springs, killed 2 people and injured at least 30.4 It destroyed 17 homes and 15 mobile homes in Benton County, where 6 people died, and about 45 homes in Tippah County, where 1 died.5,2 About an hour earlier, an EF3 tornado killed 2 people south and east of Clarksdale and destroyed 12 homes and 2 businesses in Coahoma County. It peaked at about 160 mph in Panola County as it neared Interstate 55.6,7

That evening NWS Nashville counted 4 tornadoes in Middle Tennessee, with 2 deaths and at least 7 injuries.8 An EF3 with peak winds of 157 mph ran about 50 miles from Wayne County to Maury County and swept multiple homes off their foundations in Lutts. An EF2 in Perry County killed 2 people.8

Earlier in the day, hail as large as baseballs fell in Valley View in Craighead County, Arkansas, and winds of 75 knots (86 mph) severely damaged or destroyed several homes in the Highland area of Sharp County, Arkansas.9,10 Late that night, microbursts of 90 to 100 mph south of Campbellsville, Kentucky, damaged or collapsed six barns and metal outbuildings.11

Sources

  1. 1. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 610234, tornado, Tate County, Mississippi
  2. 2. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 610237, tornado, Tippah County, Mississippi
  3. 3. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 611942, tornado, McNairy County, Tennessee
  4. 4. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 610235, tornado, Marshall County, Mississippi
  5. 5. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 610236, tornado, Benton County, Mississippi
  6. 6. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 610224, tornado, Coahoma County, Mississippi
  7. 7. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 610231, tornado, Panola County, Mississippi
  8. 8. NWS Nashville: December 23, 2015 Tornado Outbreak
  9. 9. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 610110, hail, Craighead County, Arkansas
  10. 10. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 611660, thunderstorm wind, Sharp County, Arkansas
  11. 11. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 605585, thunderstorm wind, Taylor County, Kentucky

Reports by hour

Hail52, most at 3 PM

Wind209, most at 4 PM

Tornado32, most at 4 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
8:21 AMEF1About 49 miles from Little Rock, AR0.18 mi long, 75 yd wide
9:43 AMEF1Near 36.92, -90.93, MO6 mi long, 100 yd wide
9:56 AMEF1Near 37.07, -90.77, MO2.95 mi long, 50 yd wide
10:08 AMEF1Near 37.19, -90.56, MO3.04 mi long, 75 yd wide
11:15 AMEF0Near 37.88, -89.48, IL6 mi long, 50 yd wide
11:23 AMEF1Near 38.08, -89.30, IL5.03 mi long, 200 yd wide
12:30 PMEF1About 43 miles from Evansville, IN4.28 mi long, 100 yd wide
12:32 PMEF1About 37 miles from Evansville, IN1.58 mi long, 100 yd wide
2:42 PMEF1About 12 miles from Indianapolis, IN0.3 mi long, 40 yd wide
2:54 PMEF3Near 34.00, -90.71, MS61.57 mi long, 800 yd wide
2:55 PMEF1About 17 miles from Indianapolis, IN0.7 mi long, 140 yd wide
2:57 PMEF2About 54 miles from Memphis, TN4.65 mi long, 100 yd wide
Show all 32 tornado reports
TimeRatingWherePath
3:13 PMEF1About 42 miles from Indianapolis, IN0.78 mi long, 50 yd wide
3:39 PMEF0About 26 miles from Evansville, IN2.05 mi long, 50 yd wide
3:55 PMEF0About 38 miles from Dayton, OH3.25 mi long, 30 yd wide
4:10 PMEF4About 38 miles from Memphis, TN75.09 mi long, 1300 yd wide
4:12 PMEF0About 22 miles from Dayton, OH0.03 mi long, 20 yd wide
4:15 PMEF1Near 40.54, -90.78, IL10.7 mi long, 50 yd wide
4:33 PMEF0About 19 miles from Davenport, IA10.62 mi long, 50 yd wide
4:34 PMEF1About 6 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA2.25 mi long, 50 yd wide
4:43 PMEF1About 59 miles from Memphis, TN1.21 mi long, 50 yd wide
5:38 PMEF1About 53 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA1.1 mi long, 25 yd wide
5:43 PMEF1About 14 miles from Ann Arbor, MI1.96 mi long, 100 yd wide
6:16 PMEF1Near 34.66, -88.69, MS3.93 mi long, 80 yd wide
6:17 PMEF2Near 35.55, -87.81, TN14.92 mi long, 500 yd wide
6:55 PMEF3Near 35.14, -87.97, TN48.38 mi long, 800 yd wide
7:00 PMEF2Near 34.95, -88.07, AL14.87 mi long, 400 yd wide
7:11 PMEF1About 30 miles from Cincinnati, OH3.75 mi long, 420 yd wide
10:14 PMEF2About 46 miles from Nashville, TN8.37 mi long, 250 yd wide
10:25 PMEF0Near 39.25, -81.60, WV0.18 mi long, 25 yd wide
3:41 AMEF0About 43 miles from Columbus, GA3.6 mi long, 100 yd wide
4:34 AMEF0About 51 miles from Montgomery, AL3.21 mi long, 125 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Kentucky6718481
Indiana666555
Illinois393306
Arkansas3111182
Missouri227123
Ohio200191
Tennessee204124
Alabama9153
Michigan4031
Mississippi4013
South Carolina3030
Georgia2020
Iowa2002
Oklahoma2110
Texas1100
West Virginia1001

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Daphne, AL2.0 inNone0
Mobile, AL2.0 in58 mph0
Louisville, KY1.0 in60 mph0
Memphis, TN1.0 inNone0
Ann Arbor, MINoneNone1
Cedar Rapids, IANoneNone1
Evansville, INNone64 mph0
Indianapolis, INNone64 mph1
Lexington, KYNone60 mph0
Toledo, OHNone75 mph0

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