Storm reports for December 24, 2015

Name: NOAA storm reports, United States, December 24, 2015
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 3 hail reports, 9 wind reports and 3 tornado reports in 6 states on December 24, 2015.

in 6 states; 15
Storm reports: About 16 miles from Jackson, MS; 2.75 in
Largest hail: About 3 miles from Modesto, CA; 100 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF1, about 21 miles from Sacramento, CA; 3
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 24, 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

Hail3, most at 4 PM

Wind9, most at 3 PM

Tornado3, most at 5 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
12:29 PM	EF0	About 48 miles from Columbus, GA	0.2 mi long, 180 yd wide
5:00 PM	EF1	About 21 miles from Sacramento, CA	6.21 mi long, 100 yd wide
5:15 PM	EF0	About 3 miles from Modesto, CA	0.23 mi long, 30 yd wide

Time	Gust	Where
10:27 AM	58 mph	About 29 miles from Columbus, GA
3:16 PM	58 mph	About 25 miles from Augusta, GA
3:31 PM	58 mph	About 21 miles from Augusta, GA
3:45 PM	58 mph	About 29 miles from Augusta, GA
4:25 PM	58 mph	About 34 miles from Columbia, SC
4:35 PM	58 mph	In Jackson, MS
4:35 PM	100 mph	About 3 miles from Modesto, CA
6:05 PM	58 mph	Near 31.82, -89.21, MS
11:20 PM	61 mph	About 48 miles from Shreveport, LA

By state

State	Reports	Hail	Wind	Tornado
California	3	0	1	2
Georgia	3	1	1	1
Mississippi	3	1	2	0
South Carolina	3	0	3	0
Louisiana	2	1	1	0
Alabama	1	0	1	0

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust	Tornado reports
Jackson, MS	None	58 mph	0
Modesto, CA	None	100 mph	1

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

Time	Size	Where
4:10 PM	2.75 in	About 16 miles from Jackson, MS
8:50 PM	1.0 in	About 30 miles from Columbus, GA
11:20 PM	0.88 in	About 48 miles from Shreveport, LA