Storm reports for December 25, 2015

Name: NOAA storm reports, United States, December 25, 2015
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 2 hail reports, 6 wind reports and 4 tornado reports in 4 states on December 25, 2015.

in 4 states; 12
Storm reports: About 2 miles from Birmingham, AL; 1.0 in
Largest hail: Near 36.19, -85.60, TN; 60 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF2, about 9 miles from Birmingham, AL; 4
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 25, 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

Hail2, most at 4 PM

Wind6, most at 9 AM

Tornado4, most at 3 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
7:18 AM	EF1	About 51 miles from Nashville, TN	0.48 mi long, 75 yd wide
3:29 PM	EF0	About 14 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL	5 mi long, 185 yd wide
3:51 PM	EF0	About 51 miles from Jackson, MS	0.74 mi long, 50 yd wide
4:55 PM	EF2	About 9 miles from Birmingham, AL	0.92 mi long, 280 yd wide

Time	Gust	Where
7:44 AM	60 mph	Near 36.19, -85.60, TN
9:02 AM	58 mph	Near 33.63, -89.71, MS
9:17 AM	58 mph	Near 33.90, -89.00, MS
2:34 PM	58 mph	About 56 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL
3:44 PM	58 mph	Near 33.12, -89.05, MS
4:27 PM	58 mph	Near 32.30, -89.00, MS

By state

State	Reports	Hail	Wind	Tornado
Mississippi	6	0	5	1
Alabama	3	1	0	2
Tennessee	2	0	1	1
Louisiana	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	Tornado reports
Birmingham, AL	1.0 in	None	1
Tuscaloosa, AL	None	None	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
4:54 PM	0.88 in	Near 32.15, -92.66, LA
5:00 PM	1.0 in	About 2 miles from Birmingham, AL