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Storm reports for December 26, 2015

NOAA recorded 12 hail reports, 11 wind reports and 13 tornado reports in 4 states on December 26, 2015.

in 4 states
36
Storm reports
About 37 miles from Springfield, MO
1.0 in
Largest hail
About 18 miles from Grand Prairie, TX
105 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF4, about 3 miles from Mesquite, TX
13
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

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on December 26, 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

NWS Fort Worth confirmed 12 tornadoes in North and Central Texas on December 26, and they killed 13 people.1 The strongest, an EF4, began in Sunnyvale around 6:46 p.m. CST and crossed Garland and Rowlett on a path a little over 13 miles long.2 In Dallas County it affected nearly 600 homes, destroying nearly 400, and affected 22 businesses. Ten people died, 9 of them in vehicles where it crossed Interstate 30 at the President George Bush Turnpike, and 468 were injured.2 NOAA's Storm Events Database lists $26 million in property damage from it in Dallas County.2

Around 6:01 p.m., an EF3 tracked from near Midlothian through Ovilla to Glenn Heights. In Ellis County it affected 67 homes and destroyed 23, and in Dallas County it damaged about 35 homes and 10 mobile homes.3,4 Around 7:09 p.m., an EF2 damaged more than 30 homes in Copeville in Collin County and destroyed several businesses along State Highway 78, where 2 people died.5 An EF1 near Farmersville damaged or destroyed several homes and mobile homes, and an EF1 that hit a cluster of mobile homes northeast of Blue Ridge killed 1 person.6,7

Sources

  1. 1. NWS Fort Worth: 12/26/15 North TX Tornado Outbreak
  2. 2. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 606471, tornado, Dallas County, Texas
  3. 3. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 606461, tornado, Ellis County, Texas
  4. 4. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 606463, tornado, Dallas County, Texas
  5. 5. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 606480, tornado, Collin County, Texas
  6. 6. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 606483, tornado, Collin County, Texas
  7. 7. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 606484, tornado, Collin County, Texas

Reports by hour

Hail12, most at 9 PM

Wind11, most at 12 AM

Tornado13, most at 7 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
1:57 PMEF0About 30 miles from Norman, OK0.1 mi long, 20 yd wide
2:03 PMEF0About 32 miles from Waco, TX2.76 mi long, 50 yd wide
2:44 PMEF0About 40 miles from Tyler, TX0.9 mi long, 40 yd wide
3:38 PMEF0About 47 miles from Tyler, TX0.69 mi long, 75 yd wide
5:10 PMEF0About 33 miles from Waco, TX1.6 mi long, 80 yd wide
5:33 PMEF0About 52 miles from Tyler, TX0.36 mi long, 25 yd wide
5:43 PMEF0About 24 miles from Grand Prairie, TX1.58 mi long, 50 yd wide
6:01 PMEF3About 16 miles from Grand Prairie, TX8.52 mi long, 125 yd wide
6:46 PMEF4About 3 miles from Mesquite, TX13.04 mi long, 550 yd wide
7:00 PMEF0About 26 miles from Mesquite, TX5.08 mi long, 150 yd wide
7:09 PMEF2About 14 miles from Allen, TX5.29 mi long, 300 yd wide
7:17 PMEF1About 16 miles from McKinney, TX4.47 mi long, 300 yd wide
7:33 PMEF1About 19 miles from McKinney, TX5.21 mi long, 100 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Texas287912
Oklahoma4211
Arkansas2110
Missouri2200

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Fayetteville, AR1.0 in70 mph0
Abilene, TX0.88 in58 mph0
Allen, TXNone55 mph1
Dallas, TXNoneNone1
Frisco, TXNone55 mph0
Garland, TXNoneNone1
McKinney, TXNone55 mph0
Mesquite, TXNoneNone1
Plano, TXNone55 mph0
Richardson, TXNone55 mph1
San Angelo, TXNone60 mph0

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