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Storm reports for February 23, 2016

NOAA recorded 24 hail reports, 90 wind reports and 41 tornado reports in 7 states on February 23, 2016.

in 7 states
155
Storm reports
About 7 miles from Gulfport, MS
1.75 in
Largest hail
About 55 miles from Mobile, AL
96 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF3, about 31 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
41
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 February 23, 2016 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

At 12:42 p.m. CST on February 23, 2016, an EF2 tornado with winds near 125 mph removed entire roof structures from homes in Livingston, Louisiana, and collapsed an exterior wall.1 At 3:21 p.m., an EF3 tornado with winds near 140 mph touched down near Paincourtville in Assumption Parish, damaging homes and businesses and causing major damage to small frame houses and mobile homes.2 It moved into St. James Parish and crossed the Mississippi River, then tossed and destroyed numerous travel trailers at an RV park, where two people were killed and about 75 were injured.3 St. James Parish Emergency Management reported that 25 to 50 homes were a total loss and that a public housing complex had major damage.3 At 4:32 p.m., an EF2 tornado tore part or all of the roof structure off homes and duplexes in LaPlace subdivisions and partly collapsed exterior walls, injuring 17 people.4

In Lamar County, Mississippi, an EF2 tornado with 115 mph winds destroyed a double-wide mobile home at 4:15 p.m. CST, killing one person.5 Hail 1.75 inches across, golf ball size, fell in Lyman in Harrison County and in Wade in Jackson County, Mississippi.6,7

At 8:10 p.m. CST, an EF3 tornado hit the Ferry Pass area of Pensacola, Florida, blowing the roofs off two homes and causing major second-story damage to two apartment buildings.8 It destroyed a warehouse and two townhome units and injured three people.8 NOAA's Storm Events Database lists $22 million in property damage from this tornado in Escambia County.8

Sources

  1. 1. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 613442, tornado, Livingston Parish, Louisiana
  2. 2. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 617674, tornado, Assumption Parish, Louisiana
  3. 3. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 613449, tornado, St. James Parish, Louisiana
  4. 4. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 617675, tornado, St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana
  5. 5. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 616788, tornado, Lamar County, Mississippi
  6. 6. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 617690, hail, Harrison County, Mississippi
  7. 7. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 617691, hail, Jackson County, Mississippi
  8. 8. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 621845, tornado, Escambia County, Florida

Reports by hour

Hail24, most at 5 PM

Wind90, most at 11 PM

Tornado41, most at 4 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
11:11 AMEF0About 21 miles from New Orleans, LA0.58 mi long, 50 yd wide
11:20 AMEF0About 22 miles from Baton Rouge, LA3.32 mi long, 50 yd wide
12:08 PMEF0About 12 miles from Baton Rouge, LA1.61 mi long, 200 yd wide
12:42 PMEF2About 22 miles from Baton Rouge, LA4.33 mi long, 625 yd wide
1:14 PMEF0About 37 miles from Baton Rouge, LA0.3 mi long, 50 yd wide
2:37 PMEF1About 40 miles from Lafayette, LA2.62 mi long, 50 yd wide
3:10 PMEF0About 22 miles from Baton Rouge, LA1.03 mi long, 200 yd wide
3:21 PMEF3About 31 miles from Baton Rouge, LA7.78 mi long, 350 yd wide
3:31 PMEF2About 29 miles from Baton Rouge, LA12.95 mi long, 350 yd wide
3:45 PMEF1Near 31.40, -90.53, MS0.46 mi long, 75 yd wide
3:49 PMEF1About 27 miles from Slidell, LA9.52 mi long, 150 yd wide
3:50 PMEF1About 47 miles from Slidell, LA5.15 mi long, 200 yd wide
Show all 41 tornado reports
TimeRatingWherePath
4:07 PMEF0About 54 miles from Slidell, LA0.1 mi long, 25 yd wide
4:15 PMEF1About 32 miles from New Orleans, LA3.15 mi long, 250 yd wide
4:15 PMEF2About 55 miles from Gulfport, MS5.63 mi long, 100 yd wide
4:22 PMEF0About 28 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL4.8 mi long, 150 yd wide
4:29 PMEF1About 60 miles from Gulfport, MS1.42 mi long, 75 yd wide
4:32 PMEF2About 34 miles from New Orleans, LA4.69 mi long, 250 yd wide
4:41 PMEF0About 23 miles from Slidell, LA0.38 mi long, 25 yd wide
4:42 PMEF0About 35 miles from Jackson, MS1.15 mi long, 100 yd wide
4:46 PMEF0About 39 miles from Jackson, MS0.62 mi long, 40 yd wide
5:13 PMEF0About 11 miles from Slidell, LA1.5 mi long, 75 yd wide
5:25 PMEF1About 54 miles from Mobile, AL1.51 mi long, 75 yd wide
5:32 PMEF1About 55 miles from Mobile, AL0.03 mi long, 75 yd wide
5:45 PMEF1About 58 miles from Mobile, AL1.6 mi long, 150 yd wide
6:01 PMEF1Near 34.23, -87.92, AL2.22 mi long, 300 yd wide
6:01 PMEF0About 40 miles from Gulfport, MS3.92 mi long, 75 yd wide
8:10 PMEF3About 4 miles from Pensacola, FL2.99 mi long, 300 yd wide
8:17 PMEF1About 7 miles from Pensacola, FL2.68 mi long, 100 yd wide
10:15 PMEF0Near 31.20, -85.61, AL2.76 mi long, 200 yd wide
10:24 PMEF1Near 31.25, -85.53, AL4.83 mi long, 200 yd wide
10:31 PMEF1Near 31.26, -85.45, AL1.63 mi long, 350 yd wide
10:34 PMEF1Near 31.27, -85.41, AL3.66 mi long, 900 yd wide
10:38 PMEF1Near 31.35, -85.38, AL1.09 mi long, 300 yd wide
10:54 PMEF0Near 31.44, -85.21, AL0.4 mi long, 100 yd wide
11:02 PMEF1Near 31.50, -85.16, AL0.5 mi long, 150 yd wide
11:07 PMEF1Near 31.42, -84.98, GA2.24 mi long, 350 yd wide
11:55 PMEF1Near 31.64, -84.42, GA5.09 mi long, 200 yd wide
12:26 AMEF1Near 31.85, -84.03, GA0.2 mi long, 75 yd wide
1:45 AMEF1About 29 miles from Tallahassee, FL12.81 mi long, 400 yd wide
4:04 AMEF0About 26 miles from Birmingham, AL1.11 mi long, 80 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Mississippi43102112
Florida301272
Louisiana3013413
Alabama2701710
Georgia230194
South Carolina1010
Texas1010

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Gulfport, MS1.75 inNone0
Jackson, MS1.5 in58 mph0
Augusta, GANone63 mph0
Baton Rouge, LANoneNone1
Lafayette, LANone58 mph0
Pensacola, FLNoneNone2
Slidell, LANoneNone1
Tallahassee, FLNone58 mph0

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