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Storm reports for November 29, 2016

NOAA recorded 41 hail reports, 61 wind reports and 29 tornado reports in 6 states on November 29, 2016.

in 6 states
131
Storm reports
Near 33.53, -90.76, MS
2.75 in
Largest hail
Near 33.84, -89.93, MS
90 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF3, about 30 miles from Huntsville, AL
29
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 November 29, 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 8:40 p.m. CST on November 29, 2016, an EF3 tornado near Danville in Morgan County, Alabama, with peak winds of 140 mph, blew roofs and parts of walls off homes and destroyed several large buildings and a mobile home.1 At about 9:29 p.m. CST, an EF2 tornado with 125 mph peak winds crossed the Huntsville area, removing roof decking from at least 15 houses in the Central Estates neighborhood.2 Just after midnight, a tornado tracked from Rosalie in Jackson County into DeKalb County. Near Rosalie it destroyed several mobile homes, and 3 people died there.3 In DeKalb County, on its Ider segment, it reached EF3 strength with winds near 145 mph and destroyed numerous chicken farms. Ten people were hurt at one site there, and one of them later died.4

At about 2:28 a.m. EST on November 30, an EF3 tornado near Ocoee in Polk County, Tennessee, heavily damaged several buildings and some manufactured homes. Two people died in manufactured homes.5 Earlier, at 9:05 p.m. CST, an EF1 tornado crossed the north side of Tullahoma, Tennessee, damaging several businesses, mostly their roofs. NOAA lists $750,000 in property damage.6

In Mississippi that afternoon, baseball size (2.75-inch) hail fell just southwest of Doddsville in Sunflower County at 3:16 p.m. CST and between Hope and Laurel Hill in Neshoba County at 4:49 p.m. CST.7,8 At 4:20 p.m. CST, a microburst with estimated 78-knot (90 mph) winds in Grenada County damaged roofs and windows on some homes.9

Sources

  1. 1. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Tornado event, Morgan County, Alabama, November 29, 2016
  2. 2. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Tornado event, Madison County, Alabama, November 29, 2016
  3. 3. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Tornado event, Jackson County, Alabama, November 30, 2016
  4. 4. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Tornado event, DeKalb County, Alabama, November 30, 2016
  5. 5. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Tornado event, Polk County, Tennessee, November 30, 2016
  6. 6. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Tornado event, Coffee County, Tennessee, November 29, 2016
  7. 7. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Hail event, Sunflower County, Mississippi, November 29, 2016
  8. 8. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Hail event, Neshoba County, Mississippi, November 29, 2016
  9. 9. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Thunderstorm wind event, Grenada County, Mississippi, November 29, 2016

Reports by hour

Hail41, most at 4 PM

Wind61, most at 11 PM

Tornado29, most at 8 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
3:57 PMEF1About 26 miles from Jackson, MS23.95 mi long, 300 yd wide
5:49 PMEF1Near 32.95, -88.84, MS5.53 mi long, 170 yd wide
5:52 PMEF1Near 33.30, -88.76, MS3.59 mi long, 150 yd wide
6:12 PMEF1Near 33.70, -88.76, MS8.9 mi long, 200 yd wide
7:05 PMEF2Near 34.54, -87.90, AL10.87 mi long, 100 yd wide
7:15 PMEF1About 39 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL5.3 mi long, 600 yd wide
7:29 PMEF0About 57 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL10.6 mi long, 150 yd wide
8:04 PMEF1About 58 miles from Huntsville, AL0.4 mi long, 100 yd wide
8:06 PMEF0About 38 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL0.3 mi long, 50 yd wide
8:06 PMEF2About 57 miles from Huntsville, AL3.2 mi long, 300 yd wide
8:12 PMEF1About 56 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL3.48 mi long, 100 yd wide
8:40 PMEF3About 30 miles from Huntsville, AL6.2 mi long, 175 yd wide
Show all 29 tornado reports
TimeRatingWherePath
8:52 PMEF2About 44 miles from Birmingham, AL9.51 mi long, 1000 yd wide
9:05 PMEF1About 52 miles from Huntsville, AL7.99 mi long, 300 yd wide
9:24 PMEF1About 53 miles from Chattanooga, TN3.51 mi long, 200 yd wide
9:29 PMEF2About 9 miles from Huntsville, AL19.85 mi long, 150 yd wide
10:02 PMEF1About 34 miles from Huntsville, AL0.9 mi long, 40 yd wide
10:20 PMEF1About 46 miles from Huntsville, AL3.15 mi long, 100 yd wide
11:00 PMEF1About 29 miles from Chattanooga, TN2.31 mi long, 150 yd wide
11:03 PMEF2About 17 miles from Chattanooga, TN8.15 mi long, 350 yd wide
11:05 PMEF1About 21 miles from Huntsville, AL1.2 mi long, 50 yd wide
11:40 PMEF1About 55 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL9.69 mi long, 600 yd wide
12:01 AMEF1About 54 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL16.85 mi long, 900 yd wide
12:02 AMEF3About 40 miles from Chattanooga, TN13.48 mi long, 206 yd wide
12:20 AMEF2About 42 miles from Chattanooga, TN11.33 mi long, 200 yd wide
12:56 AMEF0About 12 miles from Chattanooga, TN1.29 mi long, 225 yd wide
1:28 AMEF3About 30 miles from Chattanooga, TN4.6 mi long, 155 yd wide
2:11 AMEF0About 41 miles from Huntsville, AL3.4 mi long, 30 yd wide
5:10 AMEF1About 57 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL12.93 mi long, 250 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Mississippi4222155
Tennessee410365
Alabama265318
Louisiana181260
Georgia2011
Texas2200

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Jackson, MS1.75 inNone0
Chattanooga, TNNone69 mph1
Huntsville, ALNone70 mph1
Knoxville, TNNone58 mph0
Lake Charles, LANone58 mph0

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