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Storm reports for January 2, 2017

NOAA recorded 6 hail reports, 197 wind reports and 39 tornado reports in 8 states on January 2, 2017.

in 8 states
242
Storm reports
About 56 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL
1.0 in
Largest hail
Near 31.11, -85.50, AL
85 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF2, about 52 miles from Jackson, MS
39
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 January 2, 2017 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

In Albany, Georgia, straight-line winds of 80 to 85 mph cut a 3 to 4 mile swath across the northern half of the city at about 10:14 p.m. EST on January 2, 2017.1,2 NWS surveyors found minor to moderate roof damage across the city and some wide-span metal roofs heavily damaged. Much of the worst structural damage came from trees falling on buildings.1,2 NOAA's Storm Events Database lists $17 million in property damage in Dougherty County.1

In the Rehobeth area of Houston County, Alabama, straight-line winds on the southern edge of a tornado brought down a large tree that split a mobile home around 7:37 p.m. CST, killing 4 people.3,2 In Turner County, Georgia, 80 mph straight-line winds around 10:49 p.m. EST stripped shingles and metal roofing from mobile homes and outbuildings. One person died when the wind shifted an outbuilding off its blocks.4,2

Earlier, at about 2:47 p.m. CST, estimated 70-knot (81 mph) winds cut a corridor of damage through Gulf Shores, Alabama, blowing roofing off a few commercial buildings and damaging homes. NOAA lists $950,000 in property damage.5 At 10:30 a.m. CST, an EF1 tornado south of Ragley in Beauregard Parish, Louisiana, damaged nearly two dozen homes, mostly their roofs.6

Sources

  1. 1. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Thunderstorm wind event, Dougherty County, Georgia, January 2, 2017
  2. 2. NWS Tallahassee: Tornado and Damaging Wind Event, January 2, 2017
  3. 3. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Thunderstorm wind event, Houston County, Alabama, January 2, 2017
  4. 4. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Thunderstorm wind event, Turner County, Georgia, January 2, 2017
  5. 5. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Thunderstorm wind event, Baldwin County, Alabama, January 2, 2017
  6. 6. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Tornado event, Beauregard Parish, Louisiana, January 2, 2017

Reports by hour

Hail6, most at 6 AM

Wind197, most at 9 PM

Tornado39, most at 1 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
9:03 AMEF1Near 31.07, -94.02, TX2.55 mi long, 100 yd wide
9:44 AMEF1About 41 miles from Beaumont, TX2.57 mi long, 100 yd wide
10:06 AMEF1About 32 miles from Lake Charles, LA0.3 mi long, 20 yd wide
10:17 AMEF1About 28 miles from Lake Charles, LA1.2 mi long, 50 yd wide
10:30 AMEF1About 25 miles from Lake Charles, LA4.64 mi long, 100 yd wide
10:30 AMEF1About 18 miles from Lake Charles, LA2.74 mi long, 100 yd wide
10:50 AMEF1About 29 miles from New Orleans, LA4.65 mi long, 200 yd wide
11:06 AMEF1Near 31.37, -92.59, LA0.54 mi long, 50 yd wide
11:30 AMEF0About 39 miles from Lafayette, LA0.54 mi long, 25 yd wide
11:31 AMEF1Near 31.03, -92.37, LA1.4 mi long, 100 yd wide
11:44 AMEF1About 52 miles from Lafayette, LA1.64 mi long, 200 yd wide
11:47 AMEF1About 59 miles from Lafayette, LA2.84 mi long, 200 yd wide
Show all 39 tornado reports
TimeRatingWherePath
11:51 AMEF1Near 31.10, -92.07, LA1.05 mi long, 200 yd wide
1:02 PMEF0Near 31.67, -90.94, MS3.89 mi long, 250 yd wide
1:14 PMEF1About 49 miles from Jackson, MS5.59 mi long, 200 yd wide
1:18 PMEF1About 44 miles from Baton Rouge, LA3.12 mi long, 90 yd wide
1:21 PMEF1About 49 miles from Jackson, MS6.81 mi long, 300 yd wide
1:23 PMEF1About 47 miles from Baton Rouge, LA5.75 mi long, 150 yd wide
1:45 PMEF1About 54 miles from Baton Rouge, LA0.08 mi long, 75 yd wide
1:49 PMEF1Near 31.08, -90.37, MS10 mi long, 75 yd wide
2:02 PMEF1About 33 miles from Jackson, MS9.43 mi long, 400 yd wide
2:21 PMEF2About 52 miles from Jackson, MS4.2 mi long, 300 yd wide
2:43 PMEF0About 22 miles from Slidell, LA1.69 mi long, 30 yd wide
2:43 PMEF1Near 31.86, -89.33, MS3.85 mi long, 275 yd wide
2:51 PMEF0About 28 miles from Slidell, LA1.44 mi long, 50 yd wide
2:52 PMEF1About 54 miles from Gulfport, MS8.36 mi long, 225 yd wide
3:28 PMEF0Near 32.26, -88.81, MS1.5 mi long, 75 yd wide
4:24 PMEF1About 32 miles from Montgomery, AL3.4 mi long, 485 yd wide
4:58 PMEF1About 40 miles from Columbus, GA0.59 mi long, 200 yd wide
7:35 PMEF2Near 31.11, -85.51, AL7.82 mi long, 500 yd wide
7:46 PMEF1Near 31.18, -85.37, AL2.52 mi long, 200 yd wide
8:12 PMEF2Near 31.28, -85.01, GA4.34 mi long, 400 yd wide
8:14 PMEF1About 56 miles from Tallahassee, FL3.73 mi long, 600 yd wide
8:18 PMEF2Near 31.26, -84.90, GA10.87 mi long, 1000 yd wide
8:34 PMEF2Near 31.37, -84.72, GA4.43 mi long, 500 yd wide
8:41 PMEF1About 54 miles from Tallahassee, FL9.91 mi long, 1000 yd wide
8:52 PMEF0Near 31.48, -84.52, GA0.66 mi long, 400 yd wide
9:08 PMEF1Near 31.41, -84.16, GA3.97 mi long, 200 yd wide
9:32 PMEF1Near 31.64, -84.01, GA8.95 mi long, 600 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Georgia850769
Mississippi6625212
Louisiana3402113
Texas271242
Alabama202153
Florida8080
Arkansas1100
South Carolina1010

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Columbus, GANone52 mph0
Houston, TXNone60 mph0
Jackson, MSNone58 mph0
Mobile, ALNone60 mph0
Pasadena, TXNone59 mph0
Pearland, TXNone59 mph0
Pensacola, FLNone60 mph0
Slidell, LANone63 mph0
Sugar Land, TXNone60 mph0
Tomball, 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.