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Storm reports for January 22, 2017

NOAA recorded 24 hail reports, 124 wind reports and 19 tornado reports in 5 states on January 22, 2017.

in 5 states
167
Storm reports
About 19 miles from Daphne, AL
2.0 in
Largest hail
Near 31.82, -87.09, AL
81 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF3, near 31.44, -84.34, GA
19
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 January 22, 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

On January 22, a long-track EF3 tornado with peak winds of 150 mph crossed Dougherty County, including Albany, and Worth, Turner and Wilcox counties in south Georgia from 3:15 to 4:27 p.m. EST.1 It traveled about 71 miles, grew up to 1.25 miles wide, killed five people and injured at least 40.1 In Dougherty County it destroyed many mobile homes in several mobile home parks, where four of the deaths occurred, and destroyed concrete block buildings.1 NOAA's Storm Events Database lists $300 million in property damage in Dougherty County, citing a county commissioner's estimate reported in the media, and $5 million each in Worth and Turner counties.2,3,4

At 2:38 p.m. EST, an EF2 tornado with peak winds of 125 mph crossed Clay, Calhoun and Randolph counties, flipping a mobile home and tearing the roof structure off two homes.1,5 At 11:37 a.m. CST, winds near 70 knots (81 mph) blew the roofs off a trailer and a house and destroyed two barns near Nadawah in Monroe County, Alabama.6 In Columbia County, Florida, a tree blown onto a mobile home at about 5:55 p.m. EST killed one person.7

Overnight, at about 1:40 a.m. EST on January 23, an EF1 tornado with winds around 90 mph moved from Palm Beach Gardens to Juno Beach, Florida. It knocked tiles off homes, broke windows and damaged 8 units in a mobile home park, and NOAA lists $1 million in property damage.8

Sources

  1. 1. NWS Tallahassee: Deadly Tornado Outbreak - January 22, 2017
  2. 2. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 673010, tornado, Dougherty County, Georgia
  3. 3. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 673013, tornado, Worth County, Georgia
  4. 4. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 673016, tornado, Turner County, Georgia
  5. 5. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 673031, tornado, Clay County, Georgia
  6. 6. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 676210, thunderstorm wind, Monroe County, Alabama
  7. 7. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 668749, thunderstorm wind, Columbia County, Florida
  8. 8. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 673858, tornado, Palm Beach County, Florida

Reports by hour

Hail24, most at 6 PM

Wind124, most at 2 PM

Tornado19, most at 1 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
6:00 AMEF1About 59 miles from Tallahassee, FL4.84 mi long, 400 yd wide
12:36 PMEF0About 17 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL0.28 mi long, 200 yd wide
1:02 PMEF1Near 31.34, -85.25, AL5.52 mi long, 100 yd wide
1:06 PMEF1About 24 miles from Montgomery, AL1.98 mi long, 320 yd wide
1:38 PMEF2Near 31.57, -84.87, GA12.03 mi long, 400 yd wide
1:46 PMEF0About 40 miles from Columbus, GA4.76 mi long, 200 yd wide
1:50 PMEF1About 59 miles from Tallahassee, FL2.36 mi long, 350 yd wide
2:00 PMEF1About 33 miles from Columbus, GA3.08 mi long, 540 yd wide
2:15 PMEF3Near 31.44, -84.34, GA70.4 mi long, 2200 yd wide
2:52 PMEF1Near 31.92, -83.81, GA6.93 mi long, 300 yd wide
3:00 PMEF1Near 31.80, -83.62, GA0.29 mi long, 900 yd wide
3:15 PMEF1Near 32.42, -83.36, GA2.24 mi long, 100 yd wide
Show all 19 tornado reports
TimeRatingWherePath
3:22 PMEF0Near 32.52, -83.32, GA0.56 mi long, 50 yd wide
3:47 PMEF1Near 31.40, -83.03, GA3.11 mi long, 1200 yd wide
5:26 PMEF1About 41 miles from Jacksonville, FL16.64 mi long, 120 yd wide
5:29 PMEF1About 45 miles from Jacksonville, FL1.65 mi long, 120 yd wide
12:25 AMEF1About 34 miles from Port St. Lucie, FL3.22 mi long, 90 yd wide
12:40 AMEF1About 33 miles from Port St. Lucie, FL5.79 mi long, 130 yd wide
2:45 AMEF1About 8 miles from Miami, FL2.79 mi long, 123 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Florida10215834
Georgia3822610
Alabama222155
California4400
Mississippi1100

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Jacksonville, FL1.0 in58 mph0
Pensacola, FL1.0 inNone0
Deltona, FLNone61 mph0
Lakeland, FLNone46 mph0
Miami, FLNone75 mph1
Ocala, FLNone52 mph0
Tallahassee, FLNone63 mph0
Tampa, FLNone59 mph0

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