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Storm reports for February 7, 2017

NOAA recorded 29 hail reports, 114 wind reports and 16 tornado reports in 8 states on February 7, 2017.

in 8 states
159
Storm reports
About 26 miles from Slidell, LA
2.0 in
Largest hail
About 16 miles from Crestview, FL
90 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF3, about 5 miles from New Orleans, LA
16
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 7, 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

At 11:12 a.m. CST on February 7, an EF3 tornado with peak winds around 150 mph touched down in New Orleans east of the Industrial Canal and tracked about 10 miles to Lake Borgne.1 It did moderate to severe damage to 638 homes, about half of them beyond repair, and to at least 40 businesses, and injured 33 people.1 North of Chef Menteur Boulevard, dozens of homes lost all or much of their roofs, some had walls collapse, and a few two-story homes lost nearly all of their top floor.1

An EF3 tornado that touched down northeast of Watson in Livingston Parish at 11:50 a.m. CST reached winds near 140 mph and destroyed three manufactured homes.2 Earlier, at 10:20 a.m. CST, an EF2 that began near Killian destroyed a home and three barns, seriously injuring two people.3 An EF1 from Donaldsonville damaged about 18 homes in Ascension Parish and 18 in St. James Parish, where 4 were heavily damaged or destroyed and a man died.4,5

At about 3:34 p.m. CST, winds of 70 to 90 mph hit Niceville, Florida, and 87 mph gusts were measured on Okaloosa Island and Choctawhatchee Bay. A few condos and businesses in and around Destin had significant roof damage. NOAA lists $350,000 in property damage in the two areas.6,7 From 10:08 to 10:35 p.m. EST, downbursts with gusts estimated at 70 to 80 mph caused extensive damage to homes in Keystone Heights, Clay Hill and Orange Park in Clay County, Florida, leaving some uninhabitable.8

Sources

  1. 1. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 675328, tornado, Orleans Parish, Louisiana
  2. 2. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 675354, tornado, Livingston Parish, Louisiana
  3. 3. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 675297, tornado, Livingston Parish, Louisiana
  4. 4. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 675335, tornado, Ascension Parish, Louisiana
  5. 5. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 675337, tornado, St. James Parish, Louisiana
  6. 6. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 678953, thunderstorm wind, Okaloosa County, Florida
  7. 7. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 678723, thunderstorm wind, Okaloosa County, Florida
  8. 8. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 680047, thunderstorm wind, Clay County, Florida

Reports by hour

Hail29, most at 1 PM

Wind114, most at 4 PM

Tornado16, most at 11 AM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
9:16 AMEF0About 24 miles from Clarksville, TN0.5 mi long, 50 yd wide
10:20 AMEF2About 34 miles from Baton Rouge, LA23.08 mi long, 750 yd wide
10:51 AMEF0About 16 miles from New Orleans, LA0.95 mi long, 25 yd wide
11:04 AMEF1About 25 miles from Baton Rouge, LA6.13 mi long, 150 yd wide
11:12 AMEF3About 5 miles from New Orleans, LA10.09 mi long, 600 yd wide
11:46 AMEF2About 18 miles from Baton Rouge, LA19 mi long, 250 yd wide
12:36 PMEF0About 8 miles from New Orleans, LA2.6 mi long, 25 yd wide
1:04 PMNot ratedAbout 22 miles from New Orleans, LA7.74 mi long, 200 yd wide
1:42 PMEF0About 14 miles from Montgomery, AL0.2 mi long, 85 yd wide
3:23 PMEF0About 40 miles from Crestview, FL0.51 mi long, 150 yd wide
3:36 PMEF1About 8 miles from Columbus, GA2.31 mi long, 250 yd wide
4:07 PMEF2About 41 miles from Jackson, MS4.83 mi long, 880 yd wide
Show all 16 tornado reports
TimeRatingWherePath
5:23 PMEF1Near 32.15, -89.12, MS3.09 mi long, 50 yd wide
7:40 PMEF0About 39 miles from Clarksville, TN1.84 mi long, 50 yd wide
9:00 PMEF1About 30 miles from Gainesville, FL1.06 mi long, 75 yd wide
9:37 PMEF1About 27 miles from Jacksonville, FL0.53 mi long, 160 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Florida770752
Georgia270261
Mississippi221912
Alabama11272
Louisiana11317
Tennessee7241
Kentucky3201
Illinois1100

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
New Orleans, LA1.5 in67 mph2
Jackson, MS1.25 inNone0
Clarksville, TN0.88 inNone0
Columbus, GANone58 mph1
Crestview, FLNone70 mph0
Daphne, ALNone60 mph0
Gainesville, FLNone58 mph0
Mobile, ALNone70 mph0
Montgomery, ALNoneNone1
Nashville, TNNone58 mph0
Tallahassee, FLNone69 mph0

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