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Storm reports for December 16, 2019

NOAA recorded 18 hail reports, 93 wind reports and 38 tornado reports in 7 states on December 16, 2019.

in 7 states
149
Storm reports
Near 31.22, -91.64, LA
1.75 in
Largest hail
About 54 miles from Slidell, LA
76 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF3, about 45 miles from Lake Charles, LA
38
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 December 16, 2019 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

A tornado touched down in DeRidder, Louisiana, at 11:10 a.m. CST and tracked about 62 miles northeast through Vernon Parish to the Alexandria area, reaching EF3 strength with winds of 140 to 160 mph.1,2 In Vernon Parish it badly damaged well-built homes and mobile homes and killed 1 person on Borel Road.3 In western Alexandria it heavily damaged or destroyed mobile homes, warehouses and homes on slabs around Ross Lane and Highway 128. NOAA's Storm Events Database lists $22 million in property damage in Rapides Parish.4

In Mississippi, an EF3 tornado with winds up to 140 mph touched down in Amite County at 2:30 p.m. and stayed on the ground at least 20 miles past Smithdale into Lincoln County, injuring 3 people.5 Around 5:20 p.m., EF3 tornadoes near Sumrall in Lamar County and Mize in Smith County tore roofs and walls off well-built brick buildings.6,7 At 5:59 p.m. an EF3 tornado touched down at Laurel's airfield in Jones County and crossed downtown, damaging homes and businesses and collapsing parts of a strip mall and an office building. Its strongest damage was east of Interstate 59, where a manufacturing plant's buildings fully collapsed.8

In northern Lawrence County, Alabama, an EF2 tornado that touched down at 5:08 p.m. rolled and destroyed manufactured homes about 1 mile south of Highway 20, killing 2 people.9

Sources

  1. 1. KPLC 7 News: NWS statement: Tornado reached wind speeds between 140 and 160 mph
  2. 2. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 869481, tornado, Beauregard Parish, Louisiana
  3. 3. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 869482, tornado, Vernon Parish, Louisiana
  4. 4. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 869483, tornado, Rapides Parish, Louisiana
  5. 5. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 869156, tornado, Amite County, Mississippi
  6. 6. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 865247, tornado, Lamar County, Mississippi
  7. 7. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 865233, tornado, Smith County, Mississippi
  8. 8. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 865251, tornado, Jones County, Mississippi
  9. 9. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 865237, tornado, Lawrence County, Alabama

Reports by hour

Hail18, most at 5 PM

Wind93, most at 5 PM

Tornado38, most at 4 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
10:10 AMEF1About 16 miles from Shreveport, LA26.24 mi long, 250 yd wide
10:29 AMEF2About 56 miles from Lake Charles, LA3.56 mi long, 147 yd wide
11:08 AMEF1About 55 miles from Jackson, MS11.7 mi long, 600 yd wide
11:10 AMEF3About 45 miles from Lake Charles, LA62.61 mi long, 550 yd wide
11:48 AMEF1About 34 miles from Jackson, MS22.32 mi long, 616 yd wide
2:34 PMEF2Near 31.40, -91.15, MS4.23 mi long, 720 yd wide
2:34 PMEF3About 53 miles from Baton Rouge, LA30.32 mi long, 880 yd wide
3:18 PMEF0Near 31.27, -90.78, MS5.02 mi long, 50 yd wide
3:39 PMEF1Near 31.33, -90.56, MS1.62 mi long, 75 yd wide
3:41 PMEF1Near 34.46, -88.93, MS9.26 mi long, 300 yd wide
3:42 PMEF1About 52 miles from Slidell, LA4.92 mi long, 75 yd wide
3:45 PMEF0Near 33.81, -89.35, MS2.61 mi long, 60 yd wide
Show all 38 tornado reports
TimeRatingWherePath
3:53 PMEF2Near 34.44, -88.72, MS9.42 mi long, 250 yd wide
3:55 PMEF0Near 34.41, -88.63, MS2.23 mi long, 80 yd wide
4:04 PMEF0Near 31.44, -90.38, MS0.43 mi long, 50 yd wide
4:14 PMEF0Near 34.56, -88.44, MS0.33 mi long, 75 yd wide
4:27 PMEF1Near 34.62, -88.23, MS3.51 mi long, 150 yd wide
4:41 PMEF2Near 31.19, -89.92, MS7.44 mi long, 350 yd wide
4:44 PMEF2About 50 miles from Jackson, MS10.66 mi long, 600 yd wide
4:50 PMEF1Near 34.70, -87.87, AL0.68 mi long, 75 yd wide
4:52 PMEF2Near 34.64, -87.73, AL8.18 mi long, 250 yd wide
4:55 PMEF0Near 35.27, -87.52, TN3.76 mi long, 25 yd wide
4:56 PMEF1Near 31.28, -89.77, MS6.18 mi long, 440 yd wide
5:08 PMEF2About 42 miles from Huntsville, AL18.46 mi long, 370 yd wide
5:17 PMEF3Near 31.39, -89.58, MS5.83 mi long, 560 yd wide
5:19 PMEF3About 48 miles from Jackson, MS18.63 mi long, 1320 yd wide
5:20 PMEF1About 38 miles from Huntsville, AL2.9 mi long, 500 yd wide
5:30 PMEF1About 24 miles from Huntsville, AL9.47 mi long, 50 yd wide
5:41 PMEF0About 47 miles from Huntsville, AL3.45 mi long, 50 yd wide
5:50 PMEF0About 23 miles from Huntsville, AL3.2 mi long, 50 yd wide
5:54 PMEF1About 7 miles from Huntsville, AL1.25 mi long, 25 yd wide
5:59 PMEF3Near 31.67, -89.17, MS61.19 mi long, 350 yd wide
6:05 PMEF0About 12 miles from Huntsville, AL3.16 mi long, 37 yd wide
8:07 PMEF2Near 32.42, -87.98, AL5.95 mi long, 350 yd wide
9:03 PMEF0About 32 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL5.35 mi long, 300 yd wide
9:49 PMEF0About 33 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL3.12 mi long, 200 yd wide
10:00 PMEF1About 35 miles from Birmingham, AL2.6 mi long, 300 yd wide
10:07 PMEF0About 31 miles from Birmingham, AL2.29 mi long, 200 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Alabama7025612
Mississippi47131618
Tennessee160133
Louisiana13265
Arkansas1100
Georgia1010
Texas1010

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Huntsville, AL1.25 in62 mph2
Chattanooga, TNNone52 mph0

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