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Storm reports for December 9, 2023

NOAA recorded 91 hail reports, 44 wind reports and 17 tornado reports in 9 states on December 9, 2023.

in 9 states
152
Storm reports
About 29 miles from Memphis, TN
4.0 in
Largest hail
Near 36.13, -89.02, TN
90 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF3, about 7 miles from Clarksville, TN
17
Tornado reports
Sources: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports; radar hail estimates from NOAA MRMS; gust estimates from NOAA URMA; damage surveys from the NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit

Hail, inches

  • 0.75
  • 1
  • 1.5
  • 2
  • 2.5
  • 3+

Dots: reports. Shading: radar estimate.

  • Wind report
  • Estimated gusts, 50 to 90 mph
  • 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 December 9, 2023 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. Gust lines are estimates: the highest gust of the day in NOAA's hourly 2.5 km wind analysis (URMA), which fills in between weather stations. They aren't measurements at any building.

What happened

An EF3 tornado with peak winds of 150 mph touched down near Clarksville, Tennessee, at 1:41 p.m. CST on December 9, 2023, and stayed down until 2:49 p.m., ending in Kentucky.1 It destroyed 114 homes and did major damage to 268 more. Four people were killed and 62 injured.1,2 On Highway 41 it left only the interior of a strip mall, and near Peachers Mill Road at least a dozen new two-story brick apartment homes lost their roofs.2 NOAA's Storm Events Database lists $20 million in property damage in Montgomery County.2

From 4:39 to 5:31 p.m., an EF2 tornado with winds up to 130 mph crossed Madison, Hendersonville and Gallatin, killing 3 people and injuring 22.1 It tore large sections of roof off homes and a church, damaged an apartment complex, toppled two industrial buildings and damaged many businesses in Hendersonville.3 About 600 homes and businesses were damaged in Sumner County.1,3 At 4:16 p.m. another EF2 tornado hit Springfield, damaging numerous businesses and heavily damaging several warehouses.1,4 The database lists $10 million in property damage each for the Springfield tornado in Robertson County and the Madison tornado in Davidson and Sumner counties.4,3,5

Hail 4 inches across fell near Red Banks in Marshall County, Mississippi, at 3:07 p.m. CST.6 At 12:09 a.m. CST on December 10, an EF1 tornado in Homewood, Alabama, blew out many windows in an office complex and damaged more than three dozen homes with falling trees. The database lists $5 million in property damage in Jefferson County.7

Sources

  1. 1. NWS Nashville: December 9, 2023 Tornado Outbreak
  2. 2. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 1144360, tornado, Montgomery County, Tennessee
  3. 3. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 1144554, tornado, Davidson County, Tennessee
  4. 4. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 1144376, tornado, Robertson County, Tennessee
  5. 5. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 1144555, tornado, Sumner County, Tennessee
  6. 6. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 1146194, hail, Marshall County, Mississippi
  7. 7. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 1145378, tornado, Jefferson County, Alabama

Reports by hour

Hail91, most at 5 PM

Wind44, most at 6 PM

Tornado17, most at 4 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
11:32 AMEF1Near 36.12, -89.06, TN24.91 mi long, 600 yd wide
1:19 PMEF1About 23 miles from Clarksville, TN8.75 mi long, 75 yd wide
1:41 PMEF3About 7 miles from Clarksville, TN47.22 mi long, 600 yd wide
3:07 PMEF1About 55 miles from Nashville, TN2.24 mi long, 125 yd wide
3:29 PMEF2About 20 miles from Clarksville, TN5.81 mi long, 300 yd wide
4:03 PMEF2About 25 miles from Nashville, TN18.37 mi long, 500 yd wide
4:16 PMEF2About 22 miles from Nashville, TN6 mi long, 300 yd wide
4:39 PMEF2About 6 miles from Nashville, TN34.77 mi long, 400 yd wide
6:07 PMEF1Near 36.62, -85.72, TN2.86 mi long, 50 yd wide
9:18 PMEF0About 23 miles from Jackson, MS13.93 mi long, 350 yd wide
9:44 PMEF0About 40 miles from Jackson, MS3.71 mi long, 75 yd wide
10:04 PMEF1About 55 miles from Jackson, MS27.21 mi long, 350 yd wide
Show all 17 tornado reports
TimeRatingWherePath
12:09 AMEF1About 6 miles from Birmingham, AL3.02 mi long, 600 yd wide
12:13 AMEF1About 4 miles from Birmingham, AL1.78 mi long, 200 yd wide
1:19 AMEF0Near 31.62, -85.44, AL8 mi long, 200 yd wide
4:36 AMEF0About 32 miles from Columbus, GA2.43 mi long, 400 yd wide
5:30 AMEF1About 44 miles from Crestview, FL2.97 mi long, 250 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Mississippi544473
Tennessee3817138
Louisiana272160
Alabama193124
Kentucky4121
Florida3021
Georgia3120
Arkansas2200
Texas2200

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Beaumont, TX1.0 inNone0
Nashville, TN0.75 inNone1
Atlanta, GANone64 mph0
Baton Rouge, LANone60 mph0
Birmingham, ALNone70 mph2
Chattanooga, TNNone60 mph0
Clarksville, TNNoneNone1
Huntsville, ALNone49 mph0
Knoxville, TNNone60 mph0

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