Tornado Reports
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| 19:58Z | EF1 | KHGX | TX | Tyler | Woodville Tylerco Ar | A fast moving tornado touched down in the Harmony community, blowing down and snapping several large hardwood trees, one of which hit a parked car. |
| 20:22Z | EF1 | KLCH | TX | Tyler | Town Bluff | A fast moving tornado touched down near FM1746, blowing down or snapping off several trees. While it was crossing FM92, it ripped off part of the metal roof of a small rural grocery store. Eyewitnesses saw the tornado at the Corp of Engineers office across the street. The sheet metal from the roof was blown into the COE park and damaged several picnic areas, and snapped off several more trees. |
| 20:50Z | EF1 | KLCH | TX | Jasper | Mt Union | A fast moving tornado touched down in a field near Mt. Union, and ripped a well built carport/garage that was attached to a house. While part of the carport roof landed on the home, some of the metal debris was thrown for 200 yards across the field. |
| 21:13Z | EF2 | KNQA | AR | St. Francis | Rawlison | A tornado touched down six miles west-southwest of Hughes and traveled north-northeast. Three mobile homes were destroyed near Hughes. Roof damage occurred to two homes and a barn was damaged. A number of irrigation pivots were overturned. Near the community of Wildwood a metal shed was destroyed. Power lines were also damaged along the path. The tornado lifted one mile northwest of Tarsus. The peak winds were estimated at 130 mph. |
| 21:43Z | EF1 | KSHV | LA | Union | Downsville | NWS Storm Survey Team concluded that the damage outside of Downsville, Louisiana on December 21st was consistent with that of an EF1 tornado. Damage consisted of damage to several trees and a barn. The tornado had a path length of just under a mile with a path width of 75 yards. Winds were estimated to be near 90 mph during the height of the storm. |
| 22:51Z | EF1 | KLZK | AR | Chicot | Bellaire | A long track tornado touched down along Highway 65 in Chicot County, Arkansas, where numerous power poles were snapped and two eighteen wheelers flipped over causing 2 minor injuries. Damage occurred to several homes and farm buildings and heavy roof damage occurred to the Yellow Bend Port facility. This tornado was initially in Chicot County, moved into Desha County, and then moved back into Chicot County. The tornado then crossed the Mississippi River into Bolivar County, Mississippi. The tornado was rated EF-1 in Chicot County and was given an overall rating of EF-2 due to damage in Mississippi.||In Bolivar County, Mississippi, numerous power poles were snapped. A well built tractor shed was destroyed and several farm buildings were damaged. Maximum wind speeds were estimated at 115 mph, with a total path length of 41 miles through Chicot, Desha, and Bolivar counties. |
| 22:53Z | EF1 | KLZK | AR | Desha | Halley | This tornado moved out of Chicot County into Desha County. One mobile home was knocked off its foundation, had its porch torn off, and had a large metal intermodal shipping container in the back yard overturn and crash into the rear wall of the mobile home, smashing in the kitchen wall. A house had its porch torn off, roof damage, a hole punched in a wall, and broken windows. Another house had a considerable amount of roofing material torn off. At another house, the attached carport was torn off, with much of it landing on the roof of the house. Several sheds were destroyed, large trees were blown down, and several power poles were snapped off. The tornado then exited Desha County 5.1 miles east-northeast of Halley and re-entered Chicot County near the Yellow Bend Port. |
| 22:58Z | EF1 | KLZK | AR | Chicot | Dewey | A long track tornado touched down along Highway 65 in Chicot County, Arkansas, where numerous power poles were snapped and two eighteen wheelers flipped over causing 2 minor injuries. Damage occurred to several homes and farm buildings and heavy roof damage occurred to the Yellow Bend Port facility. This tornado was initially in Chicot County, moved into Desha County, and then moved back into Chicot County. The tornado then crossed the Mississippi River into Bolivar County, Mississippi. The tornado was rated EF-1 in Chicot County and was given an overall rating of EF-2 due to damage in Mississippi.||In Bolivar County, Mississippi, numerous power poles were snapped. A well built tractor shed was destroyed and several farm buildings were damaged. Maximum wind speeds were estimated at 115 mph with a total path length of 41 miles through Chicot, Desha, and Bolivar counties. |
| 22:59Z | EF2 | KLZK | MS | Bolivar | Eutaw | A long track tornado touched down along Highway 65 in Chicot County, Arkansas, where numerous power poles were snapped and two eighteen wheelers flipped over causing 2 minor injuries. Damage occurred to several homes and farm buildings and heavy roof damage occurred to the Yellow Bend Port facility. This tornado was initially in Chicot County, moved into Desha County, and then moved back into Chicot County. The tornado then crossed the Mississippi River into Bolivar County, Mississippi. The tornado was rated EF-1 in Chicot County and was given an overall rating of EF-2 due to damage in Mississippi.||In Bolivar County, Mississippi, numerous power poles were snapped. A well built tractor shed was destroyed and several farm buildings were damaged. This tornado remained in Bolivar County after it crossed into Mississippi. It did not cross back into Desha County, Arkansas a second time. Maximum wind speeds were estimated at 115 MPH with a total path length of 41 miles in Chicot, Desha, and Bolivar counties. |
| 23:19Z | EF2 | KNQA | MS | Coahoma | Rena Lara | A tornado touched down in Rena Lara and tracked northeast. There was major damage to a mobile home where the fatality occurred. Two large garage sheds were completely destroyed. Two football light poles were bent and destroyed at the Cohoma County High School. There was roof and window damage to the elementary school on Bobo-Sharard Road. Several homes had minor roof damage and four homes had significant roof damage on County Road 332. Several trees were uprooted or snapped off along the path of the tornado. The tornado lifted just west of Clarksdale. The peak winds were estimated at 120 mph. |
| 23:31Z | EF0 | KPAH | KY | Calloway | Wadesboro | A relatively weak tornado touched down 2 miles west of Dexter in northern Calloway County. The tornado uprooted a couple of trees and downed power lines during its brief touchdown. |
| 23:40Z | EF1 | KNQA | MS | Tunica | Hamlin | A tornado touched down on Flea Harbor Road in Southern Tunica County and traveled northeast. A church was pushed off its foundation by 10 feet or more. Multiple homes were damaged on Flea Harbor Road. A trailer was rolled and debris was thrown at least a mile from home. Power lines were snapped with large power lines snapped on Six Mile Lake Road. Peak winds were estimated at 90 to 100 mph. |
| 23:57Z | EF1 | KNQA | MS | Panola | Parksplace | A tornado touched down in Northern Panola County near the intersection of Highway 310 and Pleasant Grove Road causing minor roof damage to a home. The tornado uprooted and snapped off trees in Panola County and then tracked northeast into Tate County. Peak winds were estimated at 100 mph. |
| 00:00Z | EF1 | KNQA | MS | Tate | Linwood | A tornado tracked northeast from Panola County and caused roof damage at four homes near Hammond Hill Road. A two story home received damage when a covered porch was lifted and deposited on to the roof of the garage. Peak winds were estimated at 100 mph. |
| 00:13Z | EF0 | KNQA | MS | Tate | New Gorden | A tornado touched down near the corner of Mays Road and Wakefield Road in Eastern Tate County. Multiple trees were snapped and uprooted. Many homes had minor roof damage and a church had minor roof damage. Several power lines were downed. Peak winds were estimated at 80 mph. |
| 04:07Z | EF1 | KLVX | KY | Taylor | Wrights | A storm survey confirmed a tornado that damaged the northern portion of Campbellsville. It touched down just west of the intersection of US 68 and Ky 323, where it destroyed several outbuildings. After crossing KY 210, it uprooted trees and damaged several buildings near the intersection of Hodgenville Road and Vintage Lane. Damage rated as EF-1 was surveyed as the tornado crossed Saloma Road and moved roughly parallel to and just north of Upper Miller Park Road. Several trees were toppled and several rooftops were damaged. After crossing the intersection of Eastern Drive and East Lake Drive, it brought additional roof and tree damage to locations near the intersection of US 68 and Palestine Road. At this point, the tornado lifted. |
| 04:29Z | EF1 | KILN | KY | Harrison | Breckinridge | A storm survey confirmed that an EF-1 tornado damaged numerous barns, garages and outbuildings along Dutch Chapel Road. Two homes along this road had significant roof damage. This area of concentrated damage was embedded in a much wider area of lighter damage caused by straight line winds across northern Harrison County. Residents along Dutch Chapel Road reported popping ears and a roaring noise embedded within driving rain and gusty winds associated with a squall line. |
| 04:41Z | EF1 | KJKL | KY | Bourbon | Millersburg | A survey confirmed that an EF-1 tornado was embedded within a severe squall line that brought widespread damage to northern Bourbon County. An area of concentrated damage was surveyed along Colville and Steele Ford Roads as well as Endicott Lane. Along these roads several large barns and outbuildings were either destroyed or heavily damaged. EF-1 damage was confirmed along Endicott Lane as some well-anchored barn footers were lifted up and thrown 75 yards. Several residents also reported a loud roar within torrential rain as the line of storms passed. |
Storm reports are derived from "The Storm Events Database" (National Centers for Environmental Information) and/or "Past Storm Reports" (Storm Prediction Center).