Tornado Reports
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| 12:02Z | EF0 | KDGX | MS | Rankin | Koch | This tornado touched down around the northern reaches of the Ross Barnett Reservoir in Rankin County where a TDS was observed on radar. The tornado moved northeast into Madison County and across the Natchez Trace Parkway where a few dozen trees were either snapped or uprooted. A few mobile homes near Rock Road were damaged, and power lines near the Reservoir were damaged. The tornado snapped and uprooted additional trees near the intersection of Whiddon Rd., Ratliff Ferry Rd., and Holmes Hollow Lane. Trees along Allenwood Drive were blown down including some onto power lines. The tornado continued to snap or uproot scattered trees as it moved northeast into the Shoccoe community. It dissipated after it crossed the intersection of Pat Luckett Rd. and Mississippi Highway 16. For the segment of track in Rankin County, maximum estimated winds were 75 mph. The total path length was 8.96 miles across the two counties. |
| 12:03Z | EF0 | KDGX | MS | Hinds | Tougaloo | This tornado touched down around the northern reaches of the Ross Barnett Reservoir where a tornadic debris signature was observed on radar. The tornado moved northeast across the Natchez Trace Parkway, where a few dozen trees were either snapped or uprooted. A few mobile homes near Rock Road were damaged, and power lines near the Reservoir were damaged. The tornado snapped and uprooted additional trees near the intersection of Whiddon Road, Ratliff Ferry Road, and Holmes Hollow Lane. Trees along Allenwood Drive were blown down including some onto power lines. The tornado continued to snap or uproot scattered trees as it moved northeast into the Shoccoe community. It dissipated after crossing the intersection of Pat Luckett Road and MS Highway 16. Maximum estimated winds for this tornado were 105 mph, EF-1. The maximum estimated width was 2000 yards. For the segment of track in Hinds county, maximum estimated winds were 74 mph, EF-0. |
| 12:04Z | EF1 | KDGX | MS | Madison | Shocco | This tornado touched down around the northern reaches of the Ross Barnett Reservoir in Rankin County where a TDS was observed on radar. The tornado moved northeast into Madison County and across the Natchez Trace Parkway where a few dozen trees were either snapped or uprooted. A few mobile homes near Rock Road were damaged, and power lines near the Reservoir were damaged. The tornado snapped and uprooted additional trees near the intersection of Whiddon Rd., Ratliff Ferry Rd., and Holmes Hollow Lane. Trees along Allenwood Drive were blown down including some onto power lines. The tornado continued to snap or uproot scattered trees as it moved northeast into the Shoccoe community. It dissipated after it crossed the intersection of Pat Luckett Rd. and Mississippi Highway 16. For the segment of track in Madison County, maximum estimated winds were 105 mph. The total path length was 8.96 miles across the two counties. |
| 12:30Z | EF0 | KDGX | MS | Rankin | Johns | This tornado touched down west of Wade Patrick Road near Cato. It moved north-northeast and caused minor tree damage as it crossed the road. The tornado moved across Rock Hill Rd. near the Rivers Plant Farm. There it collapsed a hay barn and partially damaged a metal roll-up door. Skirting on a nearby mobile home was blown in. The tornado dissipated before it reached MS Highway 18. Maximum estimated winds were 80 mph. |
| 12:44Z | EF2 | KDGX | MS | Rankin | Rufus | This tornado touched town in a forested area near Antioch-Shiloh Road and Gaddis Myers Rd. and moved northeast into a chicken farm along Gaddis Myers Rd. All four chicken houses were destroyed, and the debris was strewn throughout the area for several miles to the northeast from there. A few smaller trees were uprooted or damaged as the tornado crossed Mississippi Highway 43 and Elton Everett Rd. After it downed a few tree branches along Concord Road, the tornado dissipated before it reached the Smith County Line. A tornadic debris signature was observed on radar with this tornado. The maximum width was 250 yards. The maximum wind speed was 115 mph. |
| 13:37Z | EF1 | KDGX | MS | Scott | Norris | This tornado touched down near Norris Homewood Road and moved northeast across mainly rural portions of southeast Scott County. Most tree damage consisted of downed tree limbs, but a few trees were snapped or uprooted along the path. The most intense damage was centered near the intersection of Annie Moore Road and MS Highway 501 where the roofs of a few homes were partially damaged. The tornado dissipated shortly after it crossed Interstate 20 halfway between Forest and Lake. The maximum estimated wind speed was 105 mph. |
| 13:58Z | EF1 | KDGX | MS | Scott | Lake | This tornado touched down south of Crane 11 Road and west of 4th Street where it snapped and uprooted a few trees. As it moved northeast across 4th St. and Little Warrior Rd., the tornado blew down tree branches and damaged a few barns. It dissipated shortly after it crossed Little Warrior Rd. The maximum estimated wind speed was 105 mph. |
| 13:58Z | EF1 | KDGX | MS | Jefferson Davis | Gwinville | A tornado touched down in the morning near NE Sixteenth Rd. in northeastern Jefferson Davis County where a few trees were uprooted. The tornado continued northeast at an estimated EF-0 intensity across Clem School Rd. where numerous trees were damaged or uprooted and some tin panels were removed from an outbuilding roof. The tornado intensified as it approached the Simpson County line, where a more concentrated area of uprooted trees and small snapped trees supported an intensity of EF-1, with peak winds estimated up to 90 mph. Continuing into southeastern Simpson County, the tornado crossed Scott Harrington Rd. and Newhope Rd. where trees were downed, some roofing material of a home was damaged, and a carport and outbuilding were. The tornado weakened as it crossed Berry Lott Rd., with large branches down and some shingles removed from a home. The tornado traveled a short distance further northeast and dissipated. Maximum estimated winds in Jefferson Davis Cunty were 90 mph. The total path length across the two counties was 6.53. |
| 14:04Z | EF1 | KDGX | MS | Simpson | Jaynesville | A tornado touched down in the morning near NE Sixteenth Rd. in northeastern Jefferson Davis County where a few trees were uprooted. The tornado continued northeast at an estimated EF-0 intensity across Clem School Rd. where numerous trees were damaged or uprooted and some tin panels were removed from an outbuilding roof. The tornado intensified as it approached the Simpson County line, where a more concentrated area of uprooted trees and small snapped trees supported an intensity of EF-1, with peak winds estimated up to 90 mph. Continuing into southeastern Simpson County, the tornado crossed Scott Harrington Rd. and Newhope Rd. where trees were downed, some roofing material of a home was damaged, and a carport and outbuilding were. The tornado weakened as it crossed Berry Lott Rd., with large branches down and some shingles removed from a home. The tornado traveled a short distance further northeast and dissipated. Maximum estimated winds in Simpson Cunty were 90 mph. The total path length across the two counties was 6.53. |
| 15:25Z | EFU | KPOE | LA | Evangeline | Tate Cove | A storm spotter photographed a tornado that briefly touched down in the Coulee Teal Swamp. The NWS attempted to survey this tornado, however, there are no roads into the area where the tornado touched down. Therefore, the rating will remain unknown. |
| 16:49Z | EF2 | KLCH | LA | Iberia | Davids | An EF-2 tornado touched down just southwest of New Iberia, and tracked northeast along the southeastern edge of New Iberia. The tornado damaged roughly 20 to 25 mobile homes on Bradley Lane. Four of these mobile homes were completely destroyed. ||The tornado then tracked northeast through mostly open field, and clipped a neighborhood on Fontelieu Drive and Copper Road. ||The tornado then directly impacted the New Iberia Medical Center. Numerous vehicles and buildings in the medical center district were heavily damaged. The roofing exterior was completely blown off of a mid rise medical building. A large chunk of the roof decking was also ripped off, while some interior wall damage occurred. ||The tornado then heavily damaged numerous homes along Bayou BLVD, Avenue Bonne Terre, and Old Jeanerette Road. The tornado continued northeast over open field, before lifting near Sam Snead Drive. ||Maximum estimated winds were 135 mph. |
| 16:52Z | EFU | KLCH | LA | Iberia | Davids | This is the Satellite tornado visible on the video footage and verified the location using satellite imagery in a field just west of highway 83. |
| 17:58Z | EF1 | KLIX | LA | Tangipahoa | Loranger | A tornado dropped down near Chappepeela Road, damaging a shed near noon. It continued northeast, tearing a shed in half and throwing it downstream about 100 yards. The tornado tracked northeast, flipping and turning over a shed as it reached Averett Road. A few small trees, less than 10 feet tall, were downed at this location. The tornado continued northeast. It torn down and threw sections of residential wood fencing as it crossed Beau Place Lane and Allen Drive. One home on Allen drive had around half a dozen hardwoods snapped or uprooted, consistent with wind speeds of 100 mph. The path width at this point was the greatest at 50 yards. The rest of the tornado track was in inaccessible woods area. Video evidence showed the tornado |racking through this wooded and field area north of Highway 40 and west of Highway 445. High resolution satellite imagery provided proof of tree damage and defoliation through this area north of Hwy 40 and west of Hwy 445 which was supported by video evidence and existence of a tornado debris signature on KLIX. The tornado lifted after reaching Highway 445 at approximately 12:10 PM CST. |
| 18:08Z | EF0 | KDGX | MS | Jasper | Baxter | This long track tornado touched down in far northern Jasper County along County Road 24 where some minor tree damage occurred. It initially moved through a wooded hunting area with a TDS observed on radar at the time. Then the tornado moved northeast into Newton County near Mississippi Highway 15. It snapped and uprooted trees it crossed MS Hwy 15. The tornado then crossed MS Hwy 504 and Nicholson Rd. Along Shelby and Garvin Roads, many more trees were damaged and a couple of sheds were either destroyed or heavily damaged. Some minor roof damage to 2 homes occurred here as well. The tornado continued to move NE and crossed several more roads through a creek bottom area where it mainly damaged trees. The tornado increased in intensity as it neared the west side of Hickory and US Highway 80. It widened and heavily damaged trees and power lines, destroyed a shed, and caused minor roof damage to some homes in the Highway 80/503 area. The tornado crossed Interstate 20 at Hickory-Little Rock Rd. and continued to heavily damage trees and powerlines. One home had some of the roof removed and windows broken. Peak intensity occurred along Caldwell, Pleasant Ridge, and Tatum Roads where low end EF-2 damage occurred to timber. The tornado weakened as it reached Ridge Rd. An old chicken house was heavily damaged between Archie and McNeil Roads. Minor tree limb damage occurred near Chunky Duffy Rd. and Suqualena Rd. as the tornado crossed into Lauderdale County. It dissipated just east of the county line. The maximum estimated winds in Jasper County were 75 mph. The total path length was 25.3 miles across the three counties. |
| 18:13Z | EF2 | KDGX | MS | Newton | Roberts | This long track tornado touched down in far northern Jasper County along County Road 24 where some minor tree damage occurred. It initially moved through a wooded hunting area with a TDS observed on radar at the time. Then the tornado moved northeast into Newton County near Mississippi Highway 15. It snapped and uprooted trees it crossed MS Hwy 15. The tornado then crossed MS Hwy 504 and Nicholson Rd. Along Shelby and Garvin Roads, many more trees were damaged and a couple of sheds were either destroyed or heavily damaged. Some minor roof damage to 2 homes occurred here as well. The tornado continued to move NE and crossed several more roads through a creek bottom area where it mainly damaged trees. The tornado increased in intensity as it neared the west side of Hickory and US Highway 80. It widened and heavily damaged trees and power lines, destroyed a shed, and caused minor roof damage to some homes in the Highway 80/503 area. The tornado crossed Interstate 20 at Hickory-Little Rock Rd. and continued to heavily damage trees and powerlines. One home had some of the roof removed and windows broken. Peak intensity occurred along Caldwell, Pleasant Ridge, and Tatum Roads where low end EF-2 damage occurred to timber. The tornado weakened as it reached Ridge Rd. An old chicken house was heavily damaged between Archie and McNeil Roads. Minor tree limb damage occurred near Chunky Duffy Rd. and Suqualena Rd. as the tornado crossed into Lauderdale County. It dissipated just east of the county line. The maximum estimated winds in Newton County were 115 mph. The total path length was 25.3 miles across the three counties. |
| 18:53Z | EF0 | KDGX | MS | Lauderdale | Schamberville | This long track tornado touched down in far northern Jasper County along County Road 24 where some minor tree damage occurred. It initially moved through a wooded hunting area with a TDS observed on radar at the time. Then the tornado moved northeast into Newton County near Mississippi Highway 15. It snapped and uprooted trees it crossed MS Hwy 15. The tornado then crossed MS Hwy 504 and Nicholson Rd. Along Shelby and Garvin Roads, many more trees were damaged and a couple of sheds were either destroyed or heavily damaged. Some minor roof damage to 2 homes occurred here as well. The tornado continued to move NE and crossed several more roads through a creek bottom area where it mainly damaged trees. The tornado increased in intensity as it neared the west side of Hickory and US Highway 80. It widened and heavily damaged trees and power lines, destroyed a shed, and caused minor roof damage to some homes in the Highway 80/503 area. The tornado crossed Interstate 20 at Hickory-Little Rock Rd. and continued to heavily damage trees and powerlines. One home had some of the roof removed and windows broken. Peak intensity occurred along Caldwell, Pleasant Ridge, and Tatum Roads where low end EF-2 damage occurred to timber. The tornado weakened as it reached Ridge Rd. An old chicken house was heavily damaged between Archie and McNeil Roads. Minor tree limb damage occurred near Chunky Duffy Rd. and Suqualena Rd. as the tornado crossed into Lauderdale County. It dissipated just east of the county line. The maximum estimated winds in Lauderdale County were 75 mph. The total path length was 25.3 miles across the three counties. |
| 19:13Z | EF2 | KMOB | MS | Forrest | Macedonia | This tornado developed along Pop Runnels Road and moved northeast near the Macedonia community. It snapped and uprooted numerous trees along its path as it crossed John Odom Rd., Coffey Lane, Cedar Grove Rd., Walters Rd., and Macedonia Rd. The roof was taken off of a small building along John Odom R.d, and a tree fell on a mobile home along Macedonia Rd. The most prolific tree damage along the path occurred along Walters Rd. the tornado lifted near Pleasant Trail. Maximum estimated winds were 115 mph. |
| 19:57Z | EF1 | KDGX | MS | Lauderdale | Vimville | This tornado began near the intersection of Mississippi Highway 19 and Leo McDonald Road and moved northeastward. It snapped several trees along the path. It crossed Linton Rd. twice, where it took the roof off a hay barn, then crossed MS Hwy 496 near Alamucha. It ended near the intersection of Shelby Gressett Rd. and Smith Spur Rd. Here, the roof was taken off an outbuilding, another structure sustained roof damage, and some trees were blown down. Maximum estimated winds were 100 mph. |
| 20:19Z | EF2 | KMOB | MS | Clarke | Shubuta | This tornado started northeast of Shubuta where it snapped a few trees. The tornado continued northeast across County Road 694 where it strengthened to EF-2 strength and began to snap numerous softwood and hardwood trees. The tornado continued across CR 615 where it snapped power poles and numerous trees. As it crossed CR 631 it destroyed a small wood frame home and blew down numerous trees and power poles. As the tornado crossed CR 511, it snapped a few more power poles and numerous hardwood and softwood trees. Near CR 650 and CR 670 it partially lifted the roof off one home and also destroyed a manufactured home as it lifted it off its foundation. The tornado continued along CR 415 where it snapped numerous trees and then crossed MS Hwy 18. The tornado continued northeast and lifted after it crossed CR 421. The maximum estimated wind speed was 135 mph. |
| 20:20Z | EF2 | KLIX | LA | St. Charles | Killona | NWS Storm Survey found damage consistent with an EF-2 tornado with max winds of 120 mph and a max width of 75 yards in Killona/Montz, LA in St Charles Parish. The tornado touched down near the St Charles Sheriff s Office and Nelson Coleman Correctional Facility at 2:21PM, where it tore off some of the metal roofing sheets and tossed them across a nearby field. The tornado moved northeastward across Hwy 3141, Hwy 3127, and Adams street, snapping small trees and large branches. It then strengthened and crossed Railroad Drive and Schoolhouse Rds, where it destroyed 2 mobile homes and tossed and flipped another mobile home into a neighboring house. It uplifted the roofs of nearby houses and carried them away. Some houses lost their exterior walls. It then continued northeastward and crossed River Rd west of Waterford 3 Nuclear Facility. It crossed the Mississippi River, River Rd (628), and Etienne St. On Etienne St and River Rd, it tore the roof off of a home near the levee and shifted a mobile home off of its foundation. It also broke large branches off of a few trees. It continued northeastward, crossing Vickers Ln where it snapped a large oak tree and tore the porch off of a house. It also damaged the windows in vehicles at the nearby Cembell Industries, Inc. The tornado continued northeastward paralleling 628 (CC rd), where it snapped a few trees and broke off some large branches. It continued|northeastward across the Kansas Southern Railroad before lifting just before E Airline Hwy at 2:26PM. High resolution satellite coupled with radar imagery indicated the tornado deviated northward briefly toward Prescot Road after crossing Airline Hwy, but then turned east-northeast causing tree damage and defoliation per NDVI differencing. The tornado debris signature on KLIX and NDVI differencing supported the continuation of this path to the shore of Lake Pontchartrain and it's likely the tornado continued into the lake. Preliminarily, there was 1 fatality and 8 injuries associated with this tornado. |
| 20:54Z | EF0 | KLIX | LA | St. Tammany | Covington Arpt | A combination of storm reports, radar tornado debris signature, and high resolution satellite analysis of the prospective damage path have enabled the confirmation of a weak tornado that tracked over largely rural areas of St. Tammany Parish during the afternoon of 12/14/2022. Radar data and land change analysis indicate the tornado peaked in intensity northeast of Firetower Rd, just after passing the end of Dogwood Rd. |
| 21:02Z | EF0 | KLIX | LA | Terrebonne | Mulberry | A tornado touched down around 3:02 PM CST on Bayou Dularge Rd, rolling an RV trailer and downing some fences. It continued to the northeast and crossed the Bayou Dularge bridge causing minor damage to the Chet Morrison Contractors buildings. There, at 3:03 PM CST, the tornado took all of the roofing panel off of an entrance shed as well as peeled some of the siding and roof off of a large metal warehouse. The tornado also snapped small tree branches before continuing its path to the northeast across the Intercoastal Waterway and Houma Canal and into the east side of Houma. At 3:05 PM CST, the tornado ended its path shortly after entering the east side of Houma as it peeled off roofing panels off a home on Cleveland St when the front porch came off of the house. The tornado also produced some siding damage and minor tree damage on Cleveland St before lifting as it approached Laban Avenue. Peak wind speed was estimated at 85 mph. |
| 21:17Z | EF1 | KGWX | AL | Sumter | Siloam | National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in southern Sumter County and determined that it was consistent with an EF1 tornado, with maximum winds near 90 mph. The tornado touched down just west of the the intersection of County Road 9 and Jessie Powell Road. Several softwood trees were snapped along County Road 9 and there was damage to two homes. Each home sustained varying degrees of roof damage, mostly minor. One home had roof material peeled away and was lofted to the northwest, and the porch had been lifted. A couple of nearby farm structures had roof and minor structural damage with debris lofted to the north. The tornado then continued northeast crossing Gully Road where a few trees were damaged. The next observable damage point was at the intersection of Highway 17 and Wright Road, where additional tree damage was observed. The tornado lifted shortly after crossing Highway 17. |
| 21:28Z | EF1 | KLIX | MS | Forrest | Carnes | This tornado began just east-northeast of Joe Lee Road where it uprooted several softwood trees. The tornado moved northeast across Havard Road where a pig shed was destroyed, a roof was taken off of a hay barn, and the side of a barn was damaged. The tornado continued northeast across MS Highway 13 and Old Highway 13, where several more trees were uprooted. It continued northeast across Pete Thompson Rd., uprooted several more trees, and then dissipated. Estimated maximum winds were 105 mph. |
| 21:49Z | EF2 | KLIX | LA | Jefferson | Westwego Arpt | The tornado touched down just west of Luther Dr, causing roof damage to a home near the intersection with Mather Dr. It moved northeastward causing damage to trees and roofs, with significant damage to three homes near the intersection of Betty St and|Deana St. Just after passing the intersection of Ames Blvd and August Ave, it pushed a large set of bleachers off its foundation at Archbishop Shaw HS. Widespread tree damage was also observed here. The tornado continued northeast into Marrero and Harvey where it caused widespread structural damage along its path. A couple homes on the west side of Harvey suffered complete loss of their roofs with multiple walls collapsed, and were also shifted from their foundations. Other homes along the path in this area suffered minor roof and wall damage. The tornado weakened as it moved east-northeast into Gretna, causing damage mostly to trees. It then strengthened again as it approached approached the Westbank Expressway in far eastern Gretna. In the vicinity of Cook St and Theard St, several homes were severely damaged, with portions of roof structure removed, and one home was completely shifted from its foundation. |
| 21:56Z | EF0 | KLIX | MS | Pearl River | Silver Run | Emergency management surveyed this area and reported multiple areas of tree damage along with two sheds damaged. Further analysis of this EF-0 using high resolution satellite imagery found intermittent swaths of tree damage along a confined path from Berth Road northeastward near Lester Ladner Road and across into Stone County where the path apparently ends near Horsehead Lake. |
| 21:57Z | EF0 | KLIX | MS | Pearl River | Silver Run | Emergency management surveyed this area and reported multiple areas of tree damage along with two sheds damaged. |
| 21:59Z | EF2 | KLIX | LA | Orleans | Gouldsboro | The tornado entered into Orleans Parish from Jefferson Parish as it crossed the Westbank Expressway. Moving into Algiers, the tornado again caused significant structural damage along Tita St. One home was shifted from its foundation and began to roll over, being completely destroyed in the process. Three others suffered significant roof structure loss or partial wall collapse. A church was also|shifted from its foundation and destroyed on Wiltz Ln. The tornado then crossed the river, exiting Orleans Parish and entering into St. Bernard Parish. |
| 22:02Z | EF2 | KLIX | LA | St. Bernard | Arabi | The tornado entered into Orleans Parish from Jefferson Parish as it crossed the Mississippi River and moved into Arabi. It continued to cause damage to trees, power lines and structures as it moved northeastward. Minor fascia damage was noted to an apartment building where the tornado crossed Patricia street and moved into an inaccessible forested area. The track was extended into the Florida Walk Canal based on high resolution satellite data indicating tree damage along the path through the forest. It may have continued into the marsh, but no damage was observable. The maximum rating of 125 mph EF-2 is based on the homes that lost all or most of their roof structure as well as suffering some wall collapse. |
| 22:43Z | EFU | KLIX | LA | St. Bernard | Shell Beach | A post-event analysis using high resolution satellite imagery helped to identify a defined, narrow tornado damage path in the marsh of the Biloxi State Wildlife Management Area. This damage path is matched closely with KLIX radar data that indicated a strong area of rotation with a tornado debris signature between 5:44 and 5:52 PM CST. Given the rotation was much stronger right before the tornado moved over land it is possible the tornado was already down while it was over Lake Borgne. Additionally, the exact end of the tornado path is less clear as several lagoons obscure any semblance of a damage path toward the end before the tornado debris signature began to dissipate. Exact peak intensity is unknown given no damage indicators could be identified. |
| 23:01Z | EFU | KLIX | LA | Plaquemines | Happy Jack | A post-event analysis using high resolution satellite imagery helped to identify a defined, narrow tornado damage path in the marsh near Felicity Bay in Plaquemines Parish. This damage path is matched closely with KLIX radar data that indicated a strong area of rotation with a tornado debris signature between 6:01 and 6:06 PM CST which matched up with the narrow damage path. The exact end of the tornado path is unclear as bays and lagoons obscure any semblance of a damage path toward the end before the tornado debris signature began to dissipate. Exact peak intensity is unknown given no damage indicators could be identified. |
| 23:40Z | EF2 | KMOB | AL | Washington | Silver Cross | An EF2 tornado has been confirmed in far northern Washington into southeastern Choctaw Counties. The tornado touched down as an EF0 along Dry Creek Road where a few trees were uprooted. The next available road was along County Road 31 where significant tree damage occurred to the north of Frankville. Numerous trees were snapped or uprooted in a 120 yard swath. Significant snapping and deforestation seemed evident looking further southwest along the track; however, this area was inaccessible at the time and required satellite data to confirm the degree of damage.||After review of high resolution satellite imagery, several changes have been made to this tornado. The first major change was to the intensity of the tornado. Complete deforestation of trees to the southwest of County Road 31 was noted on satellite imagery, indicating numerous if not all trees in the path were uprooted/snapped low at their base. Based on this, the intensity is bumped to 130mph making this a high-end EF2. The next major change is to end the tornado just northeast of County Road 31. Satellite imagery indicates the tornado occluded to the left rather abruptly, and reached its widest point of 140 yards as it once again produced EF2 damage with widespread deforestation during the occlusion process. The damage path ended abruptly once the tornado was moving due north on satellite imagery. It's possible it continued to travel to the north for a bit while weakening, however, based on the storm survey on Blue Dirt Road it never reached the road. This satellite imagery explains the discontinuity that was noted in the original storm survey downstream by Blue Dirt Road where a new tornado began. |
| 23:44Z | EF2 | KMOB | AL | Choctaw | Bladon Spgs | An EF2 tornado has been confirmed in far northern Washington into southeastern Choctaw Counties. The tornado touched down as an EF0 along Dry Creek Road where a few trees were uprooted. The next available road was along County Road 31 where significant tree damage occurred to the north of Frankville. Numerous trees were snapped or uprooted in a 120 yard swath. Significant snapping and deforestation seemed evident looking further southwest along the track; however, this area was inaccessible at the time and required satellite data to confirm the degree of damage.||After review of high resolution satellite imagery, several changes have been made to this tornado. The first major change was to the intensity of the tornado. Complete deforestation of trees to the southwest of County Road 31 was noted on satellite imagery, indicating numerous if not all trees in the path were uprooted/snapped low at their base. Based on this, the intensity is bumped to 130mph making this a high-end EF2. The next major change is to end the tornado just northeast of County Road 31. Satellite imagery indicates the tornado occluded to the left rather abruptly, and reached its widest point of 140 yards as it once again produced EF2 damage with widespread deforestation during the occlusion process. The damage path ended abruptly once the tornado was moving due north on satellite imagery. It's possible it continued to travel to the north for a bit while weakening, however, based on the storm survey on Blue Dirt Road it never reached the road. This satellite imagery explains the discontinuity that was noted in the original storm survey downstream by Blue Dirt Road where a new tornado began. |
| 23:48Z | EF2 | KMOB | AL | Choctaw | Bladon Spgs | After reviewing sentinel satellite imagery available on 12/18/22, the determination has been made that the segment of the original surveyed tornado track from Blue Dirt Road to Highway 84 was a separate EF2 tornado with peak winds of 115mph. The original tornado occluded a few minutes prior to the genesis of this tornado. A remarkable gradient at the point of genesis was noted by the survey team in a field of snapped/uprooted trees, where trees went from untouched to numerous snaps of softwood trees in as little as 5 to 10 feet. Based on sentinel satellite imagery, the tornado maintained intensity, perhaps slightly strengthening as it moved off to the northeast of Blue Dirt Road where significant deforestation was noted in an approximate 120 yard swath. At the tornadoes halfway point, it likely weakened to an EF0/EF1 as it passed by a field with no notable tree damage on satellite imagery. Once the tornado reached Highway 84, it was a very weak EF0 that uprooted a couple softwood trees, lifting at that location.||Extended path to start earlier based on Planet and Worldview Satellite Imagery. Tornado start time was simultaneous to the timing of the occlusion of the first tornado. |
| 23:52Z | EF1 | KMOB | MS | Harrison | Beauvoir | A waterspout likely came onshore near the Beauvoir section of Biloxi around 5:52 PM CST. The first surveyed damage revealed numerous large limbs snapped on Brady Drive. The tornado then moved northeastward over marsh, reaching Tara Lane where a pine tree fell onto a pavilion and caused damage to the roof. It continued northeast across Pass Road and then through the intersection of Belvedere Drive and Belvedere Circle where tree|limbs fell on power lines. The roof of a metal shed was ripped off. The tornado continued across Hiller Park where several pine trees were partially uprooted and unsecured bleachers were thrown 50 yards to the northeast through a chain link fence and on a tennis court. A few roof shingles were missing at nearby military housing. The tornado crossed near Atkinson Rd and Veterans Ave where several oak trees had large limbs snapped. Numerous snapped|tree limbs fell, damaging markers at Biloxi National Cemetery. The most significant tornadic damage in the path occurred in the VA Gulf Coast Health Care System Campus along Veterans Avenue where damage was consistent with a EF-1 tornado and maximum winds of 90 mph. A window on the south-facing side of a campus building|was blown in and another window was blown out on the northern side of the building. A roof from a small building was peeled off and thrown back to the southeast into an adjacent partially covered outbuilding, causing the outbuilding to collapse. The tornado uprooted several trees just before lifting as it reached Mullet Lake around 5:55 pm. |
| 00:54Z | EF0 | KTLH | FL | Liberty | Sumatra | A tornadic debris signature (TDS) tracked through portions of rural Liberty county in the Apalachicola National Forest. Only tree damage occurred in this rural area, and the tornado is rated EF0. |
| 01:54Z | EF0 | KTLH | FL | Franklin | Yent Place | A brief EF0 tornado with max winds estimated at 85 mph touched down about 0.75 miles north of New River Primitive Campsite 8 in the Tates Hell State Forest. The tornado tracked to the northeast towards the New River, where it lifted. Through its path, a few larger pine trees were snapped, and several smaller pine trees were snapped or uprooted before lifting. |
| 02:29Z | EF1 | KTLH | FL | Wakulla | Sanborn | An EF1 tornado touched down west of Sopchoppy and moved across Smith Creek Road, damaging a residential home. The home sustained roof damage, and a stand of several mature pine trees was snapped half way up. The tornado then moved to the northeast across Smith Creek Road before lifting in a nearby wooded area. Peak winds are estimated to be 90 mph. |
| 02:55Z | EF0 | KEVX | FL | Walton | Argyle | The Holmes county dispatch received calls of a possible tornado touchdown near Walton County Road 183. In addition, a tornadic debris signature (TDS) was present on radar. Damage consisted of several trees blown down. The tornado was rated EF0 with max winds estimated near 85 mph. |
| 03:14Z | EF0 | KTLH | FL | Wakulla | Bethel | Trees were blown down with a tornadic debris signature (TDS) present. This tornado produced no other damage and was rated EF0. |
| 10:27Z | EF2 | KTLH | GA | Colquitt | Ticknor | A tornado touched down in a field southwest of Doerun in Colquitt County and began to progress north northeast. The first damage occurred just north of the intersection of Mt. Sinai Road and Culbreth Road, where it caused roof and tree damage to a mobile home consistent with a high end EF-1. After hitting the mobile home, the tornado moved near the intersection of West Highway 270 and Herman Simmons Road where it would snap and uproot many trees resulting in high end EF-1 damage. It would then uproot a couple large oak trees and cause roof damage to a single family home consistent with EF-1 damage. The tornado would then continue to cross West Highway 270 where it would cause significant damage to a cotton gin facility. This was the maximum damage along the path, consistent with EF-2 intensity with max winds estimated near 120 mph. The tornado would then weaken rapidly as it continued northeast, uprooting and snapping more pine trees before dissipating in a field before the intersection of Ticknor Road and North Highway 133. |
Storm reports are derived from "The Storm Events Database" (National Centers for Environmental Information) and/or "Past Storm Reports" (Storm Prediction Center).