START DATE: DEC 23 2015
START TIME: 332 PM CST
START LOCATION: 1 MI ESE HIGHLAND INDUSTRIAL PARK / CALHOUN COUNTY
START LAT/LON: 33.6438 / -92.6485
END DATE: DEC 23 2015
END TIME: 346 PM CST
END LOCATION: BEARDEN / OUACHITA COUNTY
END_LAT/LON: 33.7242 / -92.6172
SURVEY SUMMARY:
TORNADO LIFTED AND TOUCHED THE GROUND SEVERAL TIMES DURING PATH.
EF-1 DAMAGE WAS FOUND OUTSIDE THE TOWN OF BEARDEN.
EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO
THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES.
EF0...WEAK......65 TO 85 MPH
EF1...WEAK......86 TO 110 MPH
EF2...STRONG....111 TO 135 MPH
EF3...STRONG....136 TO 165 MPH
EF4...VIOLENT...166 TO 200MPH
EF5...VIOLENT...>200MPH*
NOTE:
THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENTS AND PUBLICATION IN
NWS STORM DATA.
DAMAGE SURVEYS ARE CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS.
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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
414 PM CST MON DEC 28 2015
...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 12/23/15 TORNADO EVENT - UPDATE 2...
.OVERVIEW...THIS UPDATE PROVIDES ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE LONG-
TRACK STORM WHICH MOVED THROUGH NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI ON DECEMBER 23
2015. THE LONG DAMAGE TRACK IS NOW RECORDED AS TWO SEPARATE TORNADOES.
THE SECOND OF THESE...WHICH AFFECTED THE HOLLY SPRINGS/BENTON COUNTY
AREA...IS UPGRADED TO EF-4.
THIS UPDATE ALSO INCLUDES AND UPDATES SURVEY DATA FROM LEE COUNTY
AR...MADISON COUNTY TN...AND PRENTISS COUNTY MS.
START DATE: 12/23/2015
START TIME: 257 PM CST
START LOCATION: 5.5 S MARIANNA/LEE COUNTY AR
START LAT/LON: 34.6940/-90.7741
END DATE: 12/23/2015
END TIME: 302 PM CST
END LOCATION: 4.2 SE MARIANNA/LEE COUNTY AR
END LAT/LON: 34.7319/-90.7065
SUMMARY: THIS TORNADO DAMAGED SEVERAL MOBILE HOMES AND CAUSED ROOF
DAMAGE TO SEVERAL PERMANENT HOMES. BEFORE DISSIPATING...IT DAMAGED
BOAT DOCKS ALONG BEAR CREEK LAKE.
RATING: EF-3
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 160 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 63 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 800 YARDS
FATALITIES: 1
INJURIES: AT LEAST 21
START DATE: 12/23/2015
START TIME: 253 PM CST
START LOCATION: 3 SSE DUNCAN/BOLIVAR COUNTY MS
START LAT/LON: 33.9954/-90.7470
END DATE: 12/23/2015
END TIME: 357 PM CST
END LOCATION: 5.3 E COMO/PANOLA COUNTY MS
END LAT/LON: 34.5175/-89.8379
SUMMARY: THIS TORNADO DEVELOPED OVER NORTHERN BOLIVAR COUNTY. AS
IT MOVED INTO COAHOMA COUNTY...IT STRENGTHENED AND PRODUCED EF-3
DAMAGE SOUTH AND EAST OF CLARKSDALE. THE FATALITY OCCURRED IN THIS
AREA. SEVERAL HOMES WERE SEVERELY DAMAGED AND NUMEROUS TREES WERE
SNAPPED OR UPROOTED.
THE TORNADO MOVED INTO QUITMAN COUNTY AND DAMAGED NEARLY 20 HOMES
TO THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST OF MARKS. AS THE TORNADO MOVED INTO PANOLA
COUNTY...IT UPROOTED OR SNAPPED NUMEROUS TREES. AS IT APPROACHED
INTERSTATE 55...THE TORNADO DAMAGED SEVERAL HOMES. IT CROSSED THE
HIGHWAY BETWEEN SARDIS AND COMO...AND DISSIPATED EAST OF COMO.
START DATE: 12/23/2015
START TIME: 410 PM CST
START LOCATION: 1 N TYRO/TATE COUNTY MS
START LAT/LON: 34.5955/-89.7055
END DATE: 12/23/2015
END TIME: 525 PM CST
END LOCATION: 1 SE SELMER/MCNAIRY COUNTY TN
END LAT/LON: 35.1496/-88.5666
SUMMARY: THIS TORNADO DEVELOPED OVER SOUTHEASTERN TATE COUNTY. AS IT
MOVED INTO MARSHALL COUNTY...THE TORNADO HEAVILY DAMAGED SEVERAL
HOMES ALONG MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY 4. JUST SOUTHWEST OF HOLLY SPRINGS...
THE TORNADO PRODUCED DAMAGE TO A CHURCH AND SURROUNDING TREES THAT
APPROACHED EF-4. THE TORNADO MOVED ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN EDGE OF
HOLLY SPRINGS...CAUSING EF-2 TO EF-3 DAMAGE AND UPROOTING/SNAPPING
NUMEROUS TREES. TWO FATALITIES OCCURRED IN MARSHALL COUNTY.
THE TORNADO CROSSED INTO BENTON COUNTY NEAR HIGHWAY 4 WEST OF ASHLAND.
THE TORNADO APPEARED TO STRENGTHEN AS IT ENTERED BENTON COUNTY.
SEVERAL HOUSES WEST-NORTHWEST OF ASHLAND HAD DAMAGE APPROACHING
EF-4...WITH EF-4 DAMAGE OBSERVED IN NORTHEASTERN BENTON COUNTY. SIX
FATALITIES OCCURRED IN BENTON COUNTY.
THE TORNADO MOVED ACROSS FAR NORTHWESTERN TIPPAH COUNTY...DAMAGING
SEVERAL HOMES IN THE THREE FORKS COMMUNITY. ONE FATALITY OCCURRED
IN TIPPAH COUNTY. AS THE TORNADO CROSSED INTO HARDEMAN COUNTY
TENNESSEE...IT DESTROYED A LARGE METAL AGRICULTURAL BUILDING. THE
TORNADO ENTERED ITS SHRINKING STAGE AS IT MOVED INTO MCNAIRY COUNTY.
THE LAST OBSERVED DAMAGE WAS NEAR HIGHWAY 45 ON THE SOUTHEAST EDGE
OF SELMER.
START DATE: 12/23/2015
START TIME: 616 PM CST
START LOCATION: 3.5 SSW JUMPERTOWN/PRENTISS COUNTY MS
START LAT/LON: 34.6622/-88.6863
END DATE: 12/23/2015
END TIME: 620 PM CST
END LOCATION: 2.6 SE JUMPERTOWN/PRENTISS COUNTY MS
END LAT/LON: 34.6856/-88.6233
SUMMARY: THIS TORNADO OCCURRED IN WESTERN PRENTISS COUNTY. THE
TORNADO DAMAGED SEVERAL MOBILE HOMES...UPROOTED TREES...AND
SLID A HOME OFF OF ITS FOUNDATION.
EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO
THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:
EF0...WEAK......65 TO 85 MPH
EF1...WEAK......86 TO 110 MPH
EF2...STRONG....111 TO 135 MPH
EF3...STRONG....136 TO 165 MPH
EF4...VIOLENT...166 TO 200 MPH
EF5...VIOLENT...>200 MPH
NOTE: INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN NWS
STORM DATA.
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