Severe Weather Season 2012

[Localonthe8s]

TWC just said 1 death from a possible tornado in Houston. Apparently a tree came down on that person.

[toxictwister00]

Particularly Dangerous Situation (PDS) Tornado Watch 695

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0695.html

EDIT: A lot of heavy rain has accumulated in LA/MS so far.

[Mr. Rainman]

Tornado emergency declared for Mobile, AL. Large and very dangerous tornado heading into the downtown region right now. 

[Localonthe8s]

And they got hit just this weekend

[toxictwister00]

Storms showing rotation heading towards McIntosh and Grove Hill, AL.

[toxictwister00]

Tornado caught on camera earlier today.

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=4140595600830&set=vb.1461876940&type=2&theater

[Pop Light Brown]

NWS New Orleans via Facebook: Tornadoes confirmed in Wilkinson and Pearl River counties. The strength will be determined later today.

Witnesses say the tornadoes were kinda big, so my guess is EF2 or EF3.

[Pop Light Brown]

Surveys complete by NWS New Orleans:

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS/BATON ROUGE LA
559 PM CST WED DEC 26 2012

...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 12/25 SEVERE WEATHER EVENT...

.OVERVIEW...TWO SURVEY CREWS WERE DISPATCHED TO ASSESS DAMAGE
FROM THE STORMS THAT PASSED THROUGH THE AREA ON CHRISTMAS DAY.
THREE AREAS OF DAMAGE WERE INVESTIGATED. TWO AREAS WERE
DETERMINED TO BE THE RESULT OF TORNADOES AND ONE WAS DETERMINED TO
BE STRAIGHT-LINE WIND DAMAGE.

.PEARL RIVER COUNTY TORNADO...

RATING:                 EF-3
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    140 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  24 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   175 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               8

START DATE:             DEC 25 2012
START TIME:             310 PM CST
START LOCATION:         2.75 MILES SW OF MCNEIL / PEARL RIVER / MS
START LAT/LON:          30.650 / -89.681

END DATE:               DEC 25 2012
END TIME:               345 PM CST
END LOCATION:           12 MILES E OF POPLARVILLE / PEARL RIVER / MS
END_LAT/LON:            30.839 / -89.341

SURVEY_SUMMARY: THE TORNADO INITIALLY TOUCHED DOWN ON HARRIS RD ON
THE SW SIDE OF MCNEIL...WHERE IT SNAPPED SEVERAL PINE TREES. IT
MOVED NORTHEASTWARD AND RAPIDLY INTENSIFIED RESULTING IN A SMALL
AREA OF STRONG EF-2 AND WEAK EF-3 DAMAGE ALONG JOE SMITH RD AND
SONES CHAPEL RD. THE WORST DAMAGE OCCURRED WHEN A SINGLE STORY BRICK
VENEER TRIPLEX DWELLING WAS DESTROYED WITH ONLY TWO SMALL INTERIOR
WALLS LEFT STANDING. THE TORNADO WEAKENED AFTER CROSSING HWY 11...
CAUSING MAINLY TREE AND MINOR ROOF DAMAGE UNTIL IT REINTENSIFIED IN
THE FAR NORTHEAST CORNER OF PEARL RIVER COUNTY NEAR RED HILL CHURCH
RD. IT CAUSED STRONG EF-1 DAMAGE AS IT WAS LEAVING PEARL RIVER COUNTY
INTO STONE COUNTY. COUNTY OFFICIALS PRELIMINARY ESTIMATE OF 22
HOMES DESTROYED/NOT REPARABLE...8 HOMES WITH MAJOR DAMAGE...16
HOMES WITH MINOR DAMAGE AND AN ADDITIONAL 9 HOMES AFFECTED. 8
PEOPLE WERE TRANSPORTED BY EMS TO AREA HOSPITALS...THOUGH
ADDITIONAL MINOR INJURIES LIKELY OCCURRED. TIMES BASED ON RADAR.

WILKINSON AND AMITE COUNTY TORNADO...

RATING: EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 105 MPH
MPH PATH LENGTH/STATUTE/: 3 MILES MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 250 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 1

START DATE: DEC 25 2012
START TIME: 231 PM CST
START LOCATION: 1 MILE SOUTH OF CENTREVILLE / WILKINSON / MS
START LAT/LON: 31.08 / -91.07

END DATE: DEC 25 2012
END TIME: 238 PM CST
END LOCATION: 2.7MILES EAST OF CENTREVILLE / AMITE / MS
END_LAT/LON: 31.10 / -91.02

TORNADO FIRST TOUCHED DOWN SOUTH OF HWY 24 JUST EAST OF THE
INTERSECTION OF HWY 33 AND HWY 24 ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF
CENTREVILLE. INITIALLY NUMEROUS SOFT WOODS AND A FEW HARD WOODS
WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED AND A FEW POWER POLES LOST THEIR WOODEN
CROSSMEMBERS. TORNADO QUICKLY MOVED TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST ACROSS
HWY 24 UPROOTING ANOTHER 6-10 TREE...ONE WHICH CLIPPED A HOUSE
BRINGING DOWN MUCH OF THE EAST FACING WALL. TORNADO WAS ABOUT
170-200 YARDS WIDE AT THIS POINT AND CONTINUED INTO THE TOWN OF
CENTREVILLE. A TIRE SERVICE STATION LOST MOST OF ITS
CANOPY(COLUMNS STILL STANDING) AND THE CENTREVILLE HEADSTART LOST
ITS METAL AWNING. TORNADO CROSSED FORT STREET WITH MANY MORE TREES
COMING DOWN...ONE ON TOP OF A CAR. ALSO ALONG FORT STREET A SINGLE
WIDE MOBILE HOME LOST MUCH OF ITS EXTERIOR WALLS. ON EAST HOWARD
STREET A TREE FELL THROUGH A HOUSE CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE. ON
HOWARD STREET ANOTHER TREE FELL INTO A HOUSE PINNING A LADY AND
LEADING TO THE ONE MINOR INJURY. TORNADO CONTINUED TO THE EAST-
NORTHEAST LEADING TO ANOTHER AREA OF SIGNIFICANT TREE DAMAGE
UPROOTING AND SNAPPING NUMEROUS HARD WOODS. ALSO A RESIDENCE HAD
MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE LEADING TO THE CARPORT PARTIALLY
COLLAPSING. TORNADO MOVED ALONG HWY 48 FOR ABOUT A MILE CAUSING
LIGHT TREE DAMAGE BEFORE LIFTING. TIMES WERE BASED ON RADAR AND
EYEWITNESS REPORTS.

EAST BATON ROUGE WIND DAMAGE...

A SURVEY TEAM DETERMINED THAT SCATTERED TREE AND LARGE LIMB DAMAGE
ACROSS THE CITY OF ZACHARY WAS DUE TO STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.


NOTE:
THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENTS AND PUBLICATION IN NWS
STORM DATA.


[Pop Light Brown]

Plus the tornado that hit Mobile on Christmas was an EF2:

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
542 PM CST WED DEC 26 2012

...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 25 DECEMBER 2012 TORNADO ACROSS THE
MOBILE METROPOLITAN AREA...

...CHRISTMAS AFTERNOON EF-2 CONFIRMED BY THE NWS...

.OVERVIEW...A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM MOVED OUT OF THE PLAINS ON
CHRISTMAS...PRODUCING NUMEROUS STRONG STORMS ACROSS SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI, SOUTHWEST ALABAMA, AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE
OUT AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT AND ACCOMPANYING SQUALL LINE. ONE
OF THE STORMS THAT MOVED ACROSS MOBILE COUNTY PRODUCED A TORNADO
THAT IMPACTED THE MOBILE METROPOLITAN AREA.

.MIDTOWN MOBILE TORNADO...

RATING:                 EF-2
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    111-135 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  5.7 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   200 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               SEVERAL MINOR

START DATE:             DEC 25 2012
START TIME:             454 PM CST
START LOCATION:         NEAR HALLS MILL RD AND DAUPHIN ISLAND PKWY
START LAT/LON:          30.67, -88.09

END DATE:               DEC 25 2012
END TIME:               505 PM CST
END LOCATION:           PRICHARD
END_LAT/LON:            30.74, -88.06

SURVEY_SUMMARY:

THE INITIAL TORNADO TOUCHDOWN WAS LOCATED NEAR DAUPHIN ISLAND
PARKWAY...DUVAL STREET AND HALLS MILL ROAD...WHERE IT INITIALLY
MOVED NORTHWESTWARD. THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHWARD TO NEAR THE
INTERSECTIONS OF HOLCOMB AVENUE...GOVERNMENT STREET AND DAUPHIN
ISLAND PARKWAY WHERE IT PRODUCED DAMAGE CONSISTENT WITH AN EF-1
TORNADO...DAMAGING SEVERAL COMMERCIAL RETAILERS. THE TORNADO
CONTINUED NORTHWARD...DAMAGING HOMES AND PRODUCING ROOF DAMAGE
TO NUMEROUS HOMES. IT THEN REACHED MURPHY HIGH SCHOOL...WHERE
IT DESTROYED SEVERAL OUT-BUILDINGS...BLEW OUT WINDOWS AND PRODUCED
SIGNIFICANT ROOF DAMAGE TO THE HIGH SCHOOL. FROM HERE...THE
TORNADO TRACKED NORTHWARD TO DAUPHIN STREET WHERE IT STRENGTHENED
AND WIDENED TO 200 YARDS PRODUCING DAMAGE CONSISTENT WITH AN EF-2
TORNADO TO SEVERAL HOMES. ALSO SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGED WAS THE
TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH ON DAUPHIN STREET. THE TORNADO THEN
MOVED INTO THE SILVERWOOD STREET AREA WHERE IT PRODUCED EF-1
DAMAGE AND SPORADIC EF-2 DAMAGE TO SEVERAL HOMES. THE TORNADO
NEXT TRACKED NORTH NORTHEAST ACROSS THE MOBILE INFIRMARY HOSPITAL
...WHERE IT BLEW OUT SEVERAL WINDOWS AND DAMAGED SEVERAL
AUTOMOBILES...AS WELL AS FLIPPING ONE AUTOMOBILE. THE TORNADO
CONTINUED TRACKING NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS INTERSTATE 165 MOVING
INTO THE PRICHARD AREA WHERE IT PRODUCED DAMAGE TO THE ROOFS OF
SEVERAL HOMES...AS WELL AS SNAPPING SEVERAL TREES. THE TORNADO
CONTINUED ACROSS TELEGRAPH ROAD WHERE IT TOSSED SEVERAL LARGE
SHIPPING CONTAINERS AND DAMAGED A WAREHOUSE FACILITY BEFORE
DISSIPATING ON JAKES LANE IN PRICHARD.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WANTS TO THANK THE MOBILE COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE WITH OUR STORM
DAMAGE ASSESSMENT EFFORTS TODAY.

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:
THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBICATION IN NWS
STORM DATA.

$$

BARRY/GARMON

[TWCCraig]

Some thunderstorms rolling through portions of the tri-state. Some of these storms have the potential to spawn wind gusts of up to 70mph.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1211 AM EST THU DEC 27 2012

NJZ010-012>014-020-270615-
SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN MONMOUTH-OCEAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOMERVILLE...NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...
SANDY HOOK...JACKSON
1211 AM EST THU DEC 27 2012

...STRONG WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH MIDDLESEX...MONMOUTH
AND OCEAN COUNTIES THROUGH 100 AM...

LOOK FOR EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS TO GUST OVER 50 MPH AT TIMES
ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEW JERSEY THROUGH
100 AM. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS COASTAL SECTIONS
OF MONMOUTH COUNTY...WHERE GUSTS MAY TOP 60 MPH.

WINDS WILL SLOWLY START TO DIMINISH ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE
EARLY MORNING HOURS.

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HAYES

[Localonthe8s]

We had a large thunderstorm that came through my area right around 9:30. Lots of lightning certainly something you normally don't see during this time of the year!