PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
307 PM CST MON DEC 28 2015

...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 12/23/2015 TORNADO EVENT...

.HAMPTON TORNADO...

RATING:                 EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    86-110 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  5.6 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   200 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               0

START DATE:             DEC 23 2015
START TIME:             356 PM CST
START LOCATION:         5 MI NW ARTESIAN / CALHOUN COUNTY START 
AT/LON:          33.4522 / -92.5504

END DATE:               DEC 23 2015
END TIME:               407 PM CST
END LOCATION:           4 SSW WOODBERRY / CALHOUN COUNTY END_LAT
LON:            33.5307 / -92.5321

SURVEY SUMMARY:
TORNADO LIFTED AND TOUCHED THE GROUND SEVERAL TIMES DURING PATH.

.BEARDEN TORNADO...

RATING:                 EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    86-110 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  5.8 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   100 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               0

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.

.TORNADO #1: LEE COUNTY ARKANSAS...

RATING:                  EF-2
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:     125 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:   4.6 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:    100 YARDS
FATALITIES:              0
INJURIES:                0

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/L
N:             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.

.TORNADO #2: BOLIVAR/COAHOMA/QUITMAN/PANOLA COUNTIES...

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 LA
/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.

.TORNADO #3: TATE/MARSHALL/BENTON/TIPPAH/HARDEMAN/MCNAIRY COUNTIES...

RATING:                  EF-4
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:     170 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:   75 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:    1300 YARDS
FATALITIES:              9
INJURIES:                NUMEROUS

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/L
N:             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.

.TORNADO #4: MADISON COUNTY...

RATING:                  EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:     95 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:   1.2 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:    50 YARDS
FATALITIES:              0
INJURIES:                0

START DATE:              12/23/2015
START TIME:              443 PM CST
START LOCATION:          4.2 WNW DENMARK/MADISON COUNTY TN START
LAT/LON:           35.5549/-89.0729

END DATE:                12/23/2015
END TIME:                444 PM CST
END LOCATION:            3.5 NW DENMARK/MADISON COUNTY TN END LA
/LON:             35.5638/-89.0544

SUMMARY: THIS TORNADO OCCURRED OVER WESTERN MADISON COUNTY. THE TORNADO
DAMAGED SEVERAL STORAGE SHEDS AND CAUSED ROOF DAMAGE TO A HOME.

.TORNADO #5: PRENTISS COUNTY...

RATING:                  EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:     100 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:   4.0 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:    80 YARDS
FATALITIES:              0
INJURIES:                UNKNOWN

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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