December 23rd 2015 severe weather event summary

On the morning of December 23rd 2015, several lines of thunderstorms 
rolled through our area. Some of these storms quickly became severe. 
So far,the NWS in Paducah has discovered eight weak tornadoes across 
southeast Missouri, southwest IN and southern IL and a few downbursts. 

...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 12/23/2015 PERRY COUNTY ILLINOIS TORNADO
EVENT...

RATING:                 EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    95 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  6 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   200 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               0

START DATE:             12/23/2015
START TIME:             1123 AM CST
START LOCATION:         4.5 MILES EAST OF PINCKNEYVILLE

END DATE:               12/23/2015
END TIME:               1128 AM CST
END LOCATION:           TAMAROA (South side)

SUMMARY...NUMEROUS TREES SNAPPED NEAR BASE OR UPROOTED. SEVERAL HOMES
WITH MINOR TO MAJOR ROOF DAMAGE. SEVERAL BARNS WITH SIGNIFICANT
DAMAGE.

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...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 12/23/2015 JACKSON COUNTY ILLINOIS TORNADO
EVENT...

RATING:                 EF-0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    75 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  6 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   50 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               0

START DATE:             12/23/2015 
START TIME:             1115 AM CST
START LOCATION:         1 MILE EAST OF AVA

END DATE:               12/23/2015
END TIME:               1120 AM CST
END LOCATION:           6.5 MILES NORTHEAST OF AVA

SUMMARY...TREES WITH CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE. NUMEROUS LARGE BRANCHES 
SNAPPED OFF.

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...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 12/23/2015 CARTER COUNTY MISSOURI
TORNADO EVENT...

RATING:                 EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    95 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  6 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   100 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               0

START DATE:             12/23/2015
START TIME:             943 AM CST
START LOCATION:         JUST UNDER 1 MILE SOUTHWEST OF CHILTON NEAR
                        THE CURRENT RIVER

END DATE:               12/23/2015
END TIME:               949 AM CST
END LOCATION:           ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF CHILTON
                        ALONG RAIL TRACKS JUST EAST OF HIGHWAY 60

SUMMARY...OLD SCHOOL HOUSE WAS NEARLY DESTROYED. HUNDREDS OF TREES
WERE EITHER SNAPPED IN HALF OR UPROOTED.

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...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 12/23/2015 WAYNE/EDWARDS COUNTY ILLINOIS 
(NEAR ELLERY) TORNADO EVENT...

RATING: EF-1 
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 95 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 5 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 100 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0

START DATE: DEC 23 2015
START TIME:1230 PM CST
START LOCATION:1.5 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF GOLDEN GATE
IN WAYNE COUNTY ILLINOIS


END DATE: DEC 23 2015
END TIME: 1235 PM CST
END LOCATION: 3.5 MILES WEST OF ALBION IN EDWARDS
COUNTY ILLINOIS

SURVEY_SUMMARY:
A FEW UPROOTED TREES. SEVERAL TREES OR TREE BRANCHES SNAPPED. ONE
HOME AND ONE BARN WITH ROOF/SHINGLE DAMAGE.

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...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 12/23/2015 WHITE COUNTY ILLINOIS
TORNADO EVENT...

RATING:                 EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    105 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  1.25 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   100 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               0

START DATE:             DEC 23 2015
START TIME:             1225 PM CST
START LOCATION:         1.5 MILES WEST OF CARMI ILLINOIS

END DATE:               DEC 23 2015
END TIME:               1228 PM CST
END LOCATION:           0.5 MILES NORTH OF CARMI ILLINOIS

SURVEY SUMMARY:
TORNADO BEGAN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF 1500 N AND COUNTY RD 850 E
AND ENDED JUST EAST OF BURRELL WOODS CAMPGROUND ON COUNTY RD 1575.
NUMEROUS LARGE TREES WERE UPROOTED OR SNAPPED IN THE BURRELL WOODS
CAMPGROUND AREA. NUMEROUS LARGE TREE LIMBS AND EVEN SOME LARGE
TREE FORKS WERE ALSO SNAPPED. ONE LARGE TREE WAS UPROOTED AND
BLOWN ONTO A DOG POUND NEAR BURREL WOODS CAMPGROUND.

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...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 12/23/2015 WAYNE COUNTY MO TORNADO EVENT...

.Western Wayne County (Leeper) Missouri Tornado...

RATING:                 EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    90 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  3.5 Miles
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   50 Yards
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               0

START DATE:             12/23/2015
START TIME:             956 AM CST
START LOCATION:         4 miles west of Mill Springs Missouri


END DATE:               12/23/2015
END TIME:               959 AM CST
END LOCATION:           2 miles northwest of Mill Springs

SURVEY_SUMMARY:
Several tree trunks snapped, a few trees uprooted, and several
large tree branches broken or snapped.

...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 12/23/2015 WAYNE COUNTY MO #2 TORNADO EVENT...

.Patterson Area Tornado in Wayne County Missouri...

RATING:                 EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    105 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  3.5 Miles
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   75 Yards
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               0

START DATE:             Dec 23 2015
START TIME:             1008 AM CST
START LOCATION:         Just northeast of Patterson Missouri

END DATE:               Dec 23 2015
END TIME:               1011 AM CST
END LOCATION:           3.5 miles east northeast Patterson Missouri

SURVEY_SUMMARY:

A couple dozen tree trunks snapped and some large tree branches broken
or snapped.

...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 12/23/2015 SOUTHERN SPENCER COUNTY IN TORNADO EVENT...

.Southern Spencer County Indiana Tornado Event...

RATING:                 EF-0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 75 mph
MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 2 Miles
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 50 Yards
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0

START DATE:             Dec 23 2015
START TIME:             339 PM CST
START LOCATION:     3 miles north northwest of Owensboro along W County Road 560 S

END DATE:               Dec 23 2015
END TIME:               341 PM CST
END LOCATION:      5 miles southwest of Rockport along W County Road 440 S

SURVEY_SUMMARY:

Numerous tree limbs broken along with a few smaller trees snapped.

...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 12/23/15 THUNDERSTORM WIND EVENT NEAR
MAUNIE ILLINOIS...

PEAK WIND ESTIMATED:   90-100 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  1 MILE
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   50 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               0
START DATE:             DEC 23 2015
START TIME:             APPROX 1235 PM CST
START LOCATION:         MAUNIE ILLINOIS

END DATE:               DEC 23 2015
END TIME:               APPROX 1236 PM
END LOCATION:           1 MILE NORTH OF MAUNIE

SURVEY SUMMARY:
SEVERAL LARGE TREES WERE UPROOTED WITH LARGE LIMBS ALSO SNAPPED
ABOUT A MILE NORTH OF MAUNIE. PARTIAL FACIAL FAILURE OF CEMENT
BRICK FRONT OF A BUILDING IN MAUNIE AS WELL AS A LARGE TREE
UPROOTED IN FRONT OF THE POST OFFICE. IN ADDITION...A LARGE
IRRIGATION UNIT WAS OVER TURNED ABOUT A HALF MILE NORTH OF
MAUNIE.

...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 12/23/15 THUNDERSTORM WIND EVENT...

A line of severe thunderstorms moved through Webster County
Kentucky producing straight line wind damage.

PEAK WIND               E70 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  3 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   Half Mile
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               0

START DATE:             DEC_23_2015
START TIME:             405 PM_cst
START LOCATION:         four and half miles NNE of Dixon
START:                  340 Marks Poole Rd.

END DATE:               DEC_23_2015
END TIME:               407 PM cst
END LOCATION:           5 miles NNE of Dixon
END LAT/LON:            826 Old Dixon Slaughters Road

 DAMAGE PATH WAS HALF MILE WIDE AND 3 MILES LONG. WINDS
 ESTIMATED BETWEEN 60 AND 70 MPH. TWO UNANCHORED VERY OLD
 SHEDS WERE DESTROYED. A NEW METAL BLDG UNDER CONSTRUCTION
 HAD THE STEEL ROOF PARTIALLY PEELED OFF. HOWEVER THE
 SOFFIT HAD NOT BEEN INSTALLED YET MAKING IT VERY EASY FOR
 THE WIND TO INFILTRATE UNDER THE ROOF. OTHERWISE THERE
 WERE NUMEROUS DEAD AND ROTTEN TREES DOWNED ALONG WITH
 LARGE LIMBS OF LIVE TREES. THERE WERE TWO EYEWITNESS
 ACCOUNTS OF THE STORM.

...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 12/23/15 THUNDERSTORM WIND EVENT...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WIND GUST DESTROYED AN OLD BARN AT 440 WEST FORK
ROAD IN CALLOWAY COUNTY KENTUCKY. EYEWITNESS TO THE STORM REPORTED
STRAIGHT LINE WINDS DESTROYED THE BARN AND BLEW DEBRIS INTO THE POWER
LINES TAKING OUT THE POWER. ELSEWHERE AROUND THE COUNTY FOUND NUMEROUS
TREES AND LARGE LIMBS DOWN ALTHOUGH MOST WERE ROTTEN OR DEAD.

PEAK WIND E70 MPH MPH
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               0

START DATE:             DEC_23_2015
START TIME:             425 PM_CST
START LOCATION:         4 MILES N OF MURRAY KY AT 440 WEST FORK RD.
START LAT/LON:          N 36 42.023_W-88.18.529

END DATE:               DEC_23_2015
END TIME:               425 PM CST
END LOCATION:           SAME AS ABOVE
END LAT/LON:            SAME AS ABOVE

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