Significant Weather Events

December 27 2014 TORNADOES

Local Storm Reports

SPC Storm Reports for December 27 2014
Preliminary Tyler County Report
Preliminary Jasper County Report

Event Summary

Conditions became favorable for a long lived strong to severe storm to track along the intersection of a warm front and cold front (triple point low) across southeast Texas andwestern Louisiana. This storm produced at least two tornadoes in Tyler and JasperCounties.

Severe Storm Setup

Location	Start/ End Time	Event Type	Fatalities/ Injuries	Path Length	Path Width
Tyler County 4 W Spurger to 2 NW Spurger	2:00 pm - 2:06 pm	EF-1 Tornado	none	4 miles	50 yards
Jasper County 4 SSE Jasper to 4 SE Jasper	2:35 pm - 2:39 pm	EF-1 Tornado	none	2 miles	150 yards

Map of the Surveyed Damage

Legend

Radar Imagery

Radar image near the time of the tornado in Tyler County at 2:05 PM.

(Click for a larger image)

Radar image near the time of the tornado in Jasper County at 2:37 PM.

(Click for a larger image)

Radar animation of the storm progression from 1:49 PM to 2:42 PM.

(Click for a larger image)