Tornado Outbreak for December 16, 2019

...NWS DAMAGE SURVEYS FOR 12/16/19 TORNADO EVENT...


.TORNADO IN UNION COUNTY...

RATING:                 EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    90 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  9.2 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   300 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               1

START DATE:             12/16/2019 
START TIME:             3:41 PM CST
START LOCATION:         4.5 ESE NEW ALBANY / UNION COUNTY / MS
START LAT/LON:          34.4639 / -88.9277

END DATE:               12/16/2019
END TIME:               3:53 PM CST
END LOCATION:           12.7 E NEW ALBANY / UNION COUNTY / MS
END LAT/LON:            34.5156 / -88.7777

SURVEY SUMMARY: THE FIRST DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED TO TREES ALONG HIGHWAY
348. THE TORNADO WAS INTERMITTENTLY ON THE GROUND FOR THE FIRST 6 
MILES OF ITS TRACK, CAUSING SPORADIC TREE DAMAGE. THE TORNADO 
INTENSIFIED AS IT CROSSED COUNTY ROAD 172, WITH TREES UPROOTED. AS
THE TORNADO CROSSED HIGHWAY 9, SEVERAL STRUCTURES WERE DAMAGED
/SOME BY FALLING TREES/ AND TREES WERE UPROOTED OR TRUNKS SNAPPED.
THE LAST DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED ALONG COUNTY ROAD 174 EAST OF
HIGHWAY 9.


.TORNADO #1 IN LEE COUNTY...

RATING:                 EF-2
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    115 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  9.3 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   250 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               0

START DATE:             12/16/2019
START TIME:             3:53 PM CST
START LOCATION:         3.6 W GUNTOWN / LEE COUNTY / MS
START LAT/LON:          34.4439 / -88.7189

END DATE:               12/16/2019
END TIME:               4:04 PM CST
END LOCATION:           6.3 ENE GUNTOWN / LEE COUNTY / MS
END LAT/LON:            34.4922 / -88.5642

SURVEY SUMMARY: THE FIRST DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED TO TREES ALONG
EUCLATUBBA ROAD, SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 348. THE TORNADO CROSSED 348,
DAMAGING ADDITIONAL TREES. THE FIRST STRUCTURAL DAMAGE OCCURRED TO
HOMES ALONG COUNTY ROAD 833. THE TORNADO THEN MOVED INTO A RESIDENTIAL
AREA. NUMEROUS HOMES SUFFERED ROOF AND WINDOW DAMAGE, AND A FEW HAD
GARAGE DOORS BLOWN OUT. TWO HOMES SUFFERED NEARLY COMPLETE ROOF
REMOVAL. THE TORNADO DESTROYED A CHURCH OF METAL CONSTRUCTION ALONG
MITCHELL ST., CROSSED HIGHWAY 45, AND CAUSED ADDITIONAL TREE DAMAGE,
CROSSING PRATTS ROAD ABOUT 3 MILES EAST OF 45. THE TORNADO DAMAGED A
SILO, A HOME, AND A STORAGE SHED ALONG HIGHWAY 370, AND CAUSED
ADDITIONAL TREE DAMAGE BEFORE DISSIPATING IN NORTHEASTERN LEE COUNTY.


.TORNADO #2 IN LEE COUNTY...

RATING:                 EF-0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    70 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  2.2 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   80 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               0

START DATE:             12/16/2019
START TIME:             3:55 PM CST
START LOCATION:         2.7 SE GUNTOWN / LEE COUNTY / MS
START LAT/LON:          34.4141 / -88.6267

END DATE:               12/16/2019
END TIME:               3:59 PM CST
END LOCATION:           3.6 E GUNTOWN / LEE COUNTY / MS
END LAT/LON:            34.4329 / -88.5948

SURVEY SUMMARY: THIS BRIEF, WEAK TORNADO DAMAGED TREES JUST NORTH
OF THE NATCHEZ TRACE PARKWAY TO THE SOUTHEAST OF GUNTOWN.


.TORNADO IN NEW SITE...

RATING:  EF-0 
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 80 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.5 MILES 
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 75 YARDS 
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0

START DATE: 12/16/19 
START TIME: 0414 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 1 E NEW SITE, MS 
START LAT/LON: 34.5566/-88.4382  

END DATE: 12/16/19
END TIME: 0415 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 1 E NEW SITE, MS 
END LAT/LON: 34.5612/-88.4365

SURVEY SUMMARY: 
BRIEF TORNADO NEAR COUNTY ROAD 4101 AND MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY 4.
GENERALLY TREE DAMAGE OCCURRED.  A BARN ROOF WAS REMOVED AS WELL AS DAMAGE
TO CARPORT/SHEDS.   


.TORNADO IN TISHOMINGO...

RATING:  EF-1 
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 95 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 4 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 150 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0

START DATE: 12/16/19 
START TIME: 0427 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 1 S TISHOMINGO, MS 
START LAT/LON: 34.6240/-88.2287 

END DATE: 12/16/19
END TIME: 0431 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 4 E TISHOMINGO, MS 
END LAT/LON: 34.6377/-88.1692

SURVEY SUMMARY: 
DAMAGE BEGAN ON MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY 25 EXTENDING NORTHEAST TO MISSISSIPPI
HIGHWAY 30.  MAINLY TREE DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED ALONG THE PATH.  APPROXIMATELY
15 HOUSES SUSTAINED DAMAGE AS WELL AS ONE BUSINESS.    


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