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Severe Weather - New Years Eve 2010


David Reimer

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Pretty strong winds although I don't know if I'd been parked downwind of those trees like that.

Winds were still out of the west as the storm was passing just to the north but that didn't stop them from swaying a bit in either direction.

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

515 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010

..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...

..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....

..REMARKS..

0510 PM TORNADO 6 N TERRY 32.19N 90.30W

12/31/2010 HINDS MS TRAINED SPOTTER

TRUCKS JACK-KNIFED AND TREES AND BILLBOARDS DOWN.

BUILDINGS DAMAGED. STILL SEEING POWER FLASHES.

That would be my report. I stayed on the phone with the Jackson NWS for a few minutes until they had to seek shelter due to the tornado approaching their office. The trees and billboards were down on the highway, making for a fun little drive as we we're tracking up behind the tornado. Damage extended for about two miles along I-55. I'm assuming that the tornado tracked along the highway and that was not the width of the tornado. We passed through before any emergency crews were on scene and most folks were still going highway speeds with trees and one billboard on the highway. I wouldn't be surprised to hear of more MVA's due to folks driving highway speeds through the debris field.

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That would be my report. I stayed on the phone with the Jackson NWS for a few minutes until they had to seek shelter due to the tornado approaching their office. The trees and billboards were down on the highway, making for a fun little drive as we we're tracking up behind the tornado. Damage extended for about two miles along I-55. I'm assuming that the tornado tracked along the highway and that was not the width of the tornado. We passed through before any emergency crews were on scene and most folks were still going highway speeds with trees and one billboard on the highway. I wouldn't be surprised to hear of more MVA's due to folks driving highway speeds through the debris field.

did you get any footage?

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Dude, there's a "potentially greater than EF3" that will likely be rated EF4 in St. Louis County...and the number of EF3+ is pretty impressive...some of those couplets were indeed really impressive...

I think some of those cells on radar yesterday were abour as impressive as the Greensburg cell on May 4, 2007 and the one in OKC on May 3, 1999. Although we most likely had no EF5,s, still EF3 and EF4 tornadoes are still rare and they do deserve their respect.

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We had our dash mounted camera running plus two HD cameras. I haven't had a chance to review that footage yet, so I can't give you a definite answer to your question on if we got anything noteworthy on video.

how many touchdowns did you see?

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Screen grab from that video, with what appears to be the debris field from the house towards the top of the image:

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I would call that EF-4 damage.

Yes that probably is at least EF4 damage but that also depends on how well attatched the home was to the foundation. It does not look that impressive but again I cannot tell for I am no structural engineer.

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With the vehicle still in place and only suffering apparent minor damage, I'd say it'd be unlike to be rated ef4 from that particular structure. Probably not well anchored and just blown away like a mobile home...

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423

NOUS43 KILX 012246

PNSILX

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-020445-

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

431 PM CST SAT JAN 1 2011

..PRELIMINARY TORNADO DAMAGE SURVEY RESULTS FROM MENARD COUNTY

THESE RESULTS WILL BE UPDATED AFTER THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. A SURVEY

TEAM FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN SURVEYED STORM

DAMAGE FROM THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED THROUGH CENTRAL

ILLINOIS ON NEW YEARS EVE.

THE MAJORITY OF THE DAMAGE WAS CONFINED TO THE LAKE PETERSBURG AREA

IN MENARD COUNTY...SOUTH OF THE CITY OF PETERSBURG. A TORNADO

TOUCHED DOWN ON THE WEST SIDE OF LAKE PETERSBURG AROUND 1237 PM.

THE TORNADO TRACKED FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ACROSS LAKE

PETERSBURG...CROSSING SUNNY ACRES ROAD...BEFORE LIFTING SOUTHEAST

OF THE INTERSECTION OF TICE ROAD AND ILLINOIS 123 AROUND 1240 PM.

THE TORNADO HAD A MAXIMUM ESTIMATED WIND SPEED OF 135 MPH...

CLASSIFIED AS AN EF3 ON THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE...IN THE

RESIDENTIAL AREA ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF LAKE PETERSBURG. THE

TORNADO HAD AN ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIDTH OF 200 YARDS AND WAS ON THE

GROUND FOR APPROXIMATELY 3.6 MILES.

AGAIN...MORE INFORMATION WILL BE ADDED TO THIS REPORT IN THE COMING

WEEK.

BAK/STANLEY

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NOUS43 KILX 012246

PNSILX

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-020445-

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

431 PM CST SAT JAN 1 2011

..PRELIMINARY TORNADO DAMAGE SURVEY RESULTS FROM MENARD COUNTY

THESE RESULTS WILL BE UPDATED AFTER THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. A SURVEY

TEAM FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN SURVEYED STORM

DAMAGE FROM THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED THROUGH CENTRAL

ILLINOIS ON NEW YEARS EVE.

THE MAJORITY OF THE DAMAGE WAS CONFINED TO THE LAKE PETERSBURG AREA

IN MENARD COUNTY...SOUTH OF THE CITY OF PETERSBURG. A TORNADO

TOUCHED DOWN ON THE WEST SIDE OF LAKE PETERSBURG AROUND 1237 PM.

THE TORNADO TRACKED FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ACROSS LAKE

PETERSBURG...CROSSING SUNNY ACRES ROAD...BEFORE LIFTING SOUTHEAST

OF THE INTERSECTION OF TICE ROAD AND ILLINOIS 123 AROUND 1240 PM.

THE TORNADO HAD A MAXIMUM ESTIMATED WIND SPEED OF 135 MPH...

CLASSIFIED AS AN EF3 ON THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE...IN THE

RESIDENTIAL AREA ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF LAKE PETERSBURG. THE

TORNADO HAD AN ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIDTH OF 200 YARDS AND WAS ON THE

GROUND FOR APPROXIMATELY 3.6 MILES.

AGAIN...MORE INFORMATION WILL BE ADDED TO THIS REPORT IN THE COMING

WEEK.

BAK/STANLEY

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NOUS43 KSGF 020008

PNSSGF

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-020615-

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

608 PM CST SAT JAN 1 2011

.. CONFIRMED TORNADO NORTH OF ROLLA MISSOURI

A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SURVEY TEAM DETERMINED THAT AN EF-3

TORNADO OCCURRED NORTH OF ROLLA MISSOURI ON DECEMBER 31ST 2010.

THE DAMAGE PATH FROM THIS TORNADO WAS APPROXIMATELY 11 MILES

LONG...RUNNING FROM JUST NORTH OF INTERSTATE 44 ONE MILE WEST OF

ROLLA TO HIGHWAY 68 THREE MILES NORTHWEST OF INTERSTATE 44. THE

MAXIMUM WIDTH OF THE TORNADO WAS 500 YARDS.

THE HEAVIEST DAMAGED OCCURRED BETWEEN STATE HIGHWAY E AND COUNTY

ROAD 8070. TWO SINGLE WIDE MOBILE HOMES WERE COMPLETELY DESTROYED

WITH DEBRIS THROWN UPSTREAM WHILE THE FRAMES WERE DETACHED. A TWO

STORY HOME HAD ALL BUT ITS INTERIOR WALLS DESTROYED. SEVERAL CARS

WERE THROWN...WITH ONE VEHICLE THROWN OVER THE DESTROYED HOME.

IN ADDITION...MINOR TO MODERATE ROOF AND TREE DAMAGE OCCURRED AT

VARIOUS LOCATIONS NEAR THE STARTING POINT TO HIGHWAY 63 NORTH OF

ROLLA. PRIMARILY TREE DAMAGE OCCURRED BETWEEN HIGHWAY 63 AND

HIGHWAY 68.

KARDELL

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

504 PM CST SAT JAN 1 2011

..EF2 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN THE JACKSON METRO AREA

PRELIMINARY STORM SURVEY INFORMATION

COUNTY: HINDS AND RANKIN

BEGINNING POINT: 3 MILES W OF TERRY AT 444 PM

ENDING POINT: 4 MILES NW BRANDON AT 525 PM

RATING: EF-2

MAX ESTIMATED WINDS: 120 MPH

PATH LENGTH: 26 MILES

MAXIMUM WIDTH: 1/2 MILE

SUMMARY OF DAMAGE: THE TORNADO FIRST TOUCHED DOWN IN MIDWAY ESTATES

JUST TO THE WEST OF MIDWAY ROAD. INITIALLY THE TORNADO KNOCKED DOWN A

FEW TREES AND CAUSED MINOR SHINGLE DAMAGE TO ROOFS. THE TORNADO

TRACKED NORTHEAST CROSSING TANK ROAD...GREEN GABLE ROAD AND LEBANON-

PINEGROVE ROAD MAINLY DOWNING TREES AND CAUSING MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.

THE TORNADO THEN MOVED NEARLY PARALLEL TO INTERSTATE 55 AND PASSED

THROUGH BYRAM. NUMEROUS STRUCTURES WERE DAMAGED...NUMEROUS BILLBOARDS

WERE BLOWN OUT...A TANKER TRUCK WAS OVERTURNED...NUMEROUS POWER

POLES WERE SNAPPED AND NUMEROUS TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED. THE

TORNADO WAS THE MOST INTENSE AT THIS POINT WITH WINDS ESTIMATED TO BE

AROUND 120 MPH. ALSO...THE MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH OF 1/2 MILE OCCURRED IN

BYRAM.

THE TORNADO THEN CROSSED THE PEARL RIVER INTO RICHLAND. THE TORNADO

WAS MUCH WEAKER AT THIS POINT WITH MAINLY TREE DAMAGE OCCURRING. AS

THE TORNADO MOVED INTO PEARL...IT STRENGTHENED AGAIN. ROOF DAMAGE

OCCURRED TO A MOVIE THEATER AND A KROGER. THE ROOF WAS COMPLETELY

TORN OFF A CAR WASH. IN THE PEARL NEIGHBORHOODS...NUMEROUS TREES WERE

KNOCKED DOWN...SEVERAL OF WHICH FELL ON HOUSES. SEVERAL OF THE HOUSES

WERE TOTAL LOSSES.

THE TORNADO THEN CROSSED AIRPORT ROAD AND ONTO THE JACKSON-EVERS

INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT GROUNDS...PASSING JUST SOUTH OF THE AIRPORT

TERMINAL. A ROOF WAS HEAVILY DAMAGED TO A WAREHOUSE AND NUMEROUS

TREES WERE KNOCKED DOWN. THE TORNADO THEN TRACKED ALONG COOPER ROAD

MAINLY DOWNING TREES AND THEN LIFTED AS IT MOVED ACROSS LUCKNEY ROAD

JUST A FEW MILES SOUTH OF LAKELAND DRIVE.

THE HIGHEST ESTIMATED WINDS IN RANKIN COUNTY WERE 110 MPH WHICH

OCCURRED IN PEARL.

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Paducah confirmed 2 EF-2s

...DAMAGE SURVEY RESULTS FOR ELLSINORE MO...

THE FOLLOWING IS A DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FOR THE DAMAGE THAT OCCURRED

NEAR ELLSINORE MO ON DECEMBER 31ST 2010.

* EVENT DATE: FRIDAY DECEMBER 31ST 2010

* EVENT TIME: 1:24 CST

* EVENT TYPE: EF2 TORNADO

* EVENT LOCATION: 6 MILES WEST OF ELLSINORE TO 6 MILES NORTHWEST

OF ELLSINORE..

* PEAK WIND: EST. 120 MPH

* PATH LENGTH: APPROX 2.5 MILES

* PATH WIDTH: 200 YARDS (AVERAGE)

* INJURIES: NONE

* FATALITIES: NONE

* DISCUSSION/DAMAGE: ON COUNTY ROAD 225.. 1 HOME WITH SEVERAL WALLS

COLLAPSED AND PARTIAL ROOF LOSS. 1 MOBILE HOME MOVED 15 FEET OFF OF

FOUNDATION WITH PARTIAL WALL AND ROOF LOSS. DOZENS OF UPROOTED TREES

AND SNAPPED TREES. NEAR HWY FF.. 1 LARGE WOODEN MILL COMPLETELY

DESTROYED. 1 HOME SUFFERED PARTIAL ROOF LOSS.

...DAMAGE SURVEY RESULTS FOR POPLAR BLUFF MO...

THE FOLLOWING IS A DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FOR THE DAMAGE THAT OCCURRED

NEAR POPLAR BLUFF MO ON DECEMBER 31ST 2010.

* EVENT DATE: FRIDAY DECEMBER 31ST 2010

* EVENT TIME: 2:25 CST

* EVENT TYPE: EF2 TORNADO

* EVENT LOCATION: 7 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF POPLAR BLUFF..

* PEAK WIND: EST. 120 MPH

* PATH LENGTH: APPROX .25 MILES

* PATH WIDTH: 50 YARDS (AVERAGE) 100 YARDS (MAX)

* INJURIES: NONE

* FATALITIES: NONE

* DISCUSSION/DAMAGE: 7 MILES NNW OF POPLAR BLUFF ON COUNTY ROAD

421...1 HOME HAD 1/3 ROOF REMOVED, DAMAGE TO FENCES, ANTENNA TOWER

DAMAGED, AND SEVERAL TREES UPROOTED AND SNAPPED. 1 SMALL SHED

MISSING SHINGLES.

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In Mississippi...

COUNTY: NOXUBEE

BEGINNING POINT: 7 SE MACON AT 225 AM (1/1/11)

ENDING POINT: 12 ENE MACON AT 240AM (1/1/11)

RATING: EF-3

MAX ESTIMATED WINDS: 140 MPH

PATH LENGTH: 9 MILES

MAXIMUM WIDTH: 3/4 MILE

FATALITIES: NONE

INJURIES: ONE MINOR INJURY

SUMMARY OF DAMAGE: INITIAL DAMAGE WAS NUMEROUS SNAPPED HARD AND

SOFTWOOD TREES ALONG E. SPANN ROAD. THE TORNADO MOVED NORTHEAST AND

CAUSED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO A DAIRY FARM ON PAULETTE ROAD. NUMEROUS

BUILDINGS WERE DESTROYED INCLUDING A BARN...A MILK HOUSE...A SILO

AND A MOBILE HOME. THE TORNADO ALSO UPROOTED LARGE TREES AND SNAPPED

SEVERAL POWER POLES. A HORSE TRAILER TUMBLED FOR APPROXIMATELY 100

YARDS. DEBRIS WAS SCATTERED APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE TO THE NORTHEAST.

THE TORNADO CONTINUED ON AND DESTROYED A METAL FARM BUILDING AND AN

OFFICE OFF OF STAN TABOR ROAD AND ALSO PUSHED AN 18 WHEELER

APPROXIMATELY 25 YARDS. THE 2ND STORY OF A HOME WAS DESTROYED ALONG

WITH A METAL BUILDING JUST OFF OF HWY 14. NUMEROUS TREES WERE

SNAPPED AT THIS LOCATION WITH ONE TREE BEING COMPLETELY DEBARKED.

THE TORNADO CONTINUED ON AND DESTROYED SOME METAL BUILDINGS AT A PIG

FARM AND ALSO OVERTURNED A PIVOT. A BARN WAS DESTROYED ALONG WITH

ROOF DAMAGE TO A HOME ALONG STOKE WILLIAMS ROAD. THE TORNADO ENDS

NEAR KOEHN ROAD WHERE A FEW TREES WERE SNAPPED. THE TORNADO WAS

RATED EF-3 BASED ON THE DAMAGE TO THE DAIRY FARM AND THE METAL

BUILDING OFF OF STAN TABOR ROAD. THE REMAINDER OF THE DAMAGE WAS

GENERALLY EF-1 IN NATURE.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL OF OUR PARTNERS

IN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR THEIR INVALUABLE

ASSISTANCE IN PERFORMING OUR DAMAGE SURVEYS. MORE STORM SURVEYS WILL

BE CONDUCTED IN THE COMING DAYS.

SW/JC/DB

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In Mississippi...

COUNTY: NOXUBEE

BEGINNING POINT: 7 SE MACON AT 225 AM (1/1/11)

ENDING POINT: 12 ENE MACON AT 240AM (1/1/11)

RATING: EF-3

MAX ESTIMATED WINDS: 140 MPH

PATH LENGTH: 9 MILES

MAXIMUM WIDTH: 3/4 MILE

FATALITIES: NONE

INJURIES: ONE MINOR INJURY

SUMMARY OF DAMAGE: INITIAL DAMAGE WAS NUMEROUS SNAPPED HARD AND

SOFTWOOD TREES ALONG E. SPANN ROAD. THE TORNADO MOVED NORTHEAST AND

CAUSED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO A DAIRY FARM ON PAULETTE ROAD. NUMEROUS

BUILDINGS WERE DESTROYED INCLUDING A BARN...A MILK HOUSE...A SILO

AND A MOBILE HOME. THE TORNADO ALSO UPROOTED LARGE TREES AND SNAPPED

SEVERAL POWER POLES. A HORSE TRAILER TUMBLED FOR APPROXIMATELY 100

YARDS. DEBRIS WAS SCATTERED APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE TO THE NORTHEAST.

THE TORNADO CONTINUED ON AND DESTROYED A METAL FARM BUILDING AND AN

OFFICE OFF OF STAN TABOR ROAD AND ALSO PUSHED AN 18 WHEELER

APPROXIMATELY 25 YARDS. THE 2ND STORY OF A HOME WAS DESTROYED ALONG

WITH A METAL BUILDING JUST OFF OF HWY 14. NUMEROUS TREES WERE

SNAPPED AT THIS LOCATION WITH ONE TREE BEING COMPLETELY DEBARKED.

THE TORNADO CONTINUED ON AND DESTROYED SOME METAL BUILDINGS AT A PIG

FARM AND ALSO OVERTURNED A PIVOT. A BARN WAS DESTROYED ALONG WITH

ROOF DAMAGE TO A HOME ALONG STOKE WILLIAMS ROAD. THE TORNADO ENDS

NEAR KOEHN ROAD WHERE A FEW TREES WERE SNAPPED. THE TORNADO WAS

RATED EF-3 BASED ON THE DAMAGE TO THE DAIRY FARM AND THE METAL

BUILDING OFF OF STAN TABOR ROAD. THE REMAINDER OF THE DAMAGE WAS

GENERALLY EF-1 IN NATURE.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL OF OUR PARTNERS

IN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR THEIR INVALUABLE

ASSISTANCE IN PERFORMING OUR DAMAGE SURVEYS. MORE STORM SURVEYS WILL

BE CONDUCTED IN THE COMING DAYS.

SW/JC/DB

Your updated signature made me realize this is our first 2011 tornado. I wonder if this is the earliest tornado on record.

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Rolla tornado rated EF3. One two story home had all but its interior walls destroyed(dod 8 152mph) per NWS in Springfield. Ft. Leonard Wood tornado rated EF3. Numerous homes were destroyed on the east side of the base. Several homes suffered complete wall damage(dod 9 170mph) per NWS in Springfield.

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Rolla tornado rated EF3. One two story home had all but its interior walls destroyed(dod 8 152mph) per NWS in Springfield. Ft. Leonard Wood tornado rated EF3. Numerous homes were destroyed on the east side of the base. Several homes suffered complete wall damage(dod 9 170mph) per NWS in Springfield.

A true expected value DoD 9 (170 MPH) should be EF4.

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