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.   
      
   $$   
      
      
   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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