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/LON: 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 LAT/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/LON: 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 LAT/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. $$ WOODALL/BELLES/BRANDA/MOORE/INGRAM