The NOAA Storm Prediction Center logged 25 tornado reports, 6 hail reports and 48 damaging-wind reports for the storm day from 12:00 UTC on Jan 2, 2023 to 12:00 UTC the next morning — most of them in LA, AR, OK.
| UTC | Rating | Place | County | State | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17:47 | — | 3 Sw Norphlet | Union | AR | THIS TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR MURPHY LOOP AND SHADY GROVE ROAD... TRACKING NORTHEAST FOR 0.25 MILES WITH A PATH WIDTH OF 350 YARDS. MAXIMUM WINDS WERE APPROXIMATELY 10 (SHV) |
| 20:38 | — | 1 Sw Jessieville | Garland | AR | THIS EF-1 TORNADO BEGAN JUST TO THE SOUTHWEST OF JESSIEVILLE... CAUSING TREE DAMAGE AROUND AN ARKANSAS FORESTRY COMMISSION BUILDING. THE TORNADO THEN QUICKLY MOVED NORT (LZK) |
| 20:39 | — | Jessieville | Garland | AR | PRELIM REPORT... NWS SURVEY CREW HAS DETERMINED A TORNADO HIT THE JESSIEVILLE HIGH SCHOOL. FURTHER INVESTIGATION IS NEEDED TO DETERMINE PATH AND WIND CHARACTERISTICS. (LZK) |
| 20:40 | — | 1 N Jessieville | Garland | AR | (LZK) |
| 21:11 | — | 5 Sse Pleasant Hill | Sabine | LA | NWS DAMAGE SURVEY DETERMINED THAT AN EF-1 TORNADO WITH MAX WINDS OF 90 MPH DAMAGED TWO STRUCTURES AND UPROOTED AND SNAPPED TREES. ITS MAX WIDTH WAS 70 YARDS ALONG ITS 5 (SHV) |
| 21:43 | — | 4 E Edgefield | Red River | LA | NWS DAMAGE SURVEY DETERMINED THAT AN EF-0 TORNADO WITH MAXIMUM WINDS OF 70 MPH BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN ALONG ASHLAND RD. THE TORNADO DAMAGED THE ROOF OF A GAZEBO... DOWNED (SHV) |
| 22:38 | — | 5 Se Shidler | Osage | OK | A BRIEF TORNADO OCCURRED OVER OPEN COUNTRY. IT WAS OBSERVED BY SEVERAL PEOPLE FROM VARIOUS LOCATIONS. NO KNOWN DAMAGE OCCURRED... SO IT WILL BE RATED EF-UNKNOWN. (TSA) |
| 22:46 | — | 4 S Jonesboro | Jackson | LA | *** 3 INJ *** A NWS STORM SURVEY TEAM DETERMINED THAT STORM DAMAGE IN JACKSON PARISH WAS CONSISTENT WITH THAT OF AN EF2 TORNADO. THE TORNADO SNAPPED AND UPROOTED NUMERO (SHV) |
| 22:54 | — | 3 E Jonesboro | Jackson | LA | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN... INCLUDING LARGE ONES. LIKELY TORNADO DAMAGE BASED ON TDS. (SHV) |
| 22:56 | — | 4 Ene Jonesboro | Jackson | LA | TREES DOWN REPORTED ALONG STRAIN ALLEN ROAD. COINCIDENT WITH RADAR TORNADIC DEBRIS SIGNATURE. LIKELY TORNADO. (SHV) |
| 23:38 | — | 4 Nne Pryor | Mayes | OK | EF-0 TORNADO SNAPPED TREE LIMBS... DAMAGED THE ROOFS OF SEVERAL HOMES... AND DAMAGED OR DESTROYED SEVERAL BARNS. (TSA) |
| 23:56 | — | 8 Ese Onapa | Mcintosh | OK | THIS TORNADO DEVELOPED SOUTHWEST OF TEXANNA... AND MOVED NORTHEAST TOWARD DUCHESS LANDING. OUTBUILDINGS WERE DESTROYED... THE ROOFS OF HOMES WERE DAMAGED... AND TREES W (TSA) |
| 00:19 | — | 9 Nw Sterlington | Union | LA | THIS ROUGHLY 4 MILE LONG TORNADO AFFECTED MAINLY RURAL PORTIONS OF EASTERN UNION PARISH... WITH A MAX WIDTH OF 900 YARDS AND A PEAK WIND SPEED OF 130 MPH. MOST OF THE D (SHV) |
| 00:23 | — | 3 Ssw Fairland | Ottawa | OK | A TORNADO BLEW THE ROOFS FROM SEVERAL OUTBUILDINGS... AND UPROOTED TREES. (TSA) |
| 00:36 | — | 4 Ssw Beekman | Morehouse | LA | AN EF-1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ALONG WARDVILLE ROAD ON THE EAST SIDE OF BUSSEY BRAKE AND MOVED NORTHEAST ACROSS LOUISIANA HIGHWAY 593 BONNER FERRY ROAD... WHERE SOME TREE (JAN) |
| 00:40 | — | 2 Nne Beekman | Morehouse | LA | AN EF-1 TORNADO BEGAN ON TWIN HAM ROAD WHERE IT PRODUCED SOME DAMAGE TO PINE TREES AND MOVED NORTHEASTWARDS TOWARD US HIGHWAY 425. AS THE TORNADO CROSSED THE HIGHWAY... (JAN) |
| 00:55 | — | 10 W Wilmot | Ashley | AR | AN EF-2 TORNADO BEGAN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF ASHLEY 333 ROAD AND CAMP ROAD WEST OF THE OVERFLOW NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE IN SOUTHERN ASHLEY COUNTY. AS IT MOVED NORTHE (JAN) |
| 01:25 | — | 2 Nne Tamaha | Sequoyah | OK | A TORNADO WAS OBSERVED FOR SEVERAL MINUTES. BASED ON RADAR DATA IT OCCURRED OVER ROBERT S KERR RESERVOIR. A DAMAGE SURVEY TEAM FOUND NO DAMAGE ON THE SHORES OF THE LAKE (TSA) |
| 01:45 | — | Halley | Desha | AR | GROUND CIRCULATION AND CONVERGENT FLOW NOTED IN ROADSIDE COTTON FIELD ON EASTSIDE OF ARKANSAS STATE HIGHWAY 35 NEAR HALLEY... AR. (LZK) |
| 01:47 | — | Halley | Desha | AR | FINAL EVIDENT LOCATION OF GROUND CIRCULATION WITHIN THE COTTON FIELD ON THE EASTSIDE OF ARKANSAS STATE HIGHWAY 35 NEAR HALLEY... AR. (LZK) |
| 03:02 | — | 4 W Chickasaw | West Carroll | LA | AN EF-0 TORNADO DEVELOPED ALONG CREECH ROAD... WHERE MINOR ROOF DAMAGE OCCURRED TO A HOME AND A TRAMPOLINE WAS TOSSED... SOME SMALL TREES WERE SNAPPED... AND SEVERAL LA (JAN) |
| 04:47 | — | 2 S Sharon | Jones | MS | AN EF1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR TOM BEN ROAD AND CLIFTON WALKER ROAD AND MOVED NE. MULTIPLE TREES WERE UPROOTED AND SNAPPED IN THE AREA ALONG WITH MANY BRANCHES BROKEN (JAN) |
| 08:24 | — | 4 Ssw Brownsville | Haywood | TN | A WEAK TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN SSW OF BROWNSVILLE... TN. EF-0 WITH 80 MPH MAX WINDS. (MEG) |
| 08:25 | — | 3 Ssw Brownsville | Haywood | TN | CORRECTS PREVIOUS TORNADO REPORT FROM 3 SSW BROWNSVILLE. A TORNADO DEBRIS SIGNATURE WAS DETECTED SOUTHWEST OF BROWNSVILLE BY THE KNQA 88D RADAR. MULTIPLE TREES DOWN ON (MEG) |
| 10:35 | — | 2 Wsw Hopkinsville | Christian | KY | A BRIEF EF-0 TORNADO WITH ESTIMATED PEAK WINDS OF 85 MPH STRUCK THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF HOPKINSVILLE DURING THE PREDAWN HOURS OF TUESDAY... JANUARY 3RD. MOST OF THE DAMAG (PAH) |
| UTC | Size | Place | County | State | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23:49 | 1.00″ | 4 Ssw Onapa | Mcintosh | OK | (TSA) |
| 23:55 | 1.50″ | 8 W Warner | Mcintosh | OK | SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT OF HALF DOLLAR TO PING PONG BALL WEST OF WARNER. (TSA) |
| 00:39 | 1.00″ | 7 Sse Hulbert | Cherokee | OK | REPORT FROM AMATEUR RADIO OF TREES DOWN AND HAIL RANGING FROM PEAS TO QUARTER SIZE 1 MILE NORTH OF WOODALL SCHOOL. (TSA) |
| 01:00 | 1.00″ | 8 Wsw Brownsville-Bawco | Ouachita | LA | LARGE HAIL REPORTED WEST OF MONROE. (SHV) |
| 08:15 | 1.50″ | 3 S Cushing | Nacogdoches | TX | PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED JUST SOUTH OF CUSHING NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF FM 225 AND FM 343. (SHV) |
| 09:10 | 1.00″ | Carthage | Panola | TX | QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN CARTHAGE. (SHV) |
| UTC | Gust | Place | County | State | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17:48 | damage | 3 Wsw Norphlet | Union | AR | TREES DOWN AND SOME STRUCTURAL DAMAGE REPORTED BY A TRAINED SPOTTER ALONG MURPHY LOOP ROAD. POSSIBLE TORNADO. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. (SHV) |
| 21:00 | damage | Jessieville | Garland | AR | MULTIPLE REPORTS OF DAMAGE TO HOMES IN JESSIEVILLE ALONG WITH THE JESSIEVILLE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL STADIUM. (LZK) |
| 23:40 | 81 mph | 5 S Adair | Mayes | OK | PRYOR MESONET LOCATED 5 MILES S OF ADAIR MEASURED 81.4 MPH THUNDERSTORM WIND GUST. (TSA) |
| 23:50 | damage | 7 W Claiborne | Ouachita | LA | ONE TREE REPORTED DOWN ALONG PINE GROVE DRIVE AND ANOTHER NEARBY ALONG HIGHWAY 80. (SHV) |
| 00:22 | damage | 4 Sse Marion | Union | LA | TRANSMISSION TOWERS DAMAGED IN THE HAILE COMMUNITY. (SHV) |
| 00:24 | damage | 5 Ese Marion | Union | LA | TREE DOWN ON ALABAMA-LANDING RD. (SHV) |
| 00:30 | damage | Keefeton | Muskogee | OK | ROOF BLOWN OFF A BARN AND INTO SIDE OF A SINGLE FAMILY HOME IN KEEFETON. NO INJURIES. (TSA) |
| 00:36 | damage | 8 Wsw Beekman | Morehouse | LA | A FEW PINE TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN. (JAN) |
| 00:45 | damage | 5 Ne Beekman | Morehouse | LA | TREES DOWN ALONG LOUSIANA HWY 590 NORTHEAST OF BEEKMAN. (JAN) |
| 01:17 | damage | 4 Ese Portland | Chicot | AR | A SHED HAD THE ROOF PEELED AND A WALL PUSHED INWARD IN THIS AREA. (JAN) |
| 01:17 | damage | 2 Ese Portland | Ashley | AR | NUMEROUS BUILDINGS SUFFERED ROOFING DAMAGE CONSISTING OF PRIMARILY SHINGLE LOSS OR TIN PEELING. SEVERAL LARGE BRANCHES WERE DOWNED. DAMAGE WAS CONSISTENT WITH STRONG SO (JAN) |
| 01:23 | damage | 1 Sw Montrose | Ashley | AR | TRACTOR TRAILER OVERTURNED... STRUCTURE DAMAGE ON HWY 82 WEST OF MONTROSE ARKANSAS. POSSIBLE TORNADO. (JAN) |
| 01:24 | damage | Montrose | Ashley | AR | FAMILIES TRAPPED IN HOMES DUE TO DOWNED TREES AND POWERLINES ON W 3RD STREET AND W 2ND STREET IN MONTROSE ARKANSAS. POSSIBLE TORNADO. (JAN) |
| 01:32 | damage | 3 N Mer Rouge | Morehouse | LA | FEW BUILDINGS WITH WIND DAMAGE AND TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN. (JAN) |
| 01:36 | 59 mph | 4 Nw Mcmillan Corner | Chicot | AR | 59 MPH WIND GUST FROM A PRIVATE WEATHER STATION NEAR THE BEOUF RIVER. (JAN) |
| 01:40 | 58 mph | 2 Nw Lake Village | Chicot | AR | MEASURED AT PRIVATE WEATHER STATION AT LAKE VILLAGE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. (JAN) |
| 01:48 | damage | 2 Ese Halley | Desha | AR | CORRUGATED STEEL FENCE PANELS RIPPED OFF OF POSTS AND THROWN SEVERAL YARDS. (LZK) |
| 01:49 | damage | 2 Ese Halley | Desha | AR | LOSS OF WOOD AND METAL PANELING FROM OUTBUILDINGS. (LZK) |
| 01:50 | damage | 2 E Halley | Desha | AR | MULTIPLE TREES WITH LARGE LIMBS SNAPPED. (LZK) |
| 01:55 | damage | 10 Se Barksdale Air For | Bossier | LA | PERGOLA LIFTED AND RELOCATED 50 FEET FROM ORIGINAL LOCATION. (SHV) |
| 01:55 | damage | 6 Se Barksdale Air Forc | Bossier | LA | TREES DOWN ON SLIGO ROAD. (SHV) |
| 01:57 | damage | 1 Ese Eastwood | Bossier | LA | TREE ON POWER LINE. (SHV) |
| 02:05 | damage | 2 Ese Heflin | Webster | LA | TREE DOWN NEAR HEFLIN AND BIENVILLE PARISH LINE. (SHV) |
| 02:15 | damage | 5 Se Haynesville | Claiborne | LA | TREE DOWN ON PINEHILL SPUR NEAR HWY 79. (SHV) |
| 02:21 | damage | 1 E Oak Ridge | Morehouse | LA | TIN ROOFING BLOWN FROM FARM OUTBUILDING. (JAN) |
| 02:30 | damage | 4 Nw Chickasaw | West Carroll | LA | PICTURES WERE SENT IN FROM EM SHOWING DOWN TREES AND ALSO A SHED DESTROYED. (JAN) |
| 02:30 | damage | Junction City | Union | LA | POWER LINE DOWN NEAR E 4TH STREET. (SHV) |
| 02:37 | damage | Bonita | Morehouse | LA | LARGE LIMBS WERE DOWN WITH SEVERAL HOMES HAVING LOST SHINGLES WITH DAMAGE TO CARPORTS AND AWNINGS. (JAN) |
| 02:40 | damage | 3 Nw El Dorado | Union | AR | TREE DOWN ON A HOUSE ON AGNES RD. (SHV) |
| 03:35 | damage | 4 W Taylor | Lafayette | AR | TREES DOWN ON POWERLINES IN THE WALKER CREEK COMMUNITY. (SHV) |
| 03:45 | damage | El Dorado | Union | AR | SEVERAL ROADS FLOODED. (SHV) |
| 03:55 | damage | 1 S Star City | Lincoln | AR | A TREE WAS KNOCKED DOWN AND PARTIALLY FELL ONTO A HOME. (LZK) |
| 05:20 | damage | 1 Nw Faridealing | Marshall | KY | METAL CARPORT BLOWN INTO TREES. (PAH) |
| 07:29 | 60 mph | 1 W Midtown Memphis | Shelby | TN | (MEG) |
| 07:46 | damage | 3 Se Dixonville | Tipton | TN | REPORT OF DAMAGE TO METAL CARPORT AND BARN. (MEG) |
| 08:00 | damage | 4 Sse Dunbar | Butler | KY | TREE DOWN ON SANDY CREEK ROAD. (LMK) |
| 08:50 | damage | 2 S Leitchfield | Grayson | KY | TREES DOWN ON HWY 259 SOUTH NEAR MCCLURE CEMETERY ROAD. (LMK) |
| 09:20 | damage | 3 Ne Upton | Larue | KY | DELAYED REPORT OF A TREE DOWN ON JENKINS ROAD. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR DATA. (LMK) |
| 09:25 | damage | 3 Sw Hodgenville | Larue | KY | DELAYED REPORT OF A TREE DOWN ON STATE ROUTE 84 CLOSE TO STATE ROUTE 357. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (LMK) |
| 09:30 | damage | 3 Wsw Hawkins | Christian | KY | TREES DOWN ALONG PRINCETON ROAD... TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. (PAH) |
| 09:45 | damage | 1 Wnw Springville | Henry | TN | TREES DOWN ON HWY 69 SOUTH NEAR POPLAR GROVE ROAD. (MEG) |
| 10:11 | damage | 3 Ssw Bossier City | Caddo | LA | LARGE TREE DOWN ON THE 500 BLOCK OF COLLEGE STREET. MULTIPLE POWER LINES DOWN AS WELL. (SHV) |
| 10:25 | damage | 3 Ene Herndon | Christian | KY | TREES DOWN NEAR HERNDON. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. (PAH) |
| 10:30 | damage | 2 Wsw Hopkinsville | Christian | KY | ROOF TORN OFF PART OF HOUSE. SEVERAL TREES UPROOTED. DAMAGE WAS ALONG PYLE LN NEAR COX MILL ROAD. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. (PAH) |
| 11:01 | damage | 4 N Elkton | Todd | KY | TREES DOWN AT 181/LATHAM. TREES ALSO DOWN ON DEE ROAD. (PAH) |
| 11:05 | damage | 9 Sse Barksdale Air For | Caddo | LA | ROOF/WAREHOUSE DAMAGE... BLOWN OVER TRAILERS. (SHV) |
| 11:08 | damage | 12 Sse Barksdale Air Fo | Bossier | LA | TREES... POWERLINES DOWN. BARN DISPLACED. (SHV) |
| 11:30 | damage | Cumberland Furnace | Dickson | TN | TSPOTTER REPORT OF DESTROYED SHED IN CUMBERLAND FURNACE ALONG SOULES CHAPEL ROAD. TIME APPROXIMATED BASED ON RADAR. (OHX) |
Original file: SPC report page for this day. Times are UTC; the storm day starts at 12:00 UTC (7 AM CDT).