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12:04Z EF2 KPOE LA St. Landry Krotz Spgs An EF-2 tornado touched down north of Krotz Springs where it flipped and and destroyed a mobile home. The tornado continued along its path tipping another mobile home on its roof and destroying 2 others by flying debris and knocking them off their blocks. The tornado continued on producing minor roof damage to 6 other homes and damaging farm equipment. Four people received minor injuries in a mobile home. The max estimated wind speed was 115 mph.
12:45Z EF0 KGWX MS Lee Bethany The tornado developed in far northwestern Lee where it damaged trees and several commercial buildings as it crossed Highway 45. The tornado then crossed Highway 370 into Prentiss County.
12:48Z EF1 KGWX MS Prentiss Frankstown This tornado tracked from Lee County. Many trees were uprooted in Baldwyn, with a few trees falling on houses. The tornado damaged the roof of the high school and an industrial building on the northeast side of town. The last observed damage was to trees south of the Wheeler community. Peak winds were estimated at 90 mph. A total of 54 homes and five apartments were damaged by tornadoes and straight-line winds on this date across Prentiss County.
12:50Z EF1 KPAH KY Trigg Fenton The tornado occurred in heavily wooded terrain on federally protected land. The tornado touched down in the Redd Hollow area (west of the Trace Highway) in the Land Between The Lakes National Recreation Area. Damage continued east to just south of the Wranglers Campground. The tornado could have crossed into Lake Barkley and Donaldson Creek, but no evidence was found further east. The heaviest area of damage was south of Wranglers Campground, where many dozens of trees were snapped and uprooted. Just south of the track, a microburst occurred where many trees were snapped and uprooted. Peak winds in this tornado were estimated near 105 mph.
12:56Z EF1 KGWX MS Prentiss Booneville The first damage was observed in the Hurricane Creek vicinity. As the tornado crossed County Road 5040, it damaged a large barn, two mobile homes, and a residence. The tornado damaged additional mobile homes along County Road 3040 and damaged several buildings at a lumber processing facility. The last damage was observed along County Road 1371. Peak winds were estimated at 90 mph. A total of 54 homes and five apartments were damaged by tornadoes and straight-line winds on this date across Prentiss County.
13:00Z EF0 KHPX KY Trigg Canton The tornado touched down just east of Blue Spring and tracked eastward just north of Blue Spring Road. It continued east northeast to just southwest of Cadiz. Several trees up to 3.5 feet in diameter were snapped and/or uprooted. There were several homes with minor roof damage and one that had moderate roof damage. One metal building had its garage door blown in. A large branch fell on a vehicle at one residence. A carport was shifted off its supports. Peak winds in this tornado were estimated near 85 mph.
13:05Z EF1 KHPX KY Caldwell Hopson The tornado touched down on Highway 514 near Highway 139. Partial roof damage was reported to three homes. At least a half dozen barns or outbuildings were damaged or destroyed, mostly in the Caldwell County portion of the track. Four wooden high tension power poles were taken down. At least dozens of trees were snapped or uprooted. Peak winds were estimated near 100 mph. The tornado continued east into Christian County.
13:08Z EF1 KGWX MS Prentiss Claire This tornado produced minor roof damage and uprooted trees along County Road 1401. It damaged trees along Highway 356 to the west of Highway 365. The tornado then crossed into Tishomingo County. A total of 54 homes and five apartments were damaged by tornadoes and straight-line winds on this date across Prentiss County.
13:11Z EF1 KGWX MS Tishomingo Holts Spur The tornado strengthened as it crossed into Tishomingo County from Prentiss County causing its most significant damage along Highway 365. The tornado damaged several homes and storage buildings before dissipating near the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway. Peak winds were estimated at 100 mph.
13:12Z EF0 KHPX KY Caldwell Friendship Hundreds of trees were snapped or uprooted. Where the tornado crossed State Route 91, one barn was destroyed and another was damaged. Elsewhere along the track, part of a barn roof was tossed across a road, and a house lost some siding. The tornado crossed into Christian County, where it intensified to EF-1.
13:14Z EF1 KHPX KY Christian Hawkins The tornado entered Christian County from Caldwell County just south of Highway 91. At least a half dozen barns or outbuildings were damaged or destroyed, mostly in the Caldwell County portion of the track. At least dozens of trees were snapped or uprooted. The tornado path ended at the southern boundary of the Pennyrile Forest State Resort Park. Peak winds were estimated near 100 mph.
13:16Z EF1 KHPX KY Christian Hawkins The tornado crossed over from Caldwell County. Most of the Christian County portion of the path was in the Pennyrile Forest State Resort Park, where hundreds of trees were snapped or uprooted. Peak winds were estimated near 95 mph.
13:17Z EF0 KGWX MS Tishomingo Walker This brief tornado caused minor damage to a residence. It also damaged trees and power poles along Highway 72, Highway 172 and County Road 164. Peak winds were estimated at 80 mph.
13:19Z EF1 KHPX KY Christian Macedonia The tornado touched down in the Pennyrile Forest State Resort Park. Over half of its path was in the park. After leaving the park, the tornado crossed Highway 109. A few barns were damaged or blown down. A couple houses sustained loss of shingles. At least dozens of trees were uprooted or snapped. Peak winds were estimated near 95 mph.
13:34Z EF1 KHPX KY Christian Howell The tornado touched down on the northern perimeter of the Fort Campbell military base and proceeded northeast across U.S. Highway 41. Trees were uprooted and snapped along the path. Several barns were damaged or destroyed, including one that had its roof thrown several hundred yards into trees. Power lines were downed, and 13 empty rail cars were tipped over along the path. A couple of homes received some minor damage. The tornado lifted just northwest of Pembroke. Peak winds were estimated near 100 mph.
13:40Z EF1 KHPX KY Christian Casky This tornado crossed U.S. Highway 41 about four miles southeast of Hopkinsville. Several trees were snapped along the path. One barn received some partial damage to its roof. Peak winds were estimated near 95 mph.
15:33Z EF0 KDGX MS Scott Forest This weak tornado began on the northeast side of the city of Forest at Hillsboro Street, where it snapped numerous small to medium softwood tree limbs. It then moved northeast to Northside Drive, continuing to snap a few small softwood tree limbs. The tornado crossed Mississippi Highway 21 where further snapping of small softwood tree limbs occurred near the intersection of Ephesus Road and Culpepper Road. It lifted after |crossing Culpepper Road, where it caused minor roof damage to a small barn. The estimated peak wind was 75 mph.
17:11Z EF2 KGWX AL Pickens Union Chapel National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in northern Pickens County and determined that it was consistent with an EF2 tornado, with maximum sustained winds near 134 mph.||A tornado touched down south of Highway 86, just on the south side of Coleman Road. The tornado tracked northeast and crossed Highway 86. Along Highway 86, there were at least three homes damaged with one home losing most of its roofing. Numerous hardwood and softwood trees were snapped off or uprooted at this location. The tornado continued northeast across Turnipseed Road, causing significant tree damage. The tornado tracked along Settlement Road where it likely reached its peak intensity. Numerous homes were damaged or destroyed on the west side of Settlement Road, while homes on the east side sustained minor damage. Of the homes destroyed, six were site-built homes. Four manufactured homes were completely destroyed, three of which had anchoring systems that failed. All four manufactured home frames were found considerable distances from the home sites. Three fatalities occurred in two of these manufactured homes on Settlement Road. In addition, all of the injuries were also on Settlement Road. The tornado continued through a forest and crossed Pine Grove Road near McDaniel Road. The farm at this location sustained significant damage with a home and at least two barns heavily damaged. Numerous hardwood and softwood trees were uprooted or snapped as well. From here, the tornado continued northeastward and began to weaken. It crossed Pearson Road, uprooting several trees before dissipating north of Pearson Road and west of Phoenix Road. At least 22 homes suffered varying degrees of damage.
19:03Z EF0 KHTX AL Cullman Holly Pond A tornado touched down in the Holly Pond community near the center of town. The tornado caused minimal tree and roof damage as it quickly moved through the city. Minor roof damage was caused to the old WaterBrook restaurant, also blowing off siding at this location, and wrapping it around a cell phone tower northeast of the restaurant. From there, the tornado skipped northeast, causing minimal roof damage to the southwest corner of Holly Pond High School, where less than 20% of the roof was damaged, and portions of the awning were also damaged.
19:13Z EF1 KHTX AL Cullman Joppa The tornado caused damage to structures, and numerous trees were snapped or uprooted along Highway 69, landing on a few homes. Tornado damage was rated up to EF-1 in the city of Joppa, with wind speeds of 100 mph. Trees were snapped and |uprooted along Highway 69, causing minor structural damage.
19:14Z EF0 KHTX AL Marshall Arab The tornado continued rapidly moving north east into Marshall County along Highway 69. The tornado lifted in Hog Jaw in Marshall County at a farm across from the Westside veterinary Hospital where the roof of an outbuilding was taken off.
19:19Z EF2 KHTX AL Marshall Union Grove The tornado initially touched down just south west of Brindlee Mountain Primary School. At this location, the school gymnasium, 10 classrooms, and the cafeteria were destroyed. Numerous beams in the roof of the gym were also twisted and bent, and large bolts used to attach it to the foundation were ripped from the structure. EF2 tornado damage was determined at this location, with wind speeds 120 mph. In addition to damage to the school, several trees were snapped or uprooted at this location near the ballfield. A set of bleachers was hurled over 150 yards from one side of the school to the other. Several dumpsters were displaced as well, along with three or four power poles snapped at their |bases. This lead to additional damage at the school property when the poles fell on the school awning and roof. Little to no additional tornado damage was noted to the northeast of the school, aside from roofing materials strewn from the damage at the primary school itself. The tornado ended as it crossed Union Grove Road west of the Union Grove Fire Station.
21:52Z EF0 KFFC GA Paulding Brock A National Weather Service survey team found that an EF0 tornado with maximum wind speeds of 85 mph and a maximum path width of 400 yards touched down north of Hiram along Macland Road just west of Hiram-Acworth Highway. The tornado traveled east-northeast with mostly weak and intermittent damage, the most notable occurring on Cristy Drive where a dozen large trees were snapped or uprooted. One tree fell on the master bedroom of a 2-story home. The tornado continued causing sporadic damage as it moved east-northeast crossing into western Cobb County near the intersection of Poplar Springs Road and Puryear Path. [01/11/20: Tornado #1, County #1/2, EF-0, Paulding/Cobb, 2020:001].
21:54Z EF0 KFFC GA Cobb Lost Mtn A National Weather Service survey team found that an EF0 tornado with maximum wind speeds of 85 mph and a maximum path width of 400 yards that touched down north of Hiram in Paulding County moved east-northeast into western Cobb County near the intersection of Poplar Springs Road and Puryear Path. The tornado caused mostly sporadic, weak damage as it crossed Mill creek and Corner Road SW but downed 15 to 20 trees in the Oakleigh subdivision near the intersection of Lost Mountain Road and Kingsbridge Pass before ending along Oakleigh Manor Drive SW. [01/11/20: Tornado #1, County #2/2, EF-0, Paulding/Cobb, 2020:001].
22:24Z EF0 KFFC GA Fannin Swan A National Weather Service survey team found that an EF-1 tornado with peak winds of 100 mph and a maximum path width of 450 yards touched down along Deep Hole |Campground Road south of the Morganton Highway, Georgia Highway 60, and traveled east-northeast along Morganton Highway, intensifying and downing hundreds of trees along the highway. A 40 foot steel radio tower at a Fannin County Fire Station was blown down and at least four homes suffered damage from fallen trees. The tornado weakened and turned northeast along Cooper Creek Road downing sporadic trees before finally dissipating near the Union County line near the Davis Family Cemetery off of Mulky Gap Road. [01/11/20: Tornado #2, County #1/1, EF-1, Fannin, 2020:002].
22:33Z EF1 KEOX AL Barbour Bakerhill National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in southeast Barbour County and determined that it was consistent with an EF1 tornado, with maximum sustained winds near 88 mph.||The tornado touched down near Threatt Road (County Road 18) just southwest of the town of Bakerhill. One tree was uprooted, and a dead tree was snapped at the starting point. The tornado tracked northeast over County Road 79 where several trees were snapped and uprooted. The tornado continued northeast where it crossed Highway 131. At this location vinyl siding was torn off the right side of a single family brick home. Near the home, there was debris including tin sheathing from a destroyed outbuilding, along with many snapped and uprooted trees. The tornado continued northeast and crossed Five Mile Road (County Road 36) where more trees were uprooted near and just north of Christian Grove Church. The tornado lifted east of Five Mile Road over an open field.
22:48Z EF1 KFFC GA Upson Hendricks A National Weather Service survey team found that an EF-1 tornado with peak winds of 90 mph and a maximum path width of 100 yards began along the Flint River on the Meriwether-Upson County line south-southeast of Woodbury. The tornado traveled about a third of a mile along the north shore of the river in Upson County with no damage on the Meriwether County side of the river. Approximately 100 trees and several power poles were snapped or blown down. A camper was blown over and a boat was blown into a tree. A home along the river was knocked off of its stilts and destroyed by a large tree falling on it. At least one other home sustained damage from falling trees. [01/11/20: Tornado #3, County #1/1, EF-1, Upson, 2020:003].
22:55Z EF0 KMRX TN Claiborne Tazewell The tornado initially touched down on Pine Avenue to the northwest of New Tazewell blowing off half of the roof of a barn and uprooting or snapping several trees. The tornado then produced sub-severe damage until it uprooted a large pine tree onto a house on Cherokee Circle and damaged roof shingles and shutters of a house on Linden Street. The house on Linden Street had quarter of the roof shingles peeled off on the southeast corner along with two window shutters blown off the same side. More trees were downed near the end of the tornado path on Murphy Mill Road.
01:04Z EF0 KGSP SC Anderson Townville NWS storm survey found a very short weak anticyclonic tornado damage path within a larger area of straight-line wind damage near the Oconee County line south of Townville. The tornado touched down south of Fairplay Rd near Little Beaverdam Creek and tracked NE paralleling the county line before lifting just south of the center of Townville. Multiple trees were uprooted while damage was limited to metal sheeting removed from an outbuilding near the end of the path.
01:06Z EF0 KGSP SC Anderson Townville NWS storm survey found a very short, weak tornado damage path in the Circle Dr area bordering Lake Hartwell. Multiple large softwood trees were uprooted and smaller trees snapped in this area.
01:40Z EF0 KGSP SC Abbeville Abbeyville Davis Arp NWS storm survey reported the path of a weak tornado that began off Rivers Way, not far from the Greenwood County line, tracking northeast into Greenwood County just north of Highway 72, along Mill Rd N. Damage was mainly limited to uprooting of large pine trees and snapping of smaller pines, although a warehouse-type building on Highway 72 lost part of its metal roof and had an overhead door bent inward.
01:40Z EF0 KGSP SC Anderson Piedmont NWS storm survey found the path of a short track, weak tornado south of Piedmont. The tornado touched down just west of Childs Rd and tracked north/northeast along Osteen Hill Rd before lifting along River Hill Ct. Multiple trees were uprooted and small trees snapped along the length of the path. Structural damage was limited to a metal carport that was torn from a house on Smith Dr.
01:42Z EF0 KGSP SC Greenwood Harris NWS storm survey reported the path of a weak tornado that moved into Greenwood County from Abbeville County in the area around Mill Rd. Damage was mainly limited to uprooting of large pine trees and snapping of smaller pines.
01:45Z EF0 KGSP SC Greenwood Harris NWS storm survey reported the path of a weak tornado that moved into Greenwood County from Abbeville County in the area around Mill Rd. Damage was mainly limited to uprooting of large pine trees and snapping of smaller pines.
03:11Z EF0 KILN OH Miami Troy The tornado touched down initially in the southwest portions of the city of Troy and moved northeast through the center of the city. It then crossed the Great Miami River before it weakened and lifted in the far northeast portions of the city.||Much of the damage was confined to trees and roofs, both residential and commercial, as the tornado moved through the city. To the west of the Great Miami River, damage was more intermittent and weak in comparison to areas east of the Great Miami River, where more concentrated and significant tree and roof damage was noted. In particular, areas near Troy High School and along and east of North Market Street saw the most concentrated and higher end structural damage to roofing material. This included the far eastern portions of the downtown area which saw several businesses lose all or portions of their roofs.||Damage was tornadic in nature, especially on the east side of the Great Miami River, where convergent tree damage was easily noted before the tornado rapidly weakened as it left the city. Damage along the path was consistent with wind speeds ranging from 65 to 80 mph, again with the highest wind speeds estimated on the east side of the Great Miami River.
03:15Z EF0 KILN OH Miami Farrington The tornado first touched down on the north side of East Peterson Road, about 4 miles southwest of Fletcher. It then crossed North Union Shelby Road, moved across the Big Woods Reserve, and then moved across the far southeast portions of the town of Fletcher. The tornado lifted about 2 miles northeast of Fletcher in an open field after it removed a portion of a barn roof on Snyder Road.||Damage consisted mainly of broken and snapped off trees and roof damage to barns and outbuildings. Snapped electrical poles were assessed on the east side of Fletcher. Residential structures were impacted either with shingle and soffit removal, or with trees having fallen on them.
03:33Z EF2 KCAE SC Kershaw Clyburn A NWS Storm Survey Team found considerable damage occurred to North-Central High School in Kershaw County, SC as a result of an EF-2 tornado with maximum wind speeds of 130 mph. The tornado began near the intersection of Lockhart Rd and Keys Ln, then traveled northeast across the campus of the High School before lifting approximately a half mile later beyond the parking lot on the northeast side of|the school. The tornado snapped numerous pine trees at the beginning of the track, then partially collapsed concrete stadium bleachers and a press box. The tornado continued across the gymnasium, lifting all of the HVAC units off the roof. The|tornado then lifted a large portion of the roof off of the school, including over the main office, library and an older auditorium, then collapsed the exterior wall along a portion of the west side of the building. The tornado then moved into the parking lot on the north side of the building where it moved 4 school buses, and resulted in broken windows and other damages to 31 parked school buses. The tornado then destroyed a small building just beyond the parking lot before lifting. Strong inflow into the tornado also snapped numerous pine trees south of the baseball field, collapsed 2 large light stands near the baseball field, and lifted and displaced a Conex shipping container approximately 50 yards. The tornado path length was about 0.50 miles and the path width was about 150 yards.

Storm reports are derived from "The Storm Events Database" (National Centers for Environmental Information) and/or "Past Storm Reports" (Storm Prediction Center).